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PRI's The World May 15, 2013
by The World
The struggle between press freedom and national security, also, wrestling puts the US, Iran and Russia all on the same page for a change. And, is it normal to pay $ 21 for an ice cream? It is, apparently, if you're a tourist visiting Rome.
Episodes
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Ukraine's Asgarda: Reinventing the Amazon Warrior Women
A group of women have set out to reinvent the spirit of the mythical tribe of Amazon warrior women in western Ukraine. Reporter Ashley Cleek went on quest to find them.
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Rivals Go to the Mat in New York City to Save Olympic Wrestling
Wrestlers from Iran, Russia and the United States will go to the mat for their sport today in New York City's Grand Central Station. The wrestling exhibition is designed to draw attention to a sport the International Olympic Committee wants to remove from the Olympic line-up starting in 2020.
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Lending Circles: Helping Immigrants in America Build Credit
For most of us, when we want to make a major purchase, we apply for a loan. But what if you have no credit score? That's the case for many immigrants living in the United States - here legally or not. But one non-profit organization in San Francisco has adopted a novel way to try and change that.
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Invisible Workforce: An Undocumented Immigrant Caregiver Shares Her Story
Nannies, housecleaners, caregivers—they are sometimes called the world’s most invisible workforce. In the US alone, it’s estimated that more than 2 million people do this type of work. Most are women and many are immigrants. And pressure is growing to address their working conditions. As part of...
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Tourists Protest Paying $21 for an Ice Cream Cone in Rome
An ice cream parlor in Rome recently unleashed a wave of protests when it charged some British tourists $21 per ice cream cone. It was just the latest instance of tourists getting ripped off in the Eternal City, as Megan Williams reports from Rome.
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Canadian Apple Farmer Uses Helicopter to Save Crops from Frost
Back around 1800 a Scottish-Canadian farmer is said to have discovered the variety of apple now named after him: McIntosh. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ontario apple farmer Phil Lyall, who explains why he had to hire a helicopter to try and save his McIntosh apple crop from a late frost this...
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Criminal Court Indictment Haunts Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta
Kenya's new president, Uhuru Kenyatta is popular and wealthy. But even though he's occupied the highest office in the land since March, he can't shake an indictment of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. Maina Kiai of the grassroots group InformAction says the case will…
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The Case of US Diplomat Ryan Fogle: In the World of Spies, Old Tricks are New Again
The American diplomat detained in Russia this week and accused of being a spy wasn't exactly carrying the latest spy gadgets. His props -- including a blond wig -- seemed very old school. Anchor Marco Werman finds what's old and what's new in the spy business from Peter Earnest, executive…
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US Attorney General Holder Grilled in Congress Over Justice Dept. Swoop on AP Phone Records
The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition May 15, 2013
The struggle between press freedom and national security, also, wrestling puts the US, Iran and Russia all on the same page for a change. And, is it normal to pay $ 21 for an ice cream? It is, apparently, if you're a tourist visiting Rome.
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Georgian Jazz Piano Prodigy Beka Gochiashvili
Beka Gochiashvili is a 17-year-old jazz pianist from Tblisi, Georgia, living in New York. He already plays with some of the biggest names in American jazz.
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The struggle between press freedom and national security, also, wrestling puts the US, Iran and Russia all on the same page for a change. And, is it normal to pay $ 21 for an ice cream? It is, apparently, if you're a tourist visiting Rome.
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