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PRI's The World Jun 17, 2013
by The World
Monday on The World: Iran's new president calls for engagement with other countries. We'll compare and contrast new leader Hassan Rouhani with outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Also, we hear about a project in Qatar seeking new ways to grow crops in the hot and arid desert. Plus, a scandal in Japan over "juiced" baseballs.
Episodes
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Documentary Glimpses at the North Korean Film Industry
The late North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il was the film fan. Director Lynn Lee got permission to film behind the scenes of the most cut-off film industry in the world.
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Iran's Regime Change?
Hassan Rouhani's moderate tone contrasts pretty strongly with the rhetoric of his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad most famously talked of wiping Israel off the map.
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Iranian Woman Voter Shares Thoughts on Election Results
Marco Werman talks with an Iranian voter to get her take on the results of this weekend's elections.
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Pacific Island Takes on Soccer's Best Teams
A French Polynesian island is home to a soccer team playing in the Confederations Cup in Brazil this week. This team of underdogs are facing some of the world's best in an international soccer tournament. Can you name it?
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Juicing Baseballs: Japan Sees Record Number of Home Runs
There's been a record number of home runs in Japanese baseball this season: 60 percent more homers than this time last year in fact. So many that Japanese players started to wonder, is there something different with the ball? Turns out, there is.
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Desert Lunch: Coaxing Climate-Friendly Food from the World's Driest Places
In Qatar, a team of scientists and engineers has set out to prove that people in the world’s most inhospitable places can transform sunlight, salt water and CO2 into energy, fresh water and food.
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Iranian President-Elect Hassan Rouhani Delivers Diplomatic Talk at First News Conference
Iran's new president Monday held his first press conference since his election victory. It wasn't filled with ominous messages aimed at the United States which was the hallmark of outgoing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hassan Rouhani was more diplomatic in his statements.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Jun 17, 2013
Monday on The World: Iran's new president calls for engagement with other countries. We'll compare and contrast new leader Hassan Rouhani with outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Also, we hear about a project in Qatar seeking new ways to grow crops in the hot and arid desert. Plus, a scandal…
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Man of the House: A Tale of Hope, Loss, and Growing up Fast
In South Africa, thousands of households in impoverished townships are headed by children. In the latest installment of The World's "School Year" series, which follows the lives of students at a high school in Cape Town, we meet Sive. At 17, he has found himself the man of the house. The World's...
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Monday on The World: Iran's new president calls for engagement with other countries. We'll compare and contrast new leader Hassan Rouhani with outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Also, we hear about a project in Qatar seeking new ways to grow crops in the hot and arid desert. Plus, a scandal in Japan over "juiced" baseballs.
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