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PRI's The World Apr 25, 2013
by The World
The older brother in the Boston Marathon bombings was apparently on a federal watch list. We explore who goes on the list and why. Also, Germans revive the debate over public surveillance cameras after the Boston bombings. And the key to faking an accent - it's visual too.
Episodes
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New Film Hails Crusading Zimbabwean Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa
Anchor Marco Werman talks with Zimbabwe's best known human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa about a new film focusing on her life and efforts to revive the country's decrepit legal institutions.
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In Japan, Banking on Compassion and Clean Energy
Japanese banker Tsuyoshi Yoshiwara hardly fits today's caricature of a greedy, soulless banker. Instead, he campaigns against nuclear power, pays himself a modest salary and says compassion should be his company's key virtue.
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The Return of Nightingales to Berlin's City Park
Sometimes amid the swirl of events it can be restorative just to slow down and exhault in a little bit of nature. Producer Alexa Dvorson had such a chance one recent night in Berlin, where she happened upon an early spring arrival to the city's park.
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'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' Author Talks About Living a Hybrid Identity
What happens when an immigrant becomes disillusioned with his adoptive country? This is subject of director, Mira Nair's latest film "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," adapted from a novel by Mohsin Hamid.
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Suspected Boston Bomber was on Terrorist Databases
US officials tell news outlets that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been on two databases of potential terrorists for at least 18 months prior to the Marathon bombings.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Apr 25, 2013
The older brother in the Boston Marathon bombings was apparently on a federal watch list. We explore who goes on the list and why. Also, Germans revive the debate over public surveillance cameras after the Boston bombings. And the key to faking an accent - it's visual too.
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World in Words Podcast: How to Fake an Accent and Get Away With It
"Matilda," now a Broadway hit, has a cast full of Americans doing British accents. We usually think of actors as carrying off the best fake accents. But others do it, sometimes with great success. What's the secret? For more: http://www.theworld.org/language
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Putin Holds Record Setting Televised Q&A
Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual nationally televised call-in show on Thursday. And it was the longest ever, 4 hours and 47 minutes. That's probably because more than 2.5 million questions were posed by phone, SMS and on the internet. The Guardian's Moscow correspondent, Miriam...
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US Says Syrian Government May Have Used Chemical Weapons
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said US intelligence agencies believe the government of Bashar al-Assad has likely used sarin gas on a small scale but added that President Obama needs more "credible and corroborated facts before acting on the assessment. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with former UN...
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Boston Bombings Revive CCTV Debate in Germany
In the wake of the Boston bombings, privacy-conscious Germans may be rethinking their reluctance to surveillance technologies such as closed circuit television. We speak with German law professor Thomas Hoeren. More at PRI's The World
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The older brother in the Boston Marathon bombings was apparently on a federal watch list. We explore who goes on the list and why. Also, Germans revive the debate over public surveillance cameras after the Boston bombings. And the key to faking an accent - it's visual too.
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