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The World in a City

Thursday, December 27, 2007

The whole world can be found within New York City's five boroughs. We take a tour of the many sights, sounds, and smells of our multi-ethnic city. Also, find out how cellphones are connecting the world's poor to the global economy. Plus: why cyberwars may be the warfare of the future.

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How Pakistan is Reacting to Benazir Bhutto's Assassination

Huma Yusuf, MIT scholar and media commentator, gives us an update live from Karachi on how Pakistan is reacting to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.


New York: The World in a City

The whole world can be found within New York City’s five boroughs. New York Times reporter Joseph Berger takes us on a tour of the many different sights, smells, and sounds of our diverse and vibrant city. His new book is The World in a City: Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York.

Weigh in: Where in NYC do you feel like you’re in a different country? Tell us about a particular neighborhood, restaurant, or market that you think gives an authentic feel for a different country.


Underreported: Cellphones in the Global Economy

Cellphones are helping to connect the world’s poor to the global economy. Nicholas P. Sullivan is author of You Can Hear Me Now.


Underreported: Cyberwars

Cyberwars may be the wars of the future. In April 2007, cyberattacks from Russia crippled the banking, police, and government offices of Estonia; in June, the US accused the Chinese military of hacking into a network used by Defense Secretary Gates. Leonard talks to Andrew Macpherson of Justiceworks at the University of New Hampshire.

Foreign Policy magazine featured cyberwars in their article "The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2007."



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