PRI's The World - with Host Marco Werman
A former leader released from jail. A sitting president flees the palace and now faces an arrest warrant. The Ukraine story continues to play out in unbelievable twists and turns. The World's Matthew Bell profiles deposed president Viktor Yanukovich, a man the world hardly knew until the events of recent days.
Plus TIME's Simon Shuster, fresh from covering Sochi and now on the trail of the missing Yanukovich, tells us how Russian President Vladimir Putin is spinning the crisis in Ukraine.
Also today, we launch "The Ninth Month," our multi-media series on pregnancy and maternal health around the world. Our own Sonia Narang kicks its off with a profile of a woman in rural Nepal and the strenuous work she does in the fields throughout her pregnancy. There's a great video to accompany the radio story.
Also, The World's Ari Daniel reports from Palau on how scientists are mining corals for biotech research into cancer drugs.
And we hear from Scottish national Susie Wolff, a rare woman racing on the Formula One circuit.