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PRI's The World: 23rd August, 2012
by The World
Memorial services across South Africa for 34 miners killed by police during a strike action. Also, a look at how Syrian cartoonists are illustrating their nation's civil war. And Islamists ban secular music on the radio in northern Mali.
Episodes
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Cartoon Slideshow: Syria Slides Toward Civil War
Marco Werman talks with The World's cartoon curator Carol Hills about how cartoonists are using both humor and tragedy, and sometimes a mixture of both, to represent the stalemate in Syria.
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Burgundy Wine Village Upset at the Sale of Local Castle to Chinese Businessman
Residents of a medieval winemaking village in Burgundy are upset by the sale of the village's castle to a businessman from China.
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The Dangerous Art of Ham-Cutting in Spain
According to one recent study, some 60,000 Spaniards end up in emergency rooms each year because of ham-cutting accidents.
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Syrian Alawite Defector in Limbo
A Syrian Alawite defector fled his country and joined the rebels in Antakya, Turkey. Now, he is shunned by his Alawite community back home, and the rebels don't entirely trust him.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Talks About African Trip in Newly Found Interview
A rare interview with civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. have been found. They are unique since Dr. King speaks about his trip to Africa which was not widely documented.
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Thousands Attend Funeral for South African Miners
Thousands of people packed a memorial service for 34 South African mine workers. They were shot by police in a dispute over pay. Host Marco Werman talks to the BBC's Nomsa Maseko who was at the service.
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PRI's The World: Latest Edition 08/23/2012
Memorial services across South Africa for 34 miners killed by police during a strike action. Also, a look at how Syrian cartoonists are illustrating their nation's civil war. And Islamists ban secular music on the radio in northern Mali.
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Music in Northern Mali is Silenced by Islamist Extremists
Extremists in the occupying north of Mali have banned secular music on radio stations.
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Amateur Restoration Botches Jesus Fresco in Spain
Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) fresco by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years, but residents of the small Spanish town are reeling after a beloved painting of Jesus was found defaced. Anchor Marco Werman talks to Joyce…
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Memorial services across South Africa for 34 miners killed by police during a strike action. Also, a look at how Syrian cartoonists are illustrating their nation's civil war. And Islamists ban secular music on the radio in northern Mali.
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Memorial services across South Africa for 34 miners killed by police during a strike action. Also, a look at how Syrian cartoonists are illustrating their nation's civil war. And Islamists ban secular music on the radio in northern Mali.
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