Global Hit: Dame Vera Lynn

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A 92-year-old woman has hit the top of the British album charts. Dame Vera Lynn beat out the competition with a newly-released collection of songs that were hits 70 years ago. The World’s Laura Lynch has the story.

Global Hit: Bebe

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In our Global Hit today is from a Spanish singer who was thought to be a flash in the pan after her successful first recording. But as The World’s Marco Werman tells us, some pop stars work better when they take the time to create.

Yonlu

The World’s Marco Werman tells the story of young Brazilian musician Yonlu, who committed suicide in 2006, and left behind a treasure of recorded music.Listen

Mikhail Gorbachev sings

He’s been sampled in dance tracks and he’s recorded an introduction to Peter and the Wolf. But former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev has never sung on an album. Until now. The World’s Marco Werman tells us about Gorbachev’s CD for his late wife Raisa.Listen

Iran’s presidential vote

The World’s Laura Lynch reports from Tehran on today’s presidential election in Iran. Listen

The Photographer

The World’s Clark Boyd introduces us to a graphic novel about a Doctors Without Borders mission into the war-torn Afghanistan of the 1980′s. Listen