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Vladimir Putin is celebrating an anniversary today. The Russian prime minister has been at the top, or near the top, of the power pyramid in Russia for a decade. Jessica Golloher reports on Mr. Putin’s successes and failures. And we sample a satiric song about Mr. Putin.
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John Otis reports from Colombia about President Alvaro Uribe’s efforts to win support from other South American nations for putting some new US military bases in his country. But he’s apparently finding it a hard sell.
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with a British arts correspondent about the current boom in London theater ticket sales.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in South Africa today as part of her 11-day tour of the African continent. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Peter Fabricius, foreign editor of the Johannesburg Star.
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In Uganda, a government program to battle malaria using the pesticide DDT has provoked a fierce backlash. Farmers, politicians, and villagers fear the government is poisoning them. Yet many public health experts say the risks of DDT are far less than the risks of malaria. Alison Hawkes traveled to northern Uganda and sent this report.
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So what’s the reality when it comes to DDT? Is it really necessary for fighting malaria? And how dangerous is it to people? Anchor Marco Werman gets some answers from May Berenbaum, head of the department of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Our daily geography puzzler.
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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Kabul, Afghanistan. It’s home to Skateistan, a group building a new skateboarding center for boys and girls in the Afghan capital. The World’s Aaron Schachter checked it out.
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Anchor Marco Werman revisits the sounds of the Zizek Deejay collective from Buenos Aires. The collective’s just released a new album. Zizek co-founder Grant Dull spins a few tracks for us.
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The World’s Emma Kwesiga Lydersen meets up with US hip-hop legend Guru. He’s been touring the world and bringing home some musical souvenirs.
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Today on The World: The US pledges support for Somalia’s fragile government; Also, the political left in France struggles to stay alive; And some Chinese Uighurs released from Guantanamo hit the golf course in Bermuda.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged new US support today for Somalia’s fragile government. The World’s Katy Clark has the story.
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks to Sarah Mendelson, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, about a speech given there today by President Obama’s Assistant for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism, John Brennan.
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Four former Guantanamo detainees have landed new jobs — at Bermuda’s lush Port Royal Golf course. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Brian Darby, a correspondent for Bermuda Radio.
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The World’s Gerry Hadden reports that the French Socialist party is in such disarray that some of its leaders are asking out loud whether its time to dissolve the party altogether.
