Olympics Rundown; Iran Earthquakes; First Deep-sea Mining Operation; Romney appoints Paul Ryan; German Bank Steps out of Food Speculation; South African Mining Strikes; Uruguay Proposes Legalizing Marijuana

The program was almost back to normal, but then Mark messed up his audio settings and this week we get newz plus some shaky sound on his side.

Despite these setbacks this week we start with Olympics talk. From there its bad news from Iran with the latest twin earthquakes. This month also marks the beginning of deep sea mining around the world, starting in Papua New Guinea.

In the US one wealthy white guy has chosen another wealthy white guy as his Vice Presidential candidate.

Commerzbank of Germany takes itself out of the food speculation game. Rival unions in South Africa continue their violent clashes while the mining sector is also in an odd state. Uruguay is set to become the first country to both produce and distribute marijuana legally.

And to wrap it all up we discuss the call for more debate or disagreement on the program. Hooray!

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Syrian Prime Minister Defects; US Shooters; Drugs in the Netherlands; UK Bank Money Laundering; Russian LGBT Group Appeals to European Court of Human Rights; Pussy Riot Trial; Curiosity Rover successfully lands on Mars

After taking their respective vacations the Newz of the World duo is back and this week we start with the latest defections and battles in Syria. Then we get into the shootings in the US over the past weeks. Drug dealers are re-appearing on the streets of the Netherlands while a UK bank is accused to laundering money together with Iran. Pussy Riot is on trial and up on Mars there's a new Rover in town and we're very curious about it.

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Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor; EU patents; The Plunder of Timbuktu; Exxon Boss Speaks Out Against Climate Change; France to Legalize Same-Sex Marriages; Lula Da Silva; Peter Sunde's plea for pardon

As the high point of the summer draws near, Tim and Mark get into the restarting of a nuclear reactor in Japan. While Europe gets closer to a continent-wide patent system, down in Timbuktu an extremist militia has decided that ancient treasures must be destroyed. The CEO of Exxon pleads poverty. Same-sex marriage will be legalized in France next year. Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva appears in a documentary worth checking out. Peter Sunde appeals to the people and asks for a pardon.

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Syria shoots down Turkish plane; Paraguayan President ousted; Alternative energy in Brazil; North Carolina an Climate Change; President Mursi finally officially elected in Egypt; Endangered Languages

After a slightly larger interval we continue our newz discussion program with Tim still in Berlin and Mark having moved to Portugal to help out with things.

Today we discuss Syria shooting down turkish planes, Paraguay toppling its president due to failure to maintain social harmony, Brazil's impressive track record with renewable energy, North Carolina going nuts and Egypt having a new president.

We finish off by looking at a nice little project trying to help endangered languages.

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Swiss-Portuguese Money Laundering; US-Pakistan Supply Deal Fails; Dilma's Amazon Speech and the State of the Forests; 2012, Year of the Co-Ops; Storify as a Tool for Future Journalism; OECD's Better Life Index

As more banks get bailed out and football madness rages across Europe, Tim and Mark are back to pick through the news of the week.

We start with the massively under reported financial scandal involving Swiss financial firms in Portugal. Over in Pakistan negotiators have left the table as they can't seem to make an agreement on re-opening NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.

Dilma is proud of the rainforest while Tim tries to find a country equal to the size of the amount of forest that has been lost. Are cooperatives the answer to the financial turmoil of our time? What about storify- is this tool useful for journalism in the future? Lots of questions to be answered, and of course we end it all by playing with a chart with odd colors and graphics.

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Greece faces energy meltdown; Canada found guilty for supporting torture; South Sudan leaders stole USD 4 Billion; Ikea furniture and ancient Russian forests; PEW Twitter Use 2012 Survey

This week's newz features Mark in a panic room somewhere in Amsterdam. We discuss Greece's inability to pay the power bill as well as Canada's torture policy. Officials in South Sudan have stolen $4bn this year according to the cowboy hatted president. Is IKEA cutting old growth wood in Russia? We round it all off with an American twitter survey fun and a review of the latest comment discussion.

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SpaceX launches Falcon 9; Robert Fisk on massacre in Houla, Syria; Jacob Zuma and the "Spear-Penis"; Gas lobby in EU; Mein Kampf to be published in Germany in 2015

Another exciting week full of NEWZ has passed and it is your beloved newz team that again comes together to discuss, explain and complain about what the world has coming to.

This week we take a look at most recent events in space exploration by commercial endeavors, discuss the latest development of the crisis in Syria, discuss penis paintings of South African prime ministers and talk about the EU pretending that white is black and natural gas is a "green".

Finally we discuss the fact that Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf copyright is about to expire and what Germany does about that.

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US Pakistan Supply Routes Conflict; Time on Kony; Student Protests in Quebec; Egyptian 'rebound' voting

As Newz marches on, Tim and Mark suffer the effects of a heatwave and a hoarse throat.

In other newz: The US Senate won't give Pakistan part of its $1 Billion. The perplexing math of the Lord's Resistance Army. A breakdown of the student protests in Quebec. Juan Cole's Egyptian election analysis. And a France update about presidents, partners, cyclists and journalists.

We end by shamelessly plugging our recent talks at re:publica 12.

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re:publica 12; Sea Shepherd Captain Arrested in Germany; Libyan Victims of NATO Bombings in 2011 Want Answers; Netherlands Net Neutrality Law; Kony's #3 Arrested in the Central African Republic; One World Trade Center

So it us again after Mark's trip to Berlin to see and speak at re:publica 12 we are finally where we belong: in front of our screen reading the Newz to you.

Among those this week: the arrest of Sea Shepherd mastermind Captain Paul Watson in Germany; victims of NATO attacks on Libya speaking up; the Netherlands being the first to bring net neutrality to law in Europe; the arrest of one of the leaders of Joseph Kony's LRA.

To sum it up we ramble a bit more about building sizes and measurement styles around the world.

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Occupy movement makes May 1st their reawakening day; Second round of French election coming up; US signs post 2014 deal for cooperation in Afghanistan; The World Of Tomorrow with Julian Assange

It's our 1st of May Newz of the World so Tim and Mark are setting fire to the latest headlines and throwing around world events.

We start with the re-awakening of the occupy movement that is being called for in 125 cities around the world.

Over in France we are days away from the second round of presidential elections, which reminds us of LePen stories from previous French elections.

Afghanistan and the US have signed an agreement for activities after 2014.

As the first few episodes of Julian Assange's new show are out, we talk about the good, bad and the weird of this non-aligned style program.

Lastly a listener suggestion regarding EU maritime regulation.

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