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  • It's conversational and friendly. It's thought-provoking and incisive. It's the international news magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that adds freshness and diversity to your evening listening. Hosts Barbara Budd and Mary Lou Finlay probe the major stories of the day, mixing interviews with coverage in an informative and often irreverent style.
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As It Happens for Friday, November 6, 2009 * Fort Hood: Soldier * FTR: Gord

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
They were preparing to take fire overseas -- but not at home. An American soldier opens fire on his colleagues at Fort Hood -- and we'll talk to a soldier who was on the base when it happened. Casting their net wide to shrink yours. An international anti-counterfeiting conference may turn your computer use upside-download. De Soto voce. We hear from an American archaeologist who's found evidence of the travels of sixteenth-century explorer Hernando de Soto.

As It Happens for Thursday, November 5 * Fort Hood Shooting * BC Salmon Inq

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
One of their own. A shooting a Fort Hood Military Base in Texas leaves several soldiers dead. Sole survivor. The only man to live through a Newfoundland helicopter crash finally tells his story. And...where the gills are. If you think sharks don't cruise around near public beaches -- well, nothing could be closer to the tooth.

As It Happens for Wednesday, November 4, 2009 * H1N1: First Nations * TB -

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As It Happens for Tuesday, November 3, 2009 * Fletcher on Euthanasia * Euth

Tue, Nov 3 Listen
The right to die. MP Steven Fletcher -- who was paralyzed in a car accident -- tells us why he'll abstain from a Parliamentary vote on legalizing euthanasia. Reaching a conclusion about reaching conclusions. After years of discussion, the Quebec College of Physicians conditionally endorses euthanasia. It is the best of times, it is the Worcestershire of times. A list of the mystery ingredients in the popular brown sauce proves it is, in part, a labour of cloves.

As It Happens for Monday, November 2, 2009 * Afghan Election Reaction * Afg

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Still Karzai after all these years. When a run-off election is cancelled in Afghanistan, the West has to cope with a controversial run-on presidency. Mob vaccine. A shortage of shots causes health officials in Winnipeg to close clinics completely. Taking their words for it. Thousands of languages are endangered -- but a team of linguists works to keep the dialects from dying.

As it Happens for Friday, October 30, 2009 * FTR: Daphne Coffin * Breast Ca

Fri, Oct 30 Listen
Resolution of a testing issue. Victims of Newfoundland and Labrador's breast cancer exam scandal accept a multi-million-dollar settlement. In charge again? Ousted president Manuel Zelaya may just get his job back -- as negotiations to return him to power conclude. And this proves it's the principal that counts. For nineteen years, a headmaster in Scotland presides over a school -- without a single pupil.

As It Happens for Thursday, October 29 * Nowak Deported * NB Power Sale * F

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A guest gets second-guessed. U.N. torture investigator Manfred Nowak arrives for an assignment in Zimbabwe -- and is promptly given the boot. Life after deaths. A Quebec Superior Court judge hands Desire Munyaneza the maximum sentence possible for his role in the Rwandan genocide. Do unto otters as you would have them do unto you. An animal behaviourist explains his theory that animals are capable of "moral intelligence".

As it Happens for Wednesday, October 28, 2009 * UN Kabul Attack * Zimbabwe

Wed, Oct 28 Listen
Anarchy in Afghanistan. A Taliban attack on a U.N. guesthouse, the death of another Canadian soldier -- and ten days until Afghanistan's run-off election. Thinking better of a look at their worst. The Zimbabwean government invites an expert to investigate torture claims -- and then abruptly rescinds the invitation. And...we've all seen cats on rugs. But thanks to the efforts of feline wigmaker Julie Jackson, we can now see rugs on cats.

As It Happens for Tuesday, October 27 * Mi'q Maq Choir Minister * Mi'q Maq

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As It Happens Daily: 2009-10-26

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As It Happens for Monday, October 26 * End of Sanctuary* Baghdad Bombing* FTR: Paul Quarrington* Greek Empire* Hillier's Legacy* TB Mi'k Maq Choir* 100 Canadian Photos*

As It Happens for Friday, October 23 * Olympics: Mi'q Maq Choir * FTR: Sand

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Hitting a choral reef. The hopes of a young Mi'kmaq choir are sunk, when an invitation to perform at the Olympics is abruptly retracted. Over and Unger. Kyle Unger's fourteen-year nightmare comes to an end, when he's acquitted of a 1990 murder. And go fly a gemtlichkeit. Some wealthy Germans are suffering an embarrassment of riches -- and they demand to be taxed.

