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Roger and Jacqui: Landmines
From: World Vision Report
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President Obama is coming under increasing pressure to sign the International Land Mine treaty that would ban land mines. Just this week, the Sena...

  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:05
Best of Spring 2010
From: War News Radio
Caption: American armored trucks used on patrol in Anbar province., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Sexual Harassment in Egypt
From: World Vision Report
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In Egypt, women are speaking up for themselves. Egyptian women say they’re being sexually harassed daily on the streets, and they’re tired of it. ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Channels of Peace
From: War News Radio
Caption: A Sudanese woman casts her vote at a refugee camp this April., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
A guest show by our sister studio, the Sudan Radio Project.

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Creative Toys in Haiti
From: World Vision Report
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We’re not hearing that much about Haiti these days. Oil spills and car bomb plots have taken over the headlines. But we’re keeping our eye on Hai...

  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:09
Lost Boys Clinic
From: World Vision Report
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The recent election in Sudan returned the president to power, and ensured that nothing much is going to change in that troubled country. Certainly...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 10:16
  • Purchases: 2
Skateistan
From: World Vision Report
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There’s a new sound rippling across the capital of Afghanistan. It’s skateboarders trying out new moves at Kabul’s first-ever skateboarding school...

  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:16
Seafood Slavery
From: World Vision Report
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Thailand has been rocked by anti-government protests over the last few weeks. Protesters claim the government is illegitimate and undemocratic. B...

Bought by WBEZ and KRUA


  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
What's Cooking? Barbeque in Argentina
From: World Vision Report
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In Argentina, construction workers have a special tradition. After a long week of hard work, they have a barbeque every Saturday.  Reporter Marcos...

  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:34
Quang Tri Landmines
From: World Vision Report
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A treaty banning cluster bombs becomes international law on August 1st. More than 100 countries have signed the agreement. Vietnam is one of a ha...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 04:07
Dogon Greeting
From: World Vision Report
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In some cultures, a simple “hello” is just not enough when you greet people. A greeting ritual practiced by the Dogon people of Mali is a case in ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Afghan Beauties
From: World Vision Report
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Most women in Afghanistan wear modest traditional clothing with headscarves and often full-length burkas. Because of these standards, it wouldn’t ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Snow Cones in Haiti
From: World Vision Report
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Tragedy. Hopelessness. Devastation. A lot of words have been used to describe Haiti after the earthquake, almost all of them negative. But Gran...

Bought by WBEZ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 3
Woodcutting Trip
From: World Vision Report
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In the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, a gas stove is no longer an oddity. Many people have them these days. But with oil both scarce and expensive, f...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:03
Male Midwives
From: World Vision Report
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Becoming pregnant and giving birth is one of the most dangerous things a woman can do in Liberia. According to UNICEF, women there have a one in 1...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
Learning Farm
From: World Vision Report
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Being “green” is quite fashionable these days. There’s organic food, organic clothing – even organic soap powder. More and more people are adapti...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 05:24
What's Cooking? - Flowers
From: World Vision Report
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In the United States, it’s traditional to put a bouquet of flowers on the dinner table, but we don’t think of eating those flowers. Not so in Mexi...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Family Guidance
From: World Vision Report
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In Afghanistan, violence against women and girls is widespread. The violence takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, and honor ki...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
SRP: Thoughts on the April 2010 Sudanese National Elections
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear a range of opinions about the upcoming elections in Sudan.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
What's Cooking? - Stone Soup
From: World Vision Report
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Remember the children’s story called Stone Soup? The one where a hungry traveler tricks people into giving him food, telling them he’s making ston...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 3
Paulina
From: World Vision Report
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Sixteen years ago this month nearly a million people were slaughtered in the genocide in Rwanda. Memorials dot the countryside. And every April, ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 1
Boubacar Messaoude
From: World Vision Report
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The word ‘slavery’ conjures up images of 18th century slave ships and people locked in chains. But slavery is still alive and well in some parts o...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Artists for Democracy
From: World Vision Report
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Earlier this week, the unity government of Zimbabwe announced it would relax the repressive media laws that have been in place for nearly a decade....

  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 04:26
Spleen Sandwich
From: World Vision Report
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In Sicily’s capitol, Palermo, fast food is available on nearly every corner with nary a golden arch in sight. Sicilians devour what they call stre...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
Cell Phones in Haiti
From: World Vision Report
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In Haiti, it's common to see vendors walking down the street with a desk phone in their hand. That’s how they advertise what they’re selling…not p...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 2