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PRI's The World Sep 19, 2012
by The World
A security alert in France after a magazine there publishes offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Also, China's missing leader-in-waiting reappears to meet the Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Plus, an Oregon businessman refuses to take down a mural that annoys China.
Episodes
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Former Peace Corps Colleague Remembers Ambassador Stevens
One detail about the US ambassador to Libya who died last week: back in the 1980s, Christopher Stevens served in the Peace Corps in Morocco. The World's Marco Werman speaks with a former volunteer who served with Stevens, just down the road from him in the Atlas Mountains.
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South Africa: Miners Strike Deal, but Official Unions Strike Out
Platinum miners in South Africa have won a 22 percent wage hike. But reporter Gia Nicolaides tells host Aaron Schachter the deal hasn't brought an end to the wildcat labor unrest that's now widespread in South Africa's mining industry, and it hasn't been a victory for official unions.
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Fragile Future for Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a nation on the brink of change. What exactly is this change and how it will play out is the subject of the new book, "On Saudi Arabia," by journalist Karen Elliott House.
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Green on Blue Attacks on the Rise in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Panetta spoke Wednesday about tensions in Afghanistan. He touched on the issue of attacks by Afghan soldiers on coalition soldiers: so-called Green on Blue attacks.
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Defense Secretary Panetta Meets with China's Xi Jinping
China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping held his first talks with a foreign official since vanishing from the public eye nearly two weeks ago. He met with US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with The World's Mary Kay Magistad in Beijing.
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Poland Discovers 17th Century Looted Art in River
A once sunken treasure emerges in our Geo Quiz. A drought in Central Europe has caused Poland's longest river to recede near Warsaw, exposing tons of long lost stonework and marble. It was looted from Polish palaces and castles centuries ago during a 1655 Swedish invasion, and ended up at the...
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Big Retailers Face Resistance in India
India is bracing for nationwide strikes on Thursday. Many stores will close to protest the Indian government's decision to open the country to big, Western retailers like Wal-Mart.
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Oregon Mural Irks China
A Taiwanese-American businessman in Corvallis, Oregon, has put up a large mural depicting China's crackdown on Tibet and on Taiwanese independence. It's caught the attention of Chinese authorities. They sent two Chinese consulate officials to Corvallis to ask the mayor to have it removed but the...
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New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority to Run an Anti-Islam Ad Campaign it Finds 'Demeaning'
Next Monday, New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority will run-- against its will--an ad campaign that it finds "demeaning." The add reads: "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man." And it concludes "Support Israel. Defeat Jihad."
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French Magazine Publishes Offensive Cartoons Depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad
France issued a security alert on Wednesday after the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published offensive cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Sep 19, 2012
A security alert in France after a magazine there publishes offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Also, China's missing leader-in-waiting reappears to meet the Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Plus, an Oregon businessman refuses to take down a mural that annoys China.
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A security alert in France after a magazine there publishes offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Also, China's missing leader-in-waiting reappears to meet the Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Plus, an Oregon businessman refuses to take down a mural that annoys China.
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