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An inquiry into the ‘Bloody Sunday’ events – in which 13 Catholics were shot dead by British soldiers in Northern Ireland in 1972 – has found the deaths were both unjustified and unjustifiable. Announcing the findings, British Prime Minister Cameron said none of those who died had been armed, no warning had been given by the army and some of the victims had been trying to tend to the dying. Laura Lynch reports.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.
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Two takes on the Irish language: one from Patrick’s dad, who was a schoolboy in the early years of Ireland’s independence, when studying Irish was an exercise in nation-building. Then, an interview with Manchan Magan who made a TV series about traveling around Ireland speaking only Irish. Next, we hear from Alexander McCall Smith: his latest offering in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series is a children’s book in the Scots language. Finally, hip-hop artist Boomer Da Sharpshooter who grew up speaking English but now raps in Cambodia’s main language, Khmer. Download MP3
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The small town of Ballina is known as ‘the Salmon Capital of Ireland’. It’s home to only about 11,000 people. But it’s also home to an extraordinary collection of historical documents. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports from New York. Download MP3 (Photo: Courtesy of the Jackie Clarke Library and Archive)
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Irish uillean piper Paddy Keenan hails from a county in eastern Ireland. He’s a third generation piper. The World’s David Leveille tells us more about him and gives us the answer to the Geo Quiz. Download MP3
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The Irish Republic’s strict abortion law is being challenged in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Three Irish women, all of whom traveled to Britain to have an abortion, say the effective ban on abortion in Ireland violates the European Convention on Human Rights. A referendum to make Ireland’s abortion laws even more strict failed in 2002 (PA photo). Jane Little reports. 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.
Some world leaders due to attend this week’s UN General Assembly in New York are not exactly welcome in western countries. One of them is Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi: according to ABC News, residents of a New Jersey neighborhood recently protested against Gaddafi’s presence there, so he tried to rent a mansion in the Bronx instead. We talk with John Fitzgerald, the developer of Villanova Heights where Gaddafi hoped to stay. 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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Delhi 2 Dublin, based in Vancouver, joins Irish fiddles with Indian tablas, sitars with electric guitar in a free-flowing mix of Indian bhangra and Irish jigs. Lonny Shavelson caught up with them in front of an up-and-dancing audience of more than 10,000 in San Francisco’s Stern Grove. >>> Click here to see Lonny’s video of a Delhi 2 Dublin concert.
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Download MP3The band Delhi 2 Dublin lives up to its name with its combination of Indian bhangra and Irish jigs. Reporter Lonny Shavelson caught up with them at a gig in San Francisco.
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Download MP3The name pretty much says it all. The band “Delhi 2 Dublin” plays a free-flowing mix of Indian bhangra and Irish jigs. It’s a blend of Irish fiddles and Indian tablas, not to mention sitars and electric guitars. Throughout the summer this Vancouver-based band has been playing concerts from Canada to California. Reporter Lonny Shavelson recently caught up with them at a gig in San Francisco.
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Download MP3In the wake of the release of the Lockerbie bomber, some victims of violent attacks by the Irish Republican Army are demanding compensation from Libya. They say Libya supplied munitions to the IRA during the height of that group’s violence. And they want the British government to support their demands. The World’s Laura Lynch reports.
Author Frank McCourt published his first book in his sixties. The successful “Angela’s Ashes” portrayed the slums of Limerick, Ireland and became controversial in Ireland.
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This week, the impact of swine flu on the Mexican and Egyptian economies. Also, one Chinese county toys with the idea of paying workers to smoke, and then quickly abandons it when there is international outrage. Fiat’s CEO Sergio Marchionne, and Ireland’s struggling horse-breeding industry. Listen
In this week’s Global Economy Podcast, it’s all about swine flu. We look at how a swine flu pandemic might affect the global economy, and how the global recession might affect our flu preparedness. Listen
