Movies Oscar Ballots To Start Arriving In Mailboxes KCRW December 27, 2011 • The end is nearing for an unusual year at the movies — no single film has dominated the conversation in Hollywood. Thousands of people in the industry will get a chance to say what they think of this year's films when the first Academy Award ballots are mailed out Tuesday. Oscar Ballots To Start Arriving In Mailboxes Listen · 3:30 3:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/144306963/144306946" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Oscar Ballots To Start Arriving In Mailboxes Listen · 3:30 3:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/144306963/144306946" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Despite Polls, Obama Says He Should Be Re-Elected December 12, 2011 • President Obama appeared on the CBS show 60 Minutes Sunday night to answer questions about his prospects for re-election. Meanwhile, Republican presidential contenders took part in another debate over the weekend, where the presumed frontrunner, Newt Gingrich, defended himself against verbal attacks from the other candidates. Despite Polls, Obama Says He Should Be Re-Elected Listen · 4:27 4:27 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143562988/143563018" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Despite Polls, Obama Says He Should Be Re-Elected Listen · 4:27 4:27 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143562988/143563018" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Environment Delegates To Durban Agree To Climate Treaty December 12, 2011 • United Nations climate talks in Durban, South Africa, weren't expected to produce much. But negotiators did make a deal — one that could lead to a major new climate treaty at the end of the decade. Delegates To Durban Agree To Climate Treaty Listen · 3:30 3:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143562990/143563019" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Delegates To Durban Agree To Climate Treaty Listen · 3:30 3:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143562990/143563019" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Europe Russian Election Protests Biggest In 2 Decades December 12, 2011 • A weekend of protests in Russia has forced President Dmitry Medvedev to order an investigation into allegations of electoral fraud during last week's parliamentary vote. There hasn't been demonstrations like this in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russian Election Protests Biggest In 2 Decades Listen · 4:14 4:14 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143562980/143562963" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Russian Election Protests Biggest In 2 Decades Listen · 4:14 4:14 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143562980/143562963" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
World Pakistan's President Leaves For Medical Tests December 7, 2011 • Asif Ali Zardari's visit to a Dubai hospital to undergo routine medical tests has fueled speculation of his possible resignation. Zardari's office said a news report that kicked off the speculation was untrue. Pakistan's President Leaves For Medical Tests Listen · 3:51 3:51 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143254994/143255165" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Pakistan's President Leaves For Medical Tests Listen · 3:51 3:51 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143254994/143255165" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
National W.Va. Mine Settlement Expected December 6, 2011 • NPR has confirmed some elements of a reported $200-million-settlement that resolves civil and criminal penalties growing out of last year's Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia. Sources tell NPR the deal will include cash payments for the families of the 29 mine workers killed in the nation's worst mine explosion in 40 years. W.Va. Mine Settlement Expected Listen · 4:30 4:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143190263/143190371" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
W.Va. Mine Settlement Expected Listen · 4:30 4:30 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143190263/143190371" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Europe Italy Plans Cuts As Europe Gets A Credit Warning December 6, 2011 • Standard and Poor's on Monday warned eurozone countries that it may downgrade their credit ratings if they don't get their fiscal houses in order. Debt-ridden Italy is too big to fail, and too big to be bailed out by its EU partners. Its technocrat-in-chief Mario Monti hopes a new package of austerity measures will rein in debt and reassure the bond markets. Italy Plans Cuts As Europe Gets A Credit Warning Listen · 4:32 4:32 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143190253/143190236" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Italy Plans Cuts As Europe Gets A Credit Warning Listen · 4:32 4:32 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143190253/143190236" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Europe Traveling Russia's Historic Trans-Siberian Railway December 2, 2011 • Russia is a vast country and a never-ending source of stories. Before he ends his reporting assignment there, NPR's David Greene rides the Trans-Siberian Railway across Russia. The railway stretches from Moscow across the country to the Pacific Coast.
World Leak Provides New Details In Airstrikes Probe December 2, 2011 • There are new information about last weekend's NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on the border with Afghanistan. Pakistan approved the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, wich was confirmed by NPR. Leak Provides New Details In Airstrikes Probe Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143039991/143040024" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Leak Provides New Details In Airstrikes Probe Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/143039991/143040024" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Europe Scores Of British Workers Protest Austerity Measures November 30, 2011 • More than 2 million public sector workers in Britain are expected to participate in Wednesday's strike to protest pension cutbacks. Thirty trade unions will join in, hitting public services from health, garbage and tax collection to schools, ports and airports. Scores Of British Workers Protest Austerity Measures Listen · 5:06 5:06 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142938577/142938738" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Scores Of British Workers Protest Austerity Measures Listen · 5:06 5:06 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142938577/142938738" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Business Fed Joins New Effort To Ease Financial Woes November 30, 2011 • The Federal Reserve joined other major central banks Wednesday in a coordinated effort to shore up the global financial system. The move comes at a time when credit is becoming tighter, especially in Europe, because of doubts about the health of big banks. Fed Joins New Effort To Ease Financial Woes Listen · 2:11 2:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142937598/142938255" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Fed Joins New Effort To Ease Financial Woes Listen · 2:11 2:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142937598/142938255" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Europe British Public Sector Workers Strike Over Pensions November 30, 2011 • What's being described as the largest national strike in a generation has begun in Britain. Some two million public sector workers are expected to take part. It's the latest in a wave of protests over austerity measures that have been sweeping through Europe for many months. British Public Sector Workers Strike Over Pensions Listen · 5:00 5:00 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142928263/142915278" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
British Public Sector Workers Strike Over Pensions Listen · 5:00 5:00 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142928263/142915278" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Sports NBA Season Could Get Underway On Christmas November 28, 2011 • A tentative labor agreement has been reached between NBA owners and players. If both sides ratify the deal, the season would open on Christmas Day with three games. NBA Season Could Get Underway On Christmas Listen · 3:36 3:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142839200/142839357" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
NBA Season Could Get Underway On Christmas Listen · 3:36 3:36 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142839200/142839357" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Middle East In Bahrain, Report Details Abuses During Uprising November 24, 2011 • The U.S. State Department says it's urging the government of the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain to act on the findings of a major human rights report that has just been issued. That report details the abuses that took place during and after a mass uprising in Bahrain that was styled after movements in Tunisia and Egypt. The report was commissioned by the government itself and assembled by a team of international legal experts. But it remains to be seen whether it will lead to real reform and dialogue between the ruling Sunni monarchy and the Shiite majority. In Bahrain, Report Details Abuses During Uprising Listen · 4:45 4:45 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142742575/142660343" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
In Bahrain, Report Details Abuses During Uprising Listen · 4:45 4:45 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142742575/142660343" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Africa Egyptian Police, Protesters Clash For 3rd Day November 21, 2011 • In Egypt, thousands of demonstrators are out on the streets again Monday. Over the weekend, soldiers and police set fire to protesters' tents in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Thousands of protesters demanding military rulers quickly transfer power to a civilian government were driven out of the square. Egyptian Police, Protesters Clash For 3rd Day Listen · 4:09 4:09 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142583953/142583940" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Egyptian Police, Protesters Clash For 3rd Day Listen · 4:09 4:09 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/142583953/142583940" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
