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PRI's The World - Sep 1, 2010
Today on The World: President Obama turns his attention from Iraq to the Middle East; Also, former British leader Tony Blair says in his new memoir that he doesn't regret the decision to go to war in Iraq; And later, young women keep disappearing in Juarez, Mexico.
PRI's The World - Aug 31, 2010
Today on The World: President Obama prepares to address the nation tonight to declare the end of the US combat role in Iraq; Also, engineers in Chile begin drilling the rescue tunnel for those 33 miners trapped underground; Plus how Margaret Thatcher managed to keep Soviet funds from reaching Britain's striking coal miners back in the 1980s.
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Pakistan trio hit by ICC charges
Three Pakistan cricketers accused of corruption are set to be re-interviewed by police, after being charged and provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council.
Middle East talks 'constructive'
Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.
School lottery 'failed in aim'
A lottery system for school places in Brighton failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
 
UPDATE: No oil in water after rig explosion
Marketplace's Eve Troeh gives an update about this morning's explosion on an oil rig off the Louisiana coast. No oily sheen on the waters, as previously reported by the Coast Guard, but the incident may hurt Louisiana's push for the White House to lift its Gulf deepwater drilling moratorium.
Banks must be able to fail, Bernanke says
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that there should be a process to allow banks, too big and otherwise, to fail. Critics are skeptic such an idea will actually happen.
Burger King going private, again
Burger King is going private for the second time in eight years. Being a private company may give time for the company to rejuvenate the brand, or the new investors can just borrow and not invest money into the company, like the last time.
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the U.S. Coast Guard said the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill.
HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl began to strafe North Carolina's barrier islands with dangerous winds and surf on Thursday as it spun parallel to the U.S. East Coast on a northward trek toward New England and Canada.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.
WUSF 89.7 News
It's the busiest weekend of the month for travelers. But at Tampa International Airport, that hasn't meant longer lines for most fliers.
There's another candidate in the race for state Attorney General: the longtime assistant state attorney for Hillsborough County.
Hillsborough County voters will get a chance next year to cast a ballot on whether they want to pay for the area's first light rail line, as well as upgrades to the county's existing transportation network. It could end the Tampa Bay area's reign as the largest metropolitan area in the country without a passenger rail network.
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