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The Iraqi election in Kirkuk
President Barack Obama hailed a “milestone” in the history of Iraq, as it completed its second parliamentary election since the 2003 invasion. He praised the courage of voters who turned out despite bomb and mortar attacks that killed at least 35 people. Reporter Ben Gilbert has been covering the election for The World from the northern city of Kirkuk.
Doctors face ethical decisions in Haiti
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The medical needs in Haiti are so great, and the resources often so limited, that doctors and nurses working there since the earthquake have had to make some wrenching decisions. They’ve had to choose not only who they could save, but who they could not or would not save. Reporter Sheri Fink brings us a rare behind-the-scenes look at an American field hospital in Port au Prince in the early weeks of the disaster. Download MP3 (Photo: Sheri Fink)
Get abused in the Elbow Room Café!
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Vancouver’s Elbow Room Café is known for two things. Good food – and abuse! Lots and lots of abuse. The café’s built a reputation of giving customers a hard time. Surprisingly this approach attracts many customers. The World’s Andrea Crossan tried the strange café. Download MP3 (Photo: Andrea Crossan)
Saving a river along the US-Mexico border
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Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora are divided by an international border. But they are also united by the Santa Cruz river. In recent years, the river has become dry and now government agencies and citizens groups on both sides are struggling to preserve this precious waterway. The World’s Lorne Matalon reports. Download MP3 (Photo: Lorne Matalon)
Reporter’s journal from the Island of Yap
I’m sitting on my balcony, at the Pathways Cottages in Yap – not cottages, really, but bamboo houses on stilts, high in the trees, with thatch roofs. They overlook a lagoon, and coconut palms sway in the breeze. It would be idyllic – except that the busiest street in town runs right in front of this place. Now, on an island of 8,000 people, in an archipelago of 12,000, the busiest street in town isn’t exactly gridlocked – but there are enough cars swooshing past on a regular basis to break the island idyll. For that matter, so does the chainsaw my next-door neighbors choose to run at 7am.
Exposing Japanese-Peruvian WWII internment camps
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On February 19th in 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, interning approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans. But that order had implications way beyond the American shores. It affected thousands of Japanese living in Peru and in other countries of South America. Their story is only now being told. Tyler Sipe reports. Download MP3 (photo: Tyler Sipe)
Bilingual puns sell meals
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Juan in a Million, Thai Me Up, and Pho Shizzle: reporter Nina Porzucki visits Austin, Texas, where playing with your food has taken on a whole new meaning. Download MP3 (Photo: Nina Porzucki)
German fish fashion
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Leather made from salmon could be the next big thing in the world of luxury design. Salmon leather has a lot going for it. It’s as strong as cow leather and as exotic as snake skin. This former waste product is now being turned into shoes, clothes, furniture, and even wallpaper. Susan Stone reports that salmon leather made in Germany is making a splash. Download MP3(Photo: Susan Stone)
The Numbers Behind the Olympics
When all is said and done, preparing for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler will have cost close to CDN $6 billion. (About $5.6 billion in U.S. dollars.) And that’s just the price tag to get everything built, before the Games begin. The World’s Jason Margolis visits British Columbia to look at how the Winter Games have economically impacted the Canadian province.
Violins – made in China
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China now makes 70% of the world’s violins. And the quality at the top-end is quite good. In fact, it’s making Italian violin makers nervous. In today’s Global Hit, Mary Kay Magistad checks out China’s violins. (Photo:Mary Kay Magistad) Download MP3
Retirement in India
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While retirement homes for the elderly are commonplace in the US, they are a new, and growing, phenomenon in India. Reporter Elliot Hannon visits one of the newly constructed Indian retirement communities to see who’s moving in. Download MP3
Mexican Mennonites
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The northern Mexican State of Chihuahua is one of Mexico’s most violent, riven by almost daily murders, kidnappings and armed robberies linked to Mexico’s drug trade. But Christian Mennonites, who above all are pacifists, are also a part of the state’s tapestry. The World’s Lorne Matalon traveled to Chihuahua to meet some of them.Download MP3
Lorne Matalon’s Mexico Stories
Lorne Matalon has been reporting from Mexico for The World since November 2007. He has covered the Mexican ‘war on drugs’ from the frontlines, going on patrol with the Mexican armed forces. Lorne also covered immigration and economic stories from south of the border. He has also reported from Venezuela for The World.
Copenhagen climate conference
China and Indonesia have hailed the Copenhagen UN climate summit outcome, despite its cool reception from aid agencies and campaigners. President Obama defended the accord he helped broker with China and other main powers. The non-binding pact, called the Copenhagen Accord, was not adopted by consensus at the UN climate summit in Denmark.
Climate change in Peru
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Deep divisions between rich and poor nations are threatening to derail the negotiations at the climate summit in Copenhagen. The consequences of failure would have a global impact, from the world’s mountains to its jungles. Peru is a country that has both. John Beaupre tells us that the South American nation is feeling the effects of climate change from top to bottom. Download MP3
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