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PRI's The World Apr 3, 2012
by The World
The US announces a $10 million bounty for the head of a Pakistani militant group responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Colombia's FARC rebels free their last military and police hostages. And the Ukrainian fascination with George Orwell's "Animal Farm."
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World Heritage Site Under Threat in Mali
Last month's military coup in Mali set several things in motion prompting the head of UNESCO to state that a World Heritage site held by rebels in the north may be threatened.
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Pickled Sharks and Diamond Skulls: The Art of Damien Hirst
British artist Damien Hirst opens his first major retrospective in London this week..The Tate Modern gallery will showcase the work of the enfant terrible-turned-multi-millionaire featuring 70 works including classics like "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living", a…
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Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ and Ukrainian Refugees
A year after George Orwell published his classic novel, "Animal Farm", it became a hit with an unexpected group -- Ukrainian refugees from the Soviet Union. They understood Orwell's allegorical novel about the Soviet Union in a way that others did not.
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'Marley' Documentary Tells the Story of Reggae Legend
"Marley" is a new documentary on reggae icon Bob Marley. It's due out later this month and is the first film to be authorized by the Marley family. Director Kevin MacDonald says the film focuses on Marley as a man rather than a musician.
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FARC Frees Hostages in Colombia, Men Reunited With Families
Ten Colombian soldiers and policemen had emotional reunions with their families on Tuesday, a day after being freed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the FARC). Some had been held for up to 14 years.
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Bin Laden Wives and Children to be Deported
Marco Werman talks to Declan Walsh, New York Times Pakistan correspondent, about the news that Pakistan plans to deport Osama Bin Laden's three wives and two adult daughters to their home countries, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Bin Laden's relatives have been in Pakistani custody since last May's US...
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US Offers $10 Million Bounty for Pakistan Militant
The US government is now offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a Pakistani man named Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Apr 3, 2012
The US announces a $10 million bounty for the head of a Pakistani militant group responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Colombia's FARC rebels free their last military and police hostages. And the Ukrainian fascination with George Orwell's "Animal Farm."
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Senegalese Musician Baaba Maal Travels to Mauritania
The US announces a $10 million bounty for the head of a Pakistani militant group responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Colombia's FARC rebels free their last military and police hostages. And the Ukrainian fascination with George Orwell's "Animal Farm."
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Tracing the Ocean’s Ingredients
You can think of the world’s oceans as a kind of rich broth. They’re full of salt, of course, but they also contain other ingredients, many of them vital to marine life and to the processes that control the Earth’s climate. Reporter Ari Daniel Shapiro of our partner program NOVA met up with a...
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The US announces a $10 million bounty for the head of a Pakistani militant group responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Colombia's FARC rebels free their last military and police hostages. And the Ukrainian fascination with George Orwell's "Animal Farm."
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