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In the latest World in Words podcast, the top five language-related stories from the past month. Among them: the sad tale of Muammar Gaddafi’s translator at the United Nations; the quixotic tale of the real estate mogul who is trying to export Korean Hangul script to Indonesia; and a German court’s decision to permit Nazi hate speech, so long as it’s not in German.
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It was striking this week–with all the talk at the United Nations of getting rid of nuclear weapons–that the rhetoric was coming from the mouths of world leaders rather than the megaphones of demonstrators. It got us wondering what ever happened to the nuclear disarmament movement? Jonathan Schell and Lawrence Wittner have some answers.
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President Barack Obama has acknowledged the stark challenges faced by the world, but said the U.S. cannot succeed in tackling them alone. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on the President’s first speech to the UN General Assembly in New York. Download MP3 (Photo: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for urgent action on climate change, saying negotiations on reducing emissions were proceeding too slowly. He said failure to reach agreement at December’s climate talks in Copenhagen would be “morally inexcusable”. Alex Gallafent reports. Download MP3
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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.
The U.N. General Assembly authorized a new U.N. agency for women last week. We’ll look at the years of advocacy that led to it. The World’s Jason Margolis helps answer a listener’s question about how this economic crisis compares to past ones, especially in terms of U.S. debt. And The World’s Alex Gallafent rereads Bertolt Brecht on the Crash of 1929.
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American artist Ross Bleckner is the first artist to be appointed a Goodwill ambassador by the United Nations, with the brief of highlighting the problem of human trafficking. In January he travelled to Gulu in Northern Uganda to work with a group of young people aged between the ages of 12 and 18. He helped them make pictures which tell the stories of their terrifying experiences.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Stewart Beck, United Nations representative to the Pacific Island nation of Palau, about the 17 Chinese Uighurs now detained Guantanamo Bay who will soon be making Palau their home. Listen
This week, we go to the Swat Valley in Pakistan to hear how a group of ICT emergency responders are helping UN workers deliver vital aid to those in need. Also, Iran’s presidential election goes online, and President Obama announces a major push to improve America’s cybersecurity. We’ll also talk about using bananas as a low-tech fuel source. Listen
Today on The World: A walkout at the UN conference on racism during a speech by Iran’s president; Iran’s chief judge orders a judicial appeal for an Iranian-American journalist jailed for alleged espionage; and Japanese salary men trade in their business suits for farming tools. Download the latest edition 4/20/2009
