2011 September | PRI's The World

Breaking with Serbia Tough for Kosovo Serbs

By The World ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ 4 comments ⋅ Transcript

Nemanja Jaksic is a member of the Serbian Democratic Party. (Photo: Matthew Brunwasser)

Europe wants Serbia to cut off the Serbs in Kosovo in order to normalize relations in the western Balkans. But the Serbs want nothing to do with the Albanian-dominated government of Pristina. And they vow to fight integration.

North Korea Food Crisis

By The World ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Malnourished children line the floor of a pediatric ward in a flood-affected province in North Korea. (Photo: USNGOs)

North Korea was hit by severe floods this past summer. They wiped out crops and worsened an already serious lack of food in the country.

Yemen’s Leader In Surprise Return

By The World ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

President Ali Abdullah Saleh (Photo: www.kremlin.ru./Wiki Commons)

Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned from Saudi Arabia three months after surviving an assassination attempt.

Exposing The Brutality Of Sexual Violence In Congo

By The World ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ 5 comments ⋅ Transcript

A journalist in Congo encourages rape survivors to share their stories to publicize the use of rape as a weapon of war.

Music Heard on Air for September 23, 2011

By Ann Lopez ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for September 23, 2011. Artists featured are: Moriba Koita, Incas in Cyberspace, Issa Bagayogo, Ali Akbar Kahn.

Exporting North Dakota

By Jason Margolis ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

The state has the lowest unemployment rate in the country; 3.5 percent and is enjoying an oil boom.

Palestinian-Americans Consider Statehood

By The World ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ 6 comments ⋅ Transcript

A Palestinian-American man in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo: Ali Abbas)

Palestinian-Americans are on the fence about whether a state of Palestine will ever exist.

Polish Art Looted By Nazis Returns Home

By The World ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

Julian Falat’s ‘The Hunt’ on display at Polish Consulate in New York. (Photo: Lillian Swanson)

Two oil paintings that disappeared in 1944 are now being returned to Poland’s National Museum.

GI Disco From Berlin

By The World ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Cover if GI Disco. (Photo: http://www.gidisco.com)

A dance club in Berlin celebrates the music brought to Germany by American G.I.s in the Cold War era.

PRI’s The World: 09/23/2011(North Dakota, Congo)

By The World ⋅ September 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Slipping in out of foreign tongues with Sherard Cowper-Coles and Yang Ying

By Patrick Cox ⋅ September 22, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

Should diplomats learn the languages of the countries they’re assigned to? And how easy is it to learn a foreign musical language?

Israelis who support Palestinian UN Membership

By The World ⋅ September 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Tal Harris is director of "One Voice", an Israeli advocacy group that supports the two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. (Photo: Fouad Abu Ghosh)

Some Israelis support Palestinian efforts to gain membership at the UN.

Palestinians Who Oppose UN Membership

By The World ⋅ September 22, 2011 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

About two million Palestinians live in Jordan. Many oppose the bid for UN membership for Palestine because they fear it would leave them out of a new state.