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Manny Pacquiao boxing and running for office

By The World ⋅ March 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao is defending his title on Friday. And he’s also running for Congress back home. Just part of the Philippines tradition of choosing heroes for elected officials. Sunshine de Leon reports from Manila. Download MP3 (Photo source Wikipedia: Bret Newton)

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Guam awaits the Marines

By The World ⋅ January 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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The population of Guam is expected to increase by 50 % in the next four years. That’s because the U.S. military plans to redeploy thousands of Marines and their families from the Japanese island of Okinawa. The move could bring an economic boom to the Pacific island but it threatens to strain Guam’s infrastructure as Akiko Fujita reports. Download MP3 (Photo: Johan Burati)

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World Books: International Reads for the Holidays

By World Books ⋅ December 13, 2009 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

“Your Face Tomorrow, Volume Three: Poison, Shadow, and Farewell”: the final volume in Javier Marías’s trio of spy novels extraordinaire is part of World Book’s idiosyncratic round-up of first-rate international literary stocking stuffers.

Audio Slideshow: Camel Races in Australia

By The World ⋅ December 7, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

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Photojournalist Tim Bonham journeys deep into the Australian outback to profile Glenda Sutton. Sutton is a camel jockey, and has been since 1998. She learned how to ride in the United Arab Emirates, and now races in her native Australia. Bonham caught up with her at The Boulia Camel Races in Queensland. Download MP3

Geo answer

By The World ⋅ October 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Tristan da Cunha or “Tristan” for short. Andy Isaacson sends an audio postcard from this island in the South Atlantic. It’s been called the most remote inhabited island on Earth.

Most Remote Inhabited Island on Earth

By The World ⋅ October 28, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

Today’s Geo Quiz takes us out to sea … 1700 miles off the coast of Africa. There are half a dozen volcanic islands scattered near 37 degrees south, 12 degrees west. That’s about midway between South Africa and Argentina.

Kate Miller-Heidke

By The World ⋅ October 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Reporter Andrea Smardon introduces us to Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke. She started out as an opera singer, but now she’s a pop star.

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Geo Quiz and answer

By The World ⋅ October 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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For today’s Geo Quiz we’re searching for a Pacific island atoll that lies just about halfway between North America and Asia. It’s right near the International Date Line…and its beaches are often littered with trash came from a floating mass of plastic trash called the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch.

Pacific tsunami strikes

By The World ⋅ September 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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A tsunami triggered by a strong quake in the South Pacific has killed more than 100 people in several islands. At least 77 people were reported dead in Samoa, more than 25 in American Samoa and at least six in Tonga. Residents and tourists fled to higher ground as whole villages were destroyed. Boats were swept inland and cars and people out to sea. The World’s Jeb Sharp has the latest. Download MP3

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The Nuclear Disarmament Movement

By Jeb Sharp ⋅ September 25, 2009 ⋅ One comment ⋅ Transcript

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It was striking this week–with all the talk at the United Nations of getting rid of nuclear weapons–that the rhetoric was coming from the mouths of world leaders rather than the megaphones of demonstrators. It got us wondering what ever happened to the nuclear disarmament movement? Jonathan Schell and Lawrence Wittner have some answers.

Geo Quiz

By The World ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Our daily geography quiz.

Geo Answer

By The World ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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For today’s Geo Quiz we’re looking for strip of Australian coastline bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Timor Sea to the north. The answer is the Kimberley Coast, where this week an undersea oil pipeline ruptured and is spewing crude oil and natural gas into the sea. Anchor Jeb Sharp finds out more from John Carey, director of the Pew Environment Group’s Kimberley Conservation Project.

Australian coast

By The World ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

We’re going to a remote corner of Australia for the Geo Quiz this time. Most of Australia’s population lives along the country’s southeastern coast. In the middle, there’s the vast and dry outback. Then, all the way in Australia’s northwestern corner, is the place we want you to name.

Geo Quiz

By The World ⋅ August 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Our daily geography puzzler.

Geo answer

By The World ⋅ August 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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For today’s Geo Quiz we were looking for the name of the huge vortex in the Pacific that’s been accumulating massive amounts of trash. The answer is the North Pacific Ocean Gyer. A team from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is visiting the site. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Scripps graduate student Miriam Goldstein about what’s been dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”

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