Archive for June, 2011


Palestinian Cartoonist Accused of Anti-Semitism

Majed Badra Cartoon

Cartoonist Majed Badra was uninvited days before he was supposed to fly to Washington

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John Galliano on Trial for Racist Rant

John Galliano(Photo: Minny Robot/Flickr)

Galliano had shouted anti-semitic insults at a couple in a Paris bar last February.

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Greek Politicians Eye Austerity Measures to Secure Next Round of EU Loans

(Photo: Nikos Pilos)

Why many in the EU see that as a recipe for political and economic turmoil?

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Inside Syria

BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts defied the ban on foreign journalists and traveled to Damascus undercover

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Khmer Rouge Prompts Generational Conversation

Khmer Rouge-Irwin Loy

When it comes to families of the former Khmer Rouge foot soldiers, children don’t know what their fathers did.

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Music Heard on Air for June 22, 2011

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for June 22, 2011. Artists featured are: Mongo Santamaria, Moriba Koita, 2raumwohnung, Les Yeux Novis, Kerekes Band, AfroCubism, Vieux Farka Toure.

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How Democracy is Evolving in Bhutan

Crowd in Bhutan (Photo: Mary Kay Magistad)

A look at how democracy is evolving in this Himalayan nation.

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British Argue Over Olympic Soccer Team

Why Britons can’t agree on who should represent them on the soccer field at the London Olympics

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Mideastern Cuisine in the Midwest

Fresh Pita the Naba Bakery (Photo: Ted Weesner)

The Geo Quiz is looking for a city with a large Arab-American community

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Himba Music from Namibia

(Photo: Frank Eisner)

A psychologist’s journey to learn about human emotions became an everlasting memory.

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PRI’s The World(06/22/2011: Cambodia, Bhutan)

The latest edition from PRI’s The World.

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Field Notes from South India

A woman praying to Hanuman, the monkey god in the Meenaskshi temple, in Madurai. (Photo: Claude Renault/Flickr)

Gandhi believed that the village ought always to remain central in Indian life, that it was the indispensable social unit for the country [...]

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Shelter Communities in Post-Tsunami Japan

Kiyotaka Sase(Photo: Sonia Narang)

How one man leads in crisis to become the de facto “mayor” of his shelter.

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Key Day for Greek Crisis

Greek protesters (Flickr Image: Tom Tsiros)

Greece needs another international bailout but that will depend on adopting severe spending cuts

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The Death of a Gladiator

gladiator

Did Diodorus die in a dramatic fight or because of a bad referee call?

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