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01/25/2010

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Baghdad rocked by deadly triple blast

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At least 36 people have died in three large explosions apparently targeting hotels in the heart of Iraq’s capital. More than 70 were injured in the Baghdad blasts, which police said were caused by suicide car bombers. The attacks came as the Iraqi government announced that Saddam Hussein’s former defense minister Ali Hassan al-Majid – also known as “Chemical Ali” – had been executed. The BBC’s Jim Muir is in Baghdad. Download MP3 (AP Photo: Khalid Mohammed)
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Medical challenges in Haiti

By The World ⋅ January 25, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

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International aid workers are getting more food to survivors of this month’s earthquake in Haiti. The UN says food aid has reached 500,000 people at least once. But as many as two million people are in need. Reporter Sheri Fink, who’s also a medical doctor, has been traveling around Port-au-Prince. She’s following the work of one of the “disaster medical assistance teams” that the US Department of Health and Human Services sent to Haiti. Download MP3 (Photo: Sheri Fink)


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Haitian connects survivors to aid groups via SMS

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The Haiti earthquake killed at least 150,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are without shelter. Few safe buildings survived the quake. So “tent cities” are springing up. Kurt Jean-Charles runs Solutions, a tech company in Port-au-Prince. Since the earthquake, he’s helped to connect aid providers to the tent camps via text messaging. Download MP3

Moscow’s crumbling Soviet architecture

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Russia has seen a dramatic surge in new construction in recent years, especially in cities like Moscow. But Jessica Golloher reports that some Muscovites worry that historically significant buildings are being sacrificed in the name of progress. Download MP3(Photo: Jessica Golloher)


Fela Kuti

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Despite its mainstream theatrical reputation, the credo on Broadway really continues to be anything goes. Broadway’s musical subjects have been as varied as Thomas Jefferson, Jesus Christ, and P.T. Barnum. And so why not a musical about Nigerian afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti? Marco Werman reports. Download MP3


Entire program – January 25, 2010

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Today on The World: A series of car bombs in Baghdad shatter a quiet month there; Also, the challenges facing doctors in Haiti; And, the fight to protect Moscow’s historic buildings.

Health care in Spain

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Health care access isn’t a right in the United States. But it is in many other countries… including Spain. Recently two Spanish towns began to chip away at that. They started by denying benefits to undocumented immigrants. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Vic, Spain.

Burns supper

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The World’s Carol Zall explains the role of haggis in celebrations honoring Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns. The dish made from sheep’s organs has a bad reputation outside of Scotland. But many Scots say “don’t knock it unless you’ve tried it!”

Long winter for Olympic village businesses

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The Winter Olympics are just 18 days away. They’re being held in Vancouver and the mountain resort of Whistler. As the World’s Jason Margolis reports, business is tough in Whistler in the run-up to the Games.

Geo Quiz

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Where will our Geo Quiz take us today?

Geo answer

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