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PRI's The World - November 6, 2009

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Today on The World: A look at military mental health caregivers in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings; A hotel in Berlin today offers the creature comforts of a 1970s Eastern Bloc guesthouse; and mixing it up with British songwriter Gemma Ray.

PRI's The World - November 5, 2009

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Today on The World: Swine flu hits one of the world's most isolated indigenous tribes, A new study out suggests most young Americans literally aren't fit enough for the military and the roots of Pakistan's battle with itself.

PRI's The World - November 4, 2009

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Today on The World: Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah refuses to join the government and says he'll continue to demand corruption reform, Germany reacts in anger at GM's decision not to sell its European subsidiary Opel; and how a picnic in Communist Hungary played a role in bringing down the Iron Curtain.

PRI's The World - November 3, 2009

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Today on The World: Newly re-elected President Karzai is under increasing pressure to address corruption in Afghanistan, residents of Mexico's most violent cities are seeking refuge across the border, and the story of Ghana's first winter Olympian.

PRI's The World - November 2, 2009

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Today on The World: Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghan elections - what does that mean for the US?, revisiting what was once among the most deadly border crossings between East and West Germany, and we sample some of Alan Lomax's recently restored recordings from Haiti in the 1930s.

PRI's The World - October 30, 2009

Fri, Oct 30 Listen

Today on The World: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton takes on the stalled Mideast peace process this weekend; Also, what's behind a new agreement that expands the US military presence in Colombia, And why Japan has so many different flavors of Kit Kat bars.

PRI's The World - October 29, 2009

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Today on The World: Why the new US defense bill includes funds to pay Taliban members, An Egyptian comedian tackles taboo subjects with his own version of Da Ali G. Show, and Spain's economic woes forces small towns to sweep their own streets.

PRI's The World - October 28, 2009

Wed, Oct 28 Listen

Today on The World: A wave of attacks challenges Pakistan's government; Also -- an update on imprisoned Iranian blogger, Hossein Derakhshan from his family; Plus -- three active-duty British soldiers sing about coming home.

PRI's The World - October 27, 2009

Tue, Oct 27 Listen

Today on The World: Afghanistan's president resists demands to fire the country's top election official; Also, what the resignation of a US diplomat in Afghanistan means for the U-S war effort there; Plus, the story of a weatherman in Israel who credits his successful career to his American accent.

PRI's The World - October 26, 2009

Mon, Oct 26 Listen

Today on The World: Iran vows to keep processing uranium, despite international pressure; Also, former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, boycotts his own war crimes trial; Plus, efforts in Ukraine to get citizens to speak more Ukrainian and less Russian.

PRI's The World - October 23, 2009

Fri, Oct 23 Listen

Today on The World: More attacks by militants in Pakistan -- we'll hear about life in the Taliban strongholds inside Pakistan; A new proposal from Iran throws international talks over its nuclear program into confusion; Hollywood's take on last year's war between Russia and Georgia.

PRI's The World - October 22, 2009

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Today on The World: It's not just Mexico's drug war ... we'll hear how the drug cartels operate on the US side of the border; Also, a drought threatens a return to famine in Ethiopia; British diplomats of years past, and their undiplomatic words.

PRI's The World - October 21, 2009

Wed, Oct 21 Listen

Today on The World: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on US-Pakistani relations and the battle against extremists in Pakistan; Also -- reaction to the Catholic Church's move to open its doors to disaffected Anglicans; Plus -- Balkan folk music made in Brooklyn.

PRI's The World - October 20, 2009

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Today on The World: Afghanistan's embattled president agrees to a run-off election in November;Also, China launches an effort to catalogue cultural artifacts it says were looted from China more than a century ago; And how digital technology makes it harder to forget even that which may be best forgotten.

PRI's The World - October 19, 2009

Mon, Oct 19 Listen

Today on The World: The latest on Pakistan's offensive against Taliban militants; Also, India's offensive against Maoist rebels; Plus, an art exhibit in China that artist say reflects the haphazard way the country is developing.

