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Week of Sat, 2008-09-13 23:00 to Sat, 2008-09-20 22:59


Global Hit - Chiwoniso (5:15)
September 19, 2008
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Singer Chiwoniso shares her thoughts on the hardships Zimbabweans are facing and how their strength comes through on her new album "Rebel Woman."

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Geo answer (2:30)
September 19, 2008
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The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Scotland's Isle of Skye. That's where the new all-Gaelic television channel, BBC Alba is being launched tonight. We speak with musician and broadcaster Mary Ann Kennedy, who is hosting a live show from the Isle of Skye tonight to kick off the new channel.


Gaelic TV channel, BBC Alba
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Geo Quiz (1:45)
September 19, 2008
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Our daily geography quiz.


Garcia Lorca may be exhumed (4:10)
September 19, 2008
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The mystery behind the death of one of Spain's greatest writers may soon be unearthed. Federico Garcia Lorca was killed in 1936 at the start of the Spanish Civil War. His body is believed to have been dumped in an unmarked mass grave outside the southern city of Granada. As the World's Gerry Hadden reports, a law passed last year is encouraging relatives to look for their lost loved ones.


Bernard-Henri Lévy on U.S. presidential race (9:00)
September 19, 2008
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy about the market crisis and the U.S. presidential race.

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Bernard-Henri Lévy's 'Left in Dark Times'

Web extra: Lévy on Sarah Palin


Prostitution ban threatens South Korea’s blind (3:45)
September 19, 2008
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South Korean authorities have launched a nationwide crackdown on prostitution. Many Koreans critcize the plan as only a quick fix. They say the sex trade will just move into other businesses, like massage parlors. Jason Strothers reports from South Korea that the changes could take jobs away from many blind people who have traditionally been allowed by the government to work as masseurs.


U.S. ambassador expelled by Bolivia speaks (4:30)
September 19, 2008
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Philip Goldberg, who was expelled by the South American country a few days ago. The Bolivian government accused him of encouraging violent anti-government protests.


Afghan farmers and the opium trade (5:00)
September 19, 2008
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The World's Quil Lawrence reports on efforts to help struggling Afghan farmers replace the profitable opium poppy crops with wheat.



Other Afghanistan coverage by Quil Lawrence
Taliban resurgence

Audio Slideshow: inside an Afghan mill


Will China come in to save Morgan Stanley? (1:30)
September 19, 2008
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Anchor Marco Werman has details on reports that China's state-owned China Investment Corporation is in talks with Morgan Stanley to help it survive the current Wall Street crisis.


Ban on short-selling (2:30)
September 19, 2008
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC's business editor James Whittington about the financial trading method called short-selling. Financial regulators in both the U.S. and the U.K. have temporarily banned short-selling in an attempt to stabilize the markets.


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