Bosnia Falling Back To The Brink Of Violence August 30, 2009 • An article in Foreign Affairs Magazine says that after 14 years of intense international efforts to stabilize and rebuild Bosnia, the country now stands on the brink of collapse. Host Liane Hansen speaks with article authors Patrice McMahon, associate professor of political science at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and Jon Western, Five College associate professor of international relations at Mount Holyoke College. Bosnia Falling Back To The Brink Of Violence Listen · 4:58 4:58 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112384535/112384513" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Swiss Bank Accounts Not So Secretly Secure Anymore August 23, 2009 • Secret Swiss bank accounts aren't what they used to be. This week Swiss bank UBS agreed to provide the U.S. government with details of more than 4,000 accounts. The IRS is going after clients suspected of hiding funds in UBS banks in Switzerland. Host Liane Hansen talks to Business Week senior writer Roben Farzad about this and all the week's economic news. Swiss Bank Accounts Not So Secretly Secure Anymore Listen · 4:13 4:13 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112150464/112150444" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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All Things Considered The Age That Forged Christianity And Its Reform August 22, 2009 • In the winter of 1077, German King Henry IV trudged through a snowy mountain pass in the Italian Alps. Historian Tom Holland, author of a new book about the turn of the millennium, calls the journey "an episode as fateful as any in Europe's history." The Age That Forged Christianity And Its Reform Listen · 7:23 7:23 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112139629/112142643" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Scotland Frees Ailing Lockerbie Bomber August 20, 2009 • Scotland's justice minister has ordered the release of Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the man held responsible for the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1998. The bombing killed 270 people, and the U.S. government says it regrets the man's release. Scotland Frees Ailing Lockerbie Bomber Listen · 3:27 3:27 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112075102/112075076" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Scottish Government Releases Lockerbie Bomber August 20, 2009 • The only man ever convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is being released from prison. The Scottish government says terminally-ill Abdel Baset al-Megrahi will be allowed to return to his home country of Libya on compassionate grounds. All 259 people aboard the flight were killed as well as 11 on the ground Scottish Government Releases Lockerbie Bomber Listen · 3:56 3:56 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/112054823/112054809" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Eric Westervelt/NPR World Developers Threaten To Boot Artist Squatters In Berlin August 15, 2009 • Increasing gentrification in Berlin is putting the city's famous and raucous alternative art scene at risk. Artists who have squatted in a ramshackle building for nearly 20 years now face eviction by corporate owners who want to turn the site into high-end apartments. Developers Threaten To Boot Artist Squatters In Berlin Listen · 6:18 6:18 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111899997/111931423" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World British Hacker Fights Extradition To U.S. August 14, 2009 • Gary McKinnon admits hacking into dozens of U.S. military computers before and after Sept. 11, 2001, and has lost every appeal available under the British legal system. His case has become a rallying point for Britons who believe their government is too subservient to the U.S. British Hacker Fights Extradition To U.S. Listen · 3:57 3:57 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111896512/111897191" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Economy Lottery Fever Hits Italy August 13, 2009 • Catholic Church leaders in Italy are chagrined that a nearly $200 million lottery takes place Thursday. Church leaders say the drawing encourages greed, false hope and an idolatrous worship of money. Although entrants have about a one in 600 million chance of winning, there's no dearth of Italian municipalities entering. Lottery Fever Hits Italy Listen · 0:56 0:56 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111831741/111831699" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Chechen Rights Worker, Husband Found Murdered August 11, 2009 • Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband, Alik Dzhabrailov, both 33, had been abducted on Monday from the offices of Save the Generation, the children's charity she runs in the southern Russian republic. Her relatives said the men who took the couple away identified themselves as police.
Mary Altaffer/AP World Italy Cracks Down On Raiders Of Lost Art August 10, 2009 • The gripping tale of the theft and ultimate return of a magnificent ancient Greek vase has helped to cripple the illicit international art trade. A new book traces the looted vase's journey from Italy to America and back again through the labyrinthine world of smugglers and shady dealers. Italy Cracks Down On Raiders Of Lost Art Listen · 5:07 5:07 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111734951/111748597" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World In Norway, Law Promotes Women In Boardroom August 10, 2009 • In Norway, gender diversity in the boardroom isn't just a nice idea, it's the law: The boards of all publicly traded and public limited companies must have at least 40 percent female representation. But there is sharp disagreement over whether quotas have changed the status quo. In Norway, Law Promotes Women In Boardroom Listen · 4:46 4:46 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111673448/111721612" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology Twitter, Facebook Strike Leads Back To Russia, Georgia August 9, 2009 • The cyberattack that hit Twitter and Facebook this past week originated far beyond Silicon Valley. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with Evgeny Morozov, who writes the Net Effect blog for Foreign Policy, about how the hit is related to last year's conflict between Russia and Georgia in the South Ossetia region. Twitter, Facebook Strike Leads Back To Russia, Georgia Listen · 4:10 4:10 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111706722/111708197" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Georgia's President Calls For International Support August 6, 2009 • Mikheil Saakashvili, president of the Republic of Georgia, urged the international community not to forget his country and its conflict with Russia. Saakashvili spoke with NPR's Melissa Block one year after Russia and Georgia went to war. Georgia's President Calls For International Support Listen · 5:27 5:27 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111619258/111629513" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Legendary British Carp No More August 5, 2009 • Britain has lost a legend. But not just any legend: It's a fish. The carp — nicknamed Benson — is thought to be the country's largest, weighing in at a whopping 64 pounds. But this week, 35-year-old Benson passed. Steve Broad, editor of UK Carp, a supplement to the fishing publication The Angler Times, says there are 63 documented captures of the iconic fish. Legendary British Carp No More Listen · 3:05 3:05 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111589272/111589942" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Russian Sub Patrols Reminiscent Of Cold War August 5, 2009 • Two Russian submarines have been operating in the waters off the U.S. coast. The maneuvers, though commonplace during the Cold War, are unusual today. Although the Pentagon does not see the subs as a security threat, the development does raise questions about whether Russia is trying to reassert itself militarily. Russian Sub Patrols Reminiscent Of Cold War Listen · 3:49 3:49 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/111589232/111589215" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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