Podcast: Asking your Facebook friends to invent a tenuous Facebook relationship.
The US has conducted drone attacks in parts of Pakistan for years but until yesterday no president ever publicly admitted it. Now President Obama confirmed for the first time that drone aircraft were targeting militants in the tribal belt.
Marco Werman talks with Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention at the Council on Foreign Relations, about President Obama’s public remarks yesterday on the US use of drones. He was taking part in a Google-sponsored virtual town hall, and answered a question about drones from a man in Brooklyn, NY.
Reporter Jane Arraf calls the current mayhem in Baghdad, “the biggest political crisis since Saddam Hussein was toppled.”
A Hebrew expression that describes “the exclusion of women”, is a phrase that few Israelis would have heard a few months ago. Now, it’s become a household expression after Orthodox Jewish soldiers refused to attend events that involved women.
Israel’s settlements in the West Bank have long been a point of contention with the Palestinians. Now, a legal ruling to demolish one of those settlements could prove to be a test case for many more.
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for January 31, 2012. Artists featured are: Bela Fleck, Ocote Sounds, Moriba Koita, Generation Bass, Issa Bagayogo, Bio Ritmo.
Egyptians are not the only ones demanding human rights in a new Egypt. Another group is also seeking protective rights in Egypt – foreign domestic workers.
The marketplace that we are looking for in the Geo Quiz sells everything from chandeliers and spices to hookahs and shisha and now even illegal ivory.
The World’s Alex Gallafent looks at the career of Eiko Ishioka, a Japanese designer who won Oscar and Grammy awards for her work.
In the Global Hit today, our DJ contributor Marius Asp chooses a Norwegian group Razika. The band formed in 2005 debuted its first album Program 91 last year.
Ruud Verberne is the first to admit that he can be a real downer at parties. “You tell people what you do,” he says, “and they think…well, that’s a bit strange” [..]
Flying into Islamabad in the middle of the night, I braced myself for the upcoming rituals of customs and baggage. “Patience,” I kept repeating to myself, as I descended the steps from the plane and onto a bus crowded with other passengers, including a lot of sleepy children [...]
Defense Secretary Panetta reiterated his belief that someone in Pakistan knew where Osama Bin Laden was hiding. Pakistanis say they’re fed up with being chastised by an erstwhile ally.
