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2LO was the second radio station to regularly broadcast in the United Kingdom (the first was 2MT). It began broadcasting on 11 May 1922, for one hour a day from the seventh floor of Marconi House in London's Strand. This building, opposite Somerset House, was demolished in 2006, apart from the listed façade, which will be incorporated into a new hotel complex.
A first hand account of a broadcast from 2LO is given in The Spell of London by Henry Vollam Morton.
Initially the power was 100 watts on 350 metres (857 kHz). 2LO was allowed to transmit for seven minutes, after which the 'operator' had to listen on the wavelength for three minutes for possible instructions to close down.
On 14 November 1922 the station was transferred to the new British Broadcasting Company, which was itself replaced in 1927 by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The radio station was replaced by the London BBC Regional Programme and the BBC National Programme.
The 2LO transmitter now resides at the Science Museum, having been donated by Crown Castle International on 7 November 2002.
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883JiaFM
883Jia FM (883 家 FM) is a Chinese radio station of SAFRA Radio in Singapore. It features contemporary, popular music, latest traffic news, weather report, and news as well as entertainment news. News is reported hourly from morning 7 am to evening 6 pm. Latest traffic news are constantly reported to update listeners, especially during peak hours. 883Jia FM was launched in June 1995 and was previously known as Dongli (动力) 88.3 FM, and re-branded around this few years to boost its market. SAFRA also launched Power98FM eight months later.
883JIA FM is also the first radio station in Singapore to play both English and Chinese music and songs. The weekday morning drive time show is also hosted in both English and Chinese, the only radio station in Singapore which does that.
Coordinates: 1°17′22″N 103°50′50″E / 1.289458°N 103.847357°E / 1.289458; 103.847357
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938LIVE
938LIVE launched as NewsRadio 938 in 1998 and rebranded to its current name on 13th June 2005. 938LIVE is the only English news-talk radio station in Singapore with news updates every half-hourly between 6am and midnight, and also business and sports updates at various times of the day. The station's studios is located at Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Andrew Road, Singapore and the transmitter station is located at Bukit Batok Hill Transmitting Station, 21 Lorong Sesuai, Singapore. 938LIVE is a 24-hour operating station except on Sundays where it signs-off at midnight, and except Holy Week of each year where it signs-off at midnight of Maundy Thursday and lasts until 6 am of Easter Sunday.
Bharati Jagdish, Daniel Martin, Howie Lim, Desmond Wong, Janice Teo, Eugene Loh, Joel Chua, Michelle Martin, William Xavier (Mr. X), Keith De Souza, Sarah Cheng-De Winne,
Raj Kumar, Ewan Mah
Coordinates: 1°18′46″N 103°51′43″E / 1.312751°N 103.862°E / 1.312751; 103.862
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan
i/æfˈɡænɨstæn/ (Persian/Pashto: افغانستان, Afġānistān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming part of South Asia, Central Asia, and Greater Middle East, it is also considered to be part of a broader West Asia. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of 647,500 km2 (250,001 sq mi), making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and the east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast.
Afghanistan has been an ancient focal point of the Silk Road and human migration. Archaeologists have found evidence of human habitation from as far back as 50,000 BC. Urban civilization may have begun in the area as early as 3,000 to 2,000 BC. Sitting at an important geostrategic location that connects the Middle East with Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, the land has been home to various peoples through the ages and witnessed many military campaigns, notably by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and in modern era Western forces. The land also served as a source from which the Greco-Bactrians, Kushans, Saffarids, Ghaznavids, Ghorids, Timurids, Mughals and many others have risen to form major empires.
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Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) to the southeast, and the territory also includes the "remotest populated archipelago" on earth, the sparsely populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago some thirty degrees farther south–about half the way to the Antarctic Circle.
The Island is named after the day of its recorded discovery, Ascension Day, and is located at 7°56′S 14°22′W / 7.933°S 14.367°W / -7.933; -14.367Coordinates: 7°56′S 14°22′W / 7.933°S 14.367°W / -7.933; -14.367, about as far south of the equator as tropical Venezuela is to its north. Historically, it has played a role as an important safe haven and coaling station to mariners and for commercial airliners during the days of international air travel by flying boats and during World War II was an important naval and air station, especially providing antisubmarine warfare bases in the Battle of the Atlantic and throughout the war. Ascension Island was garrisoned by the British Admiralty from 22 October 1815 to 1922.
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Atlanta
Atlanta (
/ətˈlæntə/, stressed /ætˈlæntə/, locally /ætˈlænə/) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia with a 2010 population of 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest in the U.S. It is a major component of a growing southeastern megalopolis known as the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.
Atlanta began as a settlement located at the terminus of a railroad line, and it was incorporated in 1845. Today, the city is a major business city and the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States (via highway, railroad, and air), with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world's busiest airport since 1998. The World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University rated Atlanta as an "alpha(-) world city." With a gross domestic product of US$270 billion, Atlanta's economy ranks 15th among world cities and sixth in the nation. The city is a center for services, finance, information technology, government, and higher education. Metro Atlanta contains the country's third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies, and is the world headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company, Turner Broadcasting, The Home Depot, AT&T Mobility, UPS, and Delta Air Lines. As of 2010, Atlanta is the seventh most visited city in the United States, with over 35 million visitors per year.
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Baltimore
Baltimore ( /ˈbɒltɨmɔr/, colloquially /ˈbɔl.mɔr/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located in the central area of the state along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The independent city is often referred to as Baltimore City to distinguish it from surrounding Baltimore County.
Founded in 1729, Baltimore is the largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic United States and is situated closer to Midwestern markets than any other major seaport on the East Coast. Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center. After a decline in manufacturing, Baltimore shifted to a service-oriented economy.
At 620,961 residents in 2010, Baltimore's population has decreased by one-third since its peak in 1950. The Baltimore Metropolitan Area has grown steadily to approximately 2.7 million residents in 2010; the 20th largest in the country. Baltimore is also a principal city in the larger Baltimore–Washington combined statistical area of approximately 8.4 million residents.
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Barbados
Coordinates: 13°10′N 59°33′W / 13.167°N 59.55°W / 13.167; -59.55
Barbados (i/bɑrˈbeɪdɒs/ or /bɑrˈbeɪdoʊs/) is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is 34 kilometres (21 mi) in length and up to 23 kilometres (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 431 square kilometres (166 sq mi). It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about 168 kilometres (104 mi) east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside of the principal Atlantic hurricane belt.
Barbados was initially visited by the Spanish around the late 1400s to early 1500s and first appears on a Spanish map from 1511. The Spanish explorers may have plundered the island of whatever native peoples resided therein to become slaves. The Portuguese visited in 1536, but they too left it unclaimed, with their only remnants being an introduction of wild hogs for a good supply of meat whenever the island was visited. The first English ship, the Olive Blossom, arrived in Barbados in 1624. They took possession of it in the name of the British king James I. Two years later in 1627 the first permanent settlers arrived from England and it became an English and later British colony.
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BBC Radio 6 Music
BBC Radio 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations. It was known officially as BBC 6 Music from its launch on 11 March 2002 until April 2011. 6 Music was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years. It is available only on digital media: DAB radio, the Internet, digital television, and in northern Europe through the Astra 2B satellite.
It is claimed[by whom?] to be an alternative to the mainstream chart-oriented Radio 1 and Radio 2. It operates a playlist of similar 'A/B/C' structure to Radio 1. In actuality, it regularly shares selective tracks on its 'A' playlist with radio 1's 'A' list (and other tracks played on mainstream stations that have a high play), although less reliant upon than the more mainstream stations.
Evening and weekend programming, however, features a more diverse selection of tracks across genres both popular and on the fringes, with dedicated shows towards different forms of dance, jazz, soul, and Jamaican music, among others. The station also features performances from the BBC music archives, including the "Peel Sessions" put together by John Peel from the late 1960s to his death.
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BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 November 1978.
BBC Radio Scotland broadcasts 24 hours, delivering archive programming under the name, the zones, through the night.
BBC Radio Scotland was founded as a full-time radio network in 1978, although the name had been used since 1974 for the Scottish opt-out version of BBC Radio 4 (previously the Scottish Home Service and then Radio 4 Scotland). The establishment of a separate network was only made possible when Radio 4 became a fully UK-wide network and moved from medium wave to long wave.
There is no BBC Local Radio in Scotland and although opt-out stations were established in Inverness (BBC Radio Highland) on 25 March 1976, followed by Radio Aberdeen in April 1976, BBC Radio Orkney and BBC Radio Shetland in May 1977, Selkirk (BBC Radio Tweed) on 11 April 1983 and Dumfries (BBC Radio Solway) on 16 April 1983, only the Orkney and Shetland stations still exist; the others had all been closed by the early 1990s and are now served by Radio Scotland with four opt-out news bulletins a day. Previously planned opt-outs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee were never realised with local coverage available only online for those cities.
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BBC School Radio
BBC School Radio is the audio division of BBC Schools, the educational division of the BBC. It is aimed at primary schools.
BBC School Radio began on 4 April 1924 when the BBC was still the British Broadcasting Company (it became a Corporation in 1927). The first school broadcast was given by the composer Sir Walford Davies, Professor of Music at Gresham College. It broadcast only in the London area on the 2LO network (Britain's second ever radio station). In 1927 it went national. Feedback on the broadcasting was collected from schoolteachers in Kent, funded by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust. In 1928 the Central Council for School Broadcasting (CCSB) was formed, whose first two Chairmen were Herbert Fisher and Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle. Each subject broadcast had a Subject Committee, staffed by teachers.
From 1929-57, the first Director of School Broadcasting was Mary Somerville. By the 1930s, secondary schools were included and to whom foreign language education was broadcast. Older listeners were also tuning in.
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Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and is generally extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower (officially known simply as Clock Tower) as well. The clock tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. It celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place. The tower was completed in 1858 and has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.
The present Clock Tower – metonymically referred to as Big Ben, and historically confused with St Stephen's Tower – was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design of the Clock Tower, which resembles earlier Pugin designs, including one for Scarisbrick Hall. The design for the Clock Tower was Pugin's last design before his final descent into madness and death, and Pugin himself wrote, at the time of Barry's last visit to him to collect the drawings: "I never worked so hard in my life for Mr Barry for tomorrow I render all the designs for finishing his bell tower & it is beautiful." The tower is designed in Pugin's celebrated Gothic Revival style, and is 316 feet (96.3 m) high (roughly 16 storeys).
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Boston
Boston (pronounced /ˈbɒstən/ or locally /ˈbɔstən/ (
listen)) is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper, covering only 48.43 square miles, had a population of 617,594 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Greater Boston as a commuting region is home to 7.6 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.
In 1630, Puritan colonists from England founded the city on the Shawmut Peninsula. During the late 18th century, Boston was the location of several major events during the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. Several early battles of the American Revolution, such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston, occurred within the city and surrounding areas. Through land reclamation and municipal annexation, Boston has expanded beyond the peninsula. After American independence was attained Boston became a major shipping port and manufacturing center, and its rich history now helps attract many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone attracting over 20 million every year. The city was the site of several firsts, including America's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and the first subway system in the United States (1897).
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population at the time, and covered more than 33,700,000 km2 (13,012,000 sq mi), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area. As a result, its political, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on the British Empire" because its span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous territories.
During the Age of Discovery in the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal and Spain pioneered European exploration of the globe, and in the process established large overseas empires. Envious of the great wealth these empires generated, England, France and the Netherlands began to establish colonies and trade networks of their own in the Americas and Asia. A series of wars in the 17th and 18th centuries with the Netherlands and France left England (and then, following union between England and Scotland in 1707, Great Britain) the dominant colonial power in North America and India. The loss of the Thirteen Colonies in North America in 1783 after a war of independence deprived Britain of some of its oldest and most populous colonies.
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Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House is the headquarters and registered office of the BBC in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.
The building includes the BBC Radio Theatre from where music and speech programmes are recorded in front of a studio audience. The radio stations BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Radio 4 Extra are also broadcast from studios within the building.
As part of a long term consolidation of the BBC's property portfolio, additional services including BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 6 Music and the BBC World Service will move into Broadcasting House following an extensive renovation of the building. The move also includes that of BBC News and BBC World News from Television Centre into a newly constructed newsroom.
Construction of Broadcasting House began in 1932, and the building opened to the BBC's offices and radio operations on 14 May 1934, eight years after the corporation's establishment. George Val Myer designed the building in collaboration with the BBC's civil engineer, M T Tudsbery. The original interiors were the work of Raymond McGrath, an Australian-Irish architect. He directed a team which included Serge Chermayeff and Wells Coates and designed the vaudeville studio, the associated green and dressing rooms, and the dance and chamber music studios in a flowing Art Deco style. It was later said of his efforts that "the designs for the BBC gave the first real fillip to industrial design in England".[citation needed]
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Chicago
Chicago (
i/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ or /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the largest city in the US state of Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. The city has around 2.7 million residents. Its metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicagoland", is the third largest in the United States, with an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion also extends into DuPage County.
Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, Chicago is listed as an alpha+ global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranks seventh in the world on the 2012 Global Cities Index. The city retains its status as an international hub for finance, industry, telecommunications and infrastructure, with O'Hare International Airport being the second busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008[update], the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors. Among metropolitan areas, Chicago has the 4th largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the world, ranking just behind Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles. Chicago is one of the most important Worldwide Centers of Commerce and trade.
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CNBC
Coordinates: 40°53′55″N 73°56′21″W / 40.89861°N 73.93917°W / 40.89861; -73.93917
CNBC (officially the Consumer News and Business Channel until 1991) is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers around the world. In 2007, the network was ranked as the 19th most valuable cable channel in the U.S., worth roughly $4 billion. It is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
The CNBC channel had its beginnings around 1980 as the Satellite Program Network (SPN), showing a low-budget mix of old movies, instructional and entertainment programs. The channel later changed its name to Tempo Television. After initially signing a letter of intent to acquire Tempo,NBC eventually opted for a deal to lease the channel's transponder in June 1988. On this platform, and under the guidance of Tom Rogers, the channel was relaunched on April 17, 1989 as the Consumer News and Business Channel. NBC and Cablevision initially operated CNBC as a 50-50 joint venture, choosing to headquarter the channel in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
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Cyprus
Cyprusi/ˈsaɪprəs/ (Greek: Κύπρος, Kýpros, IPA: [ˈcipɾos]; Turkish: Kıbrıs, IPA: [ˈkɯbɾɯs]), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía, IPA: [cipɾiaˈci ðimokɾaˈtia]; Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti, IPA: [ˈkɯbɾɯs dʒumhuɾijeˈti]), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria, Lebanon, northwest of Israel and north of Egypt. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and the Republic of Cyprus is a member state of the European Union.
The earliest known human activity on the island dates back to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia, which has been declared a World Heritage Site with an "enhanced protection" status in the event of armed conflict by UNESCO, along with the archaeological sites of Paphos and the Painted Churches of the Troodos Region. Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world.
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Dallas
Dallas ( /ˈdæləs/) is the third-largest city in the state of Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Divided between Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties, the city had a population of 1,197,816 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau.
The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (the DFW MSA) that according to the March 2010 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of 6,371,773. The metroplex economy is the sixth largest in the United States, with a 2010 gross metropolitan product of $374 billion.
Dallas was founded in 1841 and was formally incorporated as a city in February 1856. The city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, healthcare and medical research, transportation and logistics. The city is home to the third largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation. Located in North Texas and a major city in the American South, Dallas is the main core of the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States that lacks any navigable link to the sea.
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Delhi
Delhi (/ˈdɛli/; locally pronounced Dillee or Dehli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16.7 million inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census. The region has been given special status of National Capital Region under The Constitution (69th Amendment) Act, 1991. There are nearly 22.2 million residents in the greater National Capital Region urban area (which also includes the cities Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon,Sonepat and Faridabad along with other smaller nearby towns).
Delhi is known to have been continuously inhabited since at least the 6th century BCE, though human habitation is believed to have existed since the second millennium BCE. Delhi is also widely believed to have been the site of Indraprastha, the legendary capital of the Pandavas during the times of the Mahabharata. Delhi re-emerged as a major political, cultural and commercial city along the trade routes between northwest India and the Gangetic plain after the rise of the Delhi sultanates. It is the site of many ancient and medieval monuments, archaeological sites and remains.
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Detroit
Detroit ( /diˈtrɔɪt/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan, and the seat of Wayne County. It is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people, and serves as a major port on the Detroit River connecting the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer, adventurer, and nobleman Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.
In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and ranked as the 18th most populous city in the United States. The name Detroit sometimes refers to the Metro Detroit area with a population of 4,296,250 for the six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area, the United States' eleventh-largest, and a population of 5,218,852 for the nine-county Combined Statistical Area as of the 2010 Census. The Detroit–Windsor area, a critical commercial link straddling the Canada–U.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000.
Known as the world's traditional automotive center, "Detroit" is a metonym for the American automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, the Motor City and Motown. Other nicknames arose in the 20th century, including City of Champions beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport,The D, D-Town, Hockeytown (a trademark owned by the city's NHL club, the Red Wings), Rock City (after the Kiss song "Detroit Rock City"), and The 313 (its telephone area code) Detroit became known as the "great arsenal of democracy" for its support of the U.S. role among the Allied powers during World War II.
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Dorset
Dorset (
/ˈdɔrsɨt/) (or archaically, Dorsetshire), is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974. The ceremonial county comprises the area covered by the non-metropolitan county, which is governed by Dorset County Council, together with the unitary authorities of Poole and Bournemouth. Dorset covers an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi); it borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. Around half of Dorset's population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation. The rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.
The county has a long history of human settlement and some notable archaeology, including the hill forts of Maiden Castle and Hod Hill. A large defensive ditch, Bokerley Dyke, delayed the Saxon conquest of Dorset for up to 150 years. In 1348 the black death came ashore at Melcombe Regis and spread throughout England, killing a third of the population. Dorset has seen much civil unrest: the first trade union was formed by farm labourers from Tolpuddle in 1834, the Glorious Revolution was instigated in an ice-house at Charborough Park, and the Duke of Monmouth and his rebels landed at Lyme Regis. During the English Civil War (1642–1651) angry yokels fought with Cromwell's forces near Shaftesbury. The naval base at Portland has had a pivotal role in the nation's defence for many years, and with Weymouth and Poole was one of the main embarkation points on D-Day.
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Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (English pronunciation: /ˈfɒlklənd/ or English pronunciation: /ˈfɔːlklənd/; Spanish: Islas Malvinas) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located more than 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) east of the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 lesser islands. Stanley, the capital and only city, is on East Falkland. The islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory, with the United Kingdom responsible for their defence and foreign affairs.
Controversy exists over the Falklands' original discovery and subsequent colonisation by Europeans. At various times there have been French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. Britain re-established its rule in 1833, yet the islands continue to be claimed by Argentina. In 1982, following Argentina's invasion of the islands, the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War between both countries resulted in the withdrawal of all Argentine forces. Despite its defeat, Argentina still pursues its claim; however, UK policy supports the islanders' self-determination to remain British citizens.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°16′42″N 114°09′32″E / 22.27833°N 114.15889°E / 22.27833; 114.15889
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港) is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and then the New Territories in 1898. It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after which the British resumed control until 1997, when China resumed sovereignty. The region espoused minimum government intervention under the ethos of positive non-interventionism during the colonial era. The time period greatly influenced the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West", and the educational system, which used to loosely follow the system in England until reforms implemented in 2009.
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Houston
Houston ( /ˈhjuːstən/) (Alibamu: Yosti ) is the largest city in the state of Texas, and the fourth-largest city in the United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of 656.3 square miles (1,700 km2). Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown, which is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with 6.08 million people as of July 1st, 2011.
Houston was founded in 1836 on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou. It was incorporated as a city on June 5, 1837, and named after then-President of the Republic of Texas—former General Sam Houston—who had commanded at the Battle of San Jacinto, which took place 25 miles (40 km) east of where the city was established. The burgeoning port and railroad industry, combined with oil discovery in 1901, has induced continual surges in the city's population. In the mid-twentieth century, Houston became the home of the Texas Medical Center—the world's largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions—and NASA's Johnson Space Center, where the Mission Control Center is located.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis /ˌɪndiəˈnæpɵlɨs/ (abbreviated Indy /ˈɪndi/) is the capital of the US state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 829,718. It is Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S. Census, is the 12th largest city in the U.S., the second largest city in the Midwest (behind Chicago), the second most populous state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona), and the most populous state capital east of the Mississippi River. Indianapolis is also one of the fastest growing regions in the United States.
For much of its history, Indianapolis has oriented itself around government and industry, particularly manufacturing. Today, Indianapolis has a much more diversified economy, contributing to the fields of education, health care, and finance. Tourism is also a vital part of the economy of Indianapolis, and the city plays host to numerous conventions and sporting events. Of these, perhaps the most well known is the annual Indianapolis 500 and the NHRA U.S. Nationals. Other major sporting events include the Brickyard 400 and the Men's and Women's NCAA Basketball Tournaments. 2012 marked the first time Indianapolis hosted the Super Bowl. Super Bowl XLVI was played at Lucas Oil Stadium, on February 5, 2012 in Downtown Indianapolis. Also held in Lucas Oil Stadium is the Drum Corps International World Championships, and the Music for All Bands of America Grand National Championships.
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Indonesia
Indonesia (i/ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/ IN-də-NEE-zhə or /ˌɪndoʊˈniːziə/ IN-doh-NEE-zee-ə), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia Indonesian pronunciation: [rɛpʊblɪk ɪndɔnɛsɪa]), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 17,508 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of the G-20 major economies. The Indonesian economy is the world's 17th largest economy by nominal GDP.
The Indonesian archipelago has been an important trade region since at least the 7th century, when Srivijaya and then later Majapahit traded with China and India. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign cultural, religious and political models from the early centuries CE, and Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms flourished. Indonesian history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to its natural resources. Muslim traders brought Islam, and European powers brought Christianity and fought one another to monopolize trade in the Spice Islands of Maluku during the Age of Discovery. Following three and a half centuries of Dutch colonialism, Indonesia secured its independence after World War II. Indonesia's history has since been turbulent, with challenges posed by natural disasters, corruption, separatism, a democratization process, and periods of rapid economic change.
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Iran
Coordinates: 32°N 53°E / 32°N 53°E / 32; 53
Iran (i/ɪˈrɑːn/ or /aɪˈræn/;Persian: ایران [ʔiˈɾɒn] ( listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ایران Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān), is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran", which in Persian means "Land of the Aryans", has been in use natively since the Sassanian era. It came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia ( /ˈpɜrʒə/ or /ˈpɜrʃə/). Both "Persia" and "Iran" are used interchangeably in cultural contexts; however, "Iran" is the name used officially in political contexts.
The 18th-largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), Iran has a population of around 79 million. It is a country of particular geopolitical significance owing to its location in the Middle East and central Eurasia. Iran is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. As Iran is a littoral state of the Caspian Sea, which is an inland sea, Kazakhstan and Russia are also Iran's direct neighbors to the north. Iran is bordered on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by Iraq and on the northwest by Turkey. Tehran is the capital, the country's largest city and the political, cultural, commercial and industrial center of the nation. Iran is a regional power, and holds an important position in international energy security and world economy as a result of its large reserves of petroleum and natural gas. Iran has the second largest proven natural gas reserves in the world and the fourth largest proven petroleum reserves.
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Iraq
Iraq (/ɪˈræk/ ori/ɪˈrɑːk/; Arabic: العراق al-‘Irāq); officially the Republic of Iraq (Arabic: جمهورية العراق (help·info) Jumhūriyyat al-‘Irāq), is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.
Iraq borders Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Jordan to the southwest and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south. Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (36 mi) on the northern Persian Gulf. The capital city, Baghdad is in the center-east of the country.
Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through the center of Iraq, flowing from northwest to southeast. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the steppe and desert landscape that covers most of Western Asia.
Historically, Iraq was the center of the Abbasid Arabic Islamic Empire. Iraq has been known to the west by the Greek toponym 'Mesopotamia' (Land between the rivers) and has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as the cradle of civilization and the birthplace of writing, law and the wheel. At different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the indigenous Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Abbasid empires. It was also part of the Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sassanid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Mongol, Safavid, Afsharid, and Ottoman empires, and under British control as a League of Nations mandate.
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg (/dʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜrɡ/; Afrikaans: [joˈhɑnəsbʏrx]) also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or eGoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa. The city is one of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the world, and is also the world's largest city not situated on a river, lake, or coastline. It claims to be the lightning capital of the world, though this title is also claimed by others.
While Johannesburg is not one of South Africa's three capital cities, it is the seat of the Constitutional Court, which has the final word on interpretation of South Africa's new post-Apartheid constitution. The city is the source of a large-scale gold and diamond trade, due to its location on the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills. Johannesburg is served by O.R. Tambo International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air travel to and from the rest of Southern Africa. More recently Lanseria International Airport has started international flights, and is situated conveniently on the opposite side of the metropolis.
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Jordan
Jordan ( /ˈdʒɔr.dən/;Arabic: اَلأُرْدُنّ, Al-'Urdunn), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Arabic: اَلمَمْلَكَة اَلأُرْدُنِيَّة اَلهَاشِمِيَّة), Al-Mamlakah Al-Urdaniyyah Al-Hashimiyyah) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing control of the Dead Sea with the latter. Jordan's only port is at its south-western tip, at the Gulf of Aqaba, which is shared with Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Over half of Jordan is covered by the Arabian Desert. However, the western part of Jordan is arable land and forests. Jordan is part of the Fertile Crescent. The capital city is Amman. According to the CIA World Factbook, Jordan has the second highest life expectancy in the Middle East, after Israel. The average life expectancy is one position behind the United Kingdom, although the age remains exactly the same (80.05 years).
