Shiite