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PRI's The World Oct 23, 2012
by The World
The final presidential debate is over and we get global reaction to how the candidates presented their foreign policy platform. Also, bayonets turned up in last night's debate. We take a look at where this instrument of war was originally forged. And is that whale speaking English.
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Arab Businesswomen Thrive During Economic Crisis
In the midst of last year's uprisings in the Middle East, an unlikely group is thriving: women entrepreneurs are pushing ahead as crises loom around them.
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"Horses and Bayonets"
The most tweeted line of the debate was President Obama's zinger that the military has fewer horses and bayonets as well as fewer ships than it did in 1916. So where are bayonets from?
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The Many Personas of Stella Rimington
The former head of MI5 was fictionalizing aspects of her life long before she started writing spy novels.
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Photographing Penguins Under Ice
Paul Nicklen risks life and limbs to take photographs in some of the most inhospitable places on earth. One of them has just won him the prestigious Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.
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The Beluga Whale That Mimicked Humans
Noc was a beluga whale that spent most of its life at a naval research facility in San Diego. Scientists studying Noc say he imitated human sounds. They have published Noc's human-like sounds in a new study in the journal Current Biology.
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Romney Alienates Latino Mormons
Latino Mormons are the fastest growing group within the Mormon church. Between their religion and their generally conservative culture, Mitt Romney ought to have a lock on their vote. But many in the Latino Mormon community are torn between voting for a fellow Mormon - and their dislike of his...
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Mexicans Lament Omission of Drug War in US Presidential Debate
Mexico and its deadly drug war didn't merit a single mention in last night's US presidential debate. The drug trade, and the violence that accompanies it has taken an estimated 60,000 Mexican lives.
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Europe gets Silent Treatment During Debate
Europe was barely given a mention during the final Presidential debate. Willem Post is with the Clingendael Institute for International Relations in the Hague. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Post about the Europe snub.
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Debates 2012: Foreign Policy Issues That Were Not Addressed
There's a long list of foreign policy issues that got little or no mention during the Obama-Romney foreign policy debate. Anchor Marco Werman asks our editors Peter Thomson, William Troop and Clark Boyd to name three of those issues: climate change, Mexico's drug war and Europe's economic crisis.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Oct 23, 2012
The final presidential debate is over and we get global reaction to how the candidates presented their foreign policy platform. Also, bayonets turned up in last night's debate. We take a look at where this instrument of war was originally forged. And is that whale speaking English.
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Angola's Waldemar Bastos and Classics of My Soul
Music contributor Tom Schnabel plays us some of his favorite tracks from the new album by Angola's Waldemar Bastos.
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The Politics of Global Warming: Full Interview with journalist Mark Hertsgaard
The Politics of Global Warming: Full Interview with journalist Mark Hertsgaard by The World
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The Politics of Global Warming
Climate change is arguably one of the biggest threats to US and global security, but there wasn't a word about it in last night's presidential debate on foreign policy.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The final presidential debate is over and we get global reaction to how the candidates presented their foreign policy platform. Also, bayonets turned up in last night's debate. We take a look at where this instrument of war was originally forged. And is that whale speaking English.
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