The precursor to modern Jordan was founded in 1921 as the Hashemite Emirate, and it was recognized by the League of Nations as a state under the British mandate in 1922 known as The Emirate of Transjordan. In 1946, Jordan became an independent sovereign state officially known as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. After capturing the West Bank area of Cisjordan during the 1948–49 war with Israel, Abdullah I took the title King of Jordan and Palestine, and he officially changed the country's name to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in April 1949.
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Kampala
Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.
Mutesa I, the Kabaka (king) of Buganda, had chosen the area that was to become Kampala as one of his favorite hunting grounds. The area was made up of hills and wetlands. It was an ideal breeding ground for various game, particularly a species of antelope, the impala (Aepyceros melampus).
The city grew as the capital of the Buganda kingdom, from which several buildings survive, including the Kasubi Tombs (built in 1881), the Lubiri Palace, the Buganda Parliament and the Buganda Court of Justice. Severely damaged in the Uganda-Tanzania War, the city has since then been rebuilt with constructions of new buildings including hotels, banks, shopping malls, educational institutions, hospitals and improvement of war torn buildings and infrastructure. Traditionally, Kampala was a city of seven hills, but over time it has come to have a lot more.
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas (/lɑːs ˈveɪɡəs/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its consolidated casino–hotels and associated entertainment. A growing retirement and family city, Las Vegas is the 28th-most populous city in the United States, with a population at the 2010 census of 583,756. The 2010 population of the Las Vegas metropolitan area was 1,951,269.
Established in 1905, Las Vegas was incorporated as a city in 1911. At the close of the 20th century, Las Vegas was the most populous American city founded in that century (a distinction held by Chicago in the 19th century). The city's tolerance for various forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and this image has made Las Vegas a popular setting for films and television programs. There are numerous outdoor lighting displays on Fremont Street, as well as elsewhere in the city.
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Lesotho
Lesotho (i/lɨˈsuːtuː/ li-SOO-too), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, completely surrounded by its only neighboring country, the Republic of South Africa. It is just over 30,000 km2 (11,583 sq mi) in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name Lesotho translates roughly into the land of the people who speak Sesotho. About 40% of the population live below the international poverty line of US $1.25 a day.
The earliest known inhabitants of the area were Khoisan hunter-gatherers. They were largely replaced by Wasja-speaking tribes during Bantu migrations. The Sotho-Tswana people colonized the general region of South Africa between the 3rd and 11th centuries.
The present Lesotho (then called Basutoland) emerged as a single polity under king Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Moshoeshoe, a son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bakoteli lineage, formed his own clan and became a chief around 1804. Between 1821 and 1823, he and his followers settled at the Butha-Buthe Mountain, joining with former adversaries in resistance against the Lifaqane associated with the reign of Shaka Zulu from 1818 to 1828.[citation needed]
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (i/lɒs ˈændʒələs/ loss-AN-jə-ləs; Spanish: [los ˈaŋxeles], which is written Los Ángeles; British pronounciation /lɒs ˈændʒəliːz/ loss-AN-jə-leez) with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of 468.67 square miles (1,213.8 km2), and is located in Southern California. Often known by its initials L.A., the city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area and Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 12,828,837 and nearly 18 million people respectively as of 2010, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the United States, while the entire Los Angeles area itself has been recognized as the most diverse of the nation's largest cities. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos".
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Miami
Miami ( /maɪˈæmi/ or /maɪˈæmə/) is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625. The 42nd largest city proper in the United States, with a population of 408,568, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the South Florida metropolitan area, and the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States. According to the US Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the seventh most populous and fifth-largest urban area in the United States, with a population of around 5.5 million.
Miami is a major center and a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, and international trade. In 2010, Miami was classified as a Alpha- World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory. In 2010, Miami ranked seventh in the United States in terms of finance, commerce, culture, entertainment, fashion, education, and other sectors. It ranked thirty-third among global cities. In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Miami "America's Cleanest City", for its year-round good air quality, vast green spaces, clean drinking water, clean streets and city-wide recycling programs. According to a 2009 UBS study of 73 world cities, Miami was ranked as the richest city in the United States, and the world's fifth-richest city in terms of purchasing power. Miami is nicknamed the "Capital of Latin America", is the 2nd largest U.S. city (after El Paso) with a Spanish-speaking majority, and the largest city with a Cuban-American plurality.
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Milan
Milan (Italian: Milano [miˈlaːno] ( listen); Lombard: [miˈlan]; Latin: Mediolanum) is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy as well as of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area is the 5th largest in EU and the largest in Italy with an estimated population of approximately 5 million. The growth of many suburbs and satellite settlements around the city proper, following the Italian economic miracle of 1950s–60s and massive commuting flows, suggest that socioeconomic linkages have expanded well beyond the boundaries of its administrative limits and its agglomeration, creating a region of approximately 9,3 million people. It has been suggested that the Milan metropolitan area is part of the so-called Blue Banana, the area of Europe with the highest population and industrial density. Its health care and education system is considered one of the best of Europe.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis (pronunciation:i/ˌmɪniːˈæpəlɪs/), nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City", is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States. Its name is attributed to the city's first schoolteacher, who combined mni, the Dakota word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city.
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the city of Minneapolis is 382,578. Minneapolis lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities, Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with approximately 3.3 million residents. The city is abundantly rich in water, with over twenty lakes and wetlands, the Mississippi river, creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. Among cities of similar densities, Minneapolis has the most dedicated parkland. It was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber, and today is the primary business center between Chicago and Seattle, with Minneapolis proper containing the fifth highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies. It has cultural organizations that draw creative people and audiences to the city for theater, visual art, writing, and music. The community's diverse population has a long tradition of charitable support through progressive public social programs and VOLAGs, as well as private and corporate philanthropy.
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Nazi Germany
The Third Reich, also Nazi Germany, is the common name for Germany when it was a totalitarian state ruled by Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). On 30 January 1933 Hitler became chancellor of Germany, quickly eliminating all opposition to rule as sole leader. The state idolized Hitler as its Führer ("leader"), centralizing all power in his hands. Historians have emphasized the hypnotic effect of his rhetoric on large audiences, and of his eyes in small groups. Kessel writes, "Overwhelmingly...Germans speak with mystification of Hitler's 'hypnotic' appeal..." Under the "leader principle", the Führer's word was above all other laws. Top officials reported to Hitler and followed his policies, but they had considerable autonomy. The government was not a coordinated, cooperating body, but rather a collection of factions struggling to amass power and curry favor with the Führer. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Nazi government restored prosperity and ended mass unemployment using heavy military spending and a mixed economy of free-market and central-planning practices. Extensive public works were undertaken, including the construction of the Autobahns. The return to prosperity gave the regime enormous popularity; the suppression of all opposition made Hitler's rule mostly unchallenged.
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Near East
The Near East (French: Proche-Orient) is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other. The term originally applied to the maximum extent of the Ottoman Empire, which had been settled to the north by the Great Turkish War of the late 17th century, ending with the Treaty of Karlowitz, June 26, 1699. This war determined that Austria, Hungary and the Ukraine would not be in the Ottoman Empire and therefore ultimately would not be Near Eastern.
The term Near East was in use exclusively during the 2nd half of the 19th century. In the 1st half of the 20th century it began to share the geographical stage with the term, Middle East. Since then Near East and Middle East have been approximately synonymous. Near East is used in some historic contexts and Middle East in others with no major semantic difference.
At the beginning of the 19th century the Ottoman empire included all of the Balkan Peninsula north to the southern edge of the Hungarian plain, but by 1914 had lost all of it except Constantinople to the expansion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the independence of Greece and various smaller wars of independence resulting in the creation of "the Balkan States". Some of these states were independent and some were still nominally under the Ottomans although occupied by Austro-Hungarian troops. Up until 1912 the Ottomans retained a band of territory including Albania, Macedonia and Thrace, which were lost in the two Balkan wars of 1912 and 1913.
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New Brunswick
New Brunswick (French: Nouveau-Brunswick; pronounced: [nuˈvo bʁɔnˈzwik]) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual (English–French).Fredericton is the capital and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the province's largest Census Metropolitan Area. Through the 2011 nation wide census, Statistics Canada estimates the provincial population in 2011 to have been 751,171; a majority of the population is English-speaking, but there is also a large Francophone minority (33%), chiefly of Acadian origin.
The province's name comes from the English and French partial transcription of the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig in German) located in modern day Lower Saxony, northern Germany (and former duchy of the same name), the ancestral home of the Hanoverian George III of the United Kingdom.
New Brunswick is bounded by: on the north by Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and Chaleur Bay; along the east coast by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Northumberland Strait; in the southeast corner the narrow Isthmus of Chignecto connects New Brunswick to the Nova Scotia peninsula; in the south by the Bay of Fundy coast, (which with a rise of 16 m (52 ft), has amongst the highest tides in the world); and in the west by the US state of Maine.
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New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. The city is referred to as New York City or The City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part. As a global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural capital of the world.
Located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which comprises a state county. The five boroughs—The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island—were consolidated into a single city in 1898. With a Census-estimated 2011 population of 8,244,910 distributed over a land area of just 305 square miles (790 km2), New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. The New York City Metropolitan Area's population is the United States' largest, with 18.9 million people distributed over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2), and is also part of the most populous combined statistical area in the United States, containing 22.1 million people as of the 2010 Census.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann pronounced [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ( listen), Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann or Norlin Airlan) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. As of 2001, its population was 1,685,000, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of the United Kingdom. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, Northern Ireland is largely self-governing. According to the agreement, Northern Ireland co-operates with the rest of Ireland – from which it was partitioned in 1921 — on some policy areas, while other areas are reserved for the Government of the United Kingdom, though the Republic of Ireland "may put forward views and proposals".
Northern Ireland was for many years the site of a violent and bitter inter-communal conflict — the Troubles — which was caused by divisions between nationalists, who are predominantly Roman Catholic, and unionists, who are predominantly Protestant. Unionists want Northern Ireland to remain as a part of the United Kingdom, and generally see themselves as British, while nationalists wish for it to be politically reunited with the rest of Ireland, independent of British rule, and generally see themselves as Irish. Additionally, people from both sides of the community may describe themselves as Northern Irish. Since 1998, most of the paramilitary groups involved in the Troubles have ceased their armed campaigns.
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Oman
Oman (i/oʊˈmɑːn/ oh-MAAN; Arabic: عمان ʻUmān), officially called the Sultanate of Oman (Arabic: سلطنة عُمان Salṭanat ʻUmān), is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The Madha and Musandam enclaves are surrounded by the UAE on their land borders, with the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries.
For a period, Oman was a moderate regional power, formerly having a sultanate extending across the Strait of Hormuz to Iran, and modern day Pakistan, and far south to Zanzibar on the coat of south-east Africa. Over time, as its power declined, the sultanate came under heavy influence from the United Kingdom, though Oman was never formally part of the British Empire, or a British protectorate. The Omani royal family claim that Oman has been ruled by the Al Said dynasty since 1744, although without substantial proof. Oman has long-standing military and political ties with the United Kingdom and the United States, although it maintains an independent foreign policy.
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Orford Ness
Orford Ness is a cuspate foreland shingle spit on the Suffolk coast in Great Britain, linked to the mainland at Aldeburgh and stretching along the coast to Orford and down to North Wier Point, opposite Shingle Street. It is divided from the mainland by the River Alde, and was formed by longshore drift along the coast. The material of the spit comes from places further north, such as Dunwich. Near the middle point of its length, at the foreland point or 'Ness', lies the Orfordness lighthouse. Note that, in the name of the lighthouse (and the radio transmitting station - see below), ‘Orfordness’ is written as one word.
Orford Ness is an internationally important site for nature conservation. It contains a significant portion of the European reserve of vegetated shingle habitat, which is internationally scarce, highly fragile and very easily damaged. Together with Havergate Island the site is a designated National Nature Reserve and forms part of: the Alde-Ore Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI); the Alde, Ore & Butley Estuaries and the Orfordness-Shingle StreetSpecial Area of Conservation (SAC); the Alde-Ore Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA); the Alde-Ore Estuary Ramsar Site site; the Suffolk Coasts and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); and the Suffolk Heritage Coast. It is also listed as of national importance in the Geological Conservation Review (GC), as a grade 1 site in the Nature Conservation Review. (NCR) and qualifies for the DEFRA Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) scheme.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( /ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə/) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,526,006 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. Philadelphia is also the commercial, cultural, and educational center of the Delaware Valley, home to 6 million people and the country's fifth-largest metropolitan area. The Philadelphia metropolitan division consists of five counties in Pennsylvania and has a population of 4,008,994. Popular nicknames for Philadelphia are Philly and The City of Brotherly Love, the latter of which comes from the literal meaning of the city's name in Greek (Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια ([pʰilaˈdelpʰeːa], Modern Greek: [filaˈðelfia]) "brotherly love", compounded from philos (φίλος) "loving", and adelphos (ἀδελφός) "brother").
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( /ˈpɪtsbərɡ/, PITS-burg) is the second largest city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of both Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley. Nationally, it is the 22nd largest urban area in the United States. The population of the city in 2010 was 305,704, while that of the seven-county metropolitan area stood at 2,356,285.Downtown Pittsburgh retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core and 6th in job density. The characteristic shape of Pittsburgh's central business district is a triangular tract carved by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which form the Ohio River. The city features 151 high-rise buildings, 446 bridges, two inclined railways, and a pre-revolutionary fortification. Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "the City of Bridges" and "the Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base.
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Rampisham
Rampisham is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley ten miles north west of Dorchester.
The parish includes the hamlet of Uphall northwest of the main village.
The village has a population of 102 (As of 2007[update]). The principal means of making a living is agricultural, mainly grain production.
Above the village on Rampisham Down is a large communications station which was one of the main BBC World Service transmitter sites, operated by Babcock International Group as part of the takeover of VT Group (formerly VT Communications and Merlin Communications following the privatisation of BBC Transmission Services in 2007).
Following extensive budget cuts by the BBC World Service, due to the ceasing of funding by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the site was earmarked for closure in Summer 2011. The final broadcast from the site took place on Saturday 29 October 2011. Sender 48 was the final transmitter on-air, broadcasting Deutsche Welle's German service to Europe on 6075kHz between 21:00 and 21:59. This was the final Deutsche Welle broadcast to Europe. The final BBC transmissions were in Arabic between 20:00 and 21:00 on 5790kHz and 11680kHz to North Africa.
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San Diego
San Diego /ˌsæn diːˈeɪɡoʊ/ is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the U.S. Navy, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology enclave. The population was 1,301,617 at the 2010 census.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission of San Diego, founded in 1769, were the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of newly independent Mexico, and in 1850, became part of the United States following the Mexican-American War and the admission of California to the union.
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Seattle
Seattle (pronounced /siːˈætɫ̩/ ( listen) see-AT-əl or /siːˈæɾɫ̩/) is the county seat of King County, in the U.S. state of Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country. The city is a major coastal seaport situated on a narrow isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 114 miles (183 km) south of the Canada–United States border. In 2010, Seattle was the sixth busiest port in the United States, serving as a major gateway for trade with Asia.
The Seattle area had been inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent white settlers.Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequently known as the Denny Party, arrived at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. The settlement was moved to its current site and renamed "Seattle" in 1853, after Chief Seattle of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes.
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Seychelles
Seychelles (i/seɪˈʃɛlz/ say-SHELZ; French: [sɛʃɛl]), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel), is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar.
Other nearby island countries and territories include Zanzibar to the west, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Agalega and Réunion to the south, Comoros and Mayotte to the southwest. Seychelles, with an estimated population of 86,525, has the smallest population of any African state. It also has the highest Human Development Index in Africa.
Scholars assume that Austronesian seafarers, and later Maldivian and Arab traders were the first to visit the uninhabited Seychelles. Remains of Maldivian mariner presence from the 12th century were found in Silhouette Island. The earliest recorded sighting by Europeans took place in 1502 by the Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama, who passed through the Amirantes and named them after himself (islands of the Admiral).
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Singapore
Singapore (i/ˈsɪŋəpɔər/ SI-ngə-pohr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. Singapore is highly urbanised but almost half of the country is covered by greenery. More land is being created for development through land reclamation.
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз, tr. Sovetsky Soyuz), officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR; Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; IPA: [sɐˈjus sɐˈvʲetskʲɪx sətsɨəlʲɪˈstʲitɕɪskʲɪx rʲɪsˈpublʲɪk] ( listen); abbreviated СССР, SSSR), was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.
The Soviet Union was a single-party state ruled by the Communist Party from its foundation until 1990. A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics, the Soviet state was structured under a highly centralized government and economy.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 caused the downfall of the Russian Empire. Following the Russian Revolution, there was a struggle for power between the Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the anti-communist White movement. In December 1922, the Bolsheviks won the civil war, and the Soviet Union was formed with the merger of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Thailand
Thailand ( /ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/;Thai: ประเทศไทย, RTGS: Prathet Thai), officially the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย, RTGS: Ratcha Anachak Thai; IPA: [râːt.tɕʰā ʔāːnāːtɕàk tʰāj] (
listen)), formerly known as Siam (Thai: สยาม; RTGS: Sayam), is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.
The country is a constitutional monarchy, headed by King Rama IX, the ninth king of the House of Chakri, who, having reigned since 1946, is the world's longest-serving head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. The king of Thailand is titled Head of State, Head of the Armed Forces, the Upholder of the Buddhist religion, and the Defender of all Faiths.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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Alistair Cooke
Alfred Alistair Cooke KBE (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British/American journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke's America, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theater from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present Letter from America until shortly before his death. He was the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke.
Born in Salford, Lancashire, England, his father was a lay Methodist preacher and metalsmith by trade; his mother's family were of Irish Protestant origin. Originally named Alfred, he changed his name to Alistair when he was 22. He was educated at Blackpool Grammar School, and won a scholarship to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he gained an honours degree (2:1) in English. He was heavily involved in the arts, was editor of Granta, and set up The Mummers, Cambridge's first mixed sex theatre group, from which he notably rejected a young James Mason, telling him to stick to architecture.
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Bob Edwards
Robert Alan Edwards (born May 15, 1947 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Peabody Award-winning member of the National Radio Hall of Fame. He was the first broadcaster with a large national following to join the field of satellite radio. Edwards is the host of The Bob Edwards Show on Sirius XM Radio and Bob Edwards Weekend distributed by Public Radio International to more than 150 public radio stations. He gained fame as the first host of National Public Radio's flagship program, Morning Edition.
Edwards is a graduate of St. Xavier High School (Louisville) and the University of Louisville and began his radio career in 1968 at a small radio station in New Albany, Indiana. Afterwards, Edwards served in the U.S. Army, producing and anchoring TV and radio news programs for the American Forces Korea Network from Seoul. Following his army service, he went on to anchor news for WTOP-AM, a CBS affiliate, in Washington, D.C. He also earned an M.A. in Communication from American University in Washington D.C. In 1972, at age 25, Edwards anchored national newscasts for the Mutual Broadcasting System. Edwards joined NPR in 1974. Before hosting Morning Edition, Edwards was co-host of All Things Considered. Edwards is married to NPR news anchor Windsor Johnston. He has two daughters, Eleanor and Susannah, and a stepson, Brean Campbell.
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Bridget Kendall
Bridget Kendall MBE (born 27 April 1956 in Abingdon, Berkshire) is an English radio and television correspondent.
Kendall is a daughter of statistician David George Kendall and Diana (née Fletcher). She has two brothers (one of whom is probabilist Professor Wilfrid Kendall) and three sisters.
Kendall was educated at Perse School for Girls, an independent school in the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire,[citation needed] followed by Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford, where she read Modern Languages, and spent two years in Russia on British Council scholarships in 1977 and 1982.[citation needed] Her postgraduate Soviet studies took her from St Antony's College (also at the University of Oxford), to Harvard University, where she spent two years as a Harkness Fellow in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.[citation needed]
Kendall joined the BBC in 1983 as a radio production trainee for BBC World Service. She was the BBC's Moscow correspondent from 1989 to 1995, and developed her background in Russian politics. She was in Moscow to witness the power struggles in the Soviet Communist party as Mikhail Gorbachev tried to introduce reform, reported on the break-up of the Soviet Union and the internal conflicts in Chechnya, Georgia and Tajikistan. She sent reports of the coup in August 1991 and covered Boris Yeltsin's rise to power.
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Clark Boyd
Clark Boyd is an American radio journalist. He is the award winning technology correspondent for The World, a daily global news program created by Public Radio International (PRI), and co-produced by PRI, the BBC World Service, and WGBH Boston. He has been with the program since 1996.
He has covered stories from around the globe focusing on technology in its many forms and its impact on people around the world. His reporting on a four-part series on global stem cell research helped The World win an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Broadcast Journalism in 2006. He was also the original host and creator of PRI's The World Technology podcast, which launched in February 2005, and was the first radio program at a national level to podcast. Clark continues to host this podcast which is consistently one of the top PRI Podcasts in iTunes, See PRI's The World and Public Radio International.
On 2011-07-12 Clark announced a hiatus in pod-casting The World Technology program. The announcement did not include anticipation of resumption of program distribution, though Clark stated he would remain as a technology reporter with WGBH-The World.1.
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Claudia Hammond
Claudia Hammond (born 1971) is British author, occasional TV presenter, and frequent radio presenter with the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4.
Hammond grew up in Bedfordshire. She was educated at Sussex University in applied psychology, and Surrey University, where she gained a MSc in Health Psychology, carrying out research into doctor–patient communication in a breast cancer unit.
Hammond is the author of a book on the science of emotions titled Emotional Rollercoaster, published in 2005. Reviews were positive, with one saying that although it contained 'rare errors' these mistakes were are 'vastly outweighed by the wealth of fascinating observations' and that 'humour, sensitivity and warmth... emanate from every page'.
She published her second book, Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception, with Canongate Books in May 2012, to excellent reviews. The Financial Times calls it 'a fascinating and at times mind-boggling book that will change the way you think about time.'
This is the field of work for which Hammond is probably best known. She has said that she decided that she wanted to work in radio quite suddenly, although early. "I was at a children’s book festival and, after I had queued up to get Roald Dahl’s autograph, he asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up. I’m told I said “I want to work in radio”. That was the first my parents knew about it. It was probably the first time I realised." She presents programmes about psychology on BBC Radio 4, including All in the Mind. She also presents Health Check on BBC World Service Radio.
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Dan Damon
Dan Damon is a BBC journalist and radio broadcaster who presents World Update for the BBC World Service.
Damon joined the BBC in 1974 as a technical operator for radio news. His move into journalism took place in 1982 with a nightly phone in on LBC. Damon, with his wife Sian, spent seven years filming the downfall of the Soviet Union throughout Eastern Europe. He then returned to the BBC to work as a presenter and reporter for BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4. During this time he was a regular presenter of PM.
In 2003 Damon became the main presnter of World Update on the BBC World Service. He presents the programme on weekdays at 1000 UK Time. During this time Damon has presented the programme on location around the world.
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David Arnold
David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, the 1994 film Stargate, the 1996 film Independence Day, the 1998 film Godzilla and the television series Little Britain and Sherlock.
While attending a Sixth Form College in Luton, Arnold became friends with director Danny Cannon. Danny initially created short films for which David was asked to write the music. The two made their respective major film debuts with The Young Americans. "Play Dead", a song from the film with singer Björk, charted #12 in the UK. The following year he scored Stargate and Last of the Dogmen, with excerpts from the former ranking third in the most commonly used soundtrack cues for film trailers.
Arnold would then go on to compose music for Stargate director Roland Emmerich's next two movies, Independence Day and Godzilla, as well as four movies for director John Singleton. In addition, he has also scored various comedies, dramas, and nineteenth-century period pieces, as well as providing music for several British television shows including the 2000 remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Little Britain. During film production, his compositions are conducted by Nicholas Dodd. In 2010, he composed the music for Come Fly With Me, a British television series from the producers of Little Britain.
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Edward Greenfield
Edward Greenfield (born 1928, Westcliff-on-Sea, England) is an English music critic and broadcaster. He joined the Manchester Guardian in 1953, working as a lobby correspondent in the House of Commons. He has been a record critic for the newspaper since 1955, a music critic since 1964, and was chief music critic from 1977 until his retirement in 1993. He has contributed to Gramophone magazine since 1960, and has been joint editor of The Stereo Record Guide since 1960. A regular broadcaster on the BBC, he presented classical music programmes on the World Service, including The Greenfield Collection, and was a regular contributor to the 'Building a Library' feature of Radio 3's Record Review (now CD Review) for many years.
He is the author of monographs on Puccini (1958), Joan Sutherland (1972) and André Previn (1973). He was awarded the OBE in 1994.
Extracts from Edward Greenfield’s memoirs can be found here.
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Faith Salie
Faith Coley Salie (born April 14, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, radio host, and television personality. She first became known for her role as Sarina Douglas on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and went on to host the Public Radio International program Fair Game with Faith Salie.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Salie is the daughter of real estate investor Robert Salie and Gail (Coley) Salie. She grew up in the Atlanta, Georgia area, along with two older brothers: Doug (the eldest) and David Salie, who served as Director of House Party Fundraising for the 2004 Howard Dean presidential campaign.
Salie was married on June 4, 2005 to Nick Holly, a television writer/producer and brother of actress Lauren Holly. The couple divorced in 2009.
Faith Salie graduated in 1989 from North Springs High School in Fulton County, Georgia (now Sandy Springs, Georgia). Turned down for admission to Yale University, she enrolled as an undergraduate at Northwestern University instead and later transferred to Harvard University. She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard with a degree in History and Literature of Modern France and England. Awarded a Rhodes scholarship, she went on to earn an M.Phil. in Modern English Literature from Oxford University.
