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PRI's The World - November 19, 2009
Today on The World: Afghan president Hamid Karzai is inaugurated for a second term today; Also, traffic accidents become a public health crisis in Ghana; And Egyptians bemoan the latest blow to their national pride... the loss of a World Cup qualifying match.
PRI's The World - November 18, 2009
Today on The World: A veto sparks concerns about Iraq's upcoming national elections; Also, a new survey highlights that poverty is the main concern of ordinary Afghans; And,we look at how Obama's visit has resonated in China.
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New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka camps 'to be opened up'
Sri Lanka says thousands of people detained since the fight against the Tamil Tigers ended will be free to come and go.
Archbishop and Pope make progress
The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting the Pope amid tensions over an offer to welcome some Anglicans into the Catholic fold.
'Big Bang machine' working again
The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.
New asset bubbles may be growing
There's growing concern that the world's central banks are flooding financial institutions with too much cash, setting the stage for another asset-bubble burst. Do banks just need to put on the brakes? Bob Moon reports.
Bill would allow Congress to audit Fed
A House committee has approved a bill sponsored by Republican Ron Paul to expand congressional oversight of the Federal Reserve. Steve Henn reports.
Change in cancer-screening guidelines
New recommendations have been issued for when you should get breast cancer mammograms and cervical-cancer screenings. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports some doctors believe patients need to change their mindsets.
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A 15-year-old Cole County girl will be tried as an adult in the murder of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olton last month.
Starting today, motorists caught on camera running the red lights at the intersections of Providence and Broadway, and Stadium and Worley will be fined 120 dollars.
Hundreds of people gathered inside the Capitol Rotunda today (Wednesday) to attend the state funeral for former Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes.
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Columbia and Boone County's Office of Emergency Management addressed faith based organization representatives at a conference at Parkade Baptist Church today.
Drivers and pedestrians on Hitt Street might have noticed the flooding this morning.
The former president of the Missouri Bar today told the group's Board of Governors of the problems plaguing public defenders across the state, calling it a crisis.
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