KGLP Slide Show

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

international news





A mysterious epidemic is sweeping Central America – it’s the second biggest cause of death among men in El Salvador, and in Nicaragua it’s a bigger killer of men than HIV and diabetes combined. It’s unexplained but the latest theory is that the victims are literally working themselves to death
www.pri.org
 
In Central America's sugarcane field, more and more workers are coming down with a disease that shuts down their kidneys. Researchers are struggling for a cause. Chemicals on the fields? Heat? Overwork? No one knows

The search for the elusive Higgs boson particle, also known as the God particle, continues. Despite hints and indications, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, announced that the elusive particle had not been conclusively found.
www.pri.org
 
Scientists and Switzerland have come close to proving the existence of the Higgs boson, but so far they don't have the evidence they need to make a conclusive finding.

Iran refused a formal request to return an unmanned surveillance drone that was captured by its military earlier this month. Instead, Iranian officials insisted the U.S. apologize for invading its airspace.
www.thetakeaway.org
 
The Iranian government refused a formal request by the U.S. on Tuesday to return an unmanned surveillance drone that was captured by Iran's military earlier this month. Instead, Iranian officials insisted the U.S. apologize for invading its airspace. 

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