As It Happens for Thursday, October 22 * SCOC: Bill 104 Lawyer * FTR: Quebe

Thu, Oct 22 Listen
Les mots injuste. A Supreme Court ruling on English-language schools in Quebec provokes a cri de coeur from French-language watchdogs. The stuff that nightmares are made of. A new ad campaign urges caveat emptor -- because the items we buy may have been the product of human trafficking. And...O ye of litter faith! A British museum calls on the public to decide which elements of its collection are invaluable, and which are unvaluable.

As It Happens for Wednesday, October 21 * H1N1 Vaccine Priorities * H1N1 Pr

Wed, Oct 21 Listen
H-One-N-One flu over the cuckoo's nest. Pregnant women are a particular swine-flu risk -- but the new, approved vaccine hasn't been tested on pregnant women. Cease and de-Sister Sledge. A singing Scottish store clerk is told to stop filling the world with silly love songs -- or cough up a fine. And...it wasn't just his poll numbers that sagged. Scientists discover that, if you supported John McCain in the U.S. election, your testosterone levels are Palin in comparison.

As It Happens for Tuesday, October 20 * Afghan Runoff * Iraq Deserter Sanct

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Point of new returns. There will be a run-off election in Afghanistan -- but the new start comes with problems old and new. Fighting battles to avenge the war. Militants attack a university in Islamabad, in retribution for the Pakistani Army's offensive in South Waziristan. A momentary apse. An American Iraq War deserter seeks sanctuary in a church on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

As It Happens for Monday, October 19 * Afghan Election Results * Galbraith

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Results have varied. Evidence of widespread fraud should force a run-off election in Afghanistan -- but so far, the next step is unknown. They didn't have a chance in hull. The RCMP seize a mystery ship full of would-be immigrants, off the coast of British Columbia. And...P.S. My ear hurts. A new exhibition combines Vincent Van Gogh's letters to family and friends with the art those letters refer to.

As It Happens for Friday, October 16, 2009 * Afghan Prisoner's: Commission

Fri, Oct 16 Listen
Redact two letters from "commission" and you get "omission". An inquiry into the treatment of Afghan prisoners is repeatedly stonewalled by the federal government. The 'Nam comes around. How one former military man applies the lessons of a South Asian quagmire to the current Central Asian quagmire. Getting their fifteen minutes of flame. A documentarian finds a surprisingly volatile subject coming out of people's taps in Colorado.

As It Happens for Thursday, October 15, 2009 * Lahore Attacks: Reporter * L

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Pakistan under attack. Militants stage at least five separate attacks on Peshawar and Lahore -- killing dozens, and creating fears of a guerrilla war. Violent partner. The storm in Pakistan puts a black cloud over its already-shaky alliance with the United States. Giving away The Games. A new exhibit gathers the stories of the Canadians who went to the 1936 Berlin Olympics -- and those who chose to stay home.

As It Happens for Wednesday, October 14, 2009 * British Iraq Inquiry * FTR:

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In the casus belli of the beast. The father of a soldier killed in Iraq tells us what he thinks of an extremely wide-ranging British inquiry into the prosecution of the war. Ninety-nine problems? Well, Peter Pocklington has made his share of mistakes over the years -- but he maintains that trading Gretzky ain't one. Maybe it's a tribute to the smashing job he did of starting a country. The Glasgow birthplace of John A. Macdonald faces demolition.

As It Happens for Tuesday October 13, 2009 * Brit MPs Expense * FTR: Braidw

Tue, Oct 13 Listen
Running on MPs. England's endless expenses scandal keeps on giving -- with a new requirement that some members will have to start giving back. Nothing to be veinglorious about. A new report reveals that, when it comes to blood donation, most Canadians are out of circulation. Veni vidi Vinci. A Montreal forensics expert came, saw, and offered the opinion that the fingerprint on a portrait is that of the great Leonardo.

As It Happens for Monday, October 12 * Pakistan Attacks * TB & Email: Cowic

Mon, Oct 12 Listen
Militants in Pakistan stage their fourth attack in a week, killing dozens of people in a suicide car bombing. Two kinds of rats inhabit the British Isles -- and they could explain the divide between the Celts and the Anglo-Saxons. A new book that looks back on one of the biggest moment's in our hockey history -- the day Wayne Gretzky left Edmonton for L.A. And, squash tournament. They were pie-eyed and bushel-tailed in Windsor, Nova Scotia this weekend for the town's annual pumpkin boat race.

