Archive for December, 2012
Iranian Musician Comes Out of Hiding for US, Canada Tour
Iranian musician Shahin Najafi has a price on his head. Iranian clerics also have a fatwa out on him. But none of this is stopping him from touring North America.
PRI’s The World: 12/05/2012 (Myanmar, Egypt, Mexico)
Rival protesters clash outside Egypt’s presidential palace, as tensions continue to run high in Cairo. Also, a cheap and simple test could save many Indian women from dying of cervical cancer. And celebrating the legacy of Mexico’s queen of bolero.
Cairo Protests Turn Violent
Protests in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, turned violent Wednesday. Supporters and opponents of President Morsi clashed near the presidential palace. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with one of the protesters, a young student named Merna el-Bari.
Egyptian Islamists: ‘We’ve Won Elections, Now Democracy Isn’t Good Enough?’
Rival protesters clashed in Cairo Wednesday, as tensions continued to escalate over President Mohammed Morsi’s powers and a new constitution. Tarek Masoud of Harvard University says the cleavages between liberals and Islamists run deep in Egyptian society, and that even deep concessions by Morsi would not bridge the divide.
Protests Over Mining Site Test Myanmar Reforms
A violent crackdown on a peaceful protest in Myanmar last week has raised questions about how committed Burmese authorities are to real democratic reform. Reporter Becky Palmstrom visited the city of Monywa, the site of the protest over a copper mining project.
London’s ‘Great Smog of 1952′
Sixty years ago a thick fog enveloped London. But it wasn’t just your normal “pea-souper.” The World’s Clark Boyd has the story.
Ambassador Anna Wintour? That’s So Next Season!
President Obama is likely to make a raft of new appointments as he begins his second term, including at some plum US embassies around the globe. One prominent name being mentioned for an ambassadorship is the British-born editor of American Vogue, Anna Wintour.
Part III: An Ounce of Prevention
Cervical cancer is far more common – and more deadly – in the developing world than in the United States. One reason: women in the US receive routine screening that catches the disease in its earliest stages. A low-cost test being rolled out in India could save tens of thousands of lives there each year.
Music Heard on Air for December 5, 2012
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for December 5, 2012. Artists featured are: Mo’ Horizons, Pell Mell, Booka and the Flaming Geckos, Vieux Farka Toure, Val Bennett, Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck.
The Case of Fine Italian Wine Down the Drain
Police in Italy have a new and puzzling case to investigate. $16 million worth of red wine, or enough to fill about 80,000 bottles has been sabotaged. The wine is among Italy’s most celebrated varieties. It happened in a small hilly town in Tuscany about 70 miles south of Florence.
Pioneering Jazz Musician Dave Brubeck Dies
The pioneering jazz musician, Dave Brubeck, died Wednesday of heart failure. He was one day shy of his 92nd birthday.
Mexico City Birds Ward off Parasites with Cigarette Butts
A room full of smoked cigarette butts would repulse most people, even smokers. But birds don’t necessarily share that sense of disgust. A new study suggests that some birds in Mexico City regularly use cigarette butts to line their nests and the practice may even have some benefits.
Veracruz, Mexico Celebrates the 100th Birthday of Singer Toña La Negra
Mexico is remembering one of its most celebrated singers, Toña La Negra, who was born 100 years ago this month.
My Last Days of Disco
George and I got in the scrum on the sidewalk in front of Studio 54, pressing as close to the velvet rope as possible [...]
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