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For our Geo Quiz today we’re looking for one of Germany’s historic squares. This one’s just a short distance from the Brandenburg Gate.
Talking Travel 1: Iran, France and the former East Berlin
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The World has teamed up with travel publisher Lonely Planet to bring you a new audio podcast. The idea is to find interesting intersections between news and travel. Clark Boyd from The World will bring the news, and Robert Reid and Tom Hall from Lonely Planet will bring the travel. In our first episode, we tackle American hikers in Iran, and nostalgia tourism in what was once East Berlin.
U2 behind a wall in Berlin
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The group U2 is performing a free concert in Berlin tonight to mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Ironically, another wall is going up for the performance. Anchor Marco Werman explains.
Remembering East Germany
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Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, young Germans don’t give a lot of thought to what was once known as the GDR or East Germany. Few know much about a state that vanished before they were even born. And while some educators would rather not dwell on a recent but painful past, others say remembering is the only way to move the whole country forward. Susan Stone reports from Berlin. Download MP3
Owning a piece of the Berlin Wall
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Twenty years ago, the wall that divided East and West Berlin for decades came down in dramatic fashion. Since that time, the Berlin Wall has been broken up and distributed around the world, including downtown Manhattan. Former Berlin resident Juliane Camfield (pictured) tells The World’s Alex Gallafent about how she could never own a piece of the wall. Download MP3Thames missing
A map of the Tube comes in handy for today’s Geo Quiz. The map of London’s subway, known as The Tube or the Underground, is a classic. The visual design was inspired by electric circuit diagrams. The map helps riders navigate the system’s 270 subway stations…
Gender controversy shrouds South African runner
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South African’s Caster Semenya is at the center of a gender controversy. On Wednesday, Semenya won the women’s 800 meters at the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Now, Semenya’s been asked to take tests to prove she’s a woman. We’ll speak with Farayi Mungazi, host of the BBC African sports program Fast Track. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber. >>> The latest from BBC Sport.
Few nations fighting bribery
Twelve years after many Western nations agreed to fight bribery of foreign officials, only four countries are actively enforcing the ban. That’s according to a progress report released today by an anti-corruption watchdog group. David Hecht reports from Berlin.
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