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December 29, 2006

Saddam Hussein’s Death Sentence

There is news that Saddam Huessin may be put to death by hanging any time now. We get the latest from Baghdad from Larry Kaplow of the Cox Newspapers.

Risks of Mountain Climbing

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In the wake of this month’s desperate search for three climbers lost on Oregon’s Mount Hood, we talk with David Roberts, a life-long climber whose book “On the Ridge Between Life and Death: a Climbing Life Reexamined” examines the risk of mountain climbing on family, friends and rescuers of climbers.

The Trial of Saddam Hussein

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We review the long and sometimes chaotic trial of Saddam Hussein with Michael Scharf, director of the Cox Center War Crimes Research Office at Case School of Law.

New Year’s Resolutions

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It’s that time of the year again. The time when many people settle on a New Year’s resolution. Heidi Pickman, a producer in Los Angeles, is still working on last year’s vow to knit a hat and she only has a few days to go.

A Kennedy’s Journey Home

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Newly de-classified documents reveal that President John F. Kennedy was the object of death threats during his trip to Ireland in 1963. We revisit an exhibit at the Kennedy Library in Boston that documents JFK’s journey to his ancestral homeland.

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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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