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Week of Sat, 2008-07-05 23:00 to Sat, 2008-07-12 22:59


North Korea soldier kills South Korean tourist (5:15)
July 11, 2008
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A North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean tourist today. The incident took place at the Kumgang mountain resort in North Korea, highlighting just how tense relations between the two Koreas still are. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Seoul correspondent, John Sudworth.


Lisa Mullins visited the Kumgang resort in Nov 2007

Entire program - July 11th, 2008
July 11, 2008
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Today on The World: A North Korean soldier shoots and kills a South Korean tourist; China's push to urbanize the country's western reaches leaves some who live there feeling marginalized; The debate in the yoga community over the prospect of yoga becoming an Olympic Sport.


Global Hit (8:20)
July 10, 2008
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Mexican actress and singer Ximena Sarinana makes her debut in the United States tonight. Ancor Lisa Mullins speaks to Sarinana about her success in Mexico and her next big step in the US.

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Geo Answer (0:30)
July 10, 2008
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The answer to today's Geo Quiz is the South African city of Durban. Locals there have complained that a road called Mugabe Street should be renamed to honor a South African hero instead of Zimbabwe's controversial president.

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A call for royalties from Guantanamo (2:00)
July 10, 2008
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A Canadian lawyer wonders whether the US military should pay royalties on the music it plays at high volume for interrogations. Anchor Lisa Mullins has more.


Saudi women challenge driving ban (3:30)
July 10, 2008
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Women in Saudi Arabia can buy cars. They just can't drive them. The conservative kingdom forbids women to drive. But some Saudi women are challenging the law and they're using YouTube to get their message out. The BBC's Crispin Thorold has the story.





Geo Quiz (1:00)
July 10, 2008
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For today's Geo Quiz we're looking for a South African city that's the site of a Mugabe Street.


China urbanization series: Xinji (8:40)
July 10, 2008
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The World's Mary Kay Magistad has the fourth in our series on China's urbanization. Today, she reports from one of China's newest cities, Xinji.



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Series page

Zimbabwean photo doesn't tell the whole story (8:20)
July 10, 2008
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You may have seen a striking photo on the front page of the New York Times a few weeks back. It featured a young Zimbabwean child crying. The child's legs were in casts, apparently as a result of an assault by government-sponsored thugs. It's a story many in the press got wrong, as Newsweek correspondent Rod Nordland explains to anchor Lisa Mullins.


New York Times front page June 26
Rod Nordland's Newsweek story

Beirut's "Buns and Guns" restaurant (4:00)
July 10, 2008
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Beirut has suffered its fair share of violence and terrorism. Now a restaurant owner in the Lebanese capital is trying to cash in on that past. His establishment is called "Buns and Guns." The World's Aaron Schachter reports.

The "Buns and Guns" restaurantThe "Buns and Guns" restaurant


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