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Haiti Three Weeks After the Earthquake

February 3, 2010

Ten American missionaries are accused of trying to kidnap children orphaned by the earthquake in Haiti. The U.S. military resumes medical evacuations of quake victims. Haiti three weeks after the earthquake.

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Environment: Global Water Security

February 2, 2010

Water is quickly replacing oil as our most valuable natural resource. Freshwater scarcity affects public health, national security and the global economy. A panel joins Diane to examine how control and distribution of water will affect...

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News Roundup - Hour 2

January 29, 2010

World leaders meet in London to discuss the future of Afghanistan; Chemical Ali is executed in Iraq; and the latest on earthquake-ravaged Haiti. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

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The Fate of Haiti

January 19, 2010

Haiti a week after the earthquake. An update on relief efforts, the national and international response and what's next for the poorest nation in the western hemisphere.

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News Roundup - Hour 2

January 15, 2010

The international community responds to the earthquake in Haiti. A bomb kills a pro-opposition nuclear physicist in Iran. And China tests a missile defense system. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top...

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News Roundup - Hour 1

January 15, 2010

The U.S. speeds supplies and support to Haiti. President Obama announces a new "bank tax." And the race to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat tightens. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.

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Colum McCann: "Let the Great World Spin" (Random House) (Rebroadcast)

January 1, 2010

On a summer day in 1974 New Yorkers looked up to see an acrobat walking on a wire between the tops of the twin towers. In a new novel, Colum McCann imagines what was going on in the lives of the people on the streets below.

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Alan Sipress: "The Fatal Strain" (Viking)

November 16, 2009

The struggle between man and microbe: A journalist offers new details on how flu pandemics start, spread, and often baffle scientists.

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Margaret Atwood: "The Year of the Flood" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday)

October 29, 2009

The award-winning author presents her latest novel about a disturbing future world, including a catastrophic pandemic, genetically engineered animals, and a cult devoted to preserving all plant and animal life.

Margaret Atwood...

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Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger: "Highest Duty" (Morrow) (Rebroadcast)

October 18, 2009

Airline pilot "Sully" Sullenberger's emergency landing of a passenger jet on the Hudson River has been called "The Miracle on the Hudson." He offers his thoughts on heroism and what the future holds for commercial airline pilots.

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