KGLP Slide Show

Thursday, January 19, 2012

international news

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is infamous for his atrocities and crimes against his own people. A notorious dictator who oversaw the murder of more than 1 million people, he was an active participant in the diamonds-for-guns trade. The Boston Globe revealed that Taylor worked with U.S. agencies including the CIA and Pentagon during his rise to power in the 1980s.
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A recent investigation by the Boston Globe provides the first proof that former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who stands accused of war crimes that led to the death of more than a million people, worked for the CIA and the Pentagon 

Meet the Tamarixia Radiata, a Pakistani pest that scientists are bringing to California to try and use to kill a pest that's threatening the viability of the state's citrus industry.

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Meet the Tamarixia Radiata, a Pakistani pest that scientists are bringing to California to try and use to kill a pest that's threatening the viability of the state's citrus industry.
 
 
Between 5 and 10 inches of snow is expected in the Seattle-Tacoma area today, one of the largest snowfalls for the Pacific Northwest since the 1940s http://on.cnn.com/yOBw8s
 
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Seattle could see one of its largest snowfalls since the 1940s as twin winter storms move over the Pacific Northwest this week
 
When an Icelandic volcano erupted in 2010, it sent giant plumes of ash into the sky, drifting southeast toward Europe and lead to a massive closure of the contient's airspace for nearly a week. Millions of travelers in Europe and beyond were stuck on the ground. But the next time that volcano erupts, though, there just might be a plan.
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If all goes as planned, the massive closure of European air space that happened when a volcano on Iceland erupted for days in 2010 won't have to happen again

Right now on To the Point, Pakistan's Supreme Court has declared legal war on the country's civilian government. Is it a prelude to another military takeover? As an unstable nuclear power weathers another political crisis, what about relations with the US? and the consequences for the war in Afghanistan? Listen Live!
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