Archive for March, 2010



19
Mar
10

Luis Moreno Ocampo on WHYS

On Friday, Alicia from the WHYS team will be travelling to International Criminal Court to visit its prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo. He’s kindly agreed to take questions for the whole hour, and you can either leave them here, or email me your comment and your phone number if you’d to come on air. Here’s some more info… Continue reading ‘Luis Moreno Ocampo on WHYS’

19
Mar
10

Luis Moreno Ocampo on WHYS

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, tells us about his job and how he is going to be on the programme later today, ready to answer your questions.

18
Mar
10

Videos from SuperPowernation

Continue reading ‘Videos from SuperPowernation’

18
Mar
10

SuperPower Nation

If you’re familiar with WHYS you’ll know we are always willing to try something new. Maybe that’s one reason WHYS producer Krupa was chosen to create the BBC’s SuperPower Nation. She’s been working away for weeks and now the day is almost here (it’s on Thursday 18th March), we want you to be involved as much as possible. Continue reading ‘SuperPower Nation’

18
Mar
10

Gearing up for SuperPower Nation

18
Mar
10

SuperPower Nation

James shows us around the the venue in London for SuperPower Nation day as the set up gets under way.

Check out the blog post here.
Follow it on twitter @BBC_SPNation or search for #superpowernation

18
Mar
10

Charlie Gillett: your memories

You’ve already been writing to us this morning to pay your tributes to BBC music presenter Charlie Gillettwho has died.

Continue reading ‘Charlie Gillett: your memories’

17
Mar
10

On air: Revisiting Haiti and Chile.

Haiti’s earthquake on January 12th lasted 35 seconds and resulted in around 200,000 deaths.

The Haitian government and international agencies estimate that Haiti will need $11.5bn (£7.55bn) to rebuild after the devastating earthquake.  

Chile’s seismic tremor on February 27th, was 500 times stronger, measuring 8.8 in magnitude, compared with Haiti’s 7.0.

Yet the number of casualties lay in the hundreds. There was far less physical damage to structures and phone lines in Santiago began operating again within hours.

Continue reading ‘On air: Revisiting Haiti and Chile.’

17
Mar
10

Does some art go too far?

A Danish artist is causing controversy after dressing her baby as evil 20th century figures including Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler.  

Have a look at the pictures here. Continue reading ‘Does some art go too far?’

16
Mar
10

Are there limits to protest?

In Thailand hundreds if not thousands of red shirted anti-government protesters are donating their blood in order to collect it in bottles to throw at government buildings as a ritual sacrificial offering. They claim this is a demonstration of love for their country.  Is this a protest too far? Continue reading ‘Are there limits to protest?’




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