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PRI's The World Jun 7, 2013
by The World
Friday on The World: Cyber snooping and cyber warfare are on the agenda for President Obama's meeting with China's president. Also, we recall the Golden Venture, a ship that ran aground 20 years ago off Queens, NY, loaded with hundreds of undocumented immigrants. Plus, why a Canadian company is hoping to dig out old E.T. video games from a New Mexico landfill.
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Finding ET: Company Plans Desert Dig for Worst Video Game
Over 30 years ago, the video game company Atari made a game based on the film E.T. The game was a flop and it was reported that the gaming company buried the 3 million video cartridges in a landfill in New Mexico. A Canadian company has now purchased the rights to dig up that landfill in search…
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The Push to Ditch the Dollar Bill for Coins
A bipartisan group of senators is reviving an old idea: ditching the dollar bill. They say it's time we caught up with the rest of the world.
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Spanish Village Targets Dog-Owning 'Poop-etrators'
Who hasn’t seen it? Or, stepped in it. Officials all over the world combat this problem. With fines, with signs. But in tiny Brunete, a village outside Madrid, nothing worked. So they took drastic measures.
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The Fight for the Soul of Istanbul
The riots in Turkey over the past two weeks began over a what seemed like a routine town planning issue. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Sibel Bozdogan about the fight for the soul of old Istanbul. Bozdogan is a Turkish-American architectural historian, who teaches at Harvard and Bilgi university...
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Syrian Vintner Carries On in a Time of War
The war in Syria has been devastating in many ways: An estimated 80,000 people killed, innumerable families and businesses destroyed. But life has to go on. That's the sense you get speaking to Sandro Saadé. Despite the war in Syria, he's managed to keep the Bargylus vineyard and winery up and...
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Lebanon's Hezbollah Militants Celebrate Their Role in Syria's Civil War
For months, Hezbollah leaders denied their fighters were in Syria. Now, they're crowing about their military prowess.
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The Global Reach of Esther Williams' Glamorous 'Aqua-Musicals'
Hollywood icon Esther Williams died Thursday at the age of 91. The movie star was a former Los Angeles Athletic Club champion swimmer. She's remembered for her impressive aquatic feats in major MGM extravaganzas of the 1940s and 50s.
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Golden Venture: 20 Years After a Tragic Voyage
Twenty years ago, the Golden Venture ran aground off New York. Abut 300 undocumented Chinese immigrants started to swim to shore. Patrick Radden Keefe writes about what happened to the men and how their their fate fits into the current debate on immigration.
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Informality and Power Politics: Barack Obama and Xi Jinping on the Ranch
The informality of the current meeting between President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping may tell us more about the leaders and their nations than a more stuffy affair.
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Cyber Warfare and US-China Diplomacy
Cyber warfare is a central concern for Washington in its dealings with China but this week has seen concerns mounting about America's own cyber-snooping.
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How Leaks about NSA Surveillance Affect America's Role Around the Globe
The PRISM leak comes as President Obama meets with Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping to discuss cyber espionage. How will these leaks affect those talks?
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Jun 7, 2013
Friday on The World: Cyber snooping and cyber warfare are on the agenda for President Obama's meeting with China's president. Also, we recall the Golden Venture, a ship that ran aground 20 years ago off Queens, NY, loaded with hundreds of undocumented immigrants. Plus, why a Canadian company is...
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Friday on The World: Cyber snooping and cyber warfare are on the agenda for President Obama's meeting with China's president. Also, we recall the Golden Venture, a ship that ran aground 20 years ago off Queens, NY, loaded with hundreds of undocumented immigrants. Plus, why a Canadian company is hoping to dig out old E.T. video games from a New Mexico landfill.
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