As It Happens for Friday, October 9th * Obama Wins Nobel * Iranian Death Se

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President Obama's in the middle of a mess of conflicts -- but the Nobel committee still sees fit to award him the 2009 Peace Prize. Scientists find a powerful new measurement of climate change in the logbooks of vessels from centuries gone by. An Iranian court sentences a dissident to death for his role in post-election demonstrations. A New Brunswick man loses his pointer -- and works to fix his digital deficit in a strictly analog fashion.

As It Happens for Thursday, October 8th * Michael Ignatieff * Wild Horse Mo

Thu, Oct 8 Listen
Michael Ignatieff takes off the fuzzy sweater and coolly appraises the Liberal Party's plummeting poll numbers. Italy's forward-thinking approval of citizens' street patrols creates an unwelcome throwback. The American government says it's time to find wild horses new homes -- but advocates can't believe what they've herded. Norman Rockwell had swimmin' holes, Duchamp had urinal holes -- and two Montreal artists have found their muse in the humble pothole. Remembering Irving Penn.

As It Happens for Wednesday, October 7 * Manitoba Dentist * Brazil TV Fugit

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The town of Buchan, Newfoundland, reels from revelations that a local mine has contaminated residents. A TV crimebuster in Brazil is on the run, accused of orchestrating some of the murders he covered. Douglas Campbell -- a legend of the Canadian stage and screen -- dies at the age of eighty-seven. Despite the World Health Organization's pooh-poohing, several provinces stick to their policy on de-fluing.

As It Happens for Tuesday, October 6 * Father Malloy * Gaza Holocaust Educa

Tue, Oct 6 Listen
Twenty years ago, a teenager told a Newfoundland priest that Raymond Lahey had pornography -- and tonight, we talk with that priest. Southern India recovers from a drought, only to face a devastating rain that won't stop. The U.N.'s relief agency wants to teach classes about the Holocaust in Gaza -- but Hamas gives the idea a failing grade. A Denver newspaper seeks the first-ever medical marijuana reviewer.

As It Happens for Monday, October 5 * Peter Galbraith * Lahey: Church Knew

Mon, Oct 5 Listen
An interview with the U.N.'s former Number Two guy in Afghanistan, Peter Galbraith. Ontario's Privacy Commissioner orders provincial Crown attorneys to quit snooping around prospective jurors. Church officials in Newfoundland and Labrador admit they were told Raymond Lahey possessed pornography -- twenty years ago. And...they got our goat. Goat cheese, that is -- after a Quebec fromagerie scores a surprising coup at the World Cheese Awards.

As It Happens for Friday, October 2 * Philippines Typhoon * Antigonish Edit

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Getting their second wind -- in the worst possible way. The Philippines scrambles to recover from one typhoon, before a super-typhoon hits. The unsound and the Fhrer. Unconvinced by Russian claims about Hitler's skull fragments, an American scientist pieces his own theory together. The sorrow and the piety. The editor of the Antigonish paper tells us how his community is coping with the arrest of a bishop on child pornography charges.

As It Happens for Thursday, October 1 * Halifax Archbishop * Padang Quake A

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Father disfigured. The Archbishop of Halifax talks about the nightmare unleashed by a Bishop's child-pornography charges. The people's rhetoric on the People's Republic. Two women who lived through the revolution provide their perspectives, sixty years later. Padang in ruins. Two aid workers tell us about the earthquake that killed more than a thousand people in Indonesia.

As It Happens for Wednesday, September 30 * Antigonish Bishop Arrested * Sa

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Stepping down -- and then further down. Days after Raymond Lahey submits his resignation, the former bishop of Antigonish is arrested on child pornography charges. Shoot first, repress questions later. Guinea's military government bans mass protest after more than a hundred-and-fifty demonstrators are killed by soldiers. You've come a wrong way, baby. Ontario is the latest province to chastise Big Tobacco with a king-sized lawsuit.

As It Happens for Tuesday, September 29 * NATO Sec.-General * Honduras Raid

Tue, Sep 29 Listen
A dark and stormy NATO. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the Afghan mission won't be over 'til it's over. Anything else you're not telling us? The revelation of a secret nuclear enrichment plan in Iran is a case of new nukes being bad nukes. Freedom of repress. The de facto government of Honduras shuts down two dissident media outlets --and then suspends all civil liberties.

As It Happens for Monday, September 28 * Afghanistan: Canadian Ambassador *

Mon, Sep 28 Listen
Our representative in a land without one. With Afghanistan's election still unresolved, we'll speak with the Canadian ambassador, in Kabul. Watched pot boils over. Marc Emery -- Canada's self-proclaimed "Prince of Pot" -- turns himself in for extradition to the U.S. Hot air and Coderre. Amid much intra-party bluster, the Liberals' Quebec lieutenant resigns -- halfway.

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