Archive for 2012
Gaza War of Words on Twitter
The battle being waged between Hamas and Israeli forces is also being fought online. Both sides have been using Twitter to convey their political messages.
Saving Spanish Soccer Club Real Oviedo – on Twitter
Real Oviedo is a former top-tier Spanish soccer team that has fallen on hard financial times. But a Twitter campaign to get fans to buy team shares may have saved it from an untimely end. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks to Sid Lowe, a British sports journalist based in Madrid who started the effort to save Real Oviedo.
IKEA Apologizes for Having Used Political Prisoners’ Labor in East Germany
After conducting an internal investigation, the Swedish furniture giant IKEA said Friday it “deeply regrets” that some of its suppliers in the 1980′s used the labor of political prisoners in East Germany. Apparently, this practice happened right up until the fall of the Berlin wall, in 1989.
Music Heard on Air for November 16, 2012
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for November 16, 2012. Artists featured are: Oki Dub Ainu Band, Ali Akbar Kahn, Toubab Krewe, AfroCubism, Yoshida Brothers.
Awaiting President Obama in Myanmar
President Obama is due to visit Myanmar on Monday. It’s a sign of how far the Asian country has come on reform in the past few years. Many Burmese are welcoming Obama’s visit, including young people who are studying the American system of government.
Frank Jacobs and his Strange Maps
Strange indeed. Frank Jacobs is the map-obsessed blogger behind “Strange Maps”. Jacobs has spent a lifetime pondering maps of all kinds and finally found an outlet: cyberspace.
As Arctic Warms, Scientists Explore Links to Extreme Weather
Months before both this year’s record Arctic ice melt and Hurricane Sandy, a climatologist identified changing weather patterns that suggest links between the two seemingly separate events. Sam Eaton reports from New Jersey.
Adotta Una Guglia – Adopt a Spire
Milan, Italy’s 14th century cathedral is one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in Europe. But the cultural landmark is in need of some renovation and a major cleaning. Air pollution and foggy weather have taken a toll on the white marble. So cathedral authorities have come up with a clever way to hopefully raise thirty million dollars for the renovation. Adotta una guglia or “Adopt a spire.”
Della Mae Bluegrass in Pakistan
The Bluegrass group Della Mae brings American down-home music to Pakistan and Central Asia.
PRI’s The World: 11/15/2012 (Gaza, China, Sierra Leone)
More rocket attacks and more airstrikes, as the violence between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza escalates. Also, China introduces its new lineup of leaders, but are they just like the old bosses? Plus, female political candidates in Sierra Leone face intimidation, before and after an election.
BBC Journalist’s Son Killed in Gaza Conflict
The violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza escalated further on Thursday. Several rockets fired from Gaza landed inside Israel, where three people were killed. Meanwhile, the Israeli military is continuing to hit militant targets in Gaza. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with the BBC’s Paul Danahar in Gaza for the latest.
Young Gaza Resident: ‘We Have to Fight Back’
Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks about the situation in Gaza with one you resident of the Palestinian territory. 17-year-old Karmel Asad Shamallakh moved to Gaza from the Britain last year.
Gaza Crisis: Palestinian Militants Continue to Fire Missiles at Israel
Rocket fire from Gaza continued to rain into Israeli territory. Three Israelis have been killed as a result. The World’s Matthew Bell reports from the region where the rockets are falling.
Regional Implications for Israel-Hamas Conflict Could be a ‘Nightmare Scenario’
Anchor Aaron Schachter talks to Steven Cook, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about what is at stake in Israel’s neighboring countries, in light of the new conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Astronomer Tycho Brahe ‘Not Poisoned’
New research suggests that Tycho Brahe, the Danish astronomer who died more than 400 years ago, was not felled by mercury poisoning.
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