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Protesting farmers ride tractors and shout slogans as they march to the capital, breaking police barricades, during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India

India repeals controversial farm laws after a year of protests

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India announces the repeal of three controversial farm laws that have been met with protests for a year. Also, Austria is set to go into lockdown as the government also prepares to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory. And, a new report shows deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at a 15-year high.

Outside the house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born there's a block of stone from the Mauthausen concentration camp. It reads "for peace freedom and democracy, never again fascism, remember the millions of dead."

How Hitler’s birthplace in Austria handles its unwanted landmark

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California Government Overhaul

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The stimulus and the states: California and Missouri await their funds

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Geo answer and Global Hit

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Geo answer

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For our Geo Quiz we were looking for an Austrian lake where strains of Mozart, Verdi and Strauss echo in the air. The answer is Achensee, and the music is from the Tyrolean Opera Program that takes place there every summer. Artistic Director Elizabeth Bachman sends us an audio postcard.

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Global Hit: Singing-Shepherd

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Matthew Brunwaser has the story of a shepherd-songwriter who’s trying to keep Yiddish music alive in Austria as he travels with his flock.

Music Heard on Air for February 9, 2011

Music Heard on Air

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for February 9, 2011. Artists featured are: Dalai Beldiri, AfroCubism, Nguyen Le, Pell Mell, Habib Koite & Bamada, Yoshida Brothers, Johann Strauss I.