PODCAST
Selected Features 2-8-2012
by The World
Highlights from The World's broadcast on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012
Episodes
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A West African Dust Storm
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012: For the Geo Quiz, we are not looking for a dry and dusty trade wind that is causing a vast Saharan dust cloud to hover over West Africa.
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Sea Turtle Poaching and High Demand in China
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012: The Chinese have a taste for turtle, and that’s led to a rise in poaching endangered sea turtles off the coast of the Philippines. Some Philippines military leaders think the poachers may also be doing lead work for the Chinese military.
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Pakistan’s Parking Police- A Shining Star in a Corrupt Nation
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012: The police who monitor parking and the highways have been praised by anti-corruption group Transparency International for their integrity.
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Syria- Residents in Homs Cower Under 5th Day of Shelling
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012: Abu Abdo Alhomsy, a Syrian opposition activist is taking cover inside the center of Homs. Alhomsy describes what’s happening in the city as “a massacre.” He tells host Marco Werman, ” If the world will be silent for more than two, three days, I guarantee that all of us…
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