Magician Jeff McBride and his Clone
The intrigue of magicians stealing each other's secrets is as old as the art of magic itself. But today, the hyper-connectivity of the world has made ripping off tricks a hundred times easier and a...
View ArticleLandlocked Country in South America Sues Neighbor to Get Coastline Back
For the Geo Quiz, we are looking for the names of the two landlocked countries in South America.
View ArticleFake ‘Somali Pirates’ Dupe Western Journalists
The interviews with the fake pirates have made it into the venerable pages of Time magazine and have been broadcast in documentaries, one of which was reportedly shown in some 18 countries across the...
View ArticlePakistani Woman Badam Zari Running for Parliament, Making History
A Pakistani woman is running for parliament. Badam Zari is the first woman from Pakistan's tribal areas to do so. The Tribal Areas, which border Afghanistan, are extremely conservative.
View ArticleTreating Disabled Syrians
Hundreds of thousands have been injured in Syria's civil war. Many are now disabled, their limbs torn off or their spines paralyzed by rocket attacks. The BBC's Caroline Hawley went to northern Jordan...
View ArticleAmong Kenya’s Maasai, Traditional Ways Falling to Climate Change
Climate change is just the latest of many threats to the traditional culture of the pastoralist Maasai people of East Africa. But for many, it's the one that's finally forcing them to abandon their old...
View ArticleSalaries of Heads-of-State Around the World
President Obama's salary announcement Wednesday got us thinking about what other heads-of-state make around the world. Here's a few highlights.
View ArticleBehind North Korea’s Tough Talk, A Global ‘Extortion Racket’
The increasingly bellicose threats streaming out of North Korea are not especially new to former US diplomat Jeffrey Bader. Bader, who served as a special assistant to President Obama, and as a senior...
View ArticleSouth Korean Border Workers Prevented from Entering Kaesong Industrial Complex
North Korea reportedly moved a missile of "considerable range" to its eastern coast. The move could be in preparation for a military attack on U-S or South Korean targets in the region, though...
View ArticlePRI’s The World: 04/04/2013 (Kenya, Bolivia, Paraguay)
The latest on the ongoing standoff between North and South Korea. Also, we hear how climate change is eroding the Maasai culture in Kenya. Plus, magicians in Las Vegas complain that their best tricks...
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