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Last updated 5:00AM ET
February 10, 2010
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PRI's The World - February 8, 2010
Today on The World: US and NATO troops prepare for a major operation against a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan; Also, clandestine dining in Spain that requires a password... or a fingerscan; And a Scottish balladeer with a new take on an old tradition.
PRI's The World - February 5, 2010
Today on The World: The story of a 13-year-old Pakistani girl who says her own family tried to force her to become a suicide bomber; Also, how alcoholism is helping to drive down life expectancy for men in Russia; And why the struggling economies of Greece, Spain, and Portugal have become a worry on Wall Street.
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Greeks strike over austerity plan
Public sector workers in Greece launch a nationwide strike in protest at government measures to tackle the budget deficit.
Afghan tunnel avalanches kill 150
Avalanches around a mountain tunnel in Afghanistan kill at least 150 people and injure hundreds more, officials say.
Sweet tooth 'hints at depression'
Particularly sweet-toothed children may be depressed and at higher risk of future alcohol problems, say US researchers.
 
Eurozone's ills spread to neighbors
Investors pushed the euro up from recent lows, but for many other currencies some of the damage may have already been done. Alisa Roth reports.
Premiums may rise without reform
California's largest for-profit health insurer, Anthem Blue Cross, has told individual policy holders their premiums may jump up as much as 39%. John Dimsdale reports that Anthem's rate increase has become part of the health care debate in Washington.
The problem with marketing health food
First Lady Michelle Obama will lead a new campaign to fight childhood obesity. Nutrition advocates say part of this fight is making healthy food more appealing. Sarah Gardner reports.
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TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 440,000 cars around the world for faulty airbags as rival Toyota Motor Corp faced further probes over its largest-ever safety crisis.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week slammed the East Coast from Washington to New York on Tuesday, forcing the United Nations to close and Congress to curtail legislative action.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran believes a nuclear fuel exchange with the West is still possible, state television said on Wednesday, a day after the Islamic Republic's expansion of uranium enrichment drew a U.S. warning of more sanctions soon.
KNBA Native News at Noon
Panel discussion on the proposed Pebble Mine, Doyon Limites begins oil and gas exlporation north of Stevens Village, Rural legislators question fairness of governor's plan for merit scholarships, Wrangell, Petersburg and Angoon discuss hydro project.
Department of Interior officials meet with regional subsistence advisors in Anchorage this week, Senator Albert Kookesh waives immunity in order to proceed to trial, Alaska Natives and American Indians are four times more likely to contract the H1N1 virus.
The Navy presents their Environmental Impact Statement for conducting more extensive war games in the Gulf of Alaska and the Alaska Marine Conservation Council is questioning it, three environmental groups are suing to block a timber sale that could threaten one of the last mills operating in the Tongass National Forest, a gathering focused on the staggering numbers of suicide in Alaska wrapped up in Anchorage this week.
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