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PRI's The World - February 8, 2010 Today on The World:

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.

PRI's The World - February 4, 2010 Today on The World: Why US-China relations are rocky right now and could get rockier still; Also, the BBC helps a teenage quake survivor in Haiti get in touch with his mother in the US; Plus, new technology helps consumers find out the environmental cost of the products they buy.

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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.

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Sri Lankan parliament dissolved Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolves parliament to set up early elections, a day after his main rival was arrested.

New acting president for Nigeria Nigeria's Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan becomes acting president in place of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua.

New Google social network Google takes the wraps off its latest social network - known as Buzz - pitting it directly against rival sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Fed puts focus on plan to tighten credit Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to testify on Capitol Hill about how the Fed plans to prevent inflation once the economy recovers. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports the Fed has a new tool at its disposal.

Debt crisis puts pressure on eurozone The debt of some eurozone countries, like Greece, is leading to market anxieties. Stephen Beard reports on whether the euro can hold together.

MGM bets on Macau over Atlantic City MGM Mirage is under pressure from New Jersey gaming regulators for alleged links its partner may have to Chinese organized crime syndicates. So MGM is divesting its stake in Atlantic City and holding onto its casino venture in China. Mitchell Hartman reports.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday that it wanted a U.N. sanctions resolution on Iran "within weeks" as Iran further expanded its nuclear programme in defiance of growing international pressure.

Second big snowstorm bears down on East Coast

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Not again! Residents from Virginia to New York prepared for a major snowstorm that could bring 12 inches of snow just days after a blizzard dumped as much as 3 feet in some areas.

Inside Toyota's epic breakdown

TOYOTA CITY, Japan/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on taxpayer-funded life support.