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08/27/2010
Entire program – August 27, 2010
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Download MP3Today on The World: Pakistan’s Indus River – key to the country’s economy, but the source of unprecedented flooding and devastation now; Also, five years after Katrina, many Latino immigrant workers who helped rebuild the city are now residents; Plus, a 19-ton Swiss-built pipe organ returns to its home stage in New York.
The importance of the Indus for Pakistan
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As Pakistan’s flood surge travels south down the Indus River, it devours more and more villages, over half-a-million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports on the geography of the Indus River and its importance to Pakistan’s past and future. Download MP3
How to help the trapped Chilean miners
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It will be months before those 33 trapped miners in Chile see the light of day. NASA is advising the rescuers now and the European Space Agency can help, too. They’ve had six volunteers simulating an 18-month mission to Mars. Much like the miners in Chile, the volunteers are being monitored to see how they handle the isolation in cramped conditions. Jennifer Ngo Ahn, is project manager of Mars 500 at the European Space Agency. Download MP3Letters from Leningrad
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On Wednesday we ran a story remembering Samantha Smith, the 10-year-old American girl who wrote to Soviet leader Andropov in 1982, to ask why the US and the USSR could not live in peace. Our story brought a response from listener Jeff Henigson who himself had appealed to Soviet leader Gorbachev to ask for an end to the nuclear arms race. Marco Werman talks with Henigson. Download MP3Terrorist suspect on Canadian Idol
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Three suspected terrorists were arrested this week in Canada for allegedly plotting against targets in Canada and abroad. The suspects allegedly had plans and schematics to make improvised explosive devices. However, one of the suspects may have had aspirations other than bomb-making. Terror suspect Khurram Syed Sher appeared on Canada’s version of American Idol in 2008. Anchor Marco Werman has more. Download MP3US flood relief in Pakistan
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Download MP3Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Jill McGivering, who today flood-affected areas in Pakistan aboard a US military helicopter.
New Orleans’ immigrant flavor since Katrina
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Download MP3After Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Latino workers arrived to help rebuild the city. Many of them have stayed and are buying homes of their own. Correspondent Julia Kumari Drapkin reports on the changing face of New Orleans five years after Katrina.
Hamas on Mideast peace
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Download MP3Leaders of the Palestinian group Hamas will not have a seat at the next week’s Mideast peace talks in Washington. But as The World’s Matthew Bell reports from Jerusalem, some moderates within Hamas still believe that the US can be a fair mediator in seeking a two-state solution.
Coercion and concessions
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Download MP3Daniel Byman with the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University tells anchor Marco Werman that Washington should use coercion and concessions to prevent Hamas from torpedoing the new round of peace talks that get under way next week.
Geo Quiz and Answer
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Download MP3For today’s Geoquiz we’re looking for the central European capital in which a Michael Jackson statue project has caused quite a controversy. The answer is Prague. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from the BBC’s Rob Cameron.
Pipe organ returns to Alice Tully Hall
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For today’s Global Hit we’re going inside a pipe organ. The organ is at Alice Tully Hall, one of New York’s premier concert venues. Alice Tully Hall reopened last year after a long refurbishment. Its Swiss-built organ was removed during that process – in 2006. Now the instrument is finally being returned to its home onstage. Here’s The World’s Alex Gallafent. Download MP3
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