One of the world’s first written languages gets a new 21-volume dictionary.
The famous Battle of the Somme was fought in this French region in 1916.
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Anchor Marco Werman talks to Pierre Haski co-founder of the French political analysis website, Rue89, about the unfolding scandal in France after International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a Frenchman, was charged with allegedly attempting to sexually assault a maid in a New York hotel over the weekend. Download MP3Audio 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.
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Robert Lane Greene’s new book “You Are What You Speak” examines how language we speak is bound up in our identity. How much does our native language define us? How much does it set our ways of thinking? Can we think a different way in a different language? Why do people get so persnickety about punctuation? Why do grammar sticklers yearn for a golden age of usage that usually coincides with their school days? Download MP3
It’s a week of troubled leaders — some clinging to power, others forced out. One so disgraced he was made to parade around in his undershirt. Also, the burka police in France, and Canada’s cheesed off hockey fans.
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A law banning the Muslim burqa, or full-face veil, went into effect today in France, a first in Europe. The World’s Gerry Hadden profiles two religious Muslims who defy French stereotypes of the modern Muslim women. Download MP3
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For today’s geo quiz, we’re looking for a West African country and its capital. The capital sits on the banks of the Niger River and it’s deemed to be one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. For decades, this city has played a major role in world music. Download MP3
Japan has a whole lexicon of earthquake-related phrases. But the severity of this quake is expanding that lexicon. Also, a video explains the nuclear emergency to children with an analogy that kids understand all too well. In France, meanwhile, the government is battling news outlets over probes into the practices of some politicians. And American brewers are giving reviving a centuries-old type of beer, Russian Imperial Stout, and plundering Russian history to name the brews [...]
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The World’s Gerry Hadden profiles a historical hero for Morocco’s Berber community, and explains why his significance is downplayed by the Moroccan government today. Download MP3
The Land of the Rising Sun has become for some The Land of Rising Radiation Levels. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami has cartoonists morphing the red disc in Japan’s flag into everything from a radiation hazard symbol to a skull.
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