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The World - Episode 20071107 - Napoleon on exhibit
The World
November 07, 2007
He's a diminutive French leader of immigrant background who took the country by storm. We're not talking about French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who delivered an address to the US Congress today. We're talking about Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon is currently the subject of a major exhibit at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. The World's Adeline Sire took a tour.
Chess champ Fischer remembered
The World
January 18, 2008
The late chess champion Bobby Fischer is being remembered today, and The World's Jeb Sharp looks back on Fischer's life and career.
The World in Words
Dictators with dialects, finger spelling and universal Inuit
The World
March 31, 2011
Business, Economics and Jobs
Has the European multiculturalism experiment failed?
The World
August 10, 2011
How multiculturalism might relate to the tensions and violence happening in Norway and elsewhere in Europe.
Arts, Culture & Media
Slideshow: Slave Burial Ground in the Atlantic
The World
March 09, 2012
For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for tiny island in the middle of the vast South Atlantic Ocean that was once used as a refugee camp for slaves.
Arts, Culture & Media
Britain Named Most Prolific Invader
The World
November 08, 2012
A new book claims that Britain has invaded more countries than any other. Anchor Aaron Schachter discusses the claim with the World's News Editor and resident history buff, Chris Woolf.
Despite Resigning, Petraeus Will Testify on Benghazi
The Takeaway
November 15, 2012
Conflict & Justice
Why Political Cartoons Make People So Mad
The World
May 17, 2013
If you're mad about something on TV, in a magazine or even a radio program like The World, you can write to us. But if you're the subject of a political cartoon or caricature and you disagree with it, what do you do?
Arts, Culture & Media
Isabel Allende on writing, Haiti and the legacy of slavery
Bob Edwards Weekend
June 09, 2010
Allende returns to the world of historical fiction with "Island Beneath the Sea," the story of a slave girl in 19th Century Haiti.
Global Politics
Where has Britain's 'stiff upper lip' gone?
The World
October 26, 2012
Brits are known for having a certain stiff upper lip. Keep Calm and Carry On and such. But recently, that stiff lip has, well, slackened. Take Andy Murray, who cried his way into British hearts during Wimbledon.