An incredibly full show this week folks. We start with a discussion of coltan, a substance you can find in your cell phone, Playstation and other electronics. One of the main sources of coltan is the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. Is it fueling the war? Also, West Africa tries to tackle its reputation as a hotbed of Internet scammers, and we hear about Google Earth's Virtual Rome. Then, we've heard that the so-called "Blogfather of the Persian Blogosphere" may or may not have been arrested in Tehran. We end with an assessment of the International Space Station, which turned ten this week, and a tribute to that tiny giant of Eastern European automotive technology, the Yugo.
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