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January 19, 2006

Purported Bin Laden Tape Aired

The voice on the tape aired by Al Jazeera threatens new attacks against the U.S.

Efforts Continue to Free Reporter

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The latest on Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist for the Christian Science Monitor who was kidnapped in Iraq.

Ha’aretz Columnist on Ariel Sharon

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A left-leaning columnist with an Israeli newspaper found himself one of the favored interviewerers of Ariel Sharon over the last six years.

Vt. Debates Assisted Suicide

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How this week’s Supreme Court decision about physician assisted suicide in Oregon is affecting debate in the Green Mountain State.

NFL Update

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It is down to four teams, and there will definitely be a new Superbowl champion this year.

Of Brides, Politics and Comedy

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The conflict in the Middle East plays out in a very personal way in an award-winning film from Israel.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Appian Road, in the Monti Aurunci area of Italy. (Robert Kaster/University of Chicago Press)

For many people, this time of year is an occasion for road trips — up and down the coasts, across the U.S., through Europe. For Robert Kaster, it was a time to venture along the most ancient roads of all time: the Appian Way in Italy.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
(Michael M. Phillips/Wall Street Journal)

It was supposed to be a calm ride for marines travelling in Zaranj, along Afghanistan’s border with Iran, but a suicide bomb changed that. Photographer Michael Phillips witnessed the scene unfold and joins us.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Musician John Fullbright at Here & Now studios at WBUR in Boston. (Jesse Costa/Here & Now)

Okemah, Okla., is the birthplace of folk legend Woody Guthrie. It’s also the hometown of singer-songwriter John Fullbright, who at just 24, is already being compared with folk great Townes Van Zandt.

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