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PRI's The World - November 5, 2009
Today on The World: Swine flu hits one of the world's most isolated indigenous tribes, A new study out suggests most young Americans literally aren't fit enough for the military and the roots of Pakistan's battle with itself.
PRI's The World - November 4, 2009
Today on The World: Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah refuses to join the government and says he'll continue to demand corruption reform, Germany reacts in anger at GM's decision not to sell its European subsidiary Opel; and how a picnic in Communist Hungary played a role in bringing down the Iron Curtain.
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Scientists halt brain disease with new gene therapy
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated version of the AIDS virus, a study published on Thursday showed.
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G20 vows to spur fragile growth
The recovery is too weak to end stimulus moves, G20 ministers say, as Britain suggests a transaction tax to fund bailouts.
Afghans die in 'Nato air strike'
Nato officials investigate whether the death of eight Afghans working with US troops was a "friendly-fire" incident.
Obama in 11th-hour US health plea
Barack Obama makes a last-minute bid to get approval of his health reforms from the US House of Representatives
 
Job losses keep going and going . . .
Pretty much any way you look at it, we're in the worst job market this country has seen in 26 years. The unemployment rate hit 10.2% in October, and silver linings are hard to find. Steve Henn reports.
Would Russian bonds be worth the risk?
A lot of people lost their shirts 11 years ago when Russia defaulted on its debt. So some eyebrows have been raised by the Russian finance minister's talk of issuing almost $18 billion in bonds next year. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
Every penny counts in online retail wars
Wal-Mart, Target and Amazon are continuing their online pricing battles. The subject of this week's contest? DVDs. And the back-and-forth is down to the penny. Jeremy Hobson reports.
StudioTulsa
The TU School of Art and the Alexandre Hogue Gallery are presenting "Personal Interiors," an exhibit by the contemporary figurative artists Alan Feltus and Lani Irwin. As funded by the Ruth Mayo Distinguished Visiting Artist Endowment, this show will feature their paintings, drawings, and collages, all of which reveal a passion for (and a keen awareness of) the human form. Feltus and Irwin, who are married, are our guests today on StudioTulsa.
Georgetown University law professor and attorney Philip Schrag and political refugee David Ngaruri Kenney will deliver a lecture entitled "Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America" tomorrow night (the 6th) at 6:00pm at the TU College of Law. The lecture is free to the public. On our show today, we speak by phone with Prof. Schrag, who tells us of Kenney's incredible efforts to both seek out and achieve political asylum in the U.S.
A New Children's Book --- "Through Eva's Eyes" --- and the Painful History, and Biography, Behind It
On this edition of StudioTulsa, we chat with Eva Unterman, a longtime Tulsan and an active Holocaust survivor and educator. Through her work on the Council for Holocaust Education, Unterman has also done much to bring the personal narratives and experiences of other Holocaust survivors to the Tulsa area. Now, her own story is being told --- in a newly published children's book, "Through Eva's Eyes," which has been written and illustrated by her granddaughter, Phoebe Eloise Unterman.
Local & Regional
Lawsuit filed in Cherokee County heilcopter crash.
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