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PRI's The World: 22nd August, 2012
by The World
The US eases sanctions on Iran to allow Americans to send aid to earthquake victims. Also, life in Fukushima a year and a half after the meltdown. And, the controversy of Canada's new $100 bill.
Episodes
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How Plantain Trees Could Become an Energy Source
For the world's rural poor, electric lighting is often an unaffordable luxury. Scientists in Sri Lanka have devised a possible solution - a way to, in essence, grow an electric battery in the garden.
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Canada's Controversial $100 Bill
The head of the Bank of Canada has apologized for provoking a racial controversy over an image on the country's new $100 bill.
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Polish Archives Used in Mormon Baptism of Holocaust Victims
Several decades ago, Poland approached the Mormons in Utah for help with its archives. The Mormons modernized the Polish records, but some used those records to posthumously baptize Jewish Holocaust victims.
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Israeli Teens Arrested in Attack on Arabs
Days after a group of Israeli teenagers attacked and beat some Palestinians youths in Jerusalem, Israelis are wondering whether their country is becoming tolerant of hate crimes.
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US Lifts Sanctions for Sending Aid to Iran, Banks Reluctant to Transfer Funds
The United States lifted sanctions on Iran this week, so Non-Governmental Organizations may send financial aid to victims of the earthquakes that hit northern Iran a couple of weeks ago.
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PRI's The World: Latest Edition 08/22/2012
The US eases sanctions on Iran to allow Americans to send aid to earthquake victims. Also, life in Fukushima a year and a half after the meltdown. And, the controversy of Canada's new $100 bill.
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Life After the Fukushima Meltdown in Japan
As Japan debates whether or not to phase out nuclear power, people in and around the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant are settling into the grim realities of life after the multiple meltdowns of March, 2011. Host Marco Werman speaks with journalist Emily Taguchi, who's just returned from a...
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Why 9/11 Hearing in Guantanamo was Delayed by Train Derailment in Maryland
A train derailment in Maryland this week severely affected internet access at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Tim Stronge of the market research firm Telegeography.
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The US eases sanctions on Iran to allow Americans to send aid to earthquake victims. Also, life in Fukushima a year and a half after the meltdown. And, the controversy of Canada's new $100 bill.
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