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February 9, 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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In Focus - Show # 91: Sugar Ray Robinson / Carl Kasell Retires
In this edition of In Focus, acclaimed biographer Wil Haygood talks about his book on the extraordinary life of African-American boxing legend, Sugar Ray Robinson. And we'll talk with former NPR morning newsperson, Carl Kasell, as he shares his thoughts about life after almost 60 years in radio, and why he plans to be as busy as ever after stepping down from his role as newscaster.
In this edition of In Focus, acclaimed biographer Wil Haygood talks about his book on the extraordinary life of African-American boxing legend, Sugar Ray Robinson. And we'll talk with former NPR morning newsperson, Carl Kasell, as he shares his thoughts about life after almost 60 years in radio, and why he plans to be as busy as ever after stepping down from his role as newscaster.
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New acting president for Nigeria
Nigeria's Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan becomes acting president in place of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua.
Honda in US recall over airbags
Honda heaps more woe on Japanese carmakers by adding 378,000 cars to an existing airbag safety recall in the United States.
Google takes on Facebook
Google takes the wraps off its latest social network - known as Buzz - pitting it directly against rival sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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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WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the international community was moving "fairly quickly" toward imposing broader sanctions on Iran, as the Islamic Republic defiantly expanded its nuclear program.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.
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.
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Click to find listing of school systems closed for Wednesday, February 10, 2010.
Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard.
Forecasters say the latest winter storm approaching Delaware and the rest of the mid-Atlantic could hit the region with a double-shot of snow.
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