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PRI's The World - March 19, 2010 Today on The World: A former UN official say the arrests of Taliban commanders have halted secret talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan, also, immigrant activists gear up to keep immigration reform on the national agenda, plus, they're still competing for gold in Vancouver -- we'll get an update from the Paralympic Winter Games.
PRI's The World - March 18, 2010 Today on The World: What the Arab world is saying...and NOT saying...about the diplomatic spat between Israel and United States; Also, a new bridge links Sudan's capital city to a tiny island lost in time; and the nation of Cyprus badly needs water, but it won't take help from neighboring Turkey.
PRI's The World - March 17, 2010 Today on The World: An expensive reconstruction plan for Haiti and questions about how best to spend the money; Meanwhile the US offers Haitians living illegally in the US a chance to come out of the shadows; One man's personal collection of Irish historical documents becomes treasure trove for historians.
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Our series, “Growing Up Baltimore,” is made possible in part, by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence. The findings and conclusions presented in our series do not necessarily reflect the opinions of these organizations.

Sports
O's Pitching Still A Concern In Spring Training
The Baltimore Orioles are finishing up their Grapefruit League schedule and preparing to head back home for the season opener in two weeks. Is there room for optimism that the O's will breakthrough the .500 mark, or will they continue their string of losing seasons? WYPR's Sunni Khalid spoke by telephone with our sports reporter, Mike Lurie, from Dunedin, Florida on this edition of "Sports With Mike Lurie."
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Business
New 'Work Share' Program Helps Companies Avoid Layoffs
It's a bean counter's dilemma: how to trim a payroll without laying people off. The state of Maryland has a solution. It's a program called "Work Share." Enrolled companies can trim workers hours by up to 50-percent. The state makes up some of the lost wages with unemployment benefits. WYPR's Cathy Duchamp has this profile of a Belcamp Maryland company using Work Share to ride out the recession.
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Clinton, Russia at odds over Iranian nuclear plant MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday criticized Russia's plans to start up a nuclear power station in Iran, describing them as premature.
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Immediate changes if health bill passed The House will soon vote on the health care bill. If passed, it would change some people's lives right away. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Critics challenge Greenspan's defense Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan presented a 48-page review of the financial crisis at the Brookings Institution. He acknowledged some lapses, but denied the Fed encouraged the real estate bubble by leaving interest rates too low. Bob Moon reports.
World Headlines
Democrats hail US healthcare bill Democrats hail the approval of legislation extending healthcare to an additional 32 million Americans as a historic advance in social justice.
Clinton warns of Israel choices US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Israel to make "difficult but necessary choices" if it wants peace.
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