A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Japan, France 24, Germany, and Cuba.
This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr250530.mp3 (29:00)
From JAPAN- The Japanese government has decided to use soil contaminated from the Fukushima disaster across the country. Parts of Australia saw record rainfall of 23 inches creating huge floods. Panic spread across Gaza as Israel troops opened fire on Gazans trying to get food from a distribution point set up by a US backed aid foundation.
From FRANCE- the Israeli Defense Force announced plans to take over 75% of Gaza in the next few months. On Tuesday the Israeli press covered the Jerusalem Day marches celebrating the Six-Day War. On Wednesday the Israeli press reported on the 600th day of war in Palestine.
From GERMANY- In the Swiss Alps a melting glacier caused landslides destroying a village- an interview with Hanna Hundal, a climate policy specialist at Stanford about whether the event in Switzerland indicates severe climate change. Then an interview with Julie Billaud of the Geneva Graduate Institute on the food crisis in Palestine. Bill Deere, Director of UNRWA, dispels the story that Hamas has been stealing the aid entering Gaza.
From CUBA - There was an editorial in the Mexican newspaper La Jornada about the continuing US economic blockade of Cuba.
Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml
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