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November 30, 2006

Bush Meets Maliki

We speak with Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times about the meeting between President Bush and the Iraqi prime minister. Wallsten has been travelling with the president.

The Litvinenko Case

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We have the latest on the investigation into the mysterious death of former KGB agent, Victor Litvinenko. To help us sort it all out is Ed Lucas of the Economist and David Satter, author of “Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State.”

Protestor’s Fiery Death Stirs Debate

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A Chicago area man immolates to protest the war. Was it an act of conviction or where other motives at play?

Sports Update

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Bill Littlefield of Only A Game on snowless Europe, college basketball and more.

David Carradine

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The star of “Kill Bill” has written a book about working with Quentin Tarantino and more. He speaks with Here & Now’s Renee Graham.

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Monday, June 17, 2013
Cancer patient Lynne Lobel, 47, watches a television program as she gets chemotherapy treatment at Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, September 2005. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

The sequester budget cuts mean lower reimbursements for chemotherapy drugs for Medicare patients — a change that’s forcing some cancer clinics to turn away patients, in order to make ends meet.

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Friday, June 14, 2013
Paul Eisenstein is publisher of "The Detroit Bureau."

We usually talk to reporter Paul Eisenstein about cars, but when he mentioned he’d recently had a brush with death, we wanted to know more.

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Thursday, June 13, 2013
The sun sets behind the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant in Emmett, Kan. in December 2012. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

The International Energy Agency is warning that unless nations take urgent action to reduce carbon dioxide levels, average temperatures on the earth could rise by more than nine degrees Fahrenheit.

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