Columbia, Hurricane Sandy, Vote Stealing in the US, Antarctica, Chile

This week's Newz has the added bonus of Tim reporting from Bogota, with an update about things he has seen and things going on in Colombia. Then its time for Hurricane Sandy aftermath stories courtesy of Mark's family and friends in NJ. Vote stealing is explored and UN observers will be back in the US next week. No agreement reached on protecting a chunk of the Antarctic, while a NYTimes piece tells the story of China's largest professional exodus in a decade. The Arab Artists trip begins now, updates coming on the next edition of Newz of the World.

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2nd US Presendential Debate, Egyptian Constitutional Assembly, Abortion in Uruguay, Siege of Portuguese Parliament, Euro Bank Supervisor Deal, Nobel Peace Prize

This week we kick things off with the bizarro second US Presidential Election Debate. From there its on to constitutional struggles in Egypt.  Over in South America, Uruguay becomes the third nation to legalize abortion.  The people of Portugal take to the streets and surround parliament. While the EU agrees on a Eurozone Bank Supervisor arrangement.  Speaking of the Nobel Prize winning Union, we look back on the decision last week.  Looking ahead, Tim is Colombia bound!

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Elections in Venezuela; first black supreme court member in Brazil; student massacre in Nigeria; Syria crisis; mining strikes continue in South Africa; Nobel peaze price coming up

This week the Newz team begins back in Venezuela to discuss what happened with the elections over the weekend.

From there we go over to Brazil where the first Black Supreme Court President has been appointed. Some terrible news from Nigeria where students were massacred last week.

While up near the Syrian border, the US Military is concerned about chemical weapons and has deployed a force to Jordan.

Following up on the South African Mining Strikes, workers have rejected the latest offer from the major gold companies. And finally today, it is Nobel season, so Tim and Mark are making their Peace Prize predictions.

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Turkey Responds to Syrian Attacks with Force; Serbia Bans Gay Pride; Capriles Takes on Chavez in Venezuelan Election; Ivanishvili beats Saakashvili in Georgian Elections; Japanese Firm Has a Bomb Detecting Gate

This week Mark reports in from Stockholm as we start off with the escalating Turkey-Syria conflict. Over in the Balkans, Serbia bans another gay pride celebration. A man named Capriles is challenging Chavez in the Venezuelan presidential election this weekend. While this past week the world watched as the Georgian Dream party beat President Saakashvili's party. Finally today we look at a new bomb detecting gate coming to an airport near you very soon.

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Anti-Islam Film Guy Held in California; Multinational Force to Reclaim Northern Mali is Delayed By US Demands; Netanyahu Brings A Bomb Diagram to the UN; File Sharing for Personal Use Ruled OK in Portugal; PEW Survey About How People Get Their Local News

This week we look at a recent arrest of a man named Basseley said to be connected to the infamous Mohammed-George film. Followed by a discussion of the delay in deployment of multinational force for Mali. Meanwhile on the main stage in NYC, the Israeli PM shows off a bomb diagram. In Portugal a recent court ruling sets a major precedent that file-sharing for personal use is not a crime. And what about local news habits and preferences? - We look at a recent PEW survey.

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US Aid to Egypt Stalled; Hans Blix Speaks Out Over Failed Iran Nuclear Program Sanctions; Shell Stops Arctic Drilling Plans for This Year; USAID Suspends Operations In Russia; Chinese Protests Against Japan Worldwide

We start this week in newz with the aftermath of the video protests and some new related developments including the withholding of big money to Egypt.

Hans Blix, respected expert best known from the Iraq sanctions days is making headlines with his criticism of the Iran-sanctions strategy.

Suspicion as Shell and Gazprom cancel arctic drilling and exploration for 2012. USAID pulls out or gets kicked out of Russia.

And around the world Chinese people are protesting Japan's purchasing of Senkaku islands. Finally we wrap it up with a big thanks as the crowdfunding goal for Egypt and Tunisia has been reached!

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Film Sparks Attacks in Libya and Egypt; Dutch Election Results; Bulgaria Cancels Building of Russian Nuclear Powerplant; New Peace Talks to Begin with FARC; Voyager Mission Almost out of our Solar System; Mark and Chris Kickstarter Campaign to Egypt and T

This week the Boyz of Newz get into the infamous so-called film that has sparked violence in the Middle East.

Then come the results of the latest elections in the Netherlands where the far-right in no longer trending.

Looking east it looks like Bulgaria will not be building a new nuclear power plant, much to Russia's chagrin.

We're excited about peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC which begin next month in Oslo.

Speaking of excitement, after 35 years in space, Voyager 1 may soon leave our solar system.

And finally, Mark unveils a kickstarter mission to do a podcast series with celebrated podcaster Christopher Lydon in Egypt and Tunisia this November.

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Massacre in the Amazon; Portuguese Gov Announces Extreme Austerity; Obama Approves Arctic Drilling; Youth Unemployment in Morrocco Worrying International Organizations; Philip Roth vs Wikipedia

This week Tim is on the road with Indiana Jones so we start off with trouble in the amazon where conflicting reports say illegal miners have committed some terrible crimes.

Over in Portugal another round of big austerity measures are announced including a proposal to shut down public broadcasting.

The White House meanwhile has opened the door to drilling in the Arctic as the Democrat Party convention comes to a close.

The World Bank has released a report on Morocco citing extreme unemployment among youth as the prelude to another arab spring revolt. Finally a disagreement between Wikipedia and Phillip Roth brings back the looming issue of an ongoing decline in editors and administrators for the book of knowledge. Mark has big news coming up, tease tease.

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Clint Eastwood is talking to a chair; Ethiopian Leader Meles Zenawi Dies; Inmates Become Guards in Libya; US Study Shows New Jobs are Mostly Low Paying; Fracking Alternative: Liquid Pulsing; Space-age food served up with seeds of success

While the rest of the world is busy finding solutions for the big problems, an actor in America is talking to a chair and creating a new meme, therefore making it impossible to ignore for the Newz of the World team. In other newz, we discuss the death of Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi and the interesting project in Libya where former prison inmates become the guards of their old torturers. We look at a study that analyzes the shift in employment in the US and we review a less invasive method for retrieving oil that could replace the problematic fracking. Finally we discuss vegetables from space, freshly mutated by cosmic rays by beloved China. Bon appetite.

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Mexican Healthcare Reform; Burma Announces End to Media Censorship; Pussy Riot Gets Two Year Term; Hackitat Documentary; Australian Welfare Credit Card Controversy; Dutch Pension Funds Lose Millions on Facebook

Today on the program we jump into Mexican health news as that nation's healthcare reform has been declared a success.

Over in Burma the government has taken the healthy step of ending censorship of local media.

In Russia, Pussy Riot was sentenced to 2 years, Kasporov may get 5, and zombies were arrested in Omsk.

We help spread the word about Swedish hacker documentary Hackitat.

Australia expands their contreversial welfare card program.

And major Dutch pensions lose millions of dollars from having invested in facebook stocks.

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