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[description] Tomorrow in Baghdad, leaders from Iraq's feuding factions will announce an agreement designed to heal ethnic and sectarian strife. The deal, hammered out during meetings secret meeting in Helsinki, Finland was forged by key members from both Shiite and Sunni parties. We talk Padraig O'Malley, a University of Massachusetts-Boston professor who convened the talks. The first Protestants to come here seeking religious asylum? French Huguenots beat the Pilgrims by decades. The first European-born American? Baby boy Snorri, born a thousand years ago. The first trans-continental trek? Cabeza de Vaca, centuries before Lewis and Clark. The first American woman head-of- state? The Lady of the Lake, who ruled a vast 16th century empire east of the Mississippi. We'll talk with Tony Horwitz, author of "A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering The New World." Tourists are paying up to $10 thousand premiums for once in a life time experiences on their vacations. Travel expe

[description] Top stories from the Boston Globe for Jul 04, 2008

[description] Happy July from Accident Hash! I wanted to be sure to get a new show out this week so you’d have some music to fire up the grill and crack a frosty beverage to. I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July weekend. Listen to Accident Hash #271 BBQ Tunes Featured on this episode: Lee [...]

[description] On the good side Mannny Ramirez finally showed interest in something.  Unfortunately, it was to punish a 64-year-old Red Sox Employee.

[description] Iraqi officials are throwing open the country's oil fields, the world's third-largest, to international bidding today. Cod, cannoli, and Cape Ann. In his new book "The Last Fish Tale," Mark Kurlansky chronicles the storied past of Gloucester, Massachusetts, which he calls "America's oldest fishing port and most original town." Gloucester, once a haven for writers and artists like T.S. Elliot, Winslow Homer, and Charles Olson, can now barely support a part-time fishing fleet due to overfishing, ground trawling, and government regulations. Kurlansky says that Gloucester now risks becoming what so many other old fishing ports have already become: a tourist trap. John McCain travels to Colombia and Mexico this week following his weekend meeting with the Rev. Billy Graham and his son, Rev. Franklin Graham. McCain is still working to earn the support of evangelicals who are skeptical about his conservative credentials. We speak to Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times, who has been c

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[description] Just-released reports from the Defense of Department and the General Accountability Office see a real decline in violence in Iraq. But while the DOD sees positive trends in political, economic, and security developments, the GAO says that crucial measures the administration uses to demonstrate progress are wrong. And, the GAO goes on to assert that the US still lacks a meaningful strategy to move beyond the administration's troop surge. We'll speak with Demetri Sevastopoulo, Pentagon and Intelligence Correspondent for the Financial Times. Less than a week after a fragile truce took effect between Israel and Gaza militants, shots were fired today into Southern Israel. We check in with blogger, author, and commentator Bernard Avishai about the situation in Gaza, as well as the growing tensions between Israel and Iran over Iran's alleged nuclear facilities...and Israel's alleged "attack rehearsals" to destroy them. What now for the flooded residents of the Midwest? A nationally-r

[description] (NECN: Baghdad, Iraq) - A bomb struck a municipal council building on Tuesday in Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City district, killing four Americans, including two soldiers and two US government civilian employees, US officials said. Iraqi police ...

[description] Top stories from the Boston Globe for Jun 20, 2008

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