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PRI's The World: 27th September, 2012
by The World
An Israeli government report suggests economic sanctions are hitting Iran hard. And we find out how Iranians are responding to the call for military action against them. Plus, an ancient Japanese musical tradition is performed in Scotland.
Episodes
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Research Expedition Captures Stunning Images of Plankton
The World's environment editor Peter Thomson talks with host Aaron Schachter about new pictures of plankton, the tiny organisms that float around in the world's oceans.
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5,000-Year-Old Timber Found Perfectly Preserved in Marsh
A mighty oak tree once marked the spot we're looking for in Thursday's Geo Quiz. A five thousand year old dense forest of towering black oak trees once covered this eastern region of England.
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Bridge Signs Used in South Korea Anti-Suicide Efforts
The South Korean government has put up motivational signs on a bridge that attracts would-be jumpers to address the issue of high suicide rate in the country.
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Guangdong Chief Yang Contender for a Top Slot in China Leadership Transition
One of the leading contenders for one of the top slots is the current Communist Party Chief of Guangdong, Wang Yang. Yang has cultivated an image of a political reformers, but not everyone in Guangdong sees that way.
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The Life of Actor Herbert Lom
The actor Herbert Lom has died, at 95. He was perhaps best known as Inspector Dreyfus, the long-suffering boss of Inspector Clouseau, in the original Pink Panther movies. Anchor Aaron Schachter gets an appraisal from film critic David Thomson.
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Polish Americans for Romney?
Modern campaigning has turned into a science of sorts. Political strategists slice and dice the electorate into smaller and smaller groups, targeting messages to specific populations.
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Talk of a 'Red Line' Stirs Fears Inside Iran
To figure out just how all the talk of red lines and possible military strikes are viewed inside Iran, we turned to Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Nazila Fathi who reported for The New York Times from Iran until she was forced out in 2009. She's now a…
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Draws Red Line for Iran
As he addressed delegates at the United Nations' General Assembly in New York Thursday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a chart drawn in the shape of a fuse-bomb and sectioned according to various stages of uranium enrichment, to make his point against the danger of Iran's nuclear...
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PRI's The World: Latest Edition 09/27/2012
An Israeli government report suggests economic sanctions are hitting Iran hard. And we find out how Iranians are responding to the call for military action against them. Plus, an ancient Japanese musical tradition is performed in Scotland.
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Gagaku, Japanese Imperial Court Music
Gagaku is the oldest form of classical music in Japan. It thrived in Japanese imperial courts from the 700s. The tradition still survives but is rarely performed outside of Japan. But reporter Maria Bakkalapulo attended a performance in Scotland and tells us about it.
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An Israeli government report suggests economic sanctions are hitting Iran hard. And we find out how Iranians are responding to the call for military action against them. Plus, an ancient Japanese musical tradition is performed in Scotland.
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