Renewed focus on Caucasus region

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

The Russian government has faltered in its attempts to come to grips with the insurgency in the Caucasus. Andrei Mironov of the Moscow-based human rights organization Memorial gives details to host Marco Werman. Download MP3

Remembering Anna Yablonskaya

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Twenty-nine year old playwright Anna Yablonskaya was among the victims of yesterday’s bombing in Moscow. Marco Werman talks to John Freedman, theatre critic for the Moscow Times, about her life and work. Download MP3

Playwright Anna Yablonskaya: a tribute

Bomb blast at Moscow airport

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

A powerful explosion went off in the international arrival hall of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport today, killing and wounding many. Download MP3
More context:
Timeline: Recent bombings in Russia
Reactions on the bombings

Bombings in Iraq

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Jim Muir in Baghdad about a spate of bombings targeting Shia Muslim pilgrims in Iraq this week. Download MP3

Analysis: Bombings highlight Iraq’s instability
Iraq’s security forces targeted in two attacks

Dozens killed in Baghdad attacks

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Download MP3
Truck bombs and a barrage of mortars have killed at least 75 people and hurt at least 310 in central Baghdad in the deadliest series of attacks in months. There have been no official accusations about who is behind the attacks, or claims of responsibility. Photo by Muhannad Fala”ah/Getty Images. >>> Watch BBC video from Baghdad.

Entire program – July 17, 2009

Today on The World: The investigation into the bombings of two luxury hotels in Indonesia; women in India find new jobs in the private security business; and unrest continues in Tehran with a new protest by opposition supporters today. Listen