Name: Haiti, a Caribbean country, is joining the African Union by The World in PRI's The World: 05/13/2016
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Description: The African Union is about to admit its first non-African member.

PRI's The World: 05/13/2016

I talked with a Hong Kong protester today who goes by the name of Fish Cheng.

At the barricades

The seabed off the coast of Wales is about the last place you'd expect to find a 23-carat hunk of gold, but that's exactly what prospector Vincent Thurkettle did. Host Marco Werman speaks with him about his big find.

A eureka moment off the Welsh coast

The questions that linger six months after ISIS shot up the Bataclan

"They use a lot of emojis," says reporter Sheera Frenkel.

How ISIS recruits online — using encryption, chat rooms and even dating sites

Thousands of people have been protesting in France this week, as the government tries to pass a law making it easier for struggling businesses to fire their staff.

In France, employers resort to harassment to drive employees away. But not much longer?

The African Union is about to admit its first non-African member.

Haiti, a Caribbean country, is joining the African Union

If you want to flee a potential Trump presidency, you could sign up for Maple Match. It's a dating site targeting Americans who want to meet Canadians.

Does the US election make you want to flee to Canada? Try Maple Match.

After my story on Monday about how legendary Brooklyn pizzeria Totonno's is trying to rebuild and come back after super-storm Sandy, a lot of people said how charmed they were by the grand-daughter of the late Anthony "Totonno" Pero, Antoinette Balzano.  So here is an extended mix of the time I spent with Balzano, going around Coney Island, starting in front of Totonno's, going to the boardwalk, and returning back to the restaurant. We began by speaking about her grandfather.

Touring Coney Island with Antoinette Balzano of Totonno's Pizzeria

[<a href="https://soundcloud.com/theworld/sets/embedded-journalism-in-iraq">This is part of a panel discussion on embedded journalism in Iraq and Afghanistan</a>] 

This is part of a panel discussion on embedded journalism in Iraq and Afghanistan</a>] "(During the 2003 lead up to the Iraq invasion) we were going to bring all of the journalists that were going to go with us, and read them into the entire plan, weeks prior to the invasion.  And the reason this is done is, number one, they're going to be right beside us and deserve to know; and two, it was an extension of trust that says "We are going to let you in, and let you see everything that we're getting ready to do.  And we trust that you're not going to compromise the mission." - US Army Col. Richard "Ross" Coffman

Sebastian Junger, Bob Woodruff, Rita Leistner and Col. Ross Coffman talk with The World's Aaron Schachter on March 15, 2013

How reporters got to the war zone

Reporter Anders Kelto of PRI's The World talks about his radio and multimedia series, "School Year." Kelto is spending a year documenting the lives of students at a public high school in Cape Town, South Africa. The Centre of Science and Technology is a magnet school that serves families in the low-income township of Khayelitsha. &#13;
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School Year

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Haiti, a Caribbean country, is joining the African Union

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