Archive for November, 2012
Climate Change’s Growing Threats
“Superstorm” Sandy might’ve been the loudest, but the warnings about the growing threats from climate change having been coming fast and furious this fall. As part of our collaboration with the PBS program NOVA, Sam Eaton files this series of three reports examining some of the latest research and most pressing concerns.
PRI’s The World: 11/30/2012 (Chile, Guatemala, Syria)
International flights into Damascus have stopped as fighting spreads to roads leading to the Syrian capital’s airport. Also, the US Army private accused in the WikiLeaks case takes the stand. And a mosque outside Paris holds what is billed as Europe’s first “gay-friendly” Muslim worship place.
Syria: Anti-Regime Activists Subvert Internet Blackout
Activist Amer al-Sadeq says rebels are gaining territory in the capital and opposition activists are finding ways to work around the communication blackout.
Syria Crisis: Assad Reduced to Warlord
Lisa Mullins speaks with George Friedman of the global intelligence firm StratFor. Friedman believes the international community has to come to grips with the fact that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been reduced to a warlord, albeit one with support, firepower and tenacity.
New Inclusive Mosque Outside Paris Welcomes Gays and Lesbians
Mosques don’t usually welcome gay and lesbian worshipers but on Friday a Muslim group just outside Paris held what’s billed as the first “gay-friendly” Islamic worship in Europe. The group also allows men and women to pray together.
An Arctic Climate Catastrophe?
As international climate negotiators meet in Doha, Qatar, scientists are issuing a stark warning of possibly huge emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from the warming Arctic.
Music Heard on Air for November 30, 2012
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 30, 2012. Artists featured are: Ntesa Delienst, Kerekes Band, Charanga Cakewalk, Toubab Krewe, Praful, Baaba Maal.
WikiLeaks Soldier Bradley Manning Testifies
Friday was a day of dramatic testimony at the pre-trial hearing in the case of Bradley Manning. The US Army private is due to be court-martialed on 22 charges, including “aiding the enemy.”
Guatemalan Peasants Sue Canadian Mining Company Hudbay
A group of Guatemalan villagers are suing the Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals claiming it is responsible for violence that left one man dead, another paralyzed and a group of women victims of gang rapes, something the company denies.
Mexico’s New President Peña Nieto Set for Inauguration
Mexican President Felipe Calderón officially leaves office this Saturday, heading off to teach at Harvard. Most will remember Calderon’s six-year term for his violent war on drugs. More than 50,000 were killed in drug-related violence. Reducing violence will be a top issue facing incoming president, Enrique Peña Nieto.
Scientists Mobilize to Eradicate Island Rats
Conservationists are mobilizing to eradicate a rat population that threatens a remote South Atlantic island’s sea birds. Zoologist Tony Martin from the University of Dundee, Scotland is leading one of the biggest rat busting operations ever carried out.
World’s Biggest Telethon Kicks off in Chile
Every year in Chile the nation unites behind a common cause: A 27 hour-long telethon to raise tens of millions of dollars for disabled children. But behind this mammoth marketing machine is a sad picture of governmental neglect and capitalist profiteering, as Oliva Crellin reports from Santiago.
Pacifika’s Silvana Kane: Songs of South America
Silvana Kane goes solo on her new album ‘La Jardinera.’ The Peruvian-born lead singer of the the band Pacifika reinterprets the songs from her youth.
PRI’s The World: 11/29/2012 (Spain, Turkey, Mexico)
A call for tougher regulations for the news media in Britain in the wake of the phone hacking scandal there. Also, Spain’s radical right movement struggles to gain momentum despite the economic crisis. And politics and music mix on the dance floor in Mexico.
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