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Week of Sat, 2008-06-21 23:00 to Sat, 2008-06-28 22:59


Geo answer (5:45)
June 23, 2008
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The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Kenya's Rift Valley Province. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Martin Fisher with the San-Francisco based non-profit organization, KickStart. KickStart is marketing relatively low-cost irrigation pumps in the province to help small-scale farmers.

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Hoops Hype website (3:45)
June 23, 2008
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Many basketball fans hang on the words and wisdom of hoopshype.com to find out what's really going on in their sport. But not many realize that the site is run by three Spanish guys in Madrid. The World's Gerry Hadden has their story.


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Geo Quiz (1:00)
June 23, 2008
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For today's Geo Quiz, we're looking for a Kenyan province that lies between Uganda and Lake Turkana.


A NATO perspective on Afghan security (5:00)
June 23, 2008
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The new American commander of NATO forces says the Taliban aren't all that "resurgent." The World's Quil Lawrence gets an assessment of the fight against the Afghan group from General David McKiernan.


Shoeshine in Istanbul (3:00)
June 23, 2008
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The World's Aaron Schachter gets his shoes shined in Istanbul while learning a little learning a bit about the Turkish city Istanbul.


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New British game show on faith (4:20)
June 23, 2008
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A new game show premiered on British television this weekend. It tests contestants' knowledge of the religious faiths of their game show opponents. The goal is to bridge differences over religious divides. Correspondent Laura Lynch has the story from London.


Reaction from Zimbabwe’s neighbors (4:30)
June 23, 2008
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Most of Zimbabwe's neighbors have been slow to criticize President Robert Mugabe or even publicly address reports of violence toward his opponents. But there have been more voices of dissent in the past week. The World's Jason Margolis has more.


Zimbabwe at the breaking point (8:00)
June 23, 2008
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This weekend, opposition candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, pulled out of the upcoming presidential run-off election. He said he had to call a halt because of the violence directed at his supporters. Today, Zimbabwean police raided his offices in the capital, Harare. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Andrew Meldrum, who spent more than 20 years reporting from Zimbabwe.


Entire program - June 23, 2008
June 23, 2008
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Today on The World: The UN Security Council considers the crisis in Zimbabwe; A British game show pits people of different religions against one another to help promote understanding; and chronicling the beginning of the Jamaican "scene."


WTP 199: Olympic Tech Talk, Honda Goes Fuel-Cell, and Paul Otlet's Proto-Internet
June 23, 2008 permalink

A very full show this week, and a day early. We start with some new athletic technologies that might be on display at the Summer Games in Beijing. Then, we hear about how Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan might have sold digital blueprints for a nuclear weapon to interested parties. Then, a sequence that highlights Honda's fuel-cell vehicle, the Tata Nano from India, and a Zeppelin for a new millennium. We end with Paul Otlet's proto-Internet, and what's believed to be the first ever computer generated music. Great fun.


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