http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1004&ft=1&f=1004 NPR world news, international art and culture, world business and financial markets, world economy, and global trends in health, science and technology. Subscribe to the World Story of the Day podcast and RSS feed. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:07:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1004&ft=1&f=1004 It goes back to a single page in a report written decades ago by U.S. consultants, and funded by the U.S. State Department. Wed, 22 May 2013 03:07:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/05/21/185896057/why-apple-and-lots-of-other-companies-wound-up-in-ireland?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/05/21/185896057/why-apple-and-lots-of-other-companies-wound-up-in-ireland?ft=1&f=1004 Political unpredictability in the region hampers all kinds of businesses: from stone-cutters and shoemakers to IT. Business owners in the West Bank say Secretary of State John Kerry's commitment to remove barriers to commerce might go further than actual cash. Wed, 22 May 2013 03:04:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185809432/west-bank-businesses-seek-growth-amid-uncertainty?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185809432/west-bank-businesses-seek-growth-amid-uncertainty?ft=1&f=1004 The Guardian Council, which vets all candidates, approved eight names, but left out an influential former president and a top aide to the current president. Their exclusion gives establishment-friendly candidates a clear path to the presidency in the June 14 election. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/21/185865203/two-key-candidates-barred-from-seeking-irans-presidency?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/21/185865203/two-key-candidates-barred-from-seeking-irans-presidency?ft=1&f=1004 Hipsters may just be discovering the joys of backyard chickens, but in African megacities, people have been bringing their animals into the slums with them for decades. That's creating a new ecosystem of animals and huge numbers of people living closely together like never before. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:26:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/21/185763979/african-cities-test-the-limits-of-living-with-livestock?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/21/185763979/african-cities-test-the-limits-of-living-with-livestock?ft=1&f=1004 A pair of sandals, a shawl and a drinking cup that were used by the Indian independence leader are among the objects going under the hammer in the U.K. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:47:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/21/185829604/gandhi-artifacts-could-fetch-steep-prices-at-auction?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/21/185829604/gandhi-artifacts-could-fetch-steep-prices-at-auction?ft=1&f=1004 When Margot Adler learned that a cousin had hidden from the Nazis in Amsterdam, she was stunned. Adler started digging around and discovered that like Anne Frank, 25,000 Dutch Jews hid, and two-thirds of them survived. Her cousin was one of them. Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:58 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/182676360/discovering-a-family-members-lost-time-in-amsterdam?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/182676360/discovering-a-family-members-lost-time-in-amsterdam?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg_wmref_em.php?id=185839207&type=1&date=21-May-2013&mtype=WM Dominique Venner, a well-known French historian who embraced and wrote about ultra-conservative causes for decades, committed suicide today in front of the alter at Notre Dame Cathedral. He had left a post on his blog decrying the legalization of same sex marriage in France. "An infamous law ... can always be repealed," he wrote. "It will require new, spectacular and symbolic actions to rouse people from their complacency." Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=185839242&ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=185839242&ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg_wmref_em.php?id=185839217&type=1&date=21-May-2013&mtype=WM China has been building museums with abandon, opening about 100 annually in recent years. Two of the biggest opened on the same day last fall on opposite banks of Shanghai's Huangpu River. But filling these museums — with both art and visitors — is proving more challenging. Tue, 21 May 2013 13:58:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185776432/china-builds-museums-but-will-the-visitors-come?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185776432/china-builds-museums-but-will-the-visitors-come?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg_wmref_em.php?id=185839181&type=1&date=21-May-2013&mtype=WM The government has argued that the classified images could spark violence against Americans abroad. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/21/185811798/court-backs-withholding-of-potent-images-of-bin-ladens-body?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/21/185811798/court-backs-withholding-of-potent-images-of-bin-ladens-body?ft=1&f=1004 You are a poor country with chronic power shortages. The summer is blazing hot. What do you do? In Pakistan, the prime minister has banned air conditioners in government offices — but says it's OK for workers to go without socks. Tue, 21 May 2013 11:58:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/20/185664019/socks-are-optional-as-pakistan-grapples-with-power-cuts?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/20/185664019/socks-are-optional-as-pakistan-grapples-with-power-cuts?ft=1&f=1004 Scientists in Canada were working at an experimental research farm, testing crops like corn and barley. But packs of Canada geese had been swooping in and destroying the crops. Two border collies were hired to chase away the geese. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:34:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/185738763/border-collies-protect-scientsts-research-from-geese?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/185738763/border-collies-protect-scientsts-research-from-geese?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg_wmref_em.php?id=185740260&type=1&date=21-May-2013&mtype=WM The late Indian leader Mohandis Gandhi, who became known as Mahatma, or venerated one, had an appendectomy decades ago. Afterward, doctors took samples of his blood. Two microscope slides bearing that blood are being auctioned in London. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:28:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/185736686/nows-your-chance-to-own-a-little-bit-of-gandhi?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/185736686/nows-your-chance-to-own-a-little-bit-of-gandhi?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg_wmref_em.php?id=185735280&type=1&date=21-May-2013&mtype=WM In Italy, the youth jobless rate is nudging 40 percent, a record high in post-war history. Demographer Stefano Rosina says the Italian welfare system has always been skewed toward the middle-aged and elderly, leaving Italian youths with no political or trade union representation. Tue, 21 May 2013 05:52:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/185686033/young-people-cast-out-of-italys-welfare-system?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/185686033/young-people-cast-out-of-italys-welfare-system?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg_wmref_em.php?id=185723548&type=1&date=21-May-2013&mtype=WM The deadly collapse of a textile factory in Bangladesh has heightened awareness about cheap clothes. Many Americans have become used to inexpensive clothing, but the garments are also discarded at a remarkable rate: Billions of pounds of clothing are recycled each year; nearly half is exported. Tue, 21 May 2013 02:59:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185596830/the-global-afterlife-of-your-donated-clothes?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185596830/the-global-afterlife-of-your-donated-clothes?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/templates/dmg/dmg_wmref_em.php?id=185723881&type=1&date=21-May-2013&mtype=WM The former Royal Navy flagship fell victim to a 2010 defense review that recommended scrapping the vessel and selling its Harrier jump jets. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:46:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/stations/force/force_localization.php?station=WDAV_FM&url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/20/185578507/british-aircraft-carrier-hms-ark-royal-heads-for-scrap-yard?ft=1&f=1004 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/20/185578507/british-aircraft-carrier-hms-ark-royal-heads-for-scrap-yard?ft=1&f=1004