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Katy Clark
‘Where Soldiers Come From’ Follows Young Men Before and After War
A preview of the film “Where US Soldiers Come From.”
Helping Japan from Massachusetts
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Katy Clark visits Amos Lawrence Elementary School in Brookline, Massachusetts, which has a large Japanese student population. Since last week’s earthquake, parents and students have been raising money and folding paper cranes to show their support for friends and family in Japan. Download MP3
Possible scenarios for Libya
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The World’s Katy Clark reports on what could happen in Libya if the Gaddafi regime were to fall. There’s concern that chaos or civil war could follow, because Gaddafi has prevented any leaders or institutions to develop under his rule. Download MP3
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Sudan’s lost boys rediscover their past
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Files and photographs of some of the thousands of Sudanese children who became known as the “Lost Boys” have been collected into a database and for the first time, these boys, now men, are seeing pieces of their past. Anchor Katy Clark has more. Download MP3
Reaction to guilt verdict in Russian oil tycoon case
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Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Nikolay Petrov of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace in Moscow about the verdict in the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was found guilty today in a Russian court of embezzlement and money laundering. Download MP3
A snow note
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A blizzard hit the East Coast stranding thousands of travelers ad shutting down major airports. But this time even Russian airports are being slowed by snow. Anchor Katy Clark has details. Download MP3
Indian human rights activist gets life sentence
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The World’s Katy Clark reports on a high-profile court case in India involving a physician renowned for helping the poor. Dr. Binayak Sen was sentenced to life in prison today for his alleged links to Maoist rebels. He and his supporters say the charges are trumped up. Download MP3
Review for Guantanamo detainees
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The White House is drafting an executive order for President Obama on Guantanamo. The order would formalize the indefinite detention without trial of some Guantanamo detainees, while setting up a system of periodic reviews of their cases. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Lt. Col David Frakt of the US Air Force Reserve JAG Corps. Frakt says the order might allow some detainees to effectively challenge their incarceration. Download MP3
President Obama’s Afghanistan review
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President Obama has said the US is “on track” to achieve its goals in Afghanistan, following publication of the US annual strategy review. The review said al-Qaeda’s leadership was at its weakest since 2001 and it added that the US had made enough progress to start a “responsible reduction” of forces in July 2011. Katy Clark reports. Download MP3Special coverage from The World
Ghailani verdict welcomed abroad
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The first Guantanamo bay detainee to face a civilian court in America has been cleared of all but one of the 281 charges he faced. Critics in the U.S. say it shows President Obama’s policy of moving terrorism suspects into the civilian system isn’t working. But in other parts of the world, the verdict and Obama’s policy are being welcomed. Correspondent Laura Lynch has the story. Download MP3 (Courtroom sketch: Shirley Shepard)
UK to compensate former Guantanamo detainees
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Around a dozen men who accused British security forces of colluding in their transfer overseas are to get millions in compensation from the UK government. Some of the men, who are all British citizens or residents, were detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. At least six of them alleged UK forces were complicit in their torture before they arrived at Guantanamo.Gerry Hadden reports. (Photo: Katy Clark) Download MP3From the archives: Katy Clark’s Guantanamo coverage (2002-2009)
Haiti prepares for Tropical Storm Tomas
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Haiti has been placed on high alert as a powerful storm sweeps in, threatening thousands of earthquake survivors still living in camps. Forecasters say Tropical Storm Tomas is gaining strength and will begin to lash Haiti by late Thursday, reaching full force by Friday. Some camps are being evacuated and officials have told those living in tents to move to stronger shelter. The World’s Katy Clark has more. Download MP3Haiti coverage on The World
Africa’s Ajami writing system
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When Sub-Saharan Africans converted to Islam more than a thousand years ago, they did so using a modified Arabic text known as Ajami. Today, Ajami is a whole writing system used by many Africans to conduct business transactions, to keep family histories, and to write poetry. The World’s Katy Clark tells us about how scholars are only now coming to understand and appreciate the value of Ajami writings. (Photo: Katy Clark) Download MP3Iraq’s oil boom
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Much of the uncertainty Iraqis feel is about the economic future of their country.Those prospects depend largely on the recovery of Iraq’s oil industry. That’s been more or less dormant for the past seven years. But The World’s Katy Clark reports that Iraq’s oil is flowing again. Download MP3Promise of long life in lush Ecuador valley
In today’s Geo Quiz, we are looking for a town legendary for its long-lived residents. About one in ten live of its inhabitants live to see the ripe old age of 100…
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