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PRI's The World May 2, 2013
by The World
Lebanon-based Hezbollah vows to keep Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in power. Also, China can't let go of state-owned enterprise, even though it is stifling growth - part 4 of our series China Past Due. Plus, young Greeks go abroad to find work and their diaspora is being tracked online.
Episodes
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New Diaspora: Online Project Documents the Greek Immigrant Experience
In Greece, youth unemployment is running at nearly 60 percent. Many young Greeks have left to find work. A web documentary project called New Diaspora aims to collect stories of the Greek immigrant experience.
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Choco Pie, South Korea's Equivalent of a Moon Pie
What do South Korea's version of Moon Pies have to do with aspirations of North Koreans? And where do North Koreans get these capitalistic treats?
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North Koreans Sentence American to 15 Years of Hard Labor
North Korean officials have sentenced American Kenneth Bae, a tour operator from Washington state to 15 years of hard labor. If the past is any guide, North Korea is hoping the sentencing will trigger a high-profile US mission to negotiate Bae's release, as former Obama advisor Jeffrey Bader...
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Bangladeshi Cartoonists Draw on the Garment Factory Tragedy
People around the globe have seen the heart-breaking images from the scene of the garment factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh. But Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy, a cartoonist for The Dhaka Tribune, says it's gut-wrenching to see it up close. His cartoons celebrate the outpouring of help from...
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The Debate Over Intervening in Syria
Reports of chemical weapon use in Syria have reignited the debate over a possible US or Western intervention in Syria's civil war. But even Syrian opposition supporters can't agree on the way forward. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with two Syrian emigres, Dr. Rim Turkmani in London and Professor Amr...
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Hezbollah Comes Clean: It Stands With Syrian Government
The leader of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group this week declared that friends of Bashar al-Assad would not let the Syrian president fall. The World's Matthew Bell reports on Hezbollah's role in the Syrian conflict.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition May 2, 2013
Lebanon-based Hezbollah vows to keep Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in power. Also, China can't let go of state-owned enterprise, even though it is stifling growth - part 4 of our series China Past Due. Plus, young Greeks go abroad to find work and their diaspora is being tracked online.
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Shamshad Begum, a Star Bollywood Voice, Dies at 94
A major Bollywood star died in Mumbai last week. During the golden age of Indian cinema, in the 1940s and 50s, Shamshad Begum was the voice of many actresses, yet was not seen on movie screens.
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Canadian Jihadist Linked to Accused Boston Bomber
William Plotnikov was a Russian Canadian who converted to Islam and joined an insurgency in the Russian republic of Dagestan. Plotnikov was killed last year in a raid by Russian security forces.There have been reports in the media that Plotnikov may have been in contact with deceased Boston...
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Economic Reforms in China
China’s economic reforms over the past 30 years have transformed a faltering Communist command economy into a global engine of growth. But China’s economy is trapped in transition, still favoring state enterprises over the much more productive and innovative private sector. As economic growth...
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Lebanon-based Hezbollah vows to keep Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in power. Also, China can't let go of state-owned enterprise, even though it is stifling growth - part 4 of our series China Past Due. Plus, young Greeks go abroad to find work and their diaspora is being tracked online.
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Lebanon-based Hezbollah vows to keep Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in power. Also, China can't let go of state-owned enterprise, even though it is stifling growth - part 4 of our series China Past Due. Plus, young Greeks go abroad to find work and their diaspora is being tracked online.
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