Thursday, October 4, 2007

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2007-10-04/china-and-diplomacy

China and Diplomacy

10 a.m. (ET)

A look at China's influence in trouble spots like Burma and Sudan, how it chooses to wield it, and the international pressures it faces as the Beijing Olympics near.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2007-10-04/michael-neufeld-von-braun-dreamer-space-engineer-war-knopf

Michael Neufeld: "Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" (Knopf)

11 a.m. (ET)

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of launch of Sputnik I and the beginning of the cold war space race. An historian describes how the man behind Nazi Germany's V-1 and V-2 rockets eventually led the American program to bring the U.S. up...

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