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Europe’s Frigid Temps May Mean First Elfstedentocht Skating Race in 15 Years
Freezing temperatures across Europe continue to wreck havoc with travel schedules, and sporting schedules. But in The Netherlands, where speed-skating is one of the country’s most popular sports, 14 below Fahrenheit is a temperature reading to be welcomed.
Podcast: The World Population at Seven Billion
On October 31st, world population reached seven billion. That’s according to the latest estimates by the United Nations Population Fund. We explore what that means for the planet and our future in it. We compare family planning programs in two South Asian countries. Also, breaking news about a Dutch science scandal.
Netherlands Divided Over Angolan Teen Asylum Seeker Mauro Manuel
The Netherlands is in the midst of a huge political struggle over the fate of one asylum seeker. A boy who arrived on his own from Angola eight years ago is facing deportation, now he’s turned 18.
A Begging Robot Draws Attention to Poor in Wealthy Luxembourg
A Dutch artist has build a low-cost robot that can beg for money.
Politics Affects Belgium’s Music Scene
How the language and culture divide is playing out for the musicians in Belgium?
Linguistic surrealism from China to Belgium
On the World in Words podcast, the trials, tribulations and silliness of living in Belgium, where most people define themselves not by nationality but by mother tongue. Also, arrested Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wrote a blog that was, if anything, even more provocative than his art. We hear from his English translator. And the latest children’s TV hit in the UK features Jamaican-British musical mice, with dialects that offend English purists.
Reverberations from 2005 Muhammad cartoon
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Today in a Danish court a Somali man said he was only trying to scare Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard when he broke into his home last year. Westergaard was the author of a controversial caricature of the Prophet Muhammad, a cartoon that sparked Muslim protests around the globe. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Carol Hills about the Muhammad cartoons controversy and its ongoing reverberations. Download MP3
The Dutch formula to deal with marijuana
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Some cities in the Netherlands are trying to clean up the country’s image as a drug haven. Authorities are mailing scratch and sniff marijuana cards to their citizens. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports that the idea is to teach the citizens what the plant smells like so that they can alert the police. Download MP3 (Photo: Gerry Hadden)
How do you say refudiate in Belgian?
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In this week’s World in Words podcast: an Israeli-British study shows bilinguals respond differently depending on the language of the questions; Sarah Palin compares her coinage of new English words to Shakespeare’s; and Clark Boyd’s adventures in linguistically confused Belgium. Download MP3
World Books Review: An uneven ‘Storm’
Writers and readers are drawn to natural disasters because they create an urgency that usually makes for compelling reading. But this novel about one of the worst natural disasters in the history of The Netherlands, while it contains wonderful set pieces, is a brilliant idea that never becomes more than that — a brilliant idea.
Language adoption, and the future of spelling
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In this week’s World in Words podcast, an attempt to get Belgians to adopt families online from across that country’s language divide. Also, in Montenegro, the government is promoting what it calls the Montenegrin language, formerly considered a dialect of Serbo-Croatian. Plus, a discussion on what happens to spelling in the age of Spell Check and Google.Download MP3
Words your grandmother taught you in Chinese, Dutch and Yiddish
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Many people learned their first foreign words from their grandmothers. Marco Werman learned a Dutch curse. Nina Porzucki learned a Yiddish word that speaks to a certain Jewish mindset. Marilyn Chin learned insults, puns and tongue twisters, many of which later found their way into Chin’s poetry and fiction.
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Dutch cartoon trial
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An Arab organization is to be put on trial in the Netherlands over its publication of a cartoon which questions the Holocaust. The Arab European League (AEL) said the decision to prosecute illustrated bias against Muslims. It said the same standards were not applied to the Dutch politician Geert Wilders (pictured), who made a film including cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports. Download MP3Banned from sailing solo around the world
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A Dutch court has put a 13-year-old girl under state care for two months, stalling her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. The decision means Laura Dekker’s parents, who support her plans, temporarily lose the right to make decisions about her. The World’s Laura Lynch reports. >>> BBC coverage of this story
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