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Month of December , 2007


Listen Detainee rights at Guantánamo (4:00)
December 4, 2007 permalink

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Vincent Warren, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. The Center has been spear-heading the legal effort to close Guantánamo and it's going to be arguing the case tomorrow before the U.S. Supreme Court.



Listen Geo Quiz (1:00)
December 4, 2007 permalink

Our daily geography puzzler.


Listen Spotlight on domestic violence in Spain (4:15)
December 4, 2007 permalink

The World's Gerry Hadden reports on an increase in reported incidents of domestic violence in Spain this year. The issue is receiving extra attention because of a case recently involving a woman who was murdered after appearing on television with her ex-boyfriend.


Listen Geo answer (2:00)
December 4, 2007 permalink

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. The BBC's Jonathan Head explains people in the Thai capital have been wearing pink shirts recently.

For more information, visit the Geo Quiz page

Listen Fighting police corruption in Mexico (4:00)
December 4, 2007 permalink

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Mexico's President Felipe Calderón is looking to crush police corruption. He vows to modernize the country's police by retraining 400,000 police officers. The World's Lorne Matalon reports from Mexico City.


Global hit - Mohsen Namjoo (4:30)
December 4, 2007 permalink


Listen Global hit - Mohsen Namjoo (4:30)
December 4, 2007 permalink

Reporter Roxana Saberi profiles Iranian singer and composer Mohsen Namjoo.


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For more information, visit the Global Hit page


Listen Entire program - Dec 5
December 5, 2007 permalink

Entire program - December 5


Listen Why intelligence often gets it wrong (4:30)
December 5, 2007 permalink

A new National Intelligence Estimate this week concludes that Iran put a stop to its nuclear weapons program in 2003. But two years ago, a similar report concluded Iran was developing a nuclear bomb. The World's Jason Margolis examines how US intelligence-gathering methods (past and present) can come up with contradictory information.



Listen Derailing a missile defense plan (4:30)
December 5, 2007 permalink

The new US assessment of Iran's nuclear program will likely change the debate surrounding other Bush administration initiatives, for instance, its proposed missile defense system in Eastern Europe. Washington has said the missile system is needed to protect against a threat from Iran. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Eric Rosenbach, executive director of Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.


Eric Rosenbach

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