Conflict

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Middle East

October 25, 2000

U.S. military bases in the Middle East are on high alert, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak officially suspended peace talks, and Arab nations condemned violence but affirmed their support for a Palestinian state. A panel talks about the...

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Crisis in the Middle East

October 9, 2000

More than 80 people are dead in more than a week of violence in Israel. A panel talks about what sparked the violence, how leaders Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat are handling the crisis, and what role the US may have in restoring order to...

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Lori Berenson Case

October 2, 2000

American citizen Lori Berenson has been held in Peruvian prison custody for almost five years, serving a life sentence after being convicted of treason. She has maintained that she is innocent of the charges. Now, amid political upheaval...

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U.S. POWs in Japan

September 12, 2000

World War II veterans who were prisoners of war in Japan are suing several Japanese companies for their labor and suffering as slave workers. Former POWs say were starved and beaten, and many of their comrades were worked to death in...

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Diana Preston: "The Boxer Rebellion" (Walker)

August 14, 2000

One hundred years ago, a nationalistic, anti-Christian sect of Chinese peasants launched an uprising against the growing number of foreigners in China. The "Boxer Rebellion" significantly influenced China's relationship with the...

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David Madden: "Beyond the Battlefield" (Touchstone)

July 26, 2000

David Madden, founding director of the United States Civil War Center, discusses the enduring fascination so many Americans have with the Civil War. He is editor of a new book that describes daily life as an average Civil War soldier.

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World War II Memorial

July 25, 2000

A plan to erect a World War Two memorial on the National Mall is nearing its final stages. Its designers and supporters say that such a memorial is long overdue. But critics object to its placement near the Lincoln Memorial, and say that...

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Ha Jin: "Waiting" (Pantheon) (Rebroadcast)

July 3, 2000

Ha Jin discusses his National Book Award-winning novel. Set during China's Cultural Revolution, it's the story of an army doctor who is torn between his love for a nurse at his hospital, and his duty to his wife back in his home village.

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John Wallach: "The Enemy Has A Face" (United States Institute of Peace Press) (Rebroadcast)

May 29, 2000

John Wallach talks about Seeds of Peace, an organization he founded that brings Israeli and Arab teenagers together each summer in Maine. In his new book he talks about his hope that the connections formed between these youths will grow...

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Jim Lehrer: "The Special Prisoner" (Random House) (Rebroadcast)

May 29, 2000

Journalist Jim Lehrer, host of the PBS NewsHour, discusses his latest novel. It's the story of a man who survives a brutal Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. Years later, he is forced to confront his painful memories when...

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