PRI's The World Jul 26, 2012
by The World
Nearly a dozen athletes are banned from the London Olympics for doping. Indian sex workers are banned from entering the US for the international AIDS conference, so they hold a parallel AIDS conference in Kolkata in protest. And musical sleuths recreate the missing violins from King Louis XIV's royal orchestra.
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German Town Asks Berlin to Pay Back 450-Year-Old Loan
A small German town wants Berlin to pay up on a loan made to the what is now the German capital some 450 years ago. But Berlin says the promissory note is invalid, because it doesn't have the correct stamp.
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Recreating King Louis XIV's Vanished Violins
In the days of Louis XIV, there was a royal orchestra that played for France's Sun King. It was made up of five different kinds of violins. Three of those violins have since vanished. But now some musical sleuths have recreated the missing violins.
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A Journalist's View of Syria Stalemate
Anchor Aaron Schachter talks to The Guardian newspaper's Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who has just been to the eastern Syrian city of Deir el-Zour.
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Fighting Escalates in Syria's Second City Aleppo
The BBC's Ian Pannell reports from Aleppo, Syria, where rebels hold key parts of the city.
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Global Sex Workers Meet to Fight HIV
Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with the BBC's Rahul Tandon in Calcutta about a meeting of sex workers there. They were scheduled to take part in the international AIDS conference in Washington this week. They are barred from entering the US, which makes it very difficult for sex-workers to enter…
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Families of the Victims of 1972 Munich Massacre Call for Minute of Silence
Families of the Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Munich Games continue to press for an official moment of silence at Friday's opening ceremony in London. But Olympic officials say the ceremony is not the appropriate forum, despite growing support for it.
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Former Olympian David Moorcroft Recalls Doping Controversies of Games Past
The practice of doping is believed to have been at its peak during the 1970s and 80s, and back then testing for drugs was less reliable.
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An Olympic Task: Catching Drug Cheats at the London Games
The London Summer Olympics are already over for some athletes. Bans for nine track and field athletes were announced this week after the athletes failed drug tests.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Jul 26, 2012
Nearly a dozen athletes are banned from the London Olympics for doping. Indian sex workers are banned from entering the US for the international AIDS conference, so they hold a parallel AIDS conference in Kolkata in protest. And musical sleuths recreate the missing violins from King Louis XIV's...
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Nearly a dozen athletes are banned from the London Olympics for doping. Indian sex workers are banned from entering the US for the international AIDS conference, so they hold a parallel AIDS conference in Kolkata in protest. And musical sleuths recreate the missing violins from King Louis XIV's royal orchestra.
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