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Femi Oke
Femi Oke (born 30 June 1966) is a British television presenter and journalist. Femi was born in Britain to Nigerian parents. She is a graduate of Birmingham University where she received a bachelors degree in English literature and language. She currently lives in New York and appears as a daily newscaster, contributor and interviewer on Public Radio International/WNYC's morning public radio news program, The Takeaway.
Oke is a former anchor for CNN International's World Weather service at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She presented weather segments for the programs Your World Today and World News. She also regularly hosted Inside Africa, now fronted by Isha Sesay, a programme that looks into the economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa.
Femi began her career at age 14 working as a junior reporter for the United Kingdom's first talk radio station LBC. During 1993 Femi worked for a cable station called Wire TV, this was pre-Janet Street Porter's L!VE TV. Femi presented several shows for the station, including the popular Soap on the Wire on a Saturday afternoon, with soap opera expert Chris Stacey. In the early 1990s, Femi presented the BBC's flagship educational science programme Science In Action, and was also a presenter of Top of the Pops. She has also worked for GMTV, London Weekend Television, Men & Motors and Carlton Television. She joined CNN in 1999, and worked there until 2008.
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Fergus Nicoll
Fergus Nicoll is a freelance journalist, author and news presenter with the BBC World Service. He is one the presenters of the current affairs programme The World Today.
Fergus Nicoll was educated at Ampleforth College, Christ Church, Oxford (BA Oriental Studies) and Reading University (PhD: "Gladstone, Gordon and Sudan, 1883-5").
After working as a teacher in northern Sudan, he began his career with the BBC in 1988 with the African Service. He moved to the BBC's Cairo Bureau in 1992 and spent three years (1996-9) as a World Affairs Correspondent, filing for the World Service and BBC World TV. Since 2001, he has been a freelance presenter on the BBC World Service radio programme The World Today.
In 2004, Nicoll published a biography of the Mahdi of Sudan, The Sword of the Prophet:The Mahdi of Sudan and the Death of General Gordon. His second book, a biography of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, was published by Haus Publishing in April 2009 as Shah Jahan: The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Emperor. Penguin-India (under the Viking imprint) published the same volume in September 2009. Returning to Sudan studies, Nicoll published An Index to the Complete Works of al-Imam al-Mahdi in June 2009. The Abd-al-Karim Mirghani Cultural Centre in Omdurman followed this with the publication of an Arabic translation of The Mahdi of Sudan in October 2009, under the title Seif al-Nabi: Mahdi al-Sudan. In September 2010, the Qasim Data Centre in Khartoum published Nicoll's Bibliography of the Mahdia. Nicoll is currently working on a comprehensive account of the siege of Khartoum in 1884-5, based on unexpurgated editions of the Khartoum journals of Colonel J. Donald Hammill-Stewart (January-April 1884) and General Charles Gordon (September-December 1884), both of which formed part of his PhD thesis approved by Reading University.
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George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.
Considered perhaps the 20th century's best chronicler of English culture, Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945), which together have sold more copies than any two books by any other 20th-century author. His book Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, is widely acclaimed, as are his numerous essays on politics, literature, language and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Orwell's influence on popular and political culture endures, and several of his neologisms, along with the term Orwellian—a byword for totalitarian or manipulative social practices—have entered the vernacular.
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Harriett Gilbert
Harriett Sarah Gilbert (born 25 August 1948 in Wood Green, Middlesex) is an English writer, academic and broadcaster, particularly of arts and book programmes on the BBC World Service. She is the daughter of the writer Michael Gilbert. Besides The Strand and World Book Club on the World Service, she also presents A Good Read on BBC Radio 4.
Harriett Gilbert was educated at the French Lycée in London and at a succession of boarding schools. She wrote about her early years in "Growing Pains", her contribution to a 1985 collection of autobiographical writing Truth, Dare or Promise. She subsequently went to drama school. On graduating, her first and last acting job was as Mother Elephant in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories. She also worked as a nanny, a waitress, an artist's model and a clerk-typist. She took up writing in her twenties.
She nominated A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes, first read to her by her father when she was eight, as a life-changing book. The one piece of advice her father, the writer Michael Gilbert, gave her about writing was: "For God's sake, don't use adverbs." Her brother is the Independent journalist Gerard Gilbert.
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Iain Purdon
Iain Purdon is a newsreader on the BBC World Service.
Purdon began newsreading with BBC Scotland in May 1973. From 1974-1978, he was also a regular announcer on BBC One Scotland. In 1982, he moved to BBC Radio 2 where he was senior announcer. After a couple of years working with BBC Radio 4, Purdon moved in March 1995 to the BBC World Service in a post he holds today. In his current role, Purdon reads five minute long bulletins on the hour, and short summaries on the half hour. These broadcasts are heard on stations around the world.
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Ira Glass
Ira Glass (born March 3, 1959) is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life.
Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Barry Glass, an accountant, and Shirley Glass, a psychologist, infidelity researcher, and author whom the New York Times called "the godmother of infidelity research." He attended Milford Mill High School in Baltimore County where he was active in student theater. He attended Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, but transferred to Brown University, where he concentrated in semiotics and graduated in 1982. He is the first cousin once removed of composer Philip Glass, who has appeared on Ira's show and whose music can often be heard on the program. Glass stated on This American Life that he is a staunch atheist.
Glass married Anaheed Alani, a writer and editor, in August 2005.
Glass has worked in public radio for some 30 years. At 19 he began as an intern at National Public Radio's headquarters in Washington, D.C. He was a reporter and host on several NPR programs, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. Glass wrote,
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James Coomarasamy
James Coomarasamy is a British presenter on BBC World Service programme Newshour. Before joining Newshour in 2010, Coomarasamy spent a year presenting the now defunct strand Europe Today. Prior to moving behind the microphone he had been a BBC correspondent in Warsaw, followed by Paris then Washington, D.C. before returning to Europe.
Coomarasamy was born in London to parents of Sri Lankan Tamil heritage.
Coomarasamy was educated at Christ's Hospital School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), near Horsham, West Sussex, followed by the University of Cambridge, where he studied Modern and Medieval Languages. He is fluent in French, and speaks some Russian and Polish.
Coomarasamy began his career at the BBC in the following sequence:
Coomarasamy is married to Nanette, with whom he has two children.
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Jeb Sharp
Jeb Sharp is an American radio journalist. She is a reporter for the public radio program PRI's The World and host of The World's history podcast How We Got Here. She covers U.S. foreign policy and human rights as well as a wide range of other international stories. She has reported for the program from Europe, Africa and the Middle East. She is best known for radio documentaries on the history of Iraq, the history of U.S. - Iranian relations, the legacy of the Rwandan genocide and how wars end. She has twice won the Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club for best radio news or interpretation of international affairs. Other honors include the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma.
Some of her better-known series and reports include:
Sharp edits and maintains a blog, detailing her work and providing a behinds the scenes look as she pursues her investigative work. She also produces a weekly podcast called "How We Got Here" that looks at history behind contemporary news stories.
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Jesse Thorn
Jesse Thorn (born April 24, 1981) is an American public radio show host/creator. He is the host and producer of the radio show and podcast Bullseye (formerly The Sound of Young America), which is distributed by Public Radio International to 25 public terrestrial radio stations in 13 states and is also broadcast weekly on XM Radio's "XM Public Radio" channel. He also hosts the podcasts Judge John Hodgman and Jordan, Jesse, Go! and the television program The Grid, which formerly aired on IFC.
Thorn grew up in San Francisco, California, where he attended the School of the Arts. He attended University of California, Santa Cruz where he co-founded The Sound of Young America and worked for the campus radio station KZSC.The Sound of Young America began as a college radio variety show featuring Thorn and two other co-hosts, Jordan Morris and Gene O'Neill.
Near the end of 2004 Thorn began to make the show available as a podcast. Thorn and the show were mentioned in The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine and Salon.com, with Salon describing Thorn's interviewing style as combining "the civility and preparedness of [Terry] Gross leavened with the good humor of [Conan] O'Brien." A few months later, Thorn received a call from the director of programming at PRI, who had heard one of the podcasts and expressed interest in distributing the show. In 2006 WNYC-FM, a public radio station in New York City, picked up the show, and PRI decided to distribute it. By September 2008 the show was carried on 18 public radio stations, in addition to the podcast..
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John Hockenberry
John Charles Hockenberry (born June 4, 1956) is an American journalist and author. A four-time Emmy Award winner and three-time Peabody Award winner, Hockenberry has worked in media since 1980.
Hockenberry has reported from all over the world, has anchored programs for network TV, cable, and radio, and has reported for magazines, newspapers, and online media. He is a prominent figure in the disability rights movement; Hockenberry sustained a spinal cord injury in a car crash at the age of 19, which left him with paraplegia from the chest down.
In 2007, he was named a Distinguished Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. Since April 2008, Hockenberry has been host of The Takeaway, a live national morning news program created by Public Radio International and WNYC New York. He is author of the nonfiction book Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence and the novel A River Out Of Eden.
Hockenberry was born in Dayton, Ohio and grew up in upstate New York and Michigan. He graduated in 1974 from East Grand Rapids High School in East Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1976, he was paralyzed while hitchhiking on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The driver of the car fell asleep and crashed, killing herself. Hockenberry's spinal cord was damaged, and he remains paralyzed without sensation or voluntary movement from the mid-chest down. At the time he was a mathematics major at the University of Chicago, but after his spinal cord injury, he transferred to the University of Oregon in 1980 and studied harpsichord and piano.
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John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. He was known for his eclectic taste in music and his honest and warm broadcasting style.
He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio, and he is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres, including pop, reggae, indie rock, alternative rock, punk, hardcore punk, breakcore, grindcore, death metal, British hip hop, and dance music.
Peel's Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular 'Peel sessions', which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist live in the BBC's studios, and which often provided the first major national coverage to bands that later would achieve great fame. (These 'sessions' are similar to 'Live Lounge' sessions recorded today for the station.) Another popular feature of his shows was the annual Festive Fifty countdown of his listeners' favourite records of the year.
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John Tidmarsh
John Alan Tidmarsh, O.B.E., born 13 August 1928 in King's College Hospital, Camberwell, is a British broadcaster and journalist who spent 10 years with domestic radio and television and more than 30 with the BBC World Service magazine programme Outlook.
An evacuee during the early years of the Second World War, he went to three different grammar schools before joining his parents in Bristol for his final school years at Cotham Grammar School. He left school at 16 to become a junior reporter with the Western Daily Press. At 18 he left to do two years of National Service and spoke into a microphone for the first time when he became a radio operator in the Royal Air Force (RAF), serving one year at RAF Seletar in Singapore.
Back in Bristol with the Western Daily Press in the autumn of 1948 he began to specialise in sport, reporting each week on Bristol Rovers. After doing a "live" commentary one Saturday for the newly created Hospital Radio Service, the BBC Controller in West Region, the former war correspondent Frank Gillard, offered him a job, initially as a resident freelance, reporting and presenting the regional magazine The Week in the West. He later joined the staff as the regional organiser of coverage for national television news.
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Jonathan Wheatley
Jonathan Wheatley is a British television and radio news presenter, actor and voice-over born in London.
His early career included presenting for Seattle's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television station KCTS and writing reports and narrating documentaries for Worldwide Television News. He also presented for ITV Meridian and HTV Wales regions and spent four years presenting news in Bristol for HTV West.
He also had brief spells presenting for Carlton's London Today and Sky News and for the last eight and a half years has presented The World News for the BBC World Service.
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Julian Marshall
Julian Marshall (1836–1903) was an English amateur musician, music and print collector and tenns player and writer.
Marshall was born in Headingley, Yorkshire to a flax-spinning family. His father, John Marshall had been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds. His grandfather was industrialist John Marshall, who was also an MP. Marshall attended Harrow School in London, before joining the family business. As a young man, Marshall started collecting prints, and later, music manuscripts. He was also a music writer and contributed work to the first edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Marshall codified the rules of real tennis in 1872. In 1873 he played an important early lawn match with William Hart Dyke and John Moyer Heathcote at Lullingstone Castle. By 1877 the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was proposing the first Wimbledon Championships, and a review of the rules was required. Marshall with his fellow MCC commissioner Heathcote, and Henry Jones of the All England club laid down the rules that are little changed to this day in time for the first Wimbledon tournament on 9 July 1877.
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Justin Rowlatt
Justin Rowlatt is a British news reporter and television presenter working for the BBC. Rowlatt is currently one of the main presenters of Business Daily on the BBC World Service.
He was educated at Mansfield College, Oxford University.
During his time on Channel 4 News, he was a passenger on the train involved in the Hatfield rail crash in 2000, reporting that he "watched the carriages skid and whip around on the gravel besides the track".
He moved to BBC News in 2003.
One of his first jobs in television was as an assistant producer on current affairs documentary Panorama, where, among many other stories, he worked on a programme which showed how Mercedes, Volkswagen and Volvo car dealers were fixing prices in Britain.
At Newsnight in 2006 and 2007, he was the central figure in a year-long series of reports entitled Ethical Man (re-visited in 2009). The series increased his public visibility and made him an "accidental green hero", according to The Guardian . In 2008 he worked on the BBC's The One Show, "reporting on current affairs with flair",, and later that year returned to Newsnight, reporting on economic matters.
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Kathy Clugston
Kathy Clugston is a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. She is known to BBC Radio 1 listeners as "The Posh Radio Four Lady" or PR4L for short.
Born in Belfast, Clugston attended Methodist College and then studied French and Russian at Queens University Belfast. The degree course entailed a period in France and a year in Voronezh, Russia. While at University, she was very active in the drama society, playing leading roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Private Lives and Buried Child, among many others, and directed L'Alouette (The Lark) by Jean Anouilh.
Clugston worked as a continuity announcer and transmission director at BBC Northern Ireland from 1996 to 2003, announcing for BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC Two Northern Ireland, and appearing as one of three in-vision announcers on BBC Choice Northern Ireland between 1999 and 2001. She also lent her voice to the BBC Northern Ireland animated comedy series The Folks on the Hill.
Prior to starting at Radio 4, Clugston spent some years in Amsterdam, working as a reporter and presenter for Radio Netherlands Worldwide. She began working on Radio 4 in 2006, and first read evening news bulletins in 2007. In April 2008, she began newsreading duties on the flagship Today programme.
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Komla Dumor
Komla Dumor is a Ghanaian journalist who was born on 3 October 1972 in Accra, Ghana. His grandfather was Philip Gbeho, composer of the Ghanaian national anthem.
Dumor joined the BBC African Service in 2006 as host of the radio programme Network Africa. From 2008 he has presented The World Today on the BBC World Service. He is currently also a news presenter for the BBC's international television news channel, presenting BBC World News and "Africa Business Report". Prior to joining the BBC he worked for JOY FM in Accra, Ghana, and was the 2003 winner of Journalist of the Year award given by the Ghana Journalist Association. Dumor is the only West African news reader on BBC World News.
Initially, Dumor studied medicine but he changed course and graduated from the University of Ghana with a BSc in Sociology and Psychology and from Harvard University with an MA in Public Administration; he is married to Kwansema, with whom he has two children.
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Kurt Andersen
Kurt Andersen (born August 22, 1954) is an American novelist who is also host of the Peabody-winning public radio program Studio 360, a co-production between Public Radio International and WNYC. In 1986 with E. Graydon Carter he co-founded Spy magazine, which they sold in 1991; it continued publishing until 1998. Previously he has been a writer and columnist for New York Magazine, ("The Imperial City"), and The New Yorker ("The Culture Industry") and Time ("Spectator"). He was also the architecture and design critic for Time for nine years.
In 1996, Bill Reilly fired Andersen after two and a half years from his position as editor-in-chief at New York, citing the publication's financial results. Andersen attributed the firing to his refusal to kill a story about a rivalry between investment bankers Felix Rohatyn and Steven Rattner that had upset Henry Kravis, the principal of the publishing firm's ownership group.
In 1999 he co-founded an online media news web site and biweekly magazine called Inside, which he and his co-founders sold to Primedia; Primedia closed the site in October 2001. From 2001 to 2004 he served as a senior creative consultant to Barry Diller's Universal Television, and from 2003 to 2005 as editorial director of Colors magazine. More recently, he was a guest Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times and editor-at-large for Random House.
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Lisa Mullins
Lisa Mullins is an American radio personality. She is the anchor and senior producer of The World, a radio program of Public Radio International. She anchored the program from Hong Kong when the territory was handed back to China in 1997. She also covered the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, California and anchored that year's presidential election coverage from Washington D.C.
She has covered news events around the United States and produced reports from China, Albania, Italy, Mexico and Northern Ireland. She has interviewed key figures on the international stage, including U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.
Mullins also hosts the American broadcast of the BBC documentary series The Changing World, a collaboration between the BBC World Service, Public Radio International, and PRI's The World.
Previously, Mullins reported on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Performance Today. For six years, she hosted the American broadcast of the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Day concert, performed in the Austrian capital.
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Lyse Doucet
Lyse Doucet pronounced /liːs duːˈsɛt/ (born c. 1959) is a Canadian journalist, presenter and special correspondent. She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, including reporting on Newsnight.
Doucet is a native of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada, where she grew up in an anglophone family. Her Acadian family traces its origins to a shipmate of Samuel de Champlain, and she also has Irish and Migmaw ancestry. Her sister is Andrea Doucet. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University at Kingston in 1980, where she wrote for the university newspaper. She obtained a Master's degree in international relations from the University of Toronto in 1982. The same year, she undertook a four month volunteer assignment teaching English with Canadian Crossroads International in Côte d'Ivoire. She is currently one of the organisation's honorary patrons. Doucet speaks English, French, and Farsi fluently.
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Marco Werman
Marco Werman is an American radio personality. He is a host, reporter and senior producer in public radio.
Werman is currently a senior producer with Public Radio International's The World, covering music for the program and as a part-time host. Werman has been working in journalism since he was 16 when he worked as a copy boy at the News and Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina. His journalism experience includes documentary photography, print, radio and television. A former Peace Corps volunteer, Werman got his start in radio while freelancing in Burkina Faso, West Africa, for the BBC World Service, where he later worked as a producer. "Radio impressed me in Africa," says Werman. "Everyone had one, broadcasts happened in many languages, and in the two coups I witnessed, the radio station was important booty: it and the electrical generator were always the first targets."
In 1990, he started up a new public radio station in the Adirondacks in New York and hosted a daily two hour news and public affairs show there for four years. This was followed by a half year stint in Rome, Italy where he was the correspondent for Monitor Radio. In 1995, he was invited to assist in creating the format for The World, where he has worked since. In 1997, he began providing the Global Hit segment, in which musicians and musical trends around the globe are linked and used as a lens to understand the news. This segment has also become a popular podcast as part of the PRI News podcasts.
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Martin McGuinness
James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Irish: Máirtín Mag Aonghusa; born 23 May 1950) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and the current deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. McGuinness was also the Sinn Féin candidate for the Irish presidential election, 2011. He was born in Derry, Northern Ireland.
A former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader, McGuinness is the MP for the Mid Ulster constituency. Like all Sinn Féin MPs, McGuinness practises abstentionism in relation to the Westminster parliament. He is also a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the same constituency.
Following the St Andrews Agreement and the Assembly election in 2007, he became deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley becoming First Minister on 8 May 2007. On 5 June 2008 he was re-appointed as deputy First Minister to serve alongside Peter Robinson, who succeeded Paisley as First Minister on that date. McGuinness previously served as Minister of Education in the Northern Ireland Executive between 1999 and 2002.
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Mary Kay Magistad
Mary Kay Magistad is an award-winning American journalist and correspondent for the Public Radio International/BBC program "The World."
Magistad has been The World’s East Asia correspondent since late 2002, and has lived and reported in East Asia for two decades. She travels regularly and widely throughout China and beyond, exploring how China’s rapid transformation has affected individual lives and exploring the bigger geopolitical, economic and environmental implications of China’s rise. Her series “Young China” won a 2007 Overseas Press Club Award, and her series “Created in China,” on China’s challenges in its efforts to create a more innovative society and economy, won the 2010 Sigma Delta Chi/Society of Professional Journalists award. She has served as president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of China.
Magistad first moved to East Asia in 1988 and, based in Bangkok, was a regular contributor for NPR, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and other news media. She covered the Cambodian civil war and the UN peace process, the Burmese army’s crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators and the United States’ wary rapprochement in the early ‘90s with Vietnam. She also reported beyond East Asia, covering the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda, tensions with Iraq in Kuwait, and other stories.
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Matthew Bannister
Richard Matthew Bannister (born 16 March 1957) is a British media executive and broadcaster. After attending King Edward VII School (Sheffield), he graduated in law at the University of Nottingham in 1978, and joined BBC Radio Nottingham as a trainee reporter and subsequently the presenter of its speech-based breakfast show, Morning Report. It was here that he first met Trevor Dann, whom he subsequently worked with at BBC Radio 1.
He first worked for Radio 1 as a presenter of its news programme Newsbeat between 1983 and 1986 and subsequently moved to Capital Radio as Head of News and Talks. He was co-presenter with Sarah Ward of Capital Radio's The Way It Is. He first established himself as a 'name' in the radio industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s as Managing Editor of GLR (Greater London Radio), the BBC's local radio station for London. Here he worked for the first time with Chris Evans, who was pioneering many of the ideas which would later win him greater success and much controversy at Radio 1, and also employed a number of the more musically credible DJs from Radio 1's past, such as Annie Nightingale, Tommy Vance, Janice Long and Johnnie Walker. The line up also included Danny Baker, Emma Freud and Chris Morris.
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Max Pearson
Max Pearson (born 1959) is a BBC journalist and news presenter with the BBC World Service. Currently he is one of the presenters of The World Today and Newshour.
After completing post-graduate training in broadcast journalism, he worked for the BBC in domestic radio.
Since the 1980s, he worked as a frontline news presenter with the BBC World Service.
In March 2011, Pearson suffered a cardiac arrest during a 14-hour flight from Singapore to Heathrow, London. The cabin crew allegedly refused to have the aircraft diverted when Pearson became ill shortly after it took off.
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Michael Feldman
Michael Feldman (born March 9, 1949) is an American radio personality. He is the host of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, a radio program distributed by Public Radio International. His announcer, Jim Packard, refers to him as "The Sage of Wisconsin." He has given himself the title of "Producer Internationale," and also refers to Public Radio International on-air as "The International House of Radio."
Raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Feldman graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a degree in English in 1970. He worked as a teacher at Malcolm Shabazz Alternative High School in Madison, Wisconsin, before finding work at radio station WORT. Soon after, he worked as a cab driver before coming back to broadcasting, first at Wisconsin Public Radio, then at WGN (AM). He was fired from WGN in 1984, which sent him back to Public Radio. He started his show, Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, in 1985.
Feldman is the author of several books: Wisconsin Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff; Something I Said?: Innuendo and Out the Other; and Thanks for the Memos. In addition, he edited Glad You Asked: Intriguing Names, Facts, and Ideas For the Curious-Minded, in partnership with Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Neil Nunes
Neil Nunes is a British Jamaican continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom and on the BBC World Service. He began working on Radio 4 in a freelance capacity in 2006. He suffered some small criticisms at this time for his Caribbean accent, but was robustly defended by listeners on the programme Feedback and is now a well-established announcer and newsreader.
Nunes was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and brought up in the parish of Manchester.
While studying for a degree in biology, he became involved with the university radio station as a presenter. He then went on to work as a newsreader and reporter for radio networks in the Dutch Caribbean while at the same time serving as a correspondent for the BBC Caribbean Service.
Nunes joined the BBC World Service as a producer and presenter of current affairs programmes. As of September 2009[update], he reads world news bulletins on the World Service in addition to his Radio 4 continuity work.
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Peter Horrocks
Peter John Gibson Horrocks (born 28 October 1959) is Director of the BBC World Service. He was educated at the independent King's College School in Wimbledon and at Christ's College, Cambridge.
Horrocks joined the BBC in October 1981 as a news trainee. He went on to work at Newsnight as an assistant producer and then producer. After time as a senior producer, intake editor and output editor on Breakfast Time, he became deputy editor of Panorama in 1988.
Horrocks edited BBC television's General Election results coverage in 1992. He edited the coverage of the Budget, by-elections and local elections, as well as the 1994 European Election results and General Election results programmes in May 1997.
In May 1992, Horrocks was appointed editor of BBC Two's social affairs programme, Public Eye, a position he held until he launched Here And Now, a current affairs magazine intended to capture high audience figures, in January 1994. He became editor of Newsnight in April 1994, and editor of Panorama in December 1997. Horrocks became Head of Current Affairs in June 2000. He was executive producer of Brits, True Spies, Smallpox 2002, The Day Britain Stopped, Dirty War and of the documentary trilogy The Power of Nightmares.
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Ray Suarez
Rafael Suarez, Jr. (born March 5, 1957), known as Ray Suarez, is an American broadcast journalist. Suarez joined the PBS NewsHour in 1999 and became a senior correspondent for the evening news program on the PBS television network. He is also host of the international news and analysis public radio program America Abroad from Public Radio International. He was the host of the National Public Radio program Talk of the Nation from 1993-1999. In his more than 30 year career in the news business he has also worked as a radio reporter in London and Rome, as a Los Angeles correspondent for CNN, and as a reporter for the NBC-owned station WMAQ TV in Chicago.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Suarez attended public schools in the borough from kindergarten through 12th grade, graduating in 1974 from John Dewey High School. In 1975 he earned the rank of Eagle Scout in the Brooklyn Council. In 2009, Suarez was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award by the NCAC. He earned a BA in African History from New York University and an MA in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children, Rafael, Eva, and Isabel. Suarez is active locally and nationally in the Episcopal Church.
