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PRI's The World Apr 22, 2013
by The World
One week after the Boston Marathon bombings, we hear more about the Chechen and Russian aspects of the ongoing investigation. Also, we hear about the first marathon in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Plus, the trial against a former dictator in Guatemala is in disarray, as judges in the case argue over whether the case should proceed.
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School Year Blog: Toilet Truck on Fire in the Road: A Useful Tactic? Discuss.
On the way to Khayelitsha, reporter Anders Kelto's path is blocked by angry protesters, portable toilets, and a burning truck. Meanwhile, at COSAT, students debate the role of violent protests in post-apartheid South Africa.
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Runners at Bethlehem's First Marathon Honor Victims in Boston
Last week's bombing at the Boston Marathon put police and security forces in London on high alert Sunday. More than 35,000 runners took part. Participants wore black ribbons and held a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the Boston bombings. There was a similar scene – though on a much...
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Ethnicity of Boston Bombings Suspects Prompts Concern by Some in the Muslim Community
For many Muslim Americans, the Boston Marathon bombings presented a dreaded scenario: a terrorist attack by Muslim suspects. Haider Javed Warraich is a resident in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. And he tells host Marco Werman that he was angry and…
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The Suspected Boston Bombers and the Russia Connection
Russian counter-terrorism officials tipped off the FBI at least once about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the dead alleged Boston bomber. He was questioned but released. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia and the Causcasus at the Brookings Institution to find out what went wrong.
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What Was Boston Bombings Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Doing in Dagestan?
Whether Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev reached out to insurgents during his six-month stay in the Caucasus region last year is a key question for US investigators right now.
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Report Alleges BP Hid Health Impact of Gulf Oil Dispersant
Three years after the start of the Gulf oil disaster, many cleanup workers in the region are experiencing a range of health impacts. Now a report in Newsweek magazine alleges that BP hid from workers information about the toxic effects of the dispersant it used to break up the oil. Host Marco...
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Rios Montt Genocide Trial in Disarray in Guatemala
The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been thrown into disarray after one of the judges ruled that the entire trial should be annulled. The other judges have argued that the trial should go ahead, leaving it up to the country's Constitutional Court to decide.
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An Eerie Walk Through the Tsarnaev's Boston Area Neighborhood
Laure Mandeville covered Russia and its Caucusus region for the French newspaper Le Figaro. Mandeville is now chief US correspondent for the daily. She came to Boston over the weekend to speak with members of the Chechen community here, and to friends and neighbors of Boston bombing suspects...
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Professor of Chechen History Ponders Brief Contact with Boston Bombing Suspect
Brian Glyn Williams teaches Chechen history, as a Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. That's the same college attended by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Williams had brief contact with him, when Tsarnaev was a high school student and researching his Chechen roots for…
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Apr 22, 2013
One week after the Boston Marathon bombings, we hear more about the Chechen and Russian aspects of the ongoing investigation. Also, we hear about the first marathon in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Plus, the trial against a former dictator in Guatemala is in disarray, as judges in the case…
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Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi is Left Alone on New Album, 'Sarawoga'
Sarawoga is the first new album Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi has recorded since the death of his son in 2010, who was killed in a car crash in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.
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One week after the Boston Marathon bombings, we hear more about the Chechen and Russian aspects of the ongoing investigation. Also, we hear about the first marathon in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Plus, the trial against a former dictator in Guatemala is in disarray, as judges in the case argue over whether the case should proceed.
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