The World
UN Condemns Syria ‘Atrocities’
Last week’s killing of more than 100 civilians at Houla in Syria may amount to crimes against humanity, the UN high commissioner for human rights has said.
Could Syria Take A Lesson From Bosnia?
Christopher Hill, US ambassador to Iraq from 2009 to 2010, says while things were learned from the US intervention in the Balkans, the situation in Syria is quite different.
US Cyber Attacks Against Iran
The New York Times reports that the US and Israel have launched cyber attacks against Iran’s nuclear facilities, just as Iran has accused them of doing.
Video: Coming Face to Face with a Whale Shark
Whale sharks are said to be gentle and curious and don’t seem to mind snorkelers who visit their underwater hunts.
PRI’s The World: 05/31/2012 (South Africa, Brazil, UK)
What to do about Syria: exploring the military option and the “Yemen solution.” Then, South Africa is still buzzing and tweeting about a painting of its president. And down-sizing soft drinks in New York.
Syria Close to ‘All Out War’
Rebels fighters are threatening to abandon the United Nations-backed ceasefire in Syria if the government doesn’t stop violating it.
Oxnard Group Trying to Make ‘Oaxaquita’ Epithet Illegal
Officials in the city of Oxnard, in the Los Angeles area have made it illegal to use the term “oaxaquita.”
PRI’s The World: 05/30/2012 (Faroe Islands, Israel, India)
The international community struggles to find a solution for Syria. Doctors in India use stem cells to cure some cases of blindness. And Israeli and Palestinian farmers agree on rodent control – they are using barn owls to rein in mouse population.
London Becomes France’s Sixth Biggest City
More French people live in London than in Bordeaux, Nantes or Strasbourg, so much so that it is now thought to be France’s sixth biggest city in terms of population.
PRI’s The World: 05/29/2012 (Angola, Canada, Yemen)
US and UK expel Syrian ambassadors as the UN Human Rights Office confirms details of the Houla massacre. A cold war heats up between US and Russia via Twitter. And we investigate the mission to bring back the short-haired bumble bee to UK.
Frontline: Inside Al-Qaeda’s Stronghold in Yemen
The local al-Qaeda affiliate has taken advantage of recent political instability that has weakened the government’s hold on its territory.
PRI’s The World: 05/28/2012 (Syria, Myanmar, Egypt)
The latest on the killing of more than 100 civilians in the Syrian town of Houla and the international outcry against the government in Damascus. Also, scientists say there is more plastic trash floating in the world’s oceans than previously thought. Plus, how Chinese consumers are influencing car design all over the globe.
Investigating the Houla Massacre in Syria
The first eye-witness accounts have emerged from the Syrian town of Houla, where more than a hundred people were killed on Friday in what the United Nations is calling a brutal massacre. The UN envoy on Syria, Kofi Annan, who’s in Damascus, said he was personally shocked by the killings.
PRI’s The World: 05/25/2012 (Azerbaijan, Mali, Tunisia)
Egypt prepares for what may be a polarizing second round of voting in its presidential election. Also, thousands of refugees flee the violence in Mali and seek shelter in neighboring Burkina Faso. And the final installment in our series “Beyond Class” examines whether Britain can ever really leave its class divisions behind.
Beyond Class: Live Chat [Archive]
2pm – 3pm EST: Talk to reporters Julia Barton and Matthew Bell about middle class revolutionaries.
3pm – 5pm EST: Talk to Series Editor Patrick Cox about attempts to create a classless society.
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