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Razia Iqbal
Razia Iqbal (born 1962) is a journalist employed by BBC News. She is a special correspondent, reporting for outlets across the BBC. From 2011 Iqbal has also presented Newshour on the BBC World Service. She has also presented Talking Books on the BBC News Channel. She was previously the corporation's arts correspondent.
Iqbal was born into a Punjabi Pakistani family in Uganda, in 1962.
Iqbal was educated at Garrett Green Comprehensive School in the town of Tooting in South London, followed by the University of East Anglia, from which she graduated with a BA in American Studies.
Iqbal is a former arts correspondent for BBC News, regularly appearing in news bulletins to report on arts related stories.
She has also hosted the BBCs HARDtalk Extra programme, interviewing prominent figures from the arts including Sting and Jacqueline Wilson.
In 2009, Iqbal applied for the Arts Editor position with BBC News but the role went to Will Gompertz.
Since losing out to Gompertz for the Arts Editor role, Iqbal has reported on mainstream news items for BBC News. One of the first of these was an investigation into a charity scam following the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010.
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Robin Lustig
Robin Francis Lustig (born 30 August 1948) is a British journalist and radio broadcaster, who presents programmes for the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4.
Lustig studied politics at the University of Sussex.
Lustig became a foreign correspondent in Madrid for the London-based news agency Reuters. He later moved to Paris and Rome. He then worked for the British Sunday newspaper The Observer for twelve years, where he was Home Affairs Editor, Middle East Correspondent and Assistant Editor.
He joined the BBC in 1989, presenting a variety of programmes, including The World Tonight, Newsstand, Stop Press, and File on 4 on Radio 4, and Newshour on the BBC World Service. On the 31st August 1997, Lustig presented a special news programme covering the Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, just hours after the announcement was made. From its introduction in 1998 until 2006, he also presented the global phone-in programme Talking Point (later renamed Have Your Say), which was transmitted simultaneously on BBC World Service radio, BBC World TV, and online. His guests on the programme included Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Olusegun Obasanjo, Hugo Chávez, and Tony Blair.
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Robin Young
Robin Young (born Robin Cardwell Youngs) is an American television and radio personality. She has been a Boston, Massachusetts-based radio and television host since the mid-1970s when she hosted Evening Magazine for WBZ-TV.
She currently hosts Public Radio International's daily news magazine Here and Now which is produced at WBUR in Boston. The show normally consists of five interview segments with reporters, politicians, artists, authors, and experts on a given subject. It airs from noon to 1 p.m. on WBUR and is distributed by Public Radio International. As an interviewer and host on Here and Now, Young takes particular interest in issues involving engineering, public infrastructure, and family and young adult mental health.
She's been a correspondent for ABC, NBC, CBS and the Discovery Channel and she has won both the Peabody and CableACE Awards for documentary film making and five Emmy Awards for excellence in broadcasting.
Her brother is actor John Savage.
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Roger Hearing
Roger Hearing is a journalist and news presenter with the BBC World Service. Currently he is one of the presenters of The World Today.
Roger Hearing was born in London and brought up in west Dorset. His journalism career began with the Birmingham Post and he joined the BBC World Service in 1987. During the course of his career with the BBC World Service he has reported from such countries as Zambia, Iraq, Burma, Azerbaijan, India, and Peru. Since 1999 he has presented The World Today, Newshour and other programmes for the BBC World Service. Hearing can also be heard on BBC Radio 4 as a relief presenter on The World Tonight.
He has covered such important events as the civil wars in Angola and Mozambique, the build-up to the first Persian Gulf War, the UN intervention in Somalia, and the genocide in Rwanda.
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Ros Atkins
Ros Atkins (born Cornwall, England) is a BBC host and presenter for the BBC World Service World Have Your Say programme. He began his career as a DJ in Brixton, London. He worked for British Airways in-flight radio before starting at the BBC as a producer in 2001.
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Russell Fuller
Russell Fuller is a British sports broadcaster. He is one of the three main presenters of Sportsworld (radio) which can be heard Saturday and Sunday on BBC World Service, and is a regular presenter on BBC Radio Five Live. The average weekly audience as of June 2009 was 188 million.
Russell was part of the team who won the bronze award in the best sports programme category at the 2009 Sony Radio Academy awards, and was interviewer for BBC TV's coverage of the 2011 Open Championship golf.
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Stephen Sackur
Stephen John Sackur (born 9 January 1964) is an English journalist who presents HARDtalk, a current affairs interview programme on BBC World News and BBC News 24. He is also the main Friday presenter of GMT on BBC World News. For fifteen years he was a BBC foreign correspondent and he is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4 and a number of newspapers and magazines.
Stephen Sackur was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, and studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is married to an Iraqi, Zina Sabbagh and has three children.
Sackur began working at the BBC as a trainee in 1986, and in 1990, he was appointed as one of its foreign affairs correspondents. As a BBC Radio correspondent, Stephen reported on the Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia in 1989 and the re-unification of Germany in 1990. During the Gulf War, he was part of a BBC team covering the conflict and spent eight weeks with the British Army. At the end of the war, he was the first correspondent to report the massacre of the retreating Iraqi army on the road leading out of Kuwait. Stephen was based in Cairo, Egypt, between 1992 and 1995 as the BBC's correspondent in the Middle East and he later moved to Jerusalem in 1995 until 1997. He covered both the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the growth of the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat. Between 1997 and 2002, he was appointed the BBC's correspondent in Washington and covered the Lewinsky scandal. He later covered the U.S. Presidential Election in 2000 and interviewed President George W. Bush. Stephen went back to Iraq in 2003 after the fall of Saddam Hussein and was the first to report Iraq's mass graves of victims of the regime. He was also the moderator of BBC's worldwide broadcast of a debate on climate change with a panel of five world leaders from South Africa, the Maldives, Sweden, Australia and Mexico.
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Steve Curwood
Steve Curwood (born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on December 11, 1947) is a journalist, author, public radio personality and actor.
Curwood was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and brought up as a Quaker in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where his mother, Sarah Thomas Curwood, was a sociology professor at Antioch College.
In 1970, as a writer for the Boston Phoenix just out of Harvard University, Steve broke the story that Polaroid's instant photo system was key to apartheid pass system in South Africa. Steve moved on to the Boston Globe as an investigative reporter and columnist and shared the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service as part of the Boston Globe's education team.
His production credits in public broadcasting include reporter and host for NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, host of NPR's "World of Opera", producer for the PBS series The Advocates with Mike Dukakis, and creator, host and executive producer of Living on Earth, the prize-winning weekly environmental radio program heard for more than 21 years on public radio stations and distributed by Public Radio International (PRI) since 2006.
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Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley (pronounced /ˈtævɨs/; born September 13, 1964) is a talk show host, author, liberal political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Kokomo, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991, and starting in 1996, he hosted the talk show BET Talk (later renamed BET Tonight) on BET. Controversially, after Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC News in 2001, BET declined to renew Smiley's contract that year. Smiley then began hosting The Tavis Smiley Show on NPR from 2002 to 2004 and currently hosts Tavis Smiley on PBS on the weekdays and "The Tavis Smiley Show" from PRI. In 2010 Smiley and Dr. Cornel West have joined forces for their own radio talk show, Smiley & West. They were featured together interviewing musician Bill Withers in the 2009 documentary film Still Bill.
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Uzbek language
Uzbek (O‘zbek tili or O‘zbekcha in Latin script, Ўзбек тили or Ўзбекча in Cyrillic script; اوزبیک تیلی or اوزبیکچه in Arabic script) is a Turkic language and the official language of Uzbekistan. It has about 40 million native speakers, and it is spoken by the Uzbeks in Uzbekistan and elsewhere in Central Asia. Uzbek belongs to the southeastern Turkic or Uyghur family of Turkic languages, and consequently its lexicon and grammar are most closely linked to the Uyghur language, while other influences rose from Persian, Arabic and Russian.
One of the most distinguishing aspects of Uzbek from other Turkic languages is its rounding of the vowel /a/ to /ɒ/ or /ɔ/, a feature influenced by Persian.
Turkic speakers have probably settled in the Amu-Darya, Syr-Darya and Zeravshan river basins since at least AD 600–700, gradually ousting or assimilating the speakers of Eastern Iranian languages who previously inhabited Soghdiana, Bactria and Chorasmia. The first Turkic dynasty in the region was that of the Karakhanids in the 9th–12th centuries AD, who were a confederation of Karluks (Qarluq), Chigil, Yaghma and other tribes.
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Valerie Sanderson
Valerie Sanderson (born 1960, Nottingham) is one of the main presenters of World Briefing on the BBC World Service. Sanderson was one of the original presenters on BBC News 24 when it launched in 1997.
She studied at St Andrews University, then did a postgraduate degree at the (Baptist) Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
She joined the BBC in 1985 as a producer on Radio 4's Today programme. She has been a reporter on the Today programme and BBC Breakfast News. She was also on the Spotlight programme based in Plymouth from 1989. She helped to launch Radio Five Live in 1994. Sanderson was one of the launch presenters for BBC News 24 in 1997 and could often be seen presenting the 1-4pm slot on News 24 alongside Bill Turnbull or Chris Eakin.
As of April 2008, Sanderson is one of the main presenters of World Briefing on the BBC World Service. She occasionally presents the BBC's daily audio news podcast Newspod.
She was the partner of Radio Four's Today programme presenter John Humphrys, but they have since separated. They have one son, Owen James, born 2 June 2000.
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BBC World Service idents over the years
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- Duration: 2:10
- Updated: 10 Feb 2013
Idents of the BBC Empire Service (up till 1948) followed by the General Overseas Service (till 1980s) including the short time 'oranges and Lemons' ident of the 70s. Afther that is Lilliburlero, the world famous ident of the BBC World Service as played from the 90s till 2008. Finally, the Brand New BBC World Service Theme by David Lowe.
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Idents of the BBC Empire Service (up till 1948) followed by the General Overseas Service (till 1980s) including the short time 'oranges and Lemons' ident of the 70s. Afther that is Lilliburlero, the world famous ident of the BBC World Service as played from the 90s till 2008. Finally, the Brand New BBC World Service Theme by David Lowe.
BBC World Service Trust - Turkmenistan
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- Duration: 11:48
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Mentoring in Turkmenistan After travelling to Turkmenistan in November Back To The Planet has produced a promomotional film for the Turkmen ministers. It highlights how successful the mentoring of natural history film-making went with the Turkmen television team and provides an indication of what we will be able produce with longer periods in the field.
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Mentoring in Turkmenistan After travelling to Turkmenistan in November Back To The Planet has produced a promomotional film for the Turkmen ministers. It highlights how successful the mentoring of natural history film-making went with the Turkmen television team and provides an indication of what we will be able produce with longer periods in the field.
- published: 02 Sep 2011
- views: 3519
- author: BackToThePlanetVideo
Oliver Mtukudzi - Neria
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- Duration: 5:07
- Updated: 17 Feb 2013
As the BBC's Connected Africa Day focuses on Africa's new broadband connectivity, Network Africa sessions step in to provide you with the opportunity to really test the new technology by watching the great Zimbabwean singer and guitarist, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi performing two tracks live in our Bush House studios. This classic track, Neria is about the strength of women and how they should take their place and not feel inferior to men.
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As the BBC's Connected Africa Day focuses on Africa's new broadband connectivity, Network Africa sessions step in to provide you with the opportunity to really test the new technology by watching the great Zimbabwean singer and guitarist, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi performing two tracks live in our Bush House studios. This classic track, Neria is about the strength of women and how they should take their place and not feel inferior to men.
- published: 17 Sep 2009
- views: 198321
- author: bbcafrica
Street pianos London
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- Duration: 4:45
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
BBC world service story about 'Play Me, I'm Yours' artwork by Luke Jerram. 30 street pianos installed across London for SingLondon and City of London Festival
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BBC world service story about 'Play Me, I'm Yours' artwork by Luke Jerram. 30 street pianos installed across London for SingLondon and City of London Festival
- published: 24 Jun 2009
- views: 31162
- author: Luke Jerram
Alessio Rastani on the BBC World Service radio
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- Duration: 23:20
- Updated: 20 Oct 2012
Alessio Rastani talks about the coming economic collapse, and how to possibly profit from it. www.leadingtrader.com twitter.com www.facebook.com WHYS 30: Do the markets reflect how you feel? - Fri, 23 Sep 2011 "Global markets remain volatile after sharp falls. The G-20 have announced they will unveil a "bold action plan" at the beginning of November - but does this reassure you? Do the markets reflect how you are feeling? Or do you believe there is no cause for concern?" www.bbc.co.uk downloads.bbc.co.uk
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Alessio Rastani talks about the coming economic collapse, and how to possibly profit from it. www.leadingtrader.com twitter.com www.facebook.com WHYS 30: Do the markets reflect how you feel? - Fri, 23 Sep 2011 "Global markets remain volatile after sharp falls. The G-20 have announced they will unveil a "bold action plan" at the beginning of November - but does this reassure you? Do the markets reflect how you are feeling? Or do you believe there is no cause for concern?" www.bbc.co.uk downloads.bbc.co.uk
- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 11335
- author: vogonhq
BBC World Service interviews Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha
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- Duration: 3:42
- Updated: 06 Nov 2012
BBC World Service interviews Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Secretary General SCOPP Sri Lanka
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BBC World Service interviews Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Secretary General SCOPP Sri Lanka
- published: 12 May 2008
- views: 9143
- author: lankamission
Youngstown on BBC World Service- 10/28/08 (Pt. 1 of 2)
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- Duration: 8:56
- Updated: 28 Aug 2012
Tuesday, 28 October 2008: "Business Daily today comes from Young's Town [sic] in Ohio, the steel town that once made the cannonballs that the Union side used to win the American civil war as Bruce Springsteen points out in a marvellous song. Now the town's flattened and rusting but is there hope? Hear the voices of Young's town with some help from Bruce Springsteen."
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008: "Business Daily today comes from Young's Town [sic] in Ohio, the steel town that once made the cannonballs that the Union side used to win the American civil war as Bruce Springsteen points out in a marvellous song. Now the town's flattened and rusting but is there hope? Hear the voices of Young's town with some help from Bruce Springsteen."
- published: 01 Nov 2008
- views: 9012
- author: luxunsghost
MARSADA LIVE PERFORMANCE AND INTERVIEW audio at BBC WORLD SERVICES LONDON
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- Duration: 10:49
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Henry Manik beeing interview,Original people from Samosir being interviewed at the studio Henry Manik has just release new Solo Album , please check it out www.cdbaby.com
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Henry Manik beeing interview,Original people from Samosir being interviewed at the studio Henry Manik has just release new Solo Album , please check it out www.cdbaby.com
- published: 13 Sep 2009
- views: 29149
- author: SamosirTourism
BBC World News Reports on Global Youth Unemployment
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- Duration: 5:34
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
A recent BBC World Service survey pointed to unemployment as the world's fastest-rising concern. The ILO's Executive Director of Employment, José Manuel Salazar, was interviewed at the start of BBC World TV's week-long focus on the issue of global youth unemployment. He explained why young people are disproportionately hit by unemployment and the social consequences for young people's long-term work prospects.
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A recent BBC World Service survey pointed to unemployment as the world's fastest-rising concern. The ILO's Executive Director of Employment, José Manuel Salazar, was interviewed at the start of BBC World TV's week-long focus on the issue of global youth unemployment. He explained why young people are disproportionately hit by unemployment and the social consequences for young people's long-term work prospects.
- published: 14 Dec 2011
- views: 4270
- author: ILOTV
UKIP Nigel Farage on BBC HARDtalk, world service radio - 6th August 2012
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- Duration: 23:03
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
UK Independence party leader Nigel Farage is interviewed on BBC Hard Talk - World Service Radio, August 2012
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UK Independence party leader Nigel Farage is interviewed on BBC Hard Talk - World Service Radio, August 2012
- published: 07 Aug 2012
- views: 17958
- author: ukipmedia
BBC World original branding
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- Duration: 2:56
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Branding elements from BBC World, 1995. Main ident, break bumper, a selection of promo stings, a couple of news title sequences Titles for 'BBC World Service news' (this is from the predecessor to BBC World) Bi-lingual breakdown caption (Japanese and English)
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Branding elements from BBC World, 1995. Main ident, break bumper, a selection of promo stings, a couple of news title sequences Titles for 'BBC World Service news' (this is from the predecessor to BBC World) Bi-lingual breakdown caption (Japanese and English)
- published: 28 Apr 2009
- views: 8242
- author: LuthansaTerminal
General Rookmangud Katawal on Sajha Sawal
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- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
General Rookmangud Katawal, former Chief of Army Staff in Nepal, takes part in an episode of the disucssion programme Sajha Sawal (The Big Question). What was his experience of working with the Maoist government? Broadcast on 24 January 2010 on BBC World Service Nepali radio and Kantipur Television, local media facility supplier and on ACORAB radio network, a total of 114 stations across the country.
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General Rookmangud Katawal, former Chief of Army Staff in Nepal, takes part in an episode of the disucssion programme Sajha Sawal (The Big Question). What was his experience of working with the Maoist government? Broadcast on 24 January 2010 on BBC World Service Nepali radio and Kantipur Television, local media facility supplier and on ACORAB radio network, a total of 114 stations across the country.
- published: 25 Feb 2010
- views: 9036
- author: bbcworldservicetrust
Ep1-2-3 Treasure Pt 5 Sub.mov
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- Duration: 15:01
- Updated: 10 Aug 2012
The BBC World Service Trust presents its 24 part drama "Bishaash". Launch date: Saturday 16th October 2010.
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The BBC World Service Trust presents its 24 part drama "Bishaash". Launch date: Saturday 16th October 2010.
- published: 15 Oct 2010
- views: 6360
- author: Bishaash
KingFut.com on BBC World Service - violence in Port Said following football riot verdict
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- Duration: 4:11
- Updated: 18 Feb 2013
Adam Moustafa of KingFut.com makes his debut on BBC World TV discussing violence in Port Said following the football riot verdict that sentenced 21 people to death. A reported 31 people were killed and 322 others injured in clashes.
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Adam Moustafa of KingFut.com makes his debut on BBC World TV discussing violence in Port Said following the football riot verdict that sentenced 21 people to death. A reported 31 people were killed and 322 others injured in clashes.
- published: 02 Feb 2013
- views: 36
- author: KingFutVideo
Alarabiya - Giselle Khoury - Ayman Itani - Shankaboot - BBC WorldService Trust - April 2010
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- Duration: 10:48
- Updated: 02 Apr 2012
The interview on the TV show of Giselle Khoury discussed the use of digital media for TV and how it is affecting the production process and existing business models in the Middle East and the global economy. A lot of the discussion was focused on Shankaboot, the first online web drama in Arabic that is being produced by the BBC World Service Trust. URLs of interest: www.shankaboot.com, www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/, www.alarabiya.net, www.aymanitani.com
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The interview on the TV show of Giselle Khoury discussed the use of digital media for TV and how it is affecting the production process and existing business models in the Middle East and the global economy. A lot of the discussion was focused on Shankaboot, the first online web drama in Arabic that is being produced by the BBC World Service Trust. URLs of interest: www.shankaboot.com, www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/, www.alarabiya.net, www.aymanitani.com
- published: 24 May 2010
- views: 9875
- author: onoffbeirut
Qawwali - Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Auliya -BBC Documentary
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- Duration: 44:20
- Updated: 14 Feb 2013
BBC Documentary First broadcast on BBC World Service, Jameela Siddiqi attends the all-night festival at the cradle of Sufi music, the Nizamuddin shrine in Delhi. She attends a special performance by the Nizami Qawwal, the shrines resident musicians, and discovers qawwalis both public and secret. She talks to pilgrims and describes the mystical experience of visiting the shrine.
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BBC Documentary First broadcast on BBC World Service, Jameela Siddiqi attends the all-night festival at the cradle of Sufi music, the Nizamuddin shrine in Delhi. She attends a special performance by the Nizami Qawwal, the shrines resident musicians, and discovers qawwalis both public and secret. She talks to pilgrims and describes the mystical experience of visiting the shrine.
- published: 08 Oct 2011
- views: 22265
- author: Mirza Jamal
Telling it all 44
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- Duration: 11:09
- Updated: 11 Mar 2012
A recording of a radio interview with BBC World Service recently.
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A recording of a radio interview with BBC World Service recently.
- published: 26 Feb 2007
- views: 23609
- author: geriatric1927
Social media in the Arab world
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- Duration: 5:54
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
'Socially Responsible Media Platforms in the Arab World' is a new multi-platform initiative by the BBC World Service Trust. The aim is to develop lasting media platforms through which vulnerable, marginalised and disenfranchised groups in Arabic-speaking communities can access diverse viewpoints, air their concerns and learn from comparable experience. Countries will include Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Yemen. For more information go to www.bbcworldservicetrust.org.
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'Socially Responsible Media Platforms in the Arab World' is a new multi-platform initiative by the BBC World Service Trust. The aim is to develop lasting media platforms through which vulnerable, marginalised and disenfranchised groups in Arabic-speaking communities can access diverse viewpoints, air their concerns and learn from comparable experience. Countries will include Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Yemen. For more information go to www.bbcworldservicetrust.org.
- published: 08 Apr 2010
- views: 1464
- author: bbcworldservicetrust
Hot water turns to snow in the world's coldest place: a cool trick at -40C - BBC World News
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- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 14 Feb 2013
Adam Mynott reports from Oymyakon in Siberia for BBC Extreme World on BBC World News. See his full video report here www.bbc.co.uk More on Extreme World here www.bbc.co.uk
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Adam Mynott reports from Oymyakon in Siberia for BBC Extreme World on BBC World News. See his full video report here www.bbc.co.uk More on Extreme World here www.bbc.co.uk
- published: 03 Dec 2010
- views: 259020
- author: BBC
BBC World Debate - Powering Development in the 21st century
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- Duration: 47:19
- Updated: 11 Feb 2013
Powering development in the 21st century was the topic of a debate that aired on BBC World News television channel and also on BBC World Service radio on 16 and 17 July. Filmed during the Vienna Energy Forum at the Hofburg Palace in June 2011, the debate features Srikumar Banerjee, Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy, India; Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, Minister of Energy, South Africa; Peter Droege, President of Eurosolar, Germany; and Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The debate is moderated by BBC World News presenter Zeinab Badawi. The UN General Assembly named 2012 as the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All. The UN Foundation has launched a website for the Year: www.SEFA2012.org The 2011 Vienna Energy Forum, organized by UNIDO, the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), brought together more than 1200 participants from 125 countries including heads of state, policy-makers, experts, civil society and the private sector. A total of 99 key speakers from 45 different countries facilitated the discussion on how to overcome energy poverty and how to move from declarations of intention to tangible action on the ground. Participants at the Vienna Energy Forum called for bold steps and strategic public-private partnerships to guarantee universal energy access by 2030, including by expanding the use ...
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Powering development in the 21st century was the topic of a debate that aired on BBC World News television channel and also on BBC World Service radio on 16 and 17 July. Filmed during the Vienna Energy Forum at the Hofburg Palace in June 2011, the debate features Srikumar Banerjee, Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy, India; Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, Minister of Energy, South Africa; Peter Droege, President of Eurosolar, Germany; and Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The debate is moderated by BBC World News presenter Zeinab Badawi. The UN General Assembly named 2012 as the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All. The UN Foundation has launched a website for the Year: www.SEFA2012.org The 2011 Vienna Energy Forum, organized by UNIDO, the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), brought together more than 1200 participants from 125 countries including heads of state, policy-makers, experts, civil society and the private sector. A total of 99 key speakers from 45 different countries facilitated the discussion on how to overcome energy poverty and how to move from declarations of intention to tangible action on the ground. Participants at the Vienna Energy Forum called for bold steps and strategic public-private partnerships to guarantee universal energy access by 2030, including by expanding the use ...
- published: 22 Jul 2011
- views: 18432
- author: UNIDObeta
BBC World News First Bulletin New Studio
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- Duration: 11:12
- Updated: 17 Feb 2013
The first BBC World News shown on BBC World Service from the new studio at New Broadcast House London. The video includes elements of studio presentation and graphics plus a repeat of a previously seen report by Lucy Hokings introducing the facilities as well as a live cross to Lucy in the new centre this time in the external radio studio area. Source BBC World as seen in Australia recorded at 3 am local time which is 4pm GMT on 15 Jan 2013.
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The first BBC World News shown on BBC World Service from the new studio at New Broadcast House London. The video includes elements of studio presentation and graphics plus a repeat of a previously seen report by Lucy Hokings introducing the facilities as well as a live cross to Lucy in the new centre this time in the external radio studio area. Source BBC World as seen in Australia recorded at 3 am local time which is 4pm GMT on 15 Jan 2013.
- published: 15 Jan 2013
- views: 3946
- author: irt5
Fabien Riggall Founder of Future Shorts on BBC World News Today
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- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 27 Aug 2012
Fabien Riggall, Creative Director and Founder of Future Shorts and Secret Cinema, meets with BBC World Service to respond to David Cameron's remarks made last week regarding the Film Policy Review (released on Monday, 16 January) and funding for cinema and film production and distribution.
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Fabien Riggall, Creative Director and Founder of Future Shorts and Secret Cinema, meets with BBC World Service to respond to David Cameron's remarks made last week regarding the Film Policy Review (released on Monday, 16 January) and funding for cinema and film production and distribution.
- published: 16 Jan 2012
- views: 15972
- author: futureshorts
Superpower Promo - Exploring the Extraordinary Power of the Internet - BBC
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- Duration: 1:00
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
It wields enormous influence, acts as a catalyst for social change and empowers its users to become both consumers and creators of information on a global scale. This March, the BBCs international news services - BBC World Service, BBC World News and BBC.com - are exploring the ways in which the internet is transforming the world in a special season of programming called Superpower - go to www.bbc.com to find out more.
