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Teenage Rider Wins Mongol Derby

Sports

Nineteen-year-old Lara Prior-Palmer decided that she wanted to spend her summer break a little differently. So, she embarked on a 1,000 km horse race across Mongolia. She won.

60 Years on, a Korean War Vet Remembers

Arts, Culture & Media

A Chance to See the Real Chinese Imperial Palace

Arts, Culture & Media

Former Nazi Torture and Detention Sites Uncovered in Germany

Arts, Culture & Media

Floods and Fraud: Congress Considers Sandy Aid

Helsinki Rejects New Guggenheim Museum

Global Politics

A plan to build a new Guggenheim museum on the Helsinki waterfront has been rejected by politicians in Finland. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation proposed, in January, that it and the Finnish capital jointly develop a new contemporary art museum.

Music Heard on Air for May 2, 2012

Music Heard on Air

Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 2, 2012. Artists featured are: Nogabe Randriaharimalala, Incas in Cyberspace, Live studio performance of Diaraby, Ihashi Elimholphe.

Siege of Sarajevo: Dan Damon Looks Back

The 44-month siege of Sarajevo was the longest in modern history, and marked the beginning of the conflict in Bosnia. During the siege, more than 100,000 people were killed and around 2.2 million fled their homes. It has now been 20 years since the siege began.  Dan Damon, host of the BBC’s World Update, joins us […]

Sarajevo: Grief Over Bosnia War Anniversary

Arts, Culture & Media

Residents of Sarajevo marked the twentieth anniversary of the start of Balkan civil war on Friday. The siege of Sarajevo was one of the most brutal episodes of the wars that accompanied the break up of Yugoslavia.

Phenology: Plantwatch and the Science of Spring

Keeping track of nature’s sense of timing is how the plants say “spring.” Elisabeth Beaubien, a researcher based at the University of Alberta’s Devonian Botanic Garden, has one of the most unusual jobs you’ll find; she directs a project that documents the arrival of spring. Now in its third year, Plantwatch is a network of […]