Dear Radio Friend,

The latest Shortwave Report (December 21) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom

(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {35MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

This week's show features stories from China Radio International, NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio havana Cuba, Spanish National Radio, and the Voice of Russia.

From CHINA- Park Geun-hye has become the first woman President of South Korea- she is the daughter of the former dictator/President who was assassinated in 1979. China has issued another call to Japan's new leader to improve relations between the two nations.

From JAPAN- Japan's Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide election and the next Prime Minister will be Shinzo Abe, a significant shift in the political landscape. China is wary of the change, given the disputed islands in the East China Sea. A US court has ordered anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to stay away from Japanese whaling vessels. The WTO has ruled that Ontario, Canada cannot discriminate against foreign made renewable energy products like solar panels. The German government announced that the shift to the use of renewable energy is going smoothly, with 8 nuclear power plants shut down.

From GERMANY- More on Germany's plans to boost renewable energy. Reporters Without Borders says that 2012 has been the deadliest year for reporters in their history. Greek public sector workers continue to strike. 15 of the 16 members of the UN Security Council called on Israel to cease expansion in East Jerusalem.

From CUBA- The Israeli government announced yet another round of settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. The Syrian government claims that rebels are using chemical weapons in order to blame the government and justify foreign intervention. Bahrain cracked down on pro-democracy forces.

From SPAIN- The Pope has called for a new economic model and ethical marketing. The EU recommended that Spain make further cuts to pensions. Catalonians are very upset with a federal reform calling for all students to be taught in Spanish, not in regional languages. Both the Conservative and Progressive forces in Catalonia agreed to hold a referendum on secession from Spain.

From RUSSIA- A new civil war is on the verge of breaking out between the north and the south in Iraq- Exxon oil company is about to drill for oil in a disputed region which will trigger a new war for oil.

There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line -

http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves



I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at http://radio.mediageek.net

All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in the last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a high-speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.

NEW TIME SLOT on KZYX! This program will be aired on Sunday afternoon at 4pm (PDST) on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via http://www.kzyx.org >

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I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I am still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)

links for this week's edition-

http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_12_21_12_128.mp3 > (27 MB) HIGHEST QUALITY

http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_12_21_12.mp3 > (16MB) Broadcast Quality

http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_12_21_12_24.mp3 > (6MB) Slow Modem streaming

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¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."

--Arundhati Roy

Dan Roberts

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