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It wields enormous influence, acts as a catalyst for social change and empowers its users to become both consumers and creators of information on a global scale. This March, the BBCs international news services - BBC World Service, BBC World News and BBC.com - are exploring the ways in which the internet is transforming the world in a special season of programming called Superpower - go to www.bbc.com to find out more.
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photo: AP
16 Feb 2013
February 16, 2013 -- Updated 0115 GMT (0915 HKT). Did you see the meteor? Share your images with CNN iReport ... The injured included more than 200 children. Most of those hurt are in the Chelyabinsk region, though the vast majority of injuries are not thought to be serious ... Meteor explodes over Russia ... <. 1 ... Officials from around the world were quick to call for greater vigilance in monitoring meteors ... World ... World Sport ... Terms of service ....(size: 14.9Kb)
photo: AP / Nasha gazeta, www.ng.kz
15 Feb 2013
A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains today morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 400 people, many of them hurt by broken glass. "There was panic. People had no idea what was happening ... Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Emergency Ministry said in a statement ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
photo: AP / Office of the Supreme Leader
17 Feb 2013
TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader said Saturday that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons but added that if Iran ever decided to build them, no “global power” could stop it. Related. Nuclear Watchdog Says No Deal Reached With Iran (February 15, 2013). Connect With Us on Twitter. Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List. Reporters and Editors ... Mr ... During the same session, Mr....(size: 5.9Kb)
photo: UN / Mark Garten
16 Feb 2013
Barack Obama, the US president, has pledged after this week's nuclear test "to lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats" and diplomats at the UN Security Council have already started discussing potential new sanctions ... ... Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from Seoul, said ... 479 Source. ... Frost Over The World 101 East One on One Counting The Cost Talk to Al Jazeera Empire The Cafe Al Jazeera World ... ....(size: 7.5Kb)
photo: AP / Miraflores Presidential Press Office)
15 Feb 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — The Venezuelan government on Friday released photographs of President Hugo Chávez for the first time since he had surgery in Cuba more than nine weeks ago. Enlarge This Image. Venezuelan Ministry of Information, via Reuters ... Connect With Us on Twitter. Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List. Reporters and Editors. The four photos showed Mr ... In three of the photos Mr....(size: 4.8Kb)
BBC News
18 Feb 2013
Tom Esslemont's Assignment, Murder in Corsica, was broadcast on the BBC World Service Listen via BBC iPlayer Browse the podcast documentary archive More from BBC World Service ... police and security services were concentrating on different problems ... Tom Esslemont's Assignment, Murder in Corsica, was broadcast on the BBC World Service....(size: 6.7Kb)
noodls
18 Feb 2013
"Theatre programmes in universities around the world are constantly battling against shrinking budgets and classes, and here it's expanding which is really exciting," he says ... His father, Tuma Hazou, a radio announcer for the BBC World Service in London, found himself a war correspondent when he bought a camera and returned to Jerusalem to make a documentary about the old city when war broke out in 1967....(size: 6.7Kb)
BBC News
17 Feb 2013
Romania has been accused of supplying horsemeat sold as beef - although this has been vehemently denied by the country's government ... Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world Broadcast on Radio 4 and BBC World Service Listen to the programme Download the programme ... BBC Radio 4 ... BBC World Service. Short editions Monday-Friday - see World Service programme schedule ... ....(size: 5.5Kb)
BBC News
17 Feb 2013
Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world Broadcast on Radio 4 and BBC World Service Listen to the programme Download the programme ... When the circus of world news moved on, I went with it, leaving Adam behind ... BBC Radio 4 ... BBC World Service. Short editions Monday-Friday - see World Service programme schedule....(size: 5.9Kb)
China Daily
17 Feb 2013
A BBC broadcaster says Chinese people aren't as familiar with their pasts as many believe ... Chinese history has been a recent focus of the former BBC Beijing bureau chief since she has just completed a 10-part series, China ... This eventually led to her studying Chinese at the Polytechnic of Central London (now Westminster University) and becoming Beijing correspondent for BBC World Service in 1991....(size: 4.7Kb)
Huffington Post
16 Feb 2013
From London, BBC World Service Radio is promoting, world-wide of course, a forthcoming special devoted to a quintessential bit of American history ... Trouble is, the BBC's timing is just a little off -- or at least a tad late ... So her centennial has now well and truly passed -- by a good fortnight, to employ a good old-fashioned BBC time-measure....(size: 2.5Kb)
BBC News
16 Feb 2013
(Although, on second thoughts…) ... He is a regular contributor to the BBC World Service's In The Balance ... In the financial world, after all we've been through, sub-prime loans are actually making a comeback, as record low interest rates cause investors to chase returns elsewhere ... If consumers, for economic and other reasons, are going to mince their worlds, then at least they should be left in no doubt what they're eating ... ....(size: 5.5Kb)
BBC News
15 Feb 2013
He called my mobile phone sounding a little panicky, shortly before our rendezvous at an anonymous motorway service station in north-west Italy ... Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world Broadcast on Radio 4 and BBC World Service Listen to the programme Download the programme ... BBC Radio 4 ... BBC World Service. Short editions Monday-Friday - see World Service programme schedule....(size: 6.1Kb)
BBC News
15 Feb 2013
Everyone knows there are lots of species yet to be discovered in rainforests and remote parts of the world ... The World is co-produced by BBC World Service, Public Radio International and WGBH in Boston Airs weekdays on more than 300 radio stations across the US and Canada Listen to The World Download a podcast ... Germany and France BBC Nature All about ants ... The World is a co-production of the BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH....(size: 7.0Kb)
BBC News
15 Feb 2013
Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng has strongly hinted that he will not play for Great Britain this summer. His loss would be a considerable blow to Britain's European Championship prospects, which would in turn impact the sport's plans for future funding. Chris Mitchell BBC World Service in Houston. Deng has rarely drawn breath since he first suited up for the GB team in 2007 ... In Houston, Deng told BBC Sport ... Share this story ... print. ....(size: 2.3Kb)
BBC News
14 Feb 2013
The world of taxi drivers is dominated by men ... The World is a co-produced by BBC World Service, Public Radio International and WGBH in Boston Airs weekdays on more than 300 radio stations across the US and Canada Listen to The World Download a podcast ... They were pleased with the service and news spread ... Rhitu Chatterjee was reporting for The World - a co-production of the BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH....(size: 7.0Kb)
Business Day
14 Feb 2013
THE state of the nation address on Thursday evening has importance beyond the contents of the president’s speech, providing MPs and guests with an opportunity to strut about in all their finery. From the outrageous to the elegant, it is the time to display one’s sense of style ... Politics is a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. Death by gluttony ... Use it or lose it. THE BBC World Service has a story that makes the Insider squirm ... ....(size: 3.0Kb)
BBC News
13 Feb 2013
For many young people around the world, a night out often involves seeing friends, dancing and drinking - and it's not only on St Valentine's day that romance is on the agenda ... The women's stories were featured this week on the BBC World Service programme Newsday More from Newsday More from BBC World Service ... The five women's stories were featured on the BBC World Service programme Newsday....(size: 8.9Kb)
For the BBC television network, see BBC World News.
"World Service" redirects here. For the albums, see World Service (Spear of Destiny album) and World Service (Delirious? album).
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| Type | Radio network |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Availability | Worldwide |
| Owner | BBC |
| Key people | Peter Horrocks (Director) |
| Launch date | 19 December 1932 (1932-12-19) |
| Former names | BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC |
| Official website | www.bbcworldservice.com |
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster,[1][2] broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays. It is politically independent (by mandate of the Agreement providing details of the topics outlined in the BBC Charter),[3] non-profit, and commercial-free.
The English language service broadcasts 24 hours a day. In June 2009 the BBC reported that the World Service's average weekly audience reached 188 million people.[4] The World Service is funded by grant-in-aid through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by the British Government.[5] From 2014, it will be funded by the compulsory BBC licence fee levied on every household in the United Kingdom using a television to watch broadcast programmes.[6]
BBC World Service is a patron of The Radio Academy.[7] The Director of the World Service is Peter Horrocks.
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History[link]
The BBC World Service began as the BBC Empire Service in 1932 as a shortwave service,[8] and celebrated its 80th anniversary on 29 February 2012. Its broadcasts were aimed principally at English speakers in the outposts of the British Empire, or as George V put it in the first-ever Royal Christmas Message, the "men and women, so cut off by the snow, the desert, or the sea, that only voices out of the air can reach them."[9]
First hopes for the Empire Service were low. The Director General, Sir John Reith (later Lord Reith) said in the opening programme: "Don't expect too much in the early days; for some time we shall transmit comparatively simple programmes, to give the best chance of intelligible reception and provide evidence as to the type of material most suitable for the service in each zone. The programmes will neither be very interesting nor very good."[10] This address was read out five times as it was broadcast live to different parts of the world.
On 3 January 1938, the first foreign language service, Arabic, was launched. German programmes commenced shortly before the start of the Second World War and by the end of 1942 broadcasts were being made in all major European languages. The Empire Service was renamed the BBC Overseas Service in November 1939, and a dedicated BBC European Service was added in 1941. These broadcasting services, financed not from the domestic licence fee but from government grant-in-aid (from the Foreign Office budget), were known administratively as the External Services of the BBC.
The External Services gained a special position in international broadcasting during the Second World War, as an alternative source of news for a wide range of audiences, especially those in enemy and occupied territories who often had to listen secretly. George Orwell broadcast many news bulletins on the Eastern Service during World War II.[11][12]
The German Service, created on 29 March 1938 and discontinued in 1999, played an important part in the propaganda war against Nazi Germany.[13]
The service has been located at Bush House since a parachute mine damaged the studios' original home at Broadcasting House on 8 December 1940.[14] The European Service was the first to relocate, followed by the rest of the External Services in 1958. As part of a larger changes in terms of the use of BBC properties, the World Service will return to Broadcasting House in 2012, when BBC News, BBC World News, the World Service, and BBC London will all be located in the same newsroom for the first time.
The name "BBC World Service" took effect on 1 May 1965.[15]
In August 1985, the service went off the air for the first time. Workers were striking in protest at the British government's decision to ban a documentary featuring an interview with Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin. The External Services were renamed under the BBC World Service brand in 1988.
Aim[link]
According to the World Service, its aims include being "the world's best-known and most-respected voice in international broadcasting, thereby bringing benefit to the UK, the BBC and to audiences around the world".[16] The UK Government spent £241 million on the World Service in 2008/9.[17]
The BBC is a Crown Corporation of the British Government, but operates independently of it. There is no direct control of the BBC by the British Government. The World Service is required to take a "balanced British view" of international developments.[18]
During the Cold War the World Service was one of the leading international broadcasters to the Soviet Union.[19] The fall of the Iron Curtain has led to a significant change in World Service activities in the former Soviet Union and in Eastern Europe.[20] In its 2007 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Annual Report, the House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee concluded that the BBC Russian Service's joint project with Bolshoe Radio: was "the development of a partnership with the international arm of a Russian state broadcasting network [which] puts the BBC World Service’s reputation for editorial independence at risk."[21]
BBC Learning English, a constituent part of the World Service, devotes significant resources to helping people learn English.[22]
Programmes[link]
The English programme of the BBC World Service initially offered news, background, entertainment, culture and spiritual matters. After the 1990s only news, background, and culture remained.
After 1945[link]
After 1945, the World Service was recognisably British in its programming. This was most clearly symbolised by the hourly broadcast of the song Lillibullero (still broadcast, but not as often as before), followed by the chimes of Big Ben (no longer used in English-language broadcasts). Apart from news, there were music programmes, such as those presented by John Peel, classical music programmes presented by Edward Greenfield, religious programmes with mostly Anglican celebrations, often from the Church of St. Martin in the Fields, weekly drama, educational programmes such as English-language lessons, and humour, with Just A Minute. The hourly news always contained a section called News from Britain.
The towering figure among the informative programmes was Letter from America by Alistair Cooke, which was broadcast for over 50 years. For many years, a daily reading from a novel, biography or history book was broadcast in Off the Shelf. One of the longest running programmes is Outlook, which features human interest stories. It was first broadcast in July 1966 and was presented for more than thirty years by John Tidmarsh, who was awarded an OBE for his services to broadcasting.
The shortwave broadcasts and links between London and overseas relays were very unreliable before satellite communication, and the BBC relied heavily on enthusiastic shortwave listeners ("DXers") for reception reports. In 1967 they started a regular programme "BBC WORLD RADIO CLUB" to register this network of dedicated technical reporters. Presented by Doug Crawford, a former pirate-radio DJ, the programme regularly received 16 sacks of mail a week.
After 1990s[link]
At the end of the 1990s the BBC decided to focus more heavily on news. During the Second Gulf War the BBC World Service in English started broadcasting short news summaries on the half hour, and continues to do so. Drama and music are still broadcast, but not as frequently as had been the case previously. The BBC World Service has argued that people tune to them mainly for news and that most people can access plenty of music from other sources.
Programmes[link]
Mainstays of the current BBC World Service schedule include the news programmes The World Today, World Update, Newshour and World Briefing, and the daily arts and entertainment news programme The Strand, which started in late 2008. There is a daily science programme, including Health Check, Click and Science in Action. At the weekends, much of the schedule is taken up by Sportsworld, which often includes live commentary of Premier League football matches. On Sundays the international, interdisciplinary discussion programme The Forum is broadcast. On weekdays, an hour of the schedule is given over to World: Have Your Say which encourages listeners to participate in discussing current events via text message, phone calls, emails and blog postings.
Statistics and languages[link]
The following audience estimates are from research conducted in 2004 by independent market research agencies[specify] on behalf of the BBC:
| Language | 2004 | 2006 |
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| English | 39 million | 44 million |
| Persian | 20.4 million | 22 million |
| Hindi | 16.1 million | 21 million |
| Urdu | 10.4 million | 12 million |
| Arabic | 12.4 million | 16 million |
In Africa and the Middle East the service broadcasts to 66 million listeners, of whom 18.7 million listen in English.
Besides English, the BBC World Service broadcasts in
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The German broadcasts were stopped in March 1999 after 60 years, as research showed that the majority of German listeners tuned in to the English version. Broadcasts in Dutch, Finnish, French for Europe, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese and Malay were stopped for similar reasons.
On 25 October 2005 it was announced that the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Kazakh, Polish,[23] Slovak, Slovene and Thai language radio services would end by March 2006 in order to finance the launch of an Arabic and Persian language TV news channel in 2007. Romanian broadcasts ceased on 1 August 2008.
In January 2011, BBC World Service announced that it would be closing five language services: Albanian, Macedonian, Portuguese for Africa, Serbian, and English for the Caribbean. The British government announced that the three Balkan countries had luxuriant access to international information and continuation of broadcast in the local tongues had become unnecessary. It is a part of reducing 650 jobs (more than 25 percent of its workforce) due to facing a 16 percent budget cut between now and 2014 related with government's comprehensive spending review. It will make BBC cuts more than 1000 jobs following 360 jobs cut at BBC Online a few days earlier.[24]
In March 2011 The Guardian published an article[25] describing an agreement with the US State Department to receive funding in exchange for helping listeners access the World Service from countries routinely applying state censorship. This came shortly after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the US was losing the information war to (amongst others) China and Russia.
Transmission[link]
Traditionally, the BBC World Service relied on shortwave, because of its ability to overcome barriers of censorship, distance and spectrum scarcity. To this end, the BBC has maintained a worldwide network of shortwave relay stations since the 1940s, mainly in former British colonies. Over the decades, some of these stations have acquired increasingly powerful mediumwave and FM outlets as well. A special use of such cross-border broadcasts has been emergency messages to British subjects abroad, such as the advice to evacuate Jordan during the Black September incidents of September 1970. These facilities were privatised in 1997 as Merlin Communications, which were later acquired and operated as part of a wider network for multiple broadcasters by VT Communications (now part of Babcock International Group). It is common for BBC programmes to air on traditionally Voice of America or ORF transmitters, while their programming is relayed by a station physically located in the UK.
Since the 1980s, satellite distribution has made it possible for local stations to relay BBC programming, typically news bulletins but also educational, drama, and sports programming. The World Service is available as a free (basic) channel on a large number of satellite and cable systems. Both a live stream and an archive of previous programmes (now including podcasts) are available on the Internet.
Africa[link]
Broadcasts have traditionally come from the UK, Cyprus (see Europe), the large BBC Atlantic Relay Station on Ascension Island, and the smaller Lesotho Relay Station and Indian Ocean Relay Station on Seychelles. A large part of the English schedule is taken up by specialist programming from and for Africa, for example Network Africa, Focus on Africa and Africa Have Your Say. In the 1990s, the BBC added FM facilities in many African capital cities. BBC service for Africa also uses Portuguese and French languages.
Americas[link]
BBC shortwave broadcasts to this region were traditionally enhanced by the Atlantic Relay Station and the Caribbean Relay Company, a station in Antigua run jointly with Deutsche Welle. In addition, an exchange agreement with Radio Canada International gave access to their station in New Brunswick. However, "changing listening habits" led the World Service to end shortwave radio transmission directed to North America and Australasia on 1 July 2001.[26][27] A shortwave listener coalition formed to oppose the change.[28] Both XM Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio rebroadcast the World Service over commercial satellite radio to Canada and the United States,[29] and more than 300 public radio stations across the U.S. carry World Service news broadcasts—mostly during the overnight and early-morning hours—over AM and FM radio, through Public Radio International (PRI). The BBC and PRI also co-produce the programme The World with WGBH Radio Boston, and the BBC is also involved with The Takeaway morning news programme based at WNYC in New York City. BBC World Service programming also airs as part of CBC Radio One's CBC Radio Overnight schedule in Canada.
The BBC continues to broadcast to Central America and South America in several languages. It is possible to receive the Western African shortwave radio broadcasts from eastern North America, but the BBC does not guarantee reception in this area.[30] It has ended its specialist programming to the Falkland Islands but continues to provide a stream of World Service programming to the Falkland Islands Radio Service.[31]
Asia[link]
For several decades, the World Service's largest audiences have been in Asia, the Middle East, Near East and South Asia. Transmission facilities in the UK and Cyprus have been supplemented by the former BBC Eastern Relay Station in Oman and the Far Eastern Relay Station in Singapore. The East Asian Relay Station moved from Hong Kong to Thailand when the former British colony reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Together, these facilities have given the BBC World Service an easily accessible signal in regions where shortwave listening has traditionally been popular. The English shortwave frequencies of 6195, 9740, 15310/360 and 17790/760 kHz are widely known.
The largest audiences are in English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and other major languages of South Asia, where BBC broadcasters are household names. The Persian service is essentially the national broadcaster of Afghanistan, along with its Iranian audience. The World Service is available up to eighteen hours a day in English across Asia, and in Arabic for the Middle East. With the addition of relays in Afghanistan and Iraq these services are accessible in most of the Middle and Near East, at least in the evening. In Hong Kong and Singapore, the BBC World Service in English is essentially treated as a domestic broadcaster, easily available through long-term agreements with Radio Television Hong Kong and MediaCorp Radio. In the Philippines, DZRJ 810 AM airs the BBC World Service in English from 12mn - 5am.
On 13 January 2006, Thai BBC was closed to divert resources instead to a new Arabic language satellite television broadcasting station, although there were more than 570,000 listeners weekly.[32]
In 2011 the Mandarin shortwave service for China was closed due to spending cuts, though internet services and a weekly Cantonese radio broadcast continue.[33]
Jamming[link]
Iran, Iraq and Myanmar/Burma have all jammed the BBC in the past. Japan and Korea have little tradition of World Service listening, although during the 1970s to 1980s, shortwave listening was popular in Japan. In those two countries, the BBC World Service was only available via shortwave and the Internet. As of September 2007, a satellite transmission (subscription required) became available by Skylife (Channel 791) in South Korea.
Europe[link]
The World Service employed a medium wave transmitter at Orford Ness to provide English-language coverage to Europe, including on the frequency 648 kHz (which could be heard in parts of the south-east of England). Transmissions on this frequency were stopped on March 27, 2011, as a consequence of the budgetary constraints imposed on the BBC World Service in the 2010 budget review.[34] A second channel (1296 kHz) traditionally broadcast in various Central European languages, but in 2005 it began regular English-language transmissions via the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) format.[35] This is a digital shortwave technology that VT expects to become the standard for cross-border transmissions in developed countries.
In the 1990s, the BBC purchased and constructed large medium wave and FM networks in the former Soviet bloc, particularly the Czech (BBC Czech Section), Slovak Republics (BBC Slovak Section), Poland (BBC Polish Section) (where it was a national network) and Russia (BBC Russian Service). It had built up a strong audience during the Cold War, whilst economic restructuring made it difficult for these governments to refuse Western investment. Many of these facilities have now returned to domestic control, as economic and political conditions have changed.
On Monday 18 February 2008, the BBC World Service stopped analogue shortwave transmissions to Europe. The notice stated, "Increasing numbers of people around the world are choosing to listen to radio on a range of other platforms including FM, satellite and online, with fewer listening on shortwave."[36] It is sometimes possible to pick up the BBC World Service in Europe on SW frequencies targeted at North Africa. The BBC's powerful 198 kHz LW, which broadcasts the domestic BBC Radio 4 to Britain during the day (and carries the World Service during the night) can also be heard in nearby parts of Europe, including the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium and parts of France, Germany and Scandinavia.
On Wednesday, 10 December 2008, BBC World Service and Deutsche Welle started broadcasting a joint DRM digital radio station. It broadcasts a mix of English-language news and information programmes produced by each partner, and is aimed at an audience in mainland Europe. The station hopes, among other things, to stimulate the production of DRM radio receivers.
Former BBC shortwave transmitters are located in the United Kingdom at Rampisham, Woofferton and Skelton. The former BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station is in Cyprus.
Pacific[link]
Shortwave relays from Singapore (see Asia, above) continue, but historic relays via Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Radio New Zealand International were wound down in the late 1990s. The World Service is available as part of the subscription Digital Air package (available from Foxtel and Austar) in Australia. ABC NewsRadio, SBS Radio, and various community radio stations also broadcast many programmes. Many of these stations broadcast a straight feed during the midnight to dawn period. It is also available pseudo-free-to-air via the satellite service Optus Aurora, which is encrypted for the sake of protecting local rebroadcasting of national television services (a subscription is available for qualifying citizens living in remote areas).
In Sydney, Australia a transmission of the service can be received at 152.025 MHz. It is also available on the DAB+ Network in Australia under the name of SBS6.
BBC World Service relays on Radio Australia now carry the BBC Radio news programs. 2MBS-FM 102.5, a classical music station in Sydney, also carries the BBC World Service news programs at 7am and 8am on weekdays, during its 'Music for a New Day' breakfast program.
BBC World Service is on an AM Frequency (810 kHz) in Auckland, New Zealand.
UK[link]
The BBC World Service does not receive funding for broadcasts to the UK, and reliable medium wave reception has traditionally only been possible in southeast England (see Europe, above). Since the introduction of digital broadcasting, the World Service's output has been made more widely available in the UK—the service is now carried on DAB, Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky Digital. After the British domestic radio station BBC Radio 4 ceases broadcasting at 0100 GMT, the World Service is broadcast on all its frequencies overnight, including 198 kHz longwave, which can be heard in parts of continental Europe.
Although the BBC said that shortwave transmissions for Western Europe had ceased (as of March 2007),[37] shortwave reception of 6195 and 9410 kHz, which might be aimed at Western Russia, was still possible for a few hours a day in the UK (sometimes, with a high strength signal), 9410 kHz from the Seychelles (For East Africa) is receivable in the UK between 18.30 and 22.00 (Feb 2011) However,the BBC has said all the remaining analogue shortwave transmissions to Europe ceased as of February 2008.[38] In a very few cases, 15400 kHz from the relay station in Ascension Island still becomes listenable, as are some frequencies directed to Africa.
In 2002, residents of Hooke in Dorset reported a case of the signal being so strong that they were able to receive the station through their toasters and other electrical appliances.[39]
BBC World Service is able to be header on Freeview and Online
Interval signals[link]
The interval signal of the BBC World Service in English were the Bow Bells, a recording made in 1926. Introduced as a symbol of hope during the Second World War, it was until recently used preceding many (though not all) English-language broadcasts. Though for a few years in the 1970s, Oranges and Lemons was used as the interval, the Bow Bells were soon reintroduced.
January 1941 saw the beginning of the Morse code letter "V" as an interval signal. The interval signal had several variations including timpani, the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (which coincide with the letter "V"), and electronic tones which until recently remained in use for some Western European services. In other languages, the interval signal is three notes, pitched B-B-C. The use of interval signals on shortwave broadcasts appears to have been abandoned lately.
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A sample of the BBC World Service top-of-hour announcement
The BBC World Service's signature tune is now a five-note motif created by composer David Arnold. It is heard across the network in different variations.[40][41] The World Service's well-known signature tune Lillibullero was previously broadcast approaching the top of many hours, followed by the Greenwich Time Signal and the hourly news.[41] Now, a variety of voices declaim "This is the BBC in..." and go on to name various cities (e.g. Kampala, Milan, Delhi, Johannesburg). Until fairly recently, the hourly sequence was preceded by the announcement "This is London" — it is now followed by a more promotional "Wherever you are, you're with the BBC" or "With world news every half hour, this is the BBC". Except in the UK, these announcements no longer refer to the BBC World Service, but just "the BBC". More recently, Lillibulero has been relegated only to occasional use, and when it is played, only a shortened version is used. It has been suggested (by World Service staff) that the reduction in the use of Lillibullero is firstly because of its background as a Protestant marching song in Northern Ireland.[41]
The BBC's official response is that the decision was made by the transmission engineers, who found it particularly audible through short wave mush, and that they knew it as a tune for the old English song "There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket, quite 20 times as high as the moon".[40]
File:BBC World Service Big Ben 1-1-2009.ogg
The BBC World Service announce and time signal at Midnight GMT, 1 January 2009
GMT is announced on the hour on the English service, e. g. "13 hours Greenwich Mean Time" is said at 1300 GMT. 0000 GMT is announced as "Midnight Greenwich Mean Time". On New Year's Eve, in what is an annual tradition, the World Service broadcasts the midnight chimes of London's landmark Big Ben clock tower.
