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PRI's The World Jun 1, 2012
by The World
The prospect of an actual truce in Syria fade amid reports of more violence there. Also, how much foreign policy experience matter in a US presidential election. Plus, women's sports under the radar in Saudi Arabia.
Episodes
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Coming Face to Face with a Whale Shark
Whale sharks are said to be gentle and curious and don't seem to mind snorkelers who visit their underwater hunts.
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Saudi Arabia's Secret Women Sports Teams
While sports for women are not officially sanctioned in Saudi Arabia, some women are organizing teams and leagues under the radar.
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Legal Consequences Of a Cyber Attack
Is it legal to use cyber technology to attack another country? Host Aaron Schachter speaks with law professor and retired general Charles Dunlap.
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US Cyber Attacks Against Iran
The New York Times reports that the US and Israel have launched cyber attacks against Iran's nuclear facilities, just as Iran has accused them of doing.
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Palomares, the H-Bomb, and Operation Moist Mop
In Spain, a nuclear controversy continues. In fact it dates back to the 1960's when two American Air Force planes collided in midair and exploded, dropping four nuclear bombs on a tiny Mediterranean farming village.
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2012 US Election: Does Foreign Policy Experience Matter?
There's at least one clear advantage President Obama has over Mitt Romney: experience being a head of state on the world stage. But does foreign policy experience matter for presidential candidate?
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Could Syria Take A Lesson From Bosnia?
Christopher Hill was US ambassador to Iraq from 2009 to 2010, a special envoy in Kosovo in 1998-1999, and a member of the negotiating team in the Bosnia peace settlement. He tells anchor Aaron Schachter that while things were learned from the US intervention in the Balkans, the situation in Syria...
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UN Condemns Syria 'Atrocities'
Last week's killing of more than 100 civilians at Houla in Syria may amount to crimes against humanity, the UN high commissioner for human rights has said.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Jun 1, 2012
The prospect of an actual truce in Syria fade amid reports of more violence there. Also, how much foreign policy experience matter in a US presidential election. Plus, women's sports under the radar in Saudi Arabia.
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Lunch Beat is the Latest Dance Craze Sweeping Across Europe
Thousands of workers across Europe dance their brains out, at their city's one-hour nightclub, in the daytime.
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The prospect of an actual truce in Syria fade amid reports of more violence there. Also, how much foreign policy experience matter in a US presidential election. Plus, women's sports under the radar in Saudi Arabia.
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The prospect of an actual truce in Syria fade amid reports of more violence there. Also, how much foreign policy experience matter in a US presidential election. Plus, women's sports under the radar in Saudi Arabia.
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