PRI's The World - October 16, 2009

Fri, Oct 16 Listen

Today on The World: Another militant attack against Pakistan's security forces; Also, a profile of one of China's new generation business moguls; And international music straight from listeners' iPods.

PRI's The World - October 15, 2009

Thu, Oct 15 Listen

Today on The World: Pakistan under pressure after coordinated attacks today by Taliban militants; Also, different views about the H1N1 flu vaccine from the US and Europe; Plus, how a jazz musician's search for a cure to help his dying brother brought about his latest album.

PRI's The World - October 14, 2009

Wed, Oct 14 Listen

Today on The World: Britain pledges more troops for Afghanistan, just as the US considers its own troop increase; the role female Marines are playing in the battle for the hearts and minds in Afghanistan; and young Cuban-Americans push for a more open dialogue with their peers in Cuba.

PRI's The World - October 13, 2009

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Today on The World: The US and Russia talk about cooperating on a number of fronts; Also a custody battle highlights legal differences between the US and Japan; And we follow Colombian soldiers as they track rebels in the jungle.

PRI's The World - October 12, 2009

Mon, Oct 12 Listen

Today on The World: More violence in Pakistan raises questions about how the country is cracking down on insurgent groups; Also -- after more than half a century, Germany pardons the soldiers who deserted the Nazi army. We speak with one of the last remaining Nazi deserters. And a Middle East Bernie Madoff who stole millions from his fellow Lebanese.

PRI's The World - October 9, 2009

Fri, Oct 9 Listen

Today on The World: International reaction to President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize; Also, how city living could help the world's honeybees make a comeback; And the plight of those people around the globe who are displaced from their land in the name of conservation.

PRI's The World - October 8, 2009

Thu, Oct 8 Listen

Today on The World: A conversation with top Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah; Also -- a new survey highlights the fact that most of the globe's Muslims live in Asia; And a final farewell to Argentina's legendary folk singer Mercedes Sosa.

PRI's The World - October 7, 2009

Wed, Oct 7 Listen

Today on The World: A look at how Afghanistan is NOT like Vietnam, What Armenian ex-pats are saying about Armenia's plan to normalize relations with Turkey, And what life is like for some former Guantanamo detainees.

PRI's The World - October 6, 2009

Tue, Oct 6 Listen

President Obama confers with US lawmakers today as he weighs a decision on what's the next step in Afghanistan; Bangladesh considers a plan to fight floods with floods; and a collection of love letters sheds new light on the presidency of Warren G. Harding.

PRI's The World - October 5, 2009

Mon, Oct 5 Listen

Today on The World: A suicide bomber strikes a UN compound in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing five food-aid workers; Also, Britain's new Supreme Court gets to work; And a pair of neighboring towns in Canada and Vermont get separated in the name of border security.

PRI's The World - October 2, 2009

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Today on The World: The Philippines face a second major typhoon in less than a week, Germany's efforts to protect jobs and the jobless, and a conversation with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about her famous brooches and their role in international diplomacy.

PRI's The World - September 23, 2009

Wed, Sep 23 Listen

Today on The World: President Obama calls world leaders to action in his speech at the United Nations; Afghanistan casts a shadow over Germany's upcoming elections; And taking a tour of a Zambian slum with a 13-year-old tour guide.

PRI's The World: Inside the Taliban, A Four-Part Series

Mon, Aug 10 Listen

PRI's The World, in conjunction with GlobalPost.com and The PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, presents "Inside the Taliban," a four-part series that takes you to Pakistan and Afghanistan to explore where the Taliban has been, and where it's going. Veteran reporter Charles Sennott takes you inside a Pakistan refugee camp, tells you about a girl's school that has been taken over by the Taliban, and sits down with today's Taliban leaders for a frank discussion about the movement.

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