News[link]
The core feature of much World Service scheduling is the news. This is almost always transmitted at one minute past the hour, where there is a five-minute bulletin, and on the half-hour where there is a two-minute summary. Sometimes these bulletins are separated from the programmes being transmitted, whilst at other times they are integral to the programme (such as with World Briefing, Newshour or The World Today).
Announcers and newsreaders[link]
The BBC World Service employs a team of 8 staff announcer/newsreaders.[citation needed] As of late 2011, following restructuring in the Presentation department, those who regularly read the news are:
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Also heard are freelancers:
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BBC breaking news policy[link]
BBC policy for breaking news[42] has a priority list. With domestic news, the correspondent first records a "generic minute" summary (for use by all stations and channels) and then priority is to report on Radio 5 Live, then on the domestic BBC News Channel and onto any other programmes that are on air. For foreign news, first a "generic minute" is recorded, then reports are to World Service radio, then the correspondent talks to any other programmes that are on air at the time.
Range of languages[link]
History of BBC World Service Language Broadcasting Services (sorted by language)[43][44][45]
| Language | Start Date | Close Date | Restart Date |
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| Afrikaans | 14 May 1939 | 8 September 1957 | - |
| Albanian | 12 November 1940 BBC Albanian | 20 January 1967, 28 February 2011 | 20 February 1993 |
| Arabic | 3 January 1938 BBC Arabic | - | - |
| Azeri | 30 November 1994 BBC Azeri | - | - |
| Belgian French & Belgian Dutch | 28 September 1940 | 30 March 1952 | - |
| Bengali (BBC Bengali) | 11 October 1941 BBC Bangla | - | - |
| Bulgarian | 7 February 1940 BBC Bulgarian | 23 December 2005 | - |
| Burmese | 2 September 1940 BBC Burmese | - | - |
| Croatian | 29 September 1991 BBC Croatian Archive | 31 January 2006 | - |
| Chinese-Cantonese | 5 May 1941 BBC Chinese | - | - |
| Chinese-Hokkien | 1 October 1942 | 7 February 1948 | - |
| Chinese-Mandarin | 19 May 1941 BBC Chinese | 25 March 2011 | - |
| Czech | 31 December 1939 BBC Czech Archive | 28 February 2006 | - |
| Danish | 9 April 1940 | 10 August 1957 | - |
| Dutch | 11 April 1940 | 10 August 1957 | - |
| Dutch for Indonesia | 28 August 1944 | 2 April 1945, 13 May 1951 | 25 May 1946 |
| English | 25 December 1936 BBC World Service | - | - |
| English (Caribbean) | 25 December 1976 BBC Caribbean | 25 March 2011[46][47] | - |
| Finnish | 18 March 1940 | 31 March 1997 | - |
| French for Africa | 20 June 1960 BBC French | - | - |
| French for Canada | 2 November 1942 | 8 May 1980 | - |
| French for Europe | 27 September 1938 | 31 March 1995 | - |
| French for South-East Asia | 28 August 1944 | 3 April 1955 | - |
| German | 27 September 1938 | 30 March 1999 | - |
| German for Austria | 29 March 1943 | 15 September 1957 | - |
| Greek | 30 September 1939 BBC Greek Archive | 31 December 2005 | - |
| Greek for Cyprus | 16 September 1940 | 3 June 1951 | - |
| Gujarati | 1 March 1942 | 3 September 1944 | - |
| Hausa | 13 March 1957 BBC Hausa | - | - |
| Hebrew | 30 October 1949 | 28 October 1968 | - |
| Hindi | 11 May 1940 BBC Hindi | - | - |
| Hungarian | 5 September 1939 BBC Hungarian Archive | 31 December 2005 | - |
| Icelandic | 1 December 1940 | 26 June 1944 | - |
| Italian | 27 September 1938 | 31 December 1981 | - |
| Indonesian | 30 October 1949 BBC Indonesian | - | - |
| Japanese | 4 July 1943 | 31 March 1991 | - |
| Kazakh | 1 April 1995 BBC Kazakh Archive | 16 December 2005 | - |
| Kinyarwanda | 8 September 1994 BBC Kinyarwanda | - | - |
| Kyrgyz | 1 April 1995 BBC Kyrgyz | - | - |
| Luxembourgish | 29 May 1943 | 30 May 1952 | - |
| Macedonian | 6 January 1996 BBC Macedonian | 4 March 2011 | - |
| Malay | 2 May 1941 | 31 March 1991 | - |
| Maltese | 10 August 1940 | 31 December 1981 | - |
| Marathi | 1 March 1942 | 3 September 1944, 25 December 1958 | 31 December 1944 |
| Nepali | 7 June 1969 BBC Nepali | - | - |
| Norwegian | 9 April 1940 | 10 August 1957 | - |
| Pashto | 15 August 1981 BBC Pashto | - | - |
| Persian | 28 December 1940 BBC Persian | - | - |
| Polish | 7 September 1939 BBC Polish Archive | 23 December 2005 | - |
| Portuguese for Africa | 4 June 1939 BBC para Africa | 25 February 2011 | - |
| Portuguese-Brasil | 14 March 1938 BBC Brasil | - | - |
| Portuguese for Europe | 4 June 1939 | 10 August 1957 | - |
| Romanian | 15 September 1939 BBC Romanian Archive | 1 August 2008 | - |
| Russian language (BBC Russian Service) | 7 October 1942 BBC Russian | 26 May 1943 | 24 March 1946 |
| Serbian | 29 September 1991 BBC Serbian | 25 February 2011 [48] | - |
| Sinhala | 10 March 1942 BBC Sinhala | 30 March 1976 | 11 March 1990 |
| Slovak | 31 December 1941 BBC Slovak Archive | 31 December 2005 | - |
| Slovene | 22 April 1941 BBC Slovene Archive | 23 December 2005 | - |
| Somali | 18 July 1957 BBC Somali | - | - |
| Spanish for the Americas | 14 March 1938 BBC Mundo | - | - |
| Swahili | 27 June 1957 BBC Swahili | - | - |
| Swedish | 12 February 1940 | 4 March 1961 | - |
| Tamil | 3 May 1941 BBC Tamil | - | - |
| Thai | 27 April 1941 BBC Thai Archive | 5 March 1960, 13 January 2006 | 3 June 1962 |
| Turkish | 20 November 1939 BBC Turkish | 27 May 2011 | - |
| Ukrainian | 1 June 1992 BBC Ukrainian | - | - |
| Urdu | 3 April 1949 BBC Urdu | - | - |
| Uzbek | 30 November 1994 BBC Uzbek | - | - |
| Vietnamese | 6 February 1952 BBC Vietnamese | - | - |
| Welsh (to Patagonia) | 1945 | 1946 | - |
| Yugoslav (Serbo-Croatian) | 15 September 1939 | 28 September 1991 | - |
Magazine publishing[link]
At various times in its history, the BBC World Service has published magazines and programme guides:
- London Calling: listings
- BBC Worldwide: included features of interest to an international audience (included London Calling as an insert)
- BBC On Air: mainly listings
- BBC Focus on Africa: current affairs
Of these, only BBC Focus on Africa is still being published.
See also[link]
References[link]
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- ^ "About Us: BBC World Service". British Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 22 October 2010. http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/public-diplomacy/world-service. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ The Radio Academy "Patrons"
- ^ Analysis: BBC's voice in Europe Jan Repa, BBC News Online: 25 October 2005
- ^ Historic moments from the 1930s: 1932 - The Empire Service is founded, from the BBC World Service website
- ^ Transcribed from recording on World Service 75th Anniversary DVD; full extract transmitted as part of opening program - the Reith Global Debate - of the 'Free to Speak' 75th anniversary season
- ^ West, W. J., ed. (1985). Orwell: The War Broadcasts. Duckworth & Co/BBC. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/978-9999723305|978-9999723305]]
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- ^ The authoritative source on the BBC's German Service is Carl Brinitzer's book "Hier spricht London". Brinitzer, a German lawyer from Hamburg living in exile in London, was a founding member.
- ^ "West End at War". http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__114_path__0p2p.aspx.
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- ^ "Annual Review 2008/2009". BBC News. 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/institutional/2009/06/090609_annual_review2009_aims.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-08.
- ^ "Foreign and Commonwealth Office Budget". http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/spend-our-budget/. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
- ^ "BBC protocol". http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/protocols/b4_bbcworldservice.txt.
- ^ "Broadcasters and historians from both sides of the Iron Curtain assess impact of Western radios during the Cold War". http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.item&news_id=100934.
- ^ "Why the World Service still matters". The Independent (London). 9 July 2007. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/why-the-world-service-still-matters-456551.html.
- ^ 2007 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Annual Report, the House of Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee, November 2007 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmfaff.htm
- ^ "BBC Learning English". bbc.co.uk. BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- ^ BBC East Europe voices silenced BBC News Online: 21 December 2005
- ^ BBC World Service to 'cut up to 650 jobs' http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/25/bbc-world-service-jobs
- ^ Dowell, Ben (20 March 2011). "BBC World Service to sign funding deal with US state department". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/20/bbc-world-service-us-funding.
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- ^ "BBC WORLD SERVICE AND XM ANNOUNCE PROGRAMMING ALLIANCE" (Press release). XM Satellite Radio. 26 July 1999. http://xmradio.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=1104. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
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- ^ World Service in the Caribbean
- ^ "A fond farewell to BBC Serbian". BBC News. 26 February 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9407506.stm.
External links[link]
- BBC World Service at BBC Online
- BBC World Service key facts from the BBC Press Office at BBC Online
- BBC World Service live streaming - WMA 1, WMA 2
- English News live streaming - WMA
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This article is about international news and current affairs channel. For the BBC radio network, see BBC World Service. For the programme aired at 05:00 GMT/BST on BBC One and BBC News, see BBC World News (programme).
| BBC World News | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Launched | 11 March 1991 |
| Network | BBC News |
| Owned by | BBC |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i, HDTV)/(576i), SDTV |
| Audience share | Available in: 330 million homes 1.7 million hotel rooms 81 cruise ships 46 airlines 35 mobile phone platforms 74 million viewers per week (September 2011, [1] [1]) |
| Slogan | The BBC International News Channel (1995–1999) With news and information 24 hours a day (1999–2003) Putting News First (2003–2008) International News Television (2008–2010)[2] |
| Country | United Kingdom (for external consumption only) |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide (except U.K.) |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Formerly called | BBC World Service Television (1991–1995[citation needed]) BBC World (1995[citation needed]–2008) |
| Sister channel(s) | BBC News BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC Parliament BBC HD |
| Website | www.bbc.co.uk/news |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer TV Access (Sweden) | Channel 27 MPEG-4 |
| Televisió Digital Terrestre (Andorra) | Channel 20 |
| Satellite | |
| Hot Bird 6 | 12597 V / 27500 / 3/4 |
| Hispasat 1C | 12012 V / 27500 / 3/4 |
| Astra 1L | 11597 V / 22000 / 5/6 |
| Thor 5 | 11325 H / 24500 / 7/8 |
| Badr 4 | 12073 H / 27500 / 3/4 |
| Nilesat 101 | 11766 H / 27500 / 3/4 |
| SKY Italia (Italy) | Channel 520 |
| HiTV (Nigeria) | Channel 03 |
| Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) | Channel 134 |
| Indovision (Indonesia) | Channel 332 |
| Digital+ (Spain) | Channel 74 |
| Bell TV (Canada) | Channel 510 |
| Shaw Direct (Canada) | Channel 501 |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 512 |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 536 |
| Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) |
Channel 2 |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 92 |
| SKY Network Television (New Zealand) |
Channel 093 |
| Austar (Australia) | Channel 649 |
| TVB Pay Vision (Hong Kong) | Channel 62 |
| SkyLife (South Korea) | Channel 519 |
| SKY PerfecTV! (Japan) | Channel 252 |
| SKY PerfecTV! e2 (Japan) | Channel 353 |
| CanalSat (France) | Channel 58 |
| Digiturk (Turkey) | Channel 122 |
| Dream (Philippines) | Channel 21 |
| Foxtel (Australia) | Channel 649 |
| MEO (Portugal) | Channel 204 |
| GVT (Brazil) | Channel 138 |
| Cable | |
| UPC (Ireland) | Channel 206 |
| Vidéotron (Canada) | Channel 147 |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 701 |
| Rogers Cable (Canada) | Channels 37 and 194 Digital (Analogue is channel 45) |
| Shaw TV (Canada) | Channels 41 |
| Cable TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 75 |
| Verizon FiOS (United States) | Channel 107 |
| HiTV (Nigeria) | Channel 3 |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 20 |
| Global Destiny (Philippines) | Channel 27 |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 29 |
| OneLink Communications (Puerto Rico) | Channel 74 |
| TelstraClear InHomeTV (New Zealand) | Channel 93 |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 230 |
| Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 15 |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 72 |
| Foxtel (Australia) | Channel 649 |
| Optus TV (Australia) | Channel 649 |
| Kabel Deutschland (Germany) | Channel 838 |
| ONO (Spain) | Channel 145 |
| IPTV | |
| TV di FASTWEB (Italy) | Channel 88 |
| FreeBox TV (France) | |
| TELUS TV (Canada) | Channel 96 |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 320 |
| Imagenio (Spain) | Channel 134 |
| MEO (Portugal) | Channel 204 |
| Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | Channel 510 |
| Deutsche Telekom Germany | Channel 99 |
| Fetch TV (Australia) | Channel 180 |
| CHT MOD (Taiwan) | Channel 117 |
| Hikari TV (Japan) | Channel 852 |
| Internet television | |
| Livestation Unavailable in UK, USA, Australia and Japan | (Free, 502 Kbit/s) |
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world.[1] Launched on 11 March 1991 as the BBC World Service Television outside of Europe, with its name changed to BBC World in 1995 and to BBC World News in 2008, it broadcasts for 24-hours with television programming including BBC News bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. Its main global competitor is CNN International, though it also competes with other major news broadcasting companies. It employs more correspondents, reporters, and international bureaus than any other news channel.[3]
Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, BBC World News is not funded by a licence fee. Instead, it is funded commercially by advertising.
On 21 April 2008, the channel changed its name from BBC World to BBC World News as part of a £550,000 rebranding of the BBC's news output, including a new visual identity. The channel later moved into the renovated former studio of the BBC News channel.
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History[link]
The channel originally launched as BBC World Service Television, though unlike BBC World Service radio which has always been government funded, the British government refused to extend the Foreign Office grant-in-aid. It was launched on 11 March 1991, after two weeks of real time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 19:00 GMT. The programme editor was Johan "John" Ramsland from World Service Radio News with John Exelby from domestic BBC TV News as his managing editor. The original picture editing team consisted of Bob Scholes, Peter Hodge and Mike Casey.
On 1 January 1994[citation needed], BBC World Service Television split into two stations: BBC Prime – an encrypted entertainment channel requiring subscription, and the free to air BBC World -concentrating on news and current affairs. Since 1994, the service has gone through several branding changes. From 1994[citation needed] to 1997, the channel used relatively few graphics to display the name of the channel, with the actual news studio modelled on that used for BBC News in the United Kingdom.
As part of the major relaunch of the image of the BBC, including a new logo for the corporation on 4 October 1997, the channel received its first main refresh on 9 November 1997, the day BBC News 24 was launched. Various fictional flags with some real ones were used. The idents were computer generated and developed by the Lambie-Nairn design agency.
Another large relaunch for BBC News came in 1999 with all output, both in the UK and for BBC World globally having a uniform look made up of red and cream. Music based on a style described as 'drums and beeps' was introduced, composed by David Lowe, a departure from the general orchestral versions of other news programmes.
In 2003 a second makeover, using the same 'drums and beeps' style music but new graphics took place, although on a much smaller scale to that of 1999. The music was changed slightly while the main colour scheme became black and red, with studios using a frosted glass, white and red design for colourings. Later in 2004, the channel's slogan became Putting News First, replacing Demand a Broader View.
In 2008 the channel was renamed BBC World News. New graphics were produced by the Lambie-Nairn design agency, accompanied with reworked music from David Lowe.
Broadcasting[link]
The channel is transmitted by Red Bee Media from their network centre at the Broadcast Centre within the BBC Media Village, part of the BBC White City, in White City, West London. All news output originates from studio N8 in the nearby Television Centre. The BBC World News newsroom is part of the BBC's Global News Hub, set up in the summer of 1994. The BBC World News newsroom provides output throughout the day. From 0100–0500, the channel BBC News is based within this studio.
Previously, the channel was broadcast in 4:3, with the news output fitted into a 14:9 frame for both digital and analogue broadcasting, resulting in black bands at the top and bottom of the screen. On 13 January 2009 at 09:57 GMT, BBC World News switched its broadcast to 16:9 format, initially in the European Region through the Astra 1L satellite,[4] and Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 satellite to other broadcast feeds in the Asian region from 20 January 2009.
In October 2011, a high definition feed of BBC World News showed up on Galaxy 13 in the United States.[5] The channel is speculated for launch in high definition in 2012.[6]
Availability[link]
BBC World News is most commonly watched as a free-to-air (FTA) Channel. The channel is available in all parts of Europe and many parts of the world FTA via satellite. It was also available via terrestrial FTA in Berlin from 2000 to March 2007 and in Italy from December 2003 to November 2010. Although not officially available in the UK, it is available to people who point their satellite dishes at Astra 19.2°E, Hot Bird and Thor. The Middle East feed is also available to UK residents through Badr/Arabsat. In most of the world, it is carried on nearly all satellite and cable platforms.
A daily version of its news bulletins are also rebroadcast on many FTA terrestrial channels such as in New Zealand, where it is carried overnight on TV ONE, and in Trinidad and Tobago where it is carried overnight on TV6.
In the Cayman Islands, a BBC World News update is broadcast at 8:00 AM local time on local channel Cayman 27.[7] In addition, the channel itself is available under a subscription package on Weststar TV, a cable TV service in the territory.[8]
In the Falkland Islands, the channel is broadcast by KTV Ltd.
In Europe, analogue satellite broadcasting via Hot Bird 6 ceased on 18 April 2006 at midday, although its digital free-to-air signal is replicated on Hot Bird 6, Hot Bird 7A, Thor 2 and on Astra 1KR.
It is also available 24/7 in Australia on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television as well as the Telstra NextG phone network. In New Zealand, it is also broadcast via satellite on SKY Network Television and via cable on TelstraClear.
In Asia, it was originally carried on STAR TV, the pan-Asian satellite television service based in Hong Kong, which was later acquired by Rupert Murdoch, but switched to PanAmSat in 1994. It is also available on Astro in Malaysia, originally part of the Astro News channel line-up before being a stand alone channel in 2002. In India, it was free-to-air until 15 June 2006 when it became a pay channel.
BBC World News has been available in Africa on DStv since late 1995, and its bulletins have also been rebroadcast on South African Broadcasting Corporation's (SABC) terrestrial channels in South Africa. In 1996, it became available in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In Canada, the channel is available on Bell TV and Shaw Direct satellite services, as well as on most digital cable services. Shaw Cable and Rogers Cable carry the channel as part of their analogue cable packages.[9] The Canadian news channel CBC Newsworld also carries a BBC World newscast from 18:00 to 18:30 daily.
BBC World News is not widely available on cable/satellite services in the United States, but a 2006 agreement with Discovery Networks (which is a partner in BBC America), announced it would seek distribution for the channel. American viewers used to be able to watch selected BBC World bulletins on BBC America and over 200 PBS stations. On 4 April 2009, the morning broadcast of BBC World News was dropped from BBC America.[10] The morning broadcast of BBC World News programming returned on 18 May 2009 and airs from 04:00–8:00 on weekdays. It was also reported in The New York Times in April 2008,[11] that some PBS stations have dropped BBC World News after being told by BBC executives that the BBC had made it "pretty clear that the future of the BBC was not intertwined with public broadcasting."[11] Many PBS stations replaced BBC World News with the PBS-produced Worldfocus. However, many stations returned to airing BBC World News after Worldfocus was cancelled in April 2010. Currently, the BBC produces two programs for PBS in the United States. BBC World News is available through Los Angeles station, KCET. It picked up BBC World News after it was dropped by New York PBS station WLIW in favor of Worldfocus. BBC World News America is also available to PBS stations after it was pulled from BBC America. Since 1 January 2011 KCET is no longer a PBS-member station, therefore New York's WLIW syndicates BBC World News and BBC World News America to PBS-member stations and PBS World.
The station has been gaining popularity in the United States more recently however, with several of the countries largest cable providers adding it to their line up. Comcast (Xfinity), Time Warner, Cablevision, and Verizon FiOS all provide the network to most, if not all, of their subscribers. FiOS has carried it since its (FiOS's) inception, while Cablevision and Time Warner have been carrying it for some time in the New York City area at the very least, and Comcast has been adding it to their lineup in various markets since the digital conversion freed up bandwidth allowing them to add new content. Comcast claims new channels are added based on consumer request, and BBC World News was a frequently requested addition; Comcast further claims that the channel is there to stay as it is one of the highest performing news and information stations and has generated a large and positive response from customers.
Since BBC World News's inception in 1995, the BBC sought carriage for the channel on U.S. cable and satellite systems. It took 11 years for a U.S. distribution deal to be signed, a deal with Discovery Communications that was announced on 25 January 2006. In September 2006, Cablevision in the New York City metropolitan area agreed to retransmit the channel and was the first company to carry BBC World News. The channel is part of Cablevision's iO Digital Cable service, channel 104.
BBC World News on other cable systems
- Verizon FiOS: Channel 107 (All regions)
- Comcast: channel 387 (Michigan)[12]
- Comcast: Channel 167 San Francisco Bay Area started on 13 December 2011, and will be available from December 2011 across all Comcast areas[13]
- Cox Communications: Channel 252 (Northern Virginia)
- Grande Communications: Channel 122 (Texas)
- Western Kentucky TV (WKTV) Channel 136
United Kingdom[link]
The channel is not officially available as a stand-alone, full-time channel in the United Kingdom, on the grounds that it carries and is funded by advertising (BBC's domestic channels are funded by a television licence fee which households and establishments that want to watch television programmes as they are being broadcast must pay), although it can be easily received due to its 'free-to-air' status on many European satellite systems, including Astra and Hotbird. The BBC inserts UK news summaries and weather forecasts in lieu of commercial breaks for any programme simulcast on BBC News Channel and BBC One.
However, there is a simulcast of the 05:00 UK edition of BBC World News on BBC One and the BBC News channel, followed by an edition of World Business Report. This programme was previously branded as 'The World Today'.
The 11:30 UK edition of BBC World News is shown on BBC Two four days a week. Previously GMT was shown at 12:30 on the channel.
On weekdays, BBC World News also produces a version of World News Today at 19:00 British Time. The first half hour of this programme can be seen in the UK on BBC Four. The edition of the programme replaced The World, which had been broadcast as a simulcast on the channel between 2002 and 2007.
From 01:00 British Time until 06:00 BBC World News and the BBC News Channel simulcast. In international advertisement breaks UK viewers see domestic headlines. Programmes differ at the bottom of the half-hour. The overnight simulcast is often also broadcast on BBC One or BBC Two.
Internet access[link]
BBC World, without regional variations, was available live on their website using QuickTime, but this was suspended. Since the suspension, BBC World News is available online through the subscription service RealPlayer Plus, but not in the US, UK or Canada.
Outside of the United Kingdom, users were able to watch it for free as a live Internet stream through Livestation. However, Internet users with IP addresses that appeared to be from the United States are prevented from streaming the channel, as Livestation does not have rights to provide this service to users in that country. As of April 2011, the channel can no longer be viewed from the United States via the website, and service to Australia and the UK was similarly blocked late in 2011.
Worldwide the station is available free of charge, and without geographical limitations through the free Readon Player software. There are usually at least two links to the feed and quality tends to be pretty good. It can be found using the channel search feature or in the United Kingdom and News & Information sections.
In Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, it is additionally available as a subscription mobile phone service, having also been available as a terrestrial channel.
It is also popping up in free, ad supported mobile phone apps recently as well. TVGO Live TV provides a very clear and stable stream to Android devices; LiveTV also carries a stream but tends to suffer from stability issues in both the stream and the app itself.
Programming[link]
Live news programmes:
- BBC World News – The latest international news from the BBC
- BBC World News America – Comprehensive news and analysis with Katty Kay. Broadcast from the BBC's Washington D.C. Studio
- Newsday - Live international news from London and Singapore every weekday. With Babita Sharma, Kasia Madera (London) and Rico Hizon (Singapore)
- GMT – George Alagiah (Monday-Thursday) and Stephen Sackur (Friday) present the latest news developments from across the globe, with updates on business and sport
- Impact – Global news as it affects audiences around the world. Mishal Husain (Monday-Thursday) and Lyse Doucet (Friday) present breaking news, debate and analysis, using the full range of BBC Correspondents mostly from the Asia Pacific nations and across the world
- The Hub – Nik Gowing assesses the days events with his trademark rigorous interviewing and detailed analysis, alongside a summary of the days news as it affects audiences in South Asia and the Middle East
- World News Today – The news programme for audiences who want more depth to their daily coverage. With a focus on Europe, Middle East and Africa, Zeinab Badawi (Monday, Thursday-Friday) and Kirsty Lang (Tuesday-Wednesday) bring context and understanding to the most complex of events
Other live programmes:
- Asia Business Report – Live from Singapore the essential business news as it breaks and a look ahead to the news that will shape the business day
- Sport Today – All the latest sports news and results from around the globe
- World Business Report – The latest business news with informed analysis from the world's financial centres
- World Have Your Say - Each week, BBC World viewers can join the multimedia phone-in programme, broadcast alongside BBC World Service Radio and BBC Online, and share their views on topical issues of the day with a global audience
Pre-recorded programmes include:
- Africa Business Report – A monthly look at business across the continent, talking to the people and businesses who are changing the economic face of Africa
- Click – A comprehensive guide to all the latest gadgets, websites, games and computer industry news
- Dateline London – Foreign correspondents based in London give their views on the week's international news
- Develop Or Die - investigations and reports on the challenges, problems and successes of developing nations as they seek to increase their wealth or, in some cases, get out of poverty
- Equestrian World - More than competition, Equestrian World concentrates on the spirit of the sport and the lifestyle surrounding it.
- Fast Track – The series with the latest news about travel, from the industry itself to advice on the latest deals and destinations for people travelling on business or for leisure
- HARDtalk – Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe
- India Business Report – India Business Report provides an indispensable guide to the big stories to watch out for in the week ahead
- Middle East Business Report – Getting behind the issues of trade, business and economics in the Gulf, to reveal how this important economic region works and interacts with the rest of the world
- Newsnight – Jeremy Paxman looks back at the best of the week's films and discussions from Newsnight
- Our World[disambiguation needed
] – Features the BBC's finest news programmes on current issues around the world. The documentaries showcase BBC journalism at its best with programmes that expose and evaluate global topics - Reporters – A weekly showcase of the best reports from the BBC's global network of correspondents
- Russia Business Report – The BBC's team of business experts report from across Russia. While getting under the skin of this complex country they will also be reporting on the companies and business leaders who are becoming major players in the global economy
- Spirit Of Yachting - This series explores some of the most exciting events in the world of sailing. The films tell the human stories behind the race and reveal the passion, emotion and dedication needed to take part in any world class sporting occasion
- Talking Movies – Tom Brook presents all the latest news and reviews from the U.S. cinema scene with reports from Hollywood and New York
- The Doha Debates - Each month in Qatar invited speakers debate the burning issues of the Arab and Islamic world in front of an audience who are encouraged to participate by asking questions
- The Record Europe – An in-depth look at the politics of Europe presented by Shirin Wheeler (only shown in Europe; also shown on BBC Parliament in the UK)
- The World Debate - This programme puts the important questions to representatives from global politics, finance, business, the arts, media and other areas. The panels and contributing audiences discuss topical themes
- Third Eye - An examination of the economic fundamentals of twelve countries, looking beyond balance sheets and stock markets. A macro perspective from some of the best economic and business journalists
- This Week – A weekly showcase for reports from the BBC's network of over 250 global correspondents
- UK Report – A weekly showcase for reports from the BBC's network of reporters and correspondents across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom
- Weekend World – Presented by BBC broadcaster Paddy O'Connell, Weekend World is a lively look at viewers' comments on World News programmes and a brief snapshot of what's coming up at the weekend
- The Health Show presented by Dr Ayan Panja and Dr Shini Somara is transmitted four times each weekend and covers the most important developments in global health, including interviews with the world's leading health expert
- World Have Your Say Extra - World Have Your Say Extra gives BBC World News viewers another opportunity to join the multimedia phone-in programme, broadcast alongside BBC World Service Radio and BBC Online, and share their views on topical issues of the day with a global audience
BBC World News[link]
Half-hour BBC World News bulletins are made available to Public Broadcasting Service member stations in the United States through Los Angeles's KCET, a non-commercial independent public television station separate from PBS since the beginning of 2011 due to a rights fee dispute. 80 to 90% of Americans are able to receive them, though broadcast times vary between different localities, with it airing on several PBS stations in markets such as New York City and Washington DC.
On PBS stations, BBC World News does not appear with commercials (the breaks are replaced with news stories) but omits the Met Office international weather forecast at the end, replacing it with underwriting announcements. The PBS airings are tape-delayed on some stations.
BBC America airs a 3-hour block of BBC World News coverage from 05:00 am to 08:00 on weekdays. Met Office forecasts are removed, and is broadcast with advertisements. Another BBC World News programme, the hour-long BBC World News America, aired on BBC America at 19:00 eastern time. The 22:00 eastern time broadcast ended in 2010 when BBC America introduced a second feed for the western time zones of the U.S. On 18 February 2011 it was announced that BBC World News America would be discontinued on BBC America and would instead be airing only on BBC World and local PBS stations in the United States as a 30-minute program.[14]
BBC World News bulletins also appear on CBC News Network in Canada and ABC News 24 in Australia.
Travellers on the Heathrow Express rail service from London Paddington to London Heathrow Airport are also treated to a specially-recorded BBC World News bulletin—introduced with a namecheck of "Welcome to BBC World News onboard the Heathrow Express"—during the fifteen minute journey. This short bulletin is updated twice a day, and is shown in both classes on LCD televisions throughout the train.
Many airlines from across the world also play pre-recorded extracts of the BBC World News, have text headlines from it or have a full bulletin available on the in-flight entertainment systems. Airlines with BBC World News include Emirates Airline, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways and United Airlines. Travellers can watch the bulletins on Channel 1 shortly after take-off on British Airways flights from the United Kingdom. Air France also broadcasts the full bulletin instead of France 2 News, on flights operated from London-Heathrow and Los Angeles (and New York–JFK by summer 2009).[15]
Presenters[link]
For details see List of BBC newsreaders and reporters
News presenters[link]
George Alagiah (Mon-Thu) and Stephen Sackur (Fri) present GMT, Mishal Husain (Mon-Wed) and Lyse Doucet (Thu-Fri) present Impact, Nik Gowing presents The Hub, Zeinab Badawi (Mon, Thu-Fri) and Kirsty Lang (Tue-Wed) present World News Today, Babita Sharma (Mon-Wed) and Kasia Madera (Thu-Fri) present Newsday from London along with Rico Hizon or Sharanjit Leyl from Singapore, Katty Kay presents BBC World News America and Ros Atkins presents World Have Your Say.
BBC World News presenters include Ros Atkins, Martine Dennis, Peter Dobbie, Komla Dumor, David Eades, Mike Embley, Karin Giannone, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Lucy Hockings and Naga Munchetty.
Relief presenters include Katya Adler, Martine Croxall, Pooneh Ghoddoosi, Deborah Mackenzie, Adnan Nawaz, Adam Parsons, Chris Rogers and Tim Willcox.
Business presenters[link]
Business presenters include Tanya Beckett, Sally Bundock, Sara Coburn, Sally Eden, Juliette Foster, Aaron Heslehurst, Jamie Robertson, Michelle Fleury, Rico Hizon and Sharanjit Leyl.
Sport presenters[link]
Sports presenters include Mike Bushell, Reshmin Chowdhury, Karthi Gnanasegaram, Matt Gooderick, Amelia Harris, Celina Hinchcliffe, Sanjeev Shetty, Sarah Stirk and Sue Thearle.
Weather presenters[link]
Weather presenters include: Darren Bett, Daniel Corbett, Alex Deakin, Chris Fawkes, Peter Gibbs, John Hammond, Sarah Keith-Lucas, Simon King, Louise Lear, Nick Miller, Susan Powell, Nina Ridge, Matt Taylor, Laura Tobin, Helen Willetts and Jay Wynne.
Former presenters[link]
Presenters who have previously appeared on the channel include Samira Ahmed, Lindsey Brancher, Tony Campion, Jonathan Charles, Peter Coe, Stephen Cole, Dharshini David, Maya Even, Adrian Finighan, Karen Bowerman, Juliet Dunlop, James Dagwell, Sean Fletcher, Liz George, Jake Lynch, Donald MacCormick, Anita McNaught, Keshini Navaratnam, Liz Pike, Richard Quest, Susan Osman Owen Thomas, and Amanda Davies .
Presentation[link]
Variation[link]
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Part of the countdown sequence in 2011
BBC World News is, for the most part, the same channel all over the world; the commercials are limited to be its only differences. However, there are some regional programming variations. For example, a number of programmes are made exclusively for regional viewings, such as Indian feeds, and The Record Europe, which is only broadcast in Europe.
On most feeds of BBC World News, when there are no commercials being inserted by the cable or satellite provider similar to other channels, the break filler shows promotions for upcoming programmes on the channel. During BBC News, a news story that has not been promoted airs during what would be the commercial break. This is the case on the broadband versions of BBC World News, and on versions of BBC World News aired in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations. However, there are some global commercials and sponsorships which air throughout the network.
On 11 September 2007, the break filler was redesigned and now more closely resembles previous versions. The promotional videos now fill the entire screen and are interspersed with news and market updates, schedules, and other information. There is also no longer a unifying music composition. Instead, each 20 second promotional video uses music selected from a handful of themes, which have some unifying musical characteristics. The information screens, such as the 10 second plug for the website or YouTube channel, and the 15 second weather/time/coming up screens each feature their own theme. The colour theme was updated following the relaunch of the channel in April 2008.
Since its inception, and more so since its extensive association with the BBC News channel, the countdown to the hourly news bulletin has been a feature of the channel's presentation, accompanied by music composed by David Lowe. The current style of countdown features reporters and technical staff in many different locations working to bring news stories to air. As with sister channel BBC News, the countdown concludes with the channel logo.
Awards[link]
BBC World News was named Best International News Channel at the Association for International Broadcasting Awards in November 2006.[16]
Competitors[link]
- Al Jazeera English
- Australia Network
- CNN International
- CCTV-News
- Deutsche Welle
- Euronews
- Fox News Channel International
- France 24
- MVC – MundoVision (English News Channel)
- Russia Today
- Press TV
- Sky News
- Bloomberg Television
- CNBC
- NHK World
References[link]
- ^ a b c "About BBC World News TV". BBC News. 7 April 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-12957296. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (17 November 2008). "BBC World News unveils global promos". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/17/bbc-world-news-promo. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
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- ^ "BBC World News goes widescreen". YouTube. 13 January 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdRISaJNfTM&fmt=18. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ HD - Galaxy 13/Horizons 1 at 127.0°W LyngSat
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- ^ http://www.weststartv.com/channels.asp
- ^ "Channels and Theme Packs". Rogers Communiations. http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PTV_PROG_CHANNEL&forwardTo=themePack&group=1&N=125+12+4294967120+4294949430. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ Holmwood, Leigh (6 April 2009). "Jeremy Paxman's US Newsnight axed in shakeup at BBC America". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/06/bbc-america-paxman-newsnight. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ a b Jensen, Elizabeth (30 April 2008). "Some PBS Stations Drop BBC Newscast and Plan a Replacement". Blogs. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/foregoing-bbc-newscast-some-pbs-stations-plan-to-produce-their-own/?scp=6&sq=bbc&st=cse. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ BBC World News Launches On Comcast In Michigan CBS Detroit, 20 November 2011
- ^ BBC World News to Be Available Through Comcast New York Times, 13 December 2011
- ^ 'BBC World News America' Shifts To BBC World News Multichannel News, 18 February 2011
- ^ "Disponibles Sur Toutes Nos Destinations". Air France. 2009. http://www.airfrance.us/US/common/common/img/visuels/classes/divertissement/tele/divert_tele.pdf. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
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| Honourable Rajiva Wijesinha රජීව විජේසිoහ MP |
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| Born | (1954-05-16) May 16, 1954 (age 58) Sri Lanka |
| Nationality |  Sri Lankan |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford; Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Author, Politics |
| Website | http://rajivawijesinha.wordpress.com/ |
Rajiva Wijesinha, MA, DPhil (Sinhala: රජීව විජේසිoහ) (born May 16, 1954)[1] is a Sri Lankan writer in English, distinguished for his political analysis as well as creative and critical work. An academic by profession for much of his working career, he was most recently Senior Professor of Languages at the University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka.
In June 2007 President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed him Secretary-General of the Sri Lankan Government Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP), and in June 2008 he also became concurrently the Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights (Sri Lanka). The Peace Secretariat wound up in July 2009),[2] and in February 2010 he resigned from the Ministry as well as the University,[3] and became a Member of Parliament on the National List of the United People's Freedom Alliance following the General Election held in April 2010,[4] following which he was appointed a Member of Parliament.[5][6]
He belongs to the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka,[7] and has served as its President and Leader, and also as a Vice-President of Liberal International. He is currently Chair of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and was re-elected leader of the Liberal Party Sri Lanka on the proposal of the previous leader following the Liberal Party Annual Congress of 2011[8]. He has travelled widely, including as a Visiting Professor on the Semester at Sea Programme of the University of Pittsburgh, and has published Beyond the First Circle: Travels in the Second and Third Worlds.
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Education and career[link]
Rajiva Wijesinha schooled at S Thomas’ College, Mt Lavinia (which he later served as Sub-Warden, for a brief period), and won an Open Exhibition in Classics to University College, Oxford when he was 16. After his first degree, which also led to an MA in 1977, he moved to Corpus Christi College, Oxford as an E K Chambers Student (Edmund Kerchever Chambers), and obtained a B.Phil. degree in English, followed by a Ph.D. degree on the subject of Women and Marriage in the early Victorian novel. The thesis was subsequently published by the University Press of America under the title The Androgynous Trollope.
He taught briefly at the University of Peradeniya before resigning in protest against the increasing authoritarianism of the government of President Junius Richard Jayewardene. He then worked for the British Council in Colombo as its Cultural Affairs Officer before rejoining the University system to initiate English degree programmes for students from backgrounds that had limited English in school. He was responsible for the islandwide pre-University General English Language Training programme, as well as General English programmes at the Affiliated University Colleges established in 1992 to introduce employment oriented courses into the tertiary education system.
In 2001 he served as a Consultant to the Ministry of Education to initiate the reintroduction of English medium education in the state sector, which had banned it previously for several decades. He was also Academic Consultant to the Sri Lanka Military Academy when it began degree programmes for Officer Cadets. He has served as chair of the Academic Affairs Committee of the National Institute of Education, and has been a member of the National Education Commission and of the Board of the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies.
In 1982 he supported Chanaka Amaratunga to set up the Council for Liberal Democracy and was Co-Editor of the Liberal Review, at a time when dissenting voices had no space to publish in Sri Lanka. He became President of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka when it was established in 1987 and, though more comfortable as an analyst rather than a politician, he took over as Leader of the Party after Dr Amaratunga’s death in 1996. He was the Presidential candidate of the party in 1999, and came 6th out of 15 candidates, defeating several former parliamentarians. During this period he conducted workshops on Liberalism in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan and Indonesia, on behalf of the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (FNS), the German Liberal Foundation, for whom he also edited Liberal Values for South Asia (revised recently as Liberal Perspectives on South Asia and published in 2009 by Cambridge University Press, Delhi).
He was instrumental in promoting English Language writing in Sri Lanka, and initiated the English Writers Cooperative of Sri Lanka while he was at the British Council which aided and administered the EWC at its inception. He had earlier edited the New Lankan Review,[9] which provided space for Sri Lankan writers in English when the genre was regaining acceptance, and he served on the Editorial Board of the EWC for over a decade. He has edited several collections of poetry and short stories by Sri Lankan writers in English, most recently Bridging Connections, an Anthology of Stories which also contains translations from Sinhala and Tamil and was published by the National Book Trust of India in 2007.[10][11][12]
He was the first Sri Lankan writer resident in the county whose works have been translated into a European language. Servi, the Italian translation of Servants which won the Gratiaen Award for 1995, was published by Giovanni Tranchida Editore in Milan in 2002,[13] and this was followed in 2006 by Atti di fede.[14] This last was a translation of Acts of Faith, based on the 1983 government-sponsored riots against Tamils known as Black July, and the first part of a trilogy that included Days of Despair (1989) and The Limits of Love (2005). He worked on this last novel, which is based on the kidnapping and murder of the poet and journalist Richard de Zoysa, as a resident at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center and at the Center for Writers at Hawthornden Castle.
Prof Wijesinha serves at present on the editorial board of the Journal of Commonwealth Literature. Works in other genres include The Foundations of Modern Society, Political Principles and their Practice in Sri Lanka and A Handbook of English Grammar, published by Cambridge University Press in Delhi, which also brought out most recently Declining Sri Lanka: J R Jayewardene and the erosion of Democracy.
Work[link]
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Fiction[link]
- Acts of Faith, 1985
- Electra (A play in three Acts)
- Days of Despair, 1989
- The Lady Hippopotamus and Other Stories, 1991
- Servants: A Cycle, 1995
- An English Education, 1996
- The Limits of Love, 2005
- Servi, 2002 (Italian translation of Servants: A Cycle, 1995)
- Atti di fede, 2006 (Italian translation of Acts of Faith, 1985)
- The Terrorist Trilogy, 2008.[15]
Non Fiction[link]
- The Androgynous Trollope: Women in the Victorian Novel (1982)
Education[link]
English Language[link]
- Aspects of Teaching and Learning English as a Second Language, 1991 (edited with James Drury)[16]
- A Guide to Studying and Thinking, 1998 (with Priyantha Kulatunge and Ralf Starkloff)[17]
- A Handbook of English Grammar, 2004[18]
Literature[link]
- Breaking Bounds: Essays on Sri Lankan Writing in English, 1998
- Inside Limits: Identity and Repression in Post- Colonial Fiction, 1998
- A Selection of Modern Sri Lankan Short Stories in English, edited (with Dinali Fernando), 2005[19]
- A Selection of Modern Sri Lankan Poetry in English, 2006[20]
- Bridging Connections (An Anthology of Sri Lankan Short Stories), 2007[21]
Travel and Social History[link]
- Beyond the First Circle: Travels in the Second and Third Worlds, 1993
- Fact and Fable: Aspects of East West Interaction (proceedings of a conference held at Sabaragamuwa University in August 1999), 2000
- Richard de Zoysa: his life, some work ... a death, 2000
- Across Cultures: Issues of Identity in Contemporary British and Sri Lankan Writing, 2001 (edited with Neluka Silva)
- Gilding the Lily: Celebrating Ena de Silva, 2002
- All Experience: Essays and Reflections (edited essays of Sam Wijesinha), 2001.[22]
- The Foundations of Modern Society, 2004
Politics[link]
- Current Crisis in Sri Lanka, 1986
- [1] Liberal Values for South Asia (edited with Friedrich Naumann Stiftung), Colombo, 1997
- Conflict: Causes and Consequences (proceedings of a Seminar Series conducted by the CLD), (edited with Priyantha Kulatunge), 2001
- [2] Political Principles and their Practice in Sri Lanka, 2005
- Enemies of Pluralism: Assaults on Diversity, Democracy and the Rule of Law, by JR Jayewardene & Velupillai Prabhakaran, 2006[23]
- Ideas for Constitutional Reform, 2007 (revised/abridged from the original publication as edited by Dr Chanaka Amaratunga, 1989)
- Declining Sri Lanka, 2007[24]
- Pursuing Peace, Fighting Falsehood, 2008[25][26]
Articles in books & major journals[link]
- Interview in Configurations of Exile: South Asian Writers and their World, edited by Chelva Kanaganayakam, TSAR, Toronto, 1995
- Teaching Post-Colonial Literature in Sri Lanka' in Dolphin 27 - Teaching Post-Colonialism and Post-Colonial Literatures, edited by Anne Collett, Lars Jensen & Anna Rutherford, Aarhus, 1997
- "Aberrations and Excesses: Sri Lanka substantiated by the Funny Boy", Miscelanea vol. 18, Universidad de Zaragoza, 1997
- "Cutting through Territories: Naipaul's 'A Way in the World'", Translating Cultures, KRK/Dangaroo, 1999
- "Sex and the Single Girl: Scott's recommendations for the Raj", Gladly wolde she teche and lerne: Essays in honour of Yasmine Gooneratne, London 1999
- Why are we afraid of Secularism in Pakistan?, Christian Study Centre, Rawalpindi, 1999
- "Travesties: Romance and Reality in the Raj Quartet", Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, Orissa, 2000
- "Spices and Sandcastles: the exotic historians of Sri Lanka", Across Cultures: Issues of Identity in Contemporary British and Sri Lankan Writing (proceedings of the Conference held at the British Council Sri Lanka in 2000; British Council, Colombo, 2001)
- "A deeper communion: the older women of The Raj Quartet", Missions of Interdependence, the publication of the proceedings of the 1999 Tübingen EACLALS Conference (Rhodopi, 2002)
- "Richard de Zoysa: his life, some work ... and a death", Towards a Transcultural Future: Literature and Human Rights in a ‘Post’-Colonial World, the publication of the proceedings of the 2000 ASNEL Conference held in Aachen (Rhodopi 2005)
- "Bringing back the bathwater: new initiatives in English policy in Sri Lanka", The Politics of English as a World Language, the publication of the proceedings of the 2001 ASNEL Conference held in Freiburg (Rhodopi, 2003)
- "Religion and Culture in the Liberal State", Liberal Values for South Asia, edited by Wijesinha, CLD, Colombo 1997
- "Education in Sri Lanka – the failure of good intentions and little learning", Protection of Minority Rights and Diversity, edited by Nanda Wanasundara, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2004
- "Agendas of Oppression", I want to speak of tenderness: 50 writers for Anne Ranasinghe, edited by Gerard Robuchon, ICES 2004
- "Travels in the United States", Excursions and Explorations: Cultural Encounters between Sri Lanka and the United States, edited by Tissa Jayatilaka, Colombo, 2002
- "A Refuge", Gilding the Lily: Celebrating Ena de Silva, edited by Wijesinha, Colombo, 2002
- "Entries on Bapsi Sidhwa and Sri Lankan Literature", Encyclopaedia of Postcolonial Studies, edited by John C Hawley, USA, 2001
- Entry on Sri Lankan Literature in English in the Encyclopaedia of South Asian Literature in English, edited by Jaina Sanga, USA, 2004
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ Team Lanka Mission (jeudi, 15 mai 2008). "Sri Lanka: Happy birthday Dear Professor". The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office in Geneva. http://www.lankamission.org/content/view/256/. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ Hiran H. Senewiratne (Saturday, 25 July 2009). "SCOPP to close down". Daily News Online. http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/07/25/news33.asp. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ http://www.island.lk/2010/02/28/news5.html
- ^ http://www.lakbimanews.lk/archvi/lakbimanews_10_03_07/special/spe8.htm
- ^ Sri Lanka Parliament profile
- ^ The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (21 April 2010). "Gazette Extraordinary No. 1650/19". The Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/news/documents_news/mp_7th_parl/1650_19E.pdf. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Kamal Nissanka (27 May 2007). "Liberal Party Elects a New Leader". Liberal Lanka. http://nissanka.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/liberal-party-elects-a-new-leader/. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ Liberal Party (18 Dec 2011). "Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Is To Lead The Party Again After Five Years". Liberal Party Sri Lanka. http://www.liberalparty-srilanka.org/component/content/article/6-press-releases/188-prof-rajiva-wijesinha-is-to-lead-the-party-again-after-five-years-.html. Retrieved 21 Dec 2011.
- ^ http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/12/01/fea02.asp
- ^ http://openlibrary.org/b/OL1832827M/Anthology_of_contemporary_Sri_Lankan_poetry_in_English
- ^ http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no56317.htm
- ^ http://www.bookhouse-lk.com/other_publications.htm
- ^ http://www.tranchida.it/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=339
- ^ http://www.tranchida.it/sec_new.php?artid=239&op=viewarticle
- ^ http://www.galleliteraryfestival.com/gallelit/galleliteraryfestival.com/programme-free.htm
- ^ http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/47/3/268
- ^ http://noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_Guide_to_Studying_and_Thinking&uselang=en
- ^ http://www.cambridgeindia.org/news11.asp
- ^ http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/02/03/fea12.htm
- ^ http://www.dailynews.lk/2006/02/03/fea12.htm
- ^ http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/IDK263/
- ^ http://sundaytimes.lk/010701/plus5.html
- ^ http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3918621
- ^ http://www.bcis.edu.lk/news/press%20release%20for%20the%20book%20launch_DecliningSriLanka.pdf
- ^ http://www.lankamission.org/content/view/389/1/
- ^ http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4550997
External links[link]
- Official Blog
- The Reconciliation Website (former Official Website of SCOPP)
- The Reconciliation Website's YouTube channel
- Reconciliation Unit blog
- Liberal Party of Sri Lanka official site
- Rajiva Wijesinha YouTube Channel
- Literary Blog
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| Nigel Farage MEP |
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| Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party | |
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| Assumed office 5 November 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Jeffrey Titford |
| In office 27 September 2006 – 27 November 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Roger Knapman |
| Succeeded by | Lord Pearson of Rannoch |
| Member of the European Parliament for South East England |
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| Assumed office 15 July 1999 |
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| Born | (1964-04-03) 3 April 1964 (age 48) Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | UK Independence Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gráinne Hayes (1988-1997, divorced) Kirsten Mehr (1999-present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Dulwich College |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Website | Nigel Farage MEP |
Nigel Paul Farage ( /ˈfærɑːʒ/, FARR-ahzh;[1] born 3 April 1964, Farnborough, Kent), is a British politician and is the Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP),[2] a position he also held from September 2006 to November 2009. He is a Member of the European Parliament for South East England and co-chairs the Eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Democracy group.
Farage is a founding member of the UKIP, having left the Conservative Party in 1992 after they signed the Maastricht Treaty. Having unsuccessfully campaigned in European and Westminster parliamentary elections for UKIP since 1994, he gained a seat as an MEP for South East England in the 1999 European Parliament Election — the first year the regional list system was used — and was re-elected in 2004 and 2009. Farage describes himself as a libertarian and rejects the notion that he is a conservative.
In September 2006, Farage became the UKIP Leader and led the party through the 2009 European Parliament Election in which it received the second highest share of the popular vote, defeating Labour and the Liberal Democrats with over two million votes. However he stepped down in November 2009 to concentrate on contesting the Speaker John Bercow's seat of Buckingham in the 2010 general election.
At the 2010 General Election, Farage failed to unseat John Bercow and received only the third highest share of the vote in the constituency. Shortly after the polls opened on 6 May 2010, Nigel Farage was injured in an aircraft crash in Northamptonshire. The two-seated PZL-104 Wilga 35A had been towing a pro-UKIP banner when it flipped over and crashed shortly after takeoff. Both Farage and the pilot were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.[3]
In November 2010, Farage successfully stood in the 2010 UKIP leadership contest,[4] following the resignation of its leader, Lord Pearson of Rannoch. Farage was also ranked 41st (out of 100) in The Daily Telegraph's Top 100 most influential right-wingers poll in October 2009, citing his media savvy and his success with UKIP in the European Elections.[5] Farage was ranked 58th in the 2010 list compiled by Iain Dale and Brian Brivati for the Daily Telegraph.
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Background[link]
Farage was educated at Dulwich College before joining a commodity brokerage firm in London. He ran his own brokerage business from the early 1990s until 2002. In his early 20s Farage was diagnosed with testicular cancer but made a full recovery.[6]
Farage has been married twice. He married Gráinne Hayes in 1988, with whom he had two children: Samuel (1989) and Thomas (1991). In 1999 he married Kirsten Mehr, a German national, by whom he has two more children, Victoria (born 2000) and Isabelle (born 2005).[7]
Farage has also penned his own memoirs, entitled "Fighting Bull." It outlines the founding of UKIP and his personal and political life so far.
Political career[link]
Conservative Party[link]
Active in the Conservative Party from his school days, Farage left the party in 1992 when John Major's government signed the Treaty on European Union at Maastricht.
UKIP and the European Parliament[link]
Farage became a founding member of UKIP in 1993.
He was elected to the European Parliament in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and 2009. Farage is presently the leader of the thirteen-member UKIP contingent in the European Parliament, and co-leader of the multinational eurosceptic group, Europe of Freedom and Democracy.
UKIP party leadership[link]
On 12 September 2006, Farage was elected leader of UKIP with 45% of the vote, 20% ahead of his nearest rival.[8] He pledged to bring discipline to the party and to maximise UKIP's representation in local, parliamentary and other elections.[citation needed] In a PM programme interview on BBC Radio 4 that day he pledged to end the public perception of UKIP as a single-issue party and to work with allied politicians in the Better Off Out campaign, committing himself not to stand against the MPs who have signed up to that campaign (ten in all at this moment).
At his maiden speech to the UKIP conference on 8 October 2006, he told delegates that the party was "at the centre-ground of British public opinion" and the "real voice of opposition". Farage said: "We've got three social democratic parties in Britain — Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative are virtually indistinguishable from each other on nearly all the main issues" and "you can't put a cigarette paper between them and that is why there are nine million people who don't vote now in general elections that did back in 1992."[9]
At 10pm on 19 October 2006, Farage took part in a three-hour live interview and phone-in with James Whale on national radio station talkSPORT. Four days later, Whale announced on his show his intention to stand as UKIP's candidate in the 2008 London Mayoral Election. Farage said that Whale "not only has guts, but an understanding of what real people think". However Whale later decided not to stand and UKIP was represented by Gerard Batten.[10] He stood again for UKIP leadership in 2010 after his successor Lord Pearson stood down.[4] On the 5th November 2010 it was announced Farage had won the leadership contest.[11]
Westminster elections[link]
Farage had unsuccessfully contested UK parliamentary elections for UKIP five times, both before and after his election as an MEP in 1999. Under the 2002 European Union decision to forbid MEPs from holding a dual mandate, if he was ever elected to the House of Commons, he would have to resign his seat as an MEP.
When he contested the Bromley & Chislehurst constituency in a May 2006 by-election, organised after the sitting MP representing it, eurosceptic Conservative Eric Forth, died, Farage came third, winning 8% of the vote, beating the Labour Party candidate. This was the second-best by-election result recorded by UKIP out of 25 results, and the first time since the Liverpool Walton by-election in 1991 that a party in government had been pushed into fourth place in a parliamentary by-election on mainland Britain.
2010 UK General election[link]
On 4 September 2009 Farage resigned as leader of UKIP to concentrate on his campaign to become Member of Parliament for Buckingham at Westminster in the 2010 general election.[12] He later told Times journalist Camilla Long that UKIP internal fights took up too much time.[13]
He stood against Buckingham MP John Bercow, the newly elected Speaker of the House of Commons, despite a convention that the speaker, as a political neutral, is not normally challenged in his or her bid for re-election by any of the major parties.[14]
On 6 May, on the morning the polls opened in the election, just before eight o'clock Farage was involved in a light aircraft crash, suffering injuries described as non-life-threatening. A spokesperson told the BBC that "it was unlikely Mr Farage would be discharged from hospital today [6 May][15] Although his injuries were originally described as minor, his sternum and ribs were broken, and his lung punctured.[16] The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report said that the aeroplane was towing a banner, which caught in the tailplane, forcing the nose down.[17]
Farage came third with 8,401 votes. Bercow was re-elected, and in second place with 10,331 votes was John Stevens, a former Conservative MEP who campaigned as an independent accompanied by "Flipper the Dolphin" (a reference to MPs flipping second homes).[18]
On 1 December 2010, the pilot of the aircraft involved in the accident was charged with threatening to kill Farage. He was also charged with threatening to kill an AAIB official involved in the investigation into the accident.[19] In April 2011, Justin Adams was found guilty of making death threats. The judge said the defendant was "clearly extremely disturbed" at the time the offences happened adding "He is a man who does need help. If I can find a way of giving him help I will."[20]
Alternative Vote referendum, May 2011[link]
Farage declared himself personally in favour of the Alternative Vote system of May 2011, saying first-past-the-post is a "nightmare" for UKIP. However, the party's stance has to be decided by its central policy making committee.[21]
May 2012 London Mayor & Local elections[link]
In a "bizarre cock-up," UKIP forgot to put their party name on their candidate's ballot paper for the London mayoral election, 2012[22], Laurence Webb appearing as "A fresh choice for London." Farage admitted the mistake describing it as an internal error.[22]
Interviewed by the following Sunday by Andrew Neil and asked about "the game plan", Farage welcomed the "average 13% vote" across the country, and stated that the party was preparing for County council in 2013, European elections in 2014 and a general election in 2015.[23] The party was no longer just a protest vote, it would have a full manifesto with policies including selective schools, help to small businesses by "getting rid of excessive labour practices" and an energy policy not based on wind turbines.[23] UKIP was here to stay ..frankly the Tory Eurosceptics were in the wrong party and would be better off joining UKIP. Asked what would happen to UKIP if the Tories made a Manifesto commitment to a European referendum, Farage said they had already failed to honour a "cast iron" commitment for a referendum on the Lisbon treaty.[23]
Challenging Farange's viewpoint, Neil said UKIP aspired to come top of the European elections but whilst UKIP wanted to join the big time, they were still seen as "unprofessional, amateur and even unacceptable" after their press officer called Baroness Warsi "a bitch".[23] Farage regretted "the wrong choice of words" but further described Warsi as "the lowest grade chairman the Tory party has ever had."[23] Neil then mocked the so called internal error which had made Farage "a joke".[23] "The blunt truth is" UKIP "didn't win any more seats, the performance in London was terrible and they were still a one man band."[23] Farage conceded London was a failure but they had won council seats elsewhere. He invited Tories who couldn't stand Cameron to help him.[23]
Controversies and whistleblowing[link]
Copyright infringement[link]
In 1999 the BBC spent four months filming a documentary about his European elections campaign but didn't show it. Farage, then head of UKIP's South East office, asked for a video and got friends to make illegal copies which were sold for £5 through the UKIP magazine. Surrey Trading Standards investigated and Farage has admitted the offence.[24]
Expenses disclosure[link]
In May 2009, The Guardian reported that Farage had said in a speech to the Foreign Press Association that over ten years as a member of the European Parliament he received £2 million of taxpayers' money in staff, travel, and other expenses on top of his £64,000 a year salary.[25]
The former Europe Minister, Denis MacShane, said that this showed that Farage was "happy to line his pockets with gold". Farage called this a "misrepresentation",[26] pointing out that the money had been used to promote UKIP's message and staff salaries, not his own salary, but he welcomed the focus on the issue of MEP expenses, claiming that "[o]ver a five year term each and every one of Britain's 78 MEPs gets about £1 million. It is used to employ administrative staff, run their offices and to travel back and forth between their home, Brussels and Strasbourg."[27]
Jacques Barrot[link]
On 18 November 2004, Farage announced in the European Parliament that Jacques Barrot, the French Commissioner designate, had been barred from elected office in France for 2 years, after being convicted in 2000 of embezzling £2 million from government funds and diverting it into the coffers of his party. He claimed that French President Jacques Chirac had granted Barrot amnesty. Although initial BBC reports claimed that, under French law, it was illegal even to mention the conviction,[28] the prohibition in question only applies to French officials in the course of their duties.[29] The president of the Parliament, Josep Borrell, enjoined him to retract his comments under threat of "legal consequences".[30] However, the following day it was confirmed that Barrot had received an 8 month suspended jail sentence in the case, and that this had been quickly expunged by the amnesty decided by Chirac and his parliamentary majority. The Commission's president, Jose Manuel Barroso admitted that he had not known of Barrot's criminal record when appointing him as a Commission vice-president.[citation needed] The Socialist and Liberal groups in the European Parliament then joined UKIP in demanding the resignation of Barrot for failing to disclose the conviction during his confirmation hearings.
José Manuel Barroso[link]
During the spring of 2005, Farage requested that the European Commission disclose where the individual Commissioners had spent their holidays. The Commission did not provide the information requested, on the basis that the Commissioners had a right of privacy. The German newspaper Die Welt reported that the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso had spent a week on the yacht of the Greek shipping billionaire Spiro Latsis. It emerged soon afterwards that this had occurred a month before the Commission under Barroso's predecessor Romano Prodi approved 10.3 million euro of Greek state aid for Latsis' shipping company.[31] It also became known that Peter Mandelson, then a member of the Commission, had accepted a trip to Jamaica from an unrevealed source.
Farage persuaded around 75 MEPs from across the political divide to back a motion of no confidence in Barroso, which would be sufficient to compel Barroso to appear before the European Parliament to be questioned on the issue.[32] The motion was successfully tabled on 12 May 2005, and Barroso appeared before Parliament[33] at a debate on 26 May 2005. The motion was heavily defeated. A Conservative MEP, Roger Helmer, was expelled from his group, the European People's Party - European Democrats (EPP-ED) in the middle of the debate by that group's leader Hans-Gert Poettering as a result of his support for Farage's motion.
Joseph Daul[link]
In January 2007, the French farmers' leader Joseph Daul was elected the new leader of the European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP-ED), the European Parliamentary grouping which then included the British Conservatives. The UK Independence Party almost immediately revealed that Daul had been under judicial investigation in France since 2004 as part of an inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds worth €16 million (£10.6 million) by French farming unions."[34] It was not suggested that Daul had personally benefited, but was accused of "complicity and concealment of the abuse of public funds." Daul accused Farage of publicising the investigation for political reasons and threatened to sue Farage, but did not do so though the court dropped all charges against him.
Prince Charles[link]
Prince Charles gave a speech to the European Parliament on 14 February 2008, in which he called for EU leadership in the war against climate change. During the standing ovation that followed, Farage was the only MEP to remain seated and went on to describe the Prince's advisers as "naïve and foolish at best."[35] Farage continued: "How can somebody like Prince Charles be allowed to come to the European Parliament at this time to announce he thinks it should have more powers? It would have been better for the country he wants to rule one day if he had stayed home and tried to persuade Gordon Brown to give the people the promised referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon." The leader of the UK Labour Party's MEPs, Gary Titley, accused Farage of anti-Royalism. Titley said: "I was embarrassed and disgusted when the Leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, remained firmly seated during the lengthy standing ovation Prince Charles received. I had not realised Mr Farage's blind adherence to right wing politics involved disloyalty and discourtesy to the Royal Family. He should be thoroughly ashamed of himself and should apologise to the British people he represents."[35]
Herman Van Rompuy[link]
After the speech of Herman Van Rompuy on 24 February 2010 in the European parliament, Farage—to protests from other MEPs—addressed the first long-term President of the European Council saying that he has the "charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of low grade bank clerk".[36] Farage questioned the legitimacy of Van Rompuy's appointment asking "Who are you? I'd never heard of you, nobody in Europe had ever heard of you", he also asserted that Van Rompuy's "intention is to be the quiet assassin of European democracy and of European nation states."[36] In the same speech he also referred to Belgium, the home of Van Rompuy, as "pretty much a non-country".[37] Van Rompuy commented afterwards, "There was one contribution that I can only hold in contempt, but I'm not going to comment further."[36] After refusing to apologise for behaviour that was, in the words of the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, "inappropriate, unparliamentary and insulting to the dignity of the House", Farage was reprimanded and had his right to ten days' allowance (expenses) rescinded.[38] [39]
The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, said after his meeting with Farage:
I defend absolutely Mr Farage's right to disagree about the policy or institutions of the Union, but not to personally insult our guests in the European Parliament or the country from which they may come. [. . .] I myself fought for free speech as the absolute cornerstone of a democratic society. But with freedom comes responsibility - in this case, to respect the dignity of others and of our institutions. I am disappointed by Mr Farage's behaviour, which sits ill with the great parliamentary tradition of his own country. I cannot accept this sort of behaviour in the European Parliament. I invited him to apologise, but he declined to do so. I have therefore - as an expression of the seriousness of the matter - rescinded his right to ten days' daily allowance as a Member.[39]
Questioned by Camilla Long, Farage declared of his speech "it wasn't abusive, it was right."[13]
European economic governance[link]
He spoke of the EU being "German-dominated" in a speech at the European-Parliament on 18 November 2011.[40]
Views on the euro[link]
From taking office as a UKIP MEP in 1999, Farage has often voiced opposition to the "euro project". His argument is that "a one size fits all interest rate" cannot work for countries with structurally different economies, often using the example of Greece and Germany to emphasise contrast. He predicted the need for 'bailouts' before European Commission and European Central Bank officials admitted that these steps would be necessary. Specifically, Farage predicted that Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain would all require such assistance. To date, Spain is the only predicted country that has not asked for a 'bailout'. Although Spain and Italy have both had indirect assistance from the ECB, whereby secondary government bonds are bought by the central bank, they are prohibited from purchasing new bonds. Farage warns: "You can ignore the markets if you want to, but in time the markets will not ignore you". Farage also reinforces Germany's argument that Italy "should never have joined the euro".
Farage predicts that if the situation continues it will lead to violence due to the people's inability to "determine their own futures through the ballot box" as it will become the only "logical" tool to enable them to escape from their "economic prison" i.e. the Eurozone. He proclaims "I can only hope and pray that the euro project is destroyed by the markets before that really happens."
Farage strongly opposes the use of 'bailouts' and claims that "buying your own debt with tax payers money" will not solve the problem and that, "if we do, the next debt crisis won't be a country", "it will be the European Central Bank itself".[41][42]
Electoral performance[link]
Nigel Farage has contested several elections under the United Kingdom Independence Party banner:
- Itchen, Test and Avon, European Parliament Election 1994 - 12,423 votes, representing 5.2% of total votes cast
- Eastleigh by-election, 1994 - 952, 1.4%
- Salisbury, 1997 general election - 3,332, 5.7%
- European Parliament election, 1999 - elected member for South East England from party list
- Bexhill and Battle, 2001 general election - 3,474, 7.8%
- European Parliament election, 2004 - elected member for South East England from party list
- South Thanet, 2005 general election - 2,079, 5.0%
- Bromley and Chislehurst by-election, 2006 - 2,307, 8.0%
- European Parliament election, 2009 - elected member for South East England from party list.
- Buckingham, 2010 general election - 8,410, 17.4%
Footnotes[link]
- ^ "Farage vs Paxman". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K27fm4lyWm0. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ "Nigel Farage Re-Elected UKIP Party Leader". http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/UKIP-Nigel-Farage-Re-Elected-As-Leader-Of-The-UK-Independence-Party-Taking-Over-From-Lord-Pearson/Article/201011115795811?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Region_3&lid=ARTICLE_15795811_UKIP%3A_Nigel_Farage_Re-Elected_As_Leader_Of_The_UK_Independence_Party%2C_Taking_Over_From_Lord_Pearson. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ Edwards, Richard (7 May 2010). "Daily Telegraph". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7685912/General-Election-2010-Ukips-Nigel-Farage-has-lucky-escape-after-election-stunt-plane-crash.html. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ a b Andrew Sparrow "Nigel Farage to stand for Ukip leadership again", The Guardian, 3 September 2010
- ^ Dale, Iain; Brivati, Brian (5 October 2009). "Daily Telegraph". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/6256390/Top-100-most-influential-Right-wingers-50-1.html. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ Simon Hattenstone. "Nigel Farage, Ukip: 'Other party leaders live in a PC world.' | Politics". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/05/nigel-farage-ukip-interview. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
- ^ Watts, Robert (2007-03-11). "Making plans with Nigel". London: The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/11/nukip11.xml. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
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- ^ "Politics | UKIP 'voice of British majority'". London: BBC News Online. 2006-10-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5415252.stm?ls.
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- ^ "UKIP: Nigel Farafe Re-Elected As Leader Of the UK Independence Party, Taking Over From Lord Pearson". Sky News. 5 November 2010. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/UKIP-Nigel-Farage-Re-Elected-As-Leader-Of-The-UK-Independence-Party-Taking-Over-From-Lord-Pearson/Article/201011115795811?lpos=Politics_First_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15795811_UKIP:_Nigel_Farage_Re-Elected_As_Leader_Of_The_UK_Independence_Party,_Taking_Over_From_Lord_Pearson. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ Farage to quit as UKIP Leader, UKIP website, Retrieved 4 September 2009
- ^ a b Camilla Long "Nigel Farage: Brimming over with bile and booze", The Times, 21 March 2010
- ^ "Farage to stand against Speaker". London: BBC News Online. 2009-09-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8235626.stm.
- ^ Nigel Farage injured in plane crash in Northamptonshire, BBC News Website, Retrieved 6 May 2010
- ^ Nigel Farndale (2010-11-18). "Nigel Farage: born to rant". London: Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/ukip/8128877/Nigel-Farage-born-to-rant.html. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "AAIB Bulletin: 11/2010 G-BWDF 6 May 2010 at 0659 hrs". Air Accidents Investigation Branch. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/PZL-104%20Wilga%2035A,%20G-BWDF%2011-2010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ Dowling, Tim (7 May 2010). "Election results: Ukip's Nigel Farage finishes behind John Bercow and Flipper". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/07/nigel-farage-ukip-john-bercow. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Crash pilot 'threatened to kill UKIP's Nigel Farage'". BBC News online. 1 December 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-11886985. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Nigel Farage death threats crash pilot guilty". BBC News online. 14 April 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-13082655. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "AV referendum: Where parties stand". BBC News. 13 January 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11609887. Retrieved 11-02-2011.
- ^ a b George Eaton (4 May 2012). "How UKIP became "Fresh Choice for London"". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/how-ukip-became-fresh-choice-london. Retrieved 1 Jun 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Nigel Farage calls on Conservative MPs to join UKIP". BBC news. 6 May 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17974787. Retrieved 1 Jun 2012.
- ^ Robert Watts "Making plans with Nigel", Sunday Telegraph, 11 March 2007
- ^ Helm, Toby (2009-05-24). "Ukip leader boasts of his £2m in expenses | Politics | The Observer". London: Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/24/mps-expenses-ukip-nigel-farage. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "McShane misses the point on expenses - UK Independence Party". Ukip.org. 2009-05-19. http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/1053-mcshane-misses-the-point-on-expenses. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "MEP expense spotlight turns focus to EU - UK Independence Party". Ukip.org. 2009-05-25. http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/1068-mep-expense-spotlight-turns-focus-to-eu. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "BBC NEWS | Europe | Profile: Jacques Barrot". Newswww.bbc.net.uk. 2004-11-22. http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/europe/4032113.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ The prohibition contained in the French penal code against mentioning crimes covered by an amnesty only concerns French officials who may hear of such crimes in the course of their duties (CP L133-11), and does not apply generally (L133-10).
- ^ "Impressions on the new European Commission (2), 18/11/2004 - MEP Nigel Farage replies to Parliament President Josep Borrell who urged him to reflect on his comments and the possible legal consequences.". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPLkcgaWc0o. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ Castle, Stephen (2005-05-26). "Barroso survives confidence debate over free holiday with Greek tycoon - Europe, World - The Independent". London: News.independent.co.uk. http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article223215.ece. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "Bloomberg.com". Bloomberg.com. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aFq2hOeCcYZc&refer=europe. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ "Europe | Barroso rebuffs yacht questions". London: BBC News. 2005-05-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4578261.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ Waterfield, Bruno (2007-01-13). "EU Right's new leader at heart of funds inquiry". London: Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/13/wdaul13.xml. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ a b "Politics | UKIP anger at prince's EU speech". London: BBC News. 2008-02-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7245183.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ a b c "Tirade against 'damp rag' EU president shocks MEPs". London: BBC News. 2010-02-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8535121.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ EUX.TV YouTube channel - Nigel Farage harangues EU President Herman van Rompuy Uploaded on 24 February 2010; Retrieved 27 February 2010
- ^ "MEP Nigel Farage fined over 'insulting' tirade". BBC News. 2010-03-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8544904.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ a b "EP President Jerzy BUZEK on MEP Nigel FARAGE - 68659". European Parliament. 2010-03-03. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/eng-internet-publisher/eplive/expert/shotlist/20100303SHL92842. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ Going Viral: Nigel Farage on 'German- dominated' EU at the Daily Mail
- ^ ""Nigel Farage - Europe Trapped Inside an Economic Prison" (A collage of speeches by UKIP Leader Nigel Farage MEP in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and Brussels as Co-President of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group (EFD). Excerpts relate to the euro currency crisis leading up to the bailouts of Greece (May 2010), Ireland (November 2010) and Portugal (April 2011). Video credit ~ europarl: http://www.youtube.com/user/europarl)". 22 April 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJ-MdikNr0. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ | europarl speech archives, with full list of all of Mr Farage's speeches in plenary that are referred to in my original source video | accessdate=2011-04-27
References[link]
- 2002 Amnesty law
- Penal Code, articles L133-9, L133-10, L133-11
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| Name | Farage, Nigel |
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| Short description | British politician |
| Date of birth | 3 April 1964 |
| Place of birth | Kent, United Kingdom |
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General Rookmangud Katowal is the ex-Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army.
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Biography[link]
A graduate of the Indian National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Nepal's Tribhuwan University and a Masters Degree in National Defence from Pakistan's Quaid-i-Azam University. General Katowal is also the Distinguished International Honour Graduate of the US Special Forces Course, and earned the coveted Gideon in the U.S. Ranger Course. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College, Camberley UK, the Senior Command Course, India and the National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Military career[link]
In 1988 he became the Chief Military Personnel Officer of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.[1][2] General Katowal was appointed as Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Nepalese Army on 10 September 2006. Earlier, he was Chief of General Staff from 10 September 2004 to 10 September 2006 in the rank of Lieutenant General, and commanded the then Western Division in the peak of counterinsurgency operations between December 2003 and August 2004. General Katowal is also 'Colonel Commandant' of his old battalion, Shree Pashupati Prasad.
On 29 December 2001, General Katowal was appointed the first co-coordinator of the National Security Council Secretariat. He also served as the Adjutant General (AG) and the Director of Military Intelligence of the Nepalese Army, and as the Commandant of the Royal Nepalese Military Academy. He holds the distinction of having commanded three consecutive Brigades, two Infantry and one Special Forces. He has also served in the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in the Suez Canal area, and has been the Nepalese Government's Liaison Officer to the Brigade of Gurkhas of the British Army and Government of Hong Kong, and the Chief Military Personnel Officer of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
Positions and controversy[link]
He has been fiercely resisting group integration of Maoist rebels into the National Army and has been at odds with Maoist government on several other issues. Controversy surrounding his relationship with the ruling government, largely focused on recruiting issues, led to his brief sacking on May 3, 2009. It was also rumored that he had a strong backing from Indian government.[3] Protests in response to his sacking included the withdrawal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) from the ruling coalition government.[4] The CPN-Maoists at the head of the coalition then named Lt. General Kul Bahadur Khadka as a replacement COAS. Shortly afterwards, the President of Nepal overrode both decisions and ordered him to continue his service.[5] This resulted in Prime Minister Prachanda's resignation and a general collapse of the government.[6]
References[link]
- ^ http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/aug/aug19/news15.php
- ^ http://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/coas/coascorner.php
- ^ http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/200953112020764395.html
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8031622.stm
- ^ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/03/content_11305143.htm
- ^ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/04/content_11312598.htm
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| Preceded by Pyar Jung Thapa |
Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army 2006 – 2009 |
Succeeded by Chhatra Man Singh Gurung |
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| Name | Dahal, Keshav |
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| Date of birth | 1948 |
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