Archive for January, 2013
Lara Bello’s Flamenco-Inspired ‘First Yellow, Then Purple’
Betto Arcos tells us about singer Lara Bello, who grew up surrounded by flamenco music and dance in Granada, Spain.
PRI’s The World: 01/22/2013 (Palau, Norway, Israel)
A high turnout in the Israeli elections Tuesday. Also, the tiny nation of Palau fights to protect its tuna. And learning Chinese through a bilingual app called Dim Sum Warriors.
Israel Elections: Netanyahu Expected to Win Re-election
Israelis went to the polls Tuesday for a parliamentary election that’s not expected to change their country’s political leadership. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will most probably keep his job.
Israel’s Neighbors Ask What a New Governing Coalition Will Mean for Peace
Rami Khouri, a columnist for The Daily Star newspaper in Beirut says Israel’s neighbors are bracing for election results that will likely usher in a more right-wing Israeli governing coalition.
Cuba Activates Undersea Internet Cable Line
Analysts monitoring internet usage on the island say Cuban officials appear to have activated an undersea cable line linking the island to the Internet via Venezuela, as opposed to the slower satellite-based access the island has had for years.
Comic Book Snacks that Talk Back in Two Languages
The World’s Patrick Cox reports on a bilingual iPad app that’s also a comic book. The characters are food snacks that speak English and Chinese, and get into kung fu fights. Dim Sum Warriors is being hailed as both a great comic book series and a great language-learning tool.
Algerian Militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, ‘Mr. Marlboro,’ Jihadist or Thug?
One-eyed Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, considered the mastermind behind the Algeria attack, has been called “Mr. Marlboro” for the cigarette-smuggling ring he operates in the desert region of West Africa known as the Sahel.
Music Heard on Air for January 22, 2013
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for January 22, 2013. Artists featured are: Salif Keita, Vieux Farka Toure, Michelino Mavatiku, King Sunny Ade, Issa Bagayogo.
Tuna’s Last Stand?
The southern Pacific is home to some of the last healthy tuna populations, but they’re coming under intense pressure from international fishing fleets.
Brunost Cheese Burns, Makes Headlines in Scandinavia
Brunost is a brown, slightly sweet, caramel-tasting cheese made in several countries, but it made headlines when a truck carrying 20 tons of the stuff caught fire and burned out of control.
Barbara’s Göttingen: A Song That Made History
France and Germany on Tuesday mark the 50th anniversary of a key treaty that officially cemented the peaceful reconciliation of the two nations two decades after World War II. Another factor that cemented the nascent France-Germany friendship in the 1960′s was a song by French singer Barbara.
50 Years Élysée Treaty: A Cornerstone of Peace in Europe
France and Germany are celebrating the anniversary of a friendship treaty signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer on January 22nd, 1963. It was concluded following three devastating military conflicts [...]
Arab League Calls On Palestinians In Israel To Get Out The Vote
Arab leaders are quick to condemn any behavior that might suggest the slightest whiff of “normalization” with the state of Israel. Personal visits to the Holy Land for tourism or even pilgrimage, for example, are a big no-no in the eyes of most Arab and Muslim leaders. [...]
Delhi Mulls Over Its Culture of Rape
It’s been two days since I landed in India’s capital city, New Delhi. That’s 34 days after a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was brutally gang-raped on a bus in this city, and 21 days after she died in a hospital in Singapore [...]
Indian Rape Protests Foretell Feminist Spring
Few things have struck a chord in me as powerfully as the news of the 23-year-old, female medical student’s brutal gang rape on a Delhi bus Dec. 16 by six drunken men [...]
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