Name: Which will come first, El Chapo's next escape, or his extradition to the US? by The World in PRI's The World: 05/09/2016
Duration: 3 min 5 s
Description: A judge in Mexico on Monday ruled that Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, one of the most violent heads of any drug cartel in Mexico, can be extradited to face drug trafficking charges in the US.

PRI's The World: 05/09/2016

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

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A judge in Mexico on Monday ruled that Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, one of the most violent heads of any drug cartel in Mexico, can be extradited to face drug trafficking charges in the US.

Which will come first, El Chapo's next escape, or his extradition to the US?

The secretive state of North Korea invited dozens of foreign reporters to Pyongyang to cover a rare political meeting. But the authorities there kept journalists on a short leash, and gave three of them the boot.

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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

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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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Which will come first, El Chapo's next escape, or his extradition to the US?

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