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Download MP3 Anchor Marco Werman pays a final tribute to the late Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa . Her funeral today follows three days of national mourning in Argentina.
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Download MP3 You might be out of luck if you check your local bookstore for works by the winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, Herta Muller. Anchor Marco Werman tells us what happened when...
View ArticleGeo answer
Download MP3 Today's answer is the Preseli Hills/Mountains in West Wales, that archaeologists say are the source of massive stones used to build a recently discovered circle of stones dubbed Blue...
View ArticleMassacre in Guinea
Download MP3 Anchor Marco Werman speaks with African expert Elizabeth Schmidt about the significance of the stadium in Conakry, Guinea..where a massacre of Guineans took place on September 28th. 157...
View ArticleMapping the world’s Muslim population
Download MP3 A new study by the Pew Research Center challenges Western assumptions that the Arab world is home to the majority of the world's Muslims. Actually, it's Asia. Anchor Marco Werman finds...
View ArticleTurkey a top destination for Arabs
Download MP3 A glitzy soap opera produced in Turkey is having an unexpected influence on tourism. The program flopped in its home country, but it drew 85-million viewers across the Arab world....
View ArticleHome from Afghanistan
Download MP3 The World's Alex Gallafent speaks with Adam Bryant, a recently returned veteran of the war in Afghanistan.
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German author wins Nobel
Herta Müller has been awarded the Nobel prize for literature. The Romanian born author is renowned for her books based on life under the harsh regime of the dictator Ceausescu. Müller was born in 1953...
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BBC back in Zimbabwe
The BBC returns to Zimbabwe with a special day of live broadcasting from the African country. The 'Africa Have Your Say' program comes from Chitungwiza, a 'Soweto-like' township outside Harare. It...
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Abdullah interview
Afghans went to the polls in August to vote for president and the main challenger of the incumbent, Hamid Karzai was former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah (pictured). The poll has been beset by...
View ArticleIndia’s stake in Afghanistan
The Taliban says it carried out a suicide bombing near the Indian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 17 people. India believes its embassy was the target - if confirmed, it would be the...
View ArticleEntire program – October 8, 2009
Download MP3 Today on The World: A conversation with top Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah; Also, a new survey highlights the fact that most of the globe's Muslims live in Asia; And a...
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