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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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Scientists find gene variant link to aging cells
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found specific genetic variants which may explain why some people age earlier than others and say their findings have important implications for understanding cancer and age-related diseases.
North Texas
The final vote naming a downtown Dallas street after Cesar Chavez is set for today. KERA's BJ Austin reports.
The second she speaks, you begin to sense NPR's Sylvia Poggioli is from Italy. Same thing with TV chef Paula Deen and the South. Not so easy, though, with other Americans and that bothers commentator Rawlins Gilliland.
In this half-hour program, The Texas Debates and the Democratic Primary, KERA takes at look how former Houston Mayor Bill White and millionaire businessman Farouk Shami answered questions presented by journalists and voters during a debate produced and broadcast statewide by KERA and its media partners.
