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Jens Erik Gould reports on the price of gas in Venezuela. Gas is so cheap there that gas stations are going out of business, leaving owners and workers unemployed.

Lisa Mullins speaks with three members of a delegation that visited the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay yesterday. One is US Senator Bob Bennet, Republican from Utah and members of the European Parliament James Ellis from Britain and Elmar Brock from Germany. Amnesty International today urged the United States to shut down the prison at Guantanamo because it says the rights of detainees are violated there.

Host Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's International Literature critic Christopher Merrill about a number of books being published by a British company that offer some new takes on old myths.

Blake Farmer reports from Tennessee -- where the US National Soccer Team is taking on Morocco today in a warm-up game before heading to next month's World Cup tournament in Germany.

The World's Aaron Schachter reports on what's happened to the former Israeli settlements in Gaza. Israel pulled the plug on the settlements last summer -- and Palestinians have been trying to make the most of the real estate since then.

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The BBC's Frances Harrison reports from Natanz, home to one of Iran's most sensitive nuclear enrichment facilities. Some residents there worry that if there is a US attack against Iran, their town will be among the first targets hit.

The World's Quil Lawrence reports that civilian contractors in Iraq number in the tens of thousands. They're not under military command, and their uncertain status is a puzzle for the US military and Iraqis.

Tech Podcast 103 takes you to Pacific for the first ever pacific-wide tsunami warning drill, and some of the high-tech and low-tech ways locals are being told of an impending killer wave. Also, the WHO steps up its battle against mult-drug resistant tuberculosis. We'll also hear from listener Ross Chambless in Japan about something called Universal Design. And we'll finish up here in the USA with a report on what could be a new way of sorting out someones political allegiances. Fun stuff, and some theme music from SpunkShine.

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