PM Public Radio
Japanese intelligence officials warn that North Korea may be preparing to launch a missile toward Hawaii; Treasury Secretary Geithner makes the case before Congress for the Obama Administration’s revamped financial regulation plan; and more massive protests in Iran. Other highlights on today’s PM programs include:
Marketplace: Sandy Tolan reports from Bangladesh for the next segment of Marketplace’s Working series. Tolan profiles poor laborers who break down hulking old oil tankers and cargo ships using little more than hammers and blow-torches.
All Things Considered: A month after the end of a long, brutal war between Sri Lanka’s army and the Tamil Tiger rebels, Philip Reeves reports on unsettled business and lasting effects of the violence.
The World: War in Kosovo ended a decade ago–but the whereabouts of some ethnic Serbs who disappeared from Kosovo remains a mystery. Michael Montgomery reports on what he says is evidence that some Kosovo Serbs were smuggled out by ethnic Albanian separatists.
