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PRI's The World Sep 6, 2012
by The World
Why Pakistan is expelling the foreign staff of aid group Save the Children. Also, why Russian President Vladimir Putin took flight in a glider dressed up as a Siberian crane. Plus, a foreign perspective on the Democratic National Convention.
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Cartoons: Julius Malema is Back
Many South Africans thought former ANC youth leader Julius Malema had gone quietly into the night. The young firebrand was fired by the ANC earlier this year. But the controversy over the shooting of striking miners by police has given Malema a populist springboard back into the political limelight.
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At Paralympics, Focus is on Elite Competition
Host Lisa Mullins speaks with BBC producer and disabled athlete Fred Dove about the Paralympics, taking place this week in London.
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Democratic Convention Garners Global Attention
President Barack Obama speaks to the Democratic National Convention tonight. And just as with Mitt Romney last week in Tampa, the world is watching. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with two foreign correspondents: Laure Mandeville of France's Le Figaro, and Nathan Guttman of the Israeli Broadcasting...
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The Far Out Destination of Voyager
We're looking out well beyond the reach of Earth's gravity to a place the Voyager space probes are traveling through at the moment.
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Human Rights Watch: Bush Administration Subjected Libyan Prisoners To Waterboarding
A Human Rights Watch report out Thursday alleges that during the Bush administration, Libyan revolutionaries were subjected to rendition, waterboarded by the CIA, then turned over to the Gaddafi regime to face more abuse.
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Pakistan Orders Save the Children's Foreign Workers Out of the Country
Pakistani authorities have ordered aid agency Save the Children's foreign staff out of the country.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Sep 6, 2012
Why Pakistan is expelling the foreign staff of aid group Save the Children. Also, why Russian President Vladimir Putin took flight in a glider dressed up as a Siberian crane. Plus, a foreign perspective on the Democratic National Convention.
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Nairobi Singer Makadem's Get Out the Vote Effort in Kenya
Kenyan singer Makadem gained international fame with his song "Obama Be Thy Name," in support of Barack Obama's presidential run in 2008. Four years later, the singer is focused on getting out the youth vote for Kenya's own presidential elections next year.
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Journalist Fired for Refusing to Cover Putin's Flight with Endangered Cranes
Not every journalist in Russia was happy to cover Vladimir Putin's escapade this week, when he led Siberian cranes across the Arctic in a motorized hang-glider. Writer Masha Gessen tells host Lisa Mullins why she refused to cover the event, and as a result lost her job editing a travel magazine.
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World in Words Podcast: The Language of Disability Around the World
At the Paralympics, the BBC is telling its journalists to use terms like 'person with disabilities' and not others like 'handicapped'. So how does that translate into Ukrainian, Persian and Uzbek? More at http://www.theworld.org/category/podcast/the-world-in-words-podcast/
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Why Pakistan is expelling the foreign staff of aid group Save the Children. Also, why Russian President Vladimir Putin took flight in a glider dressed up as a Siberian crane. Plus, a foreign perspective on the Democratic National Convention.
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