The island that figures in today’s Geo Quiz just experienced an invasion of sorts. Langkawi Island was taken over last week by helicopters, warships, and surface-to-air missile launchers.
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Download MP3Today on The World: The head of a peacekeeping force in Darfur says there is no more war in Sudan’s troubled region; Also, Iran’s opposition leaders continue to accuse the government of torturing and killing citizens arrested during election protests, Plus: why Muslims in Malaysia will have to sit out next month’s Black-Eyed Peas concert.
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Download MP3The US hip-hop group, the Black Eyed Peas, are scheduled to perform in Malaysia next month…but the country’s Muslims are being told they can’t attend. Islamic leaders say it would violate Islamic law. The BBC’s Robin Brant has the story.
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Roadside stands across southeast Asia are currently full of durian fruit. Many love the taste of the durian. But for some, the smell presents, well, challenges. The smell has been likened to old socks, smelly cheese and a diaper pail…all rolled into one. Now, some of the region’s top chefs are thinking of clever ways to disguise the durian’s distinctive odor, in a bid to get more people to eat it. Nancy Greenleese reports.
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In the latest World in Words podcast, Patrick Cox and Clark Boyd select their top five language-related stories from July. Among them: Slovakia passes a law banning Hungarian in official communications in some of its Hungarian-speaking regions; new research seeks to show why babies and toddlers are so adept at learning two languages simultaneously; the trangressive nature of swearing helps when it comes to tolerating pain; and Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy has come up with a device that claims to translate dog noises into human language. But do we ready want to know what pooch is saying? Plus, our favorite hated words! Download MP3
