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Halloween in Europe
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Halloween is the jumping off point for the Geo Quiz this time. The place we’re looking for is in Europe, but in at least one village, you’ll find witches, warlocks, ghosts and goblins, and some very excited children. The World’s Clark Boyd has a young daughter who’s raring to go trick-or-treating in our mystery country. Download MP3Audio Slideshow: See more of Clark Boyd’s Halloween experience in Europe
Britain’s involvement in the US Civil War
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A long forgotten and controversial part of Britain’s past is being unearthed by an American historian living in London. Tom Sebrell has uncovered evidence of strong support for the southern Confederate states in the Civil War in America. Britain was officially neutral during the war. But Sebrell is now leading walking tours of London that reveal untold stories of Britain’s role. Laura Lynch decided to take the tour for herself. Download MP3Video: More with Tom Sebrell
Alexander Scriabin
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The Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York is hosting a show titled: Spectral Scriabin. Alexander Scriabin was a composer from Russia, part of the so-called Russian Symbolist movement. The show includes Georgian pianist Eteri Andjaparidze and American lighting designer Jennifer Tipton who create a music-theater work in which the Russian composers music merges with an intricate color and light interplay. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports. (Photo: Chris Lee) Download MP3Video: Alexander Scriabin Towards the Light
JR awarded TED Prize
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A French street artist known as JR has been awarded the 2011 TED Prize. The $100,000 prize rewards an artist known for plastering huge black-and-white photos of ordinary people in some of the world’s worst slums. JR has done his photo work in Brazilian favelas, Kenyan shantytowns and most recently Chinese neighborhoods slated for demolition. Download MP3Video: See JR at work
Fake Money exhibit
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Government officials routinely deal with the issue of counterfeiting. Despite common wisdom, making phoney money may be the world’s oldest profession – or at least one of them. The World’s Gerry Hadden visited the Fake Money exhibit at the National Museum of Art in Catalonia. Download MP3Video: Watch a confession of a former counterfeiter
Ganesh God of new beginnings
A few times every year, the streets of Mumbai turn into a carnival and recently, the guest of honor Ganesh, the elephant headed, roly-poly god of new beginnings. After 10 days of a homestay, families and communities accompany him to his final immersion in water, where his Earthen form breaks down and returns to the earth from which it came. >>>Read more and watch the slideshow
Tariq Ramadan: Being Muslim in America
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Tariq Ramadan is a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University. He tells anchor Lisa Mullins what it’s like to be Muslim in American today, and how Muslims are prepared to work in partnership with others to diminish mistrust. Download MP3>>Video: More of our conversation with Tariq Ramadan
Spain’s public art gallery
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Spain’s 4th largest city is on our Geo Quiz radar today. This city is the capital of the southern region of Andalusia. And just outside the old city center, there’s a neighborhood called Polígono San Pablo. The neighborhood’s just been transformed into a public art gallery of sorts. Download MP3>>>Audio slideshow: See some of the artists in action
69 days underground
For more than two months, 33 men were trapped underground in Chile’s San Jose mine. As the rescue attempt gathered pace in the Atacama Desert above, hundreds of relatives and dozens of international media organisations set up camp there. Now – with all the men brought to the surface safely – BBC News takes a look back at the miners’ ordeal.
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Eliza Griswold examines Sudan in ‘Tenth Parallel’
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Sudan is of special interest to Eliza Griswold. She’s just written a book called “The Tenth Parallel – Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam” and the book runs right through Sudan. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Griswold, who travelled to Sudan for her research. Download MP3See Eliza Griswold reading from her book in our studio
Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir Tour
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The “Virtual Choir Tour 2011″ is now accepting submissions! American composer, Eric Whitacre, tells Lisa Mullins about his effort to set a new world record for the largest number of people singing in an online choir. Download MP3Video: See The World’s Alex Gallafent audition for the Virtual Choir
African Nations Cup in Istanbul
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Istanbul is still basking in its role as the host of the recent International Basketball Federation tournament despite losing to the US in Sunday’s championship game. Now, there’s another international sporting event in Turkey’s largest city. Istanbul’s African residents organized the African Nations Cup. Matthew Brunwasser sent us this report from the Ferikoy soccer stadium in Istanbul. (Photos: Agata Skowronek) Download MP3
MIT develops smartphone-based eye exam
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MIT’s Media Lab is working on a project that could help people in poor countries get their eyes tested using a cellphone. Anchor Marco Werman travelled to the Media Lab to interview researcher Ramesh Raskar and get his eyes checked using the new technology. Download MP3Omar Souleyman
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Today’s Global Hit features Syrian freestyle rapper Omar Souleyman. Download MP3Roman Coliseum: Your pictures
The Roman Coliseum will open areas long closed to visitors beginning in the fall of 2010. The World’s Nancy Greenleese had a sneak preview.
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Download MP3Slideshow: See Nancy Greenleese and Andrea Goldwyn’s behind the scenes photos of the Coliseum
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