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Thursday, August 20 2009

  • The Takeaway for Thursday, August 20, 2009 (Early Edition) August 20, 2009

    Headlines; Afghan elections (article)

  • Assessing the Afghanistan Election August 20, 2009

    Assessing the Afghanistan Election (episode)

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    • Assessing the Afghanistan Election August 20, 2009

      With the results coming in from today's Afghanistan's election, we look at how it's playing out in the region and beyond: from Kandahar is Sarah Chayes, who originally went to the cou...

    • Should Your Daughter Get the HPV Vaccine? August 20, 2009

      Three years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine Gardasil, which protects against human papillomaviruses (HPV).  The category includes around 100 sexually transm...

    • Is Iraq Ready for Faster U.S. Troop Withdrawal? August 20, 2009

      Almost 100 people were killed yesterday as coordinated bomb attacks swept Baghdad. The truck bombs and mortar fire flattened buildings, collapsed highways, and left city residents stu...

    • Swiss Banks: Not So Secret Anymore August 20, 2009

      After long negotiations, the Swiss bank UBS announced yesterday that it had reached a deal with the Internal Revenue Service. Part of the deal requires the bank to give the I.R.S. th...

    • Why You Might Start a Business in a Recession August 20, 2009

      With so much talk about the ailing economy, it may not seem like the best time to start a new business,  but in our weekly work segment we look at some reasons why it might make sense...

    • Public Option vs. Republican Options August 20, 2009

      While Democrats debate whether health care reform should include a government-funded "public option" health insurer, most Republicans have been opposed to the Democrats' conception of...

    • Don Hewitt: TV Newsman's Legacy in the Internet Age August 20, 2009

      It's no kind of overstatement to say that CBS News legend Don Hewitt invented television news. As a producer he helped shape the careers of such respected news luminaries as Edward R....

    • Afghan Presidential Election Underway August 20, 2009

      As voting gets underway in Afghanistan's second-ever presidential election, we talk Martin Patience, an Afghan correspondent for the BBC. Polling centers have opened across the countr...

    • CIA Hired Blackwater for Secret Iraq Program August 20, 2009

      A report in the New York Times this morning reveals that the CIA hired contractors from increasingly infamous security firm Blackwater for duties far beyond protecting senior governme...

    • Internet Scams 2.0 August 20, 2009

      LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY , I AM MR. TIJANI YUSUFU CREDIT OFFICER WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC (UBA) BENIN BRANCH, I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH...

    • Afghan Polls to Delay Close August 20, 2009

      Afghan authorities have decided to keep the polls open for an extra hour to allow more people to vote during the nation's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban. M...

    • 'Compassionate Release' for Lockerbie Bomber August 20, 2009

      Libyan Abdel Baset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001 for his part in the 1988 bombing of a New York-bound Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland.  A Scottish judge will rele...

    • International Reaction to Release of Lockerbie Bomber August 20, 2009

      The BBC's Glen Campbell joins us from Scotland with local reaction to the impending release of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted and imprisoned for the 1988 bombi...