Entire program – August 31, 2009

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Today on The World: The top US commander in Afghanistan calls for a new strategy; Also, in Japan a new party takes on the challenges of caring for its aging population; And confronting an increasing number of suicides among its ranks, the US Army starts a new study to understand the problem.

Afghanistan assessment

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The top US military commander in Afghanistan has finished his strategic assessment of the war. General Stanley McChrystal says the situation is serious and calls for a new strategy. The World’s Matthew Bell reports.

Counting votes in Afghanistan

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Marco Werman speaks with Grant Kippen, Chairman of Afghanistan’s Electoral Complaints Commission, about continuing complaints about election fraud in Afghanistan’s recent election.

Social Security in Japan

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The winner of Japan’s national elections, the Democratic Party, is promising to revive the nation’s economy. It also faces challenges in dealing with Japan’s aging population. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Len Schoppa, a professor of politics at the University of Virginia who has written extensively on Japanese politics.

Tories working on stuffy image

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Britain’s conservative party has changed their logo in hopes of attracting a new group of constituents.

Global impact of porn industry

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The idea of corporate responsibility is not exclusive to big global corporations. Some small business too affect the lives of others around the world. Tim Samuels found this out then he produced a series for BBC-TV about the impact of porn films in countries where those films are very successful.

40th anniversary of the internet

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It was 40 years ago this week that the technology that instantly makes porn from LA available in Ghana was invented. The internet was the brainchild of UCLA computer scientist Len Kleinrock.

US Army to study suicide

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The US Army is seeing an increase of suicides among soldiers. So it’s launching the largest-ever study of suicide in the military. The study is just getting underway, but it raises some ethical concerns about privacy and consent. The World’s Katy Clark reports.

Locating al-Qaeda

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America’s top general in Afghanistan says the situation there is serious and a new strategy is needed. It’s assumed that a key goal of that strategy will be to reduce the capability of al-Qaeda. Which leads us to the question, where is al-Qaeda today? Anchor Marco Werman puts the question to Bruce Hoffman, professor of security studies at Georgetown University.

Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography quiz.

Nuclear isotope shortage

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The shutdown of nuclear reactors in Canada and Holland has created a severe shortage in medical isotopes used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other ailments. The World’s Laura Lynch looks at what the shortage means for patients, and how two of the biggest users of the isotopes — Britain and U-S — found themselves dependent on other countries for their supply.

Geo answer

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Libya. Marco Werman speaks with a Libya-born American political scientist about Libya and forty years of Muammar Qaddafi’s rule.

Global Hit

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In today’s Global hit we hear lush Beatlesque pop tunes from Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche. Anchor Marco Werman tells us more.