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PRI's The World Sep 14, 2012
by The World
Anti-American protests spread further in the Muslim world. Also, a fired Russian journalist gets invited to the Kremlin for a chat with President Vladimir Putin. Plus, a band leader from Togo makes music designed to get people dancing and thinking.
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Taung Byone Festival Gives Myanmar's LGBT Community Rare Opportunity to Openly Celebrate
Myanmar is not a country where gays and lesbians are able to live openly, but for one week a year, the gay and transgender community can celebrate openly at a festival where spirits commune with humans.
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Euro Vegas! Coming Soon to Spain
Will six casinos, 12 hotels, and three golf courses be a winning formula to get the local economy back on track? Or will Euro Vegas bring in a wave of corruption and prostitution? The World's Gerry Hadden reports from Alcorcon, Spain.
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Kremlin Blacklisted, Recently Fired, Russian Journalist Masha Gessen Meets Vladimir Putin
Russian journalist Masha Gessen lost her job last week as editor of a nature magazine for refusing to cover President Vladimr Putin's hang-glider flight with endangered Siberian cranes. This week, Putin invited Gessen for a chat at the Kremlin. Gessen says this was an unusual encounter and a…
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Cartoonists Wrestle with the Freedom to Insult
Cartoonists battle on the front line of freedom of speech. And events this week have put to the test just what responsibilities that freedom entails. Kevin Kallaugher draws for The Economist and The Baltimore Sun and Patrick Chappatte cartoons for the International Herald Tribune.
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Arrests Made After Attack on American Consulate in Libya
Arrests have been made following the deaths of four Americans during the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, earlier this week. Host Marco Werman gets an update from the BBC's Rana Jawad in the Libyan capital Tripoli about the progress of the investigation.
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Protests Over Video Mocking Islam Spread Further
Protests sparked by a video said to mock Islam are continuing to spread around the Mulsim world. Western embassies have been targeted and in some cases attacked in several countries, from Tunisia and Sudan to Bangladesh and Indonesia.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Sep 14, 2012
Anti-American protests spread further in the Muslim world. Also, a fired Russian journalist gets invited to the Kremlin for a chat with President Vladimir Putin. Plus, a band leader from Togo makes music designed to get people dancing and thinking.
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Elikeh: Afropop Band Raises Awareness for Togo
Togo native Massama Dogo wants his band Elikeh to make you dance and think. He's from a country with few natural resources, but plenty of poverty and repression.
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Arab Spring Activist Nasser Weddady Reacts to Wave of Protests
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Nasser Weddady of the American Islamic Congress about the recent violence in the Arab world. Through Twitter, Facebook and blogs, Weddady helped train a core group of activists who led last year's Arab Spring.
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Anti-American protests spread further in the Muslim world. Also, a fired Russian journalist gets invited to the Kremlin for a chat with President Vladimir Putin. Plus, a band leader from Togo makes music designed to get people dancing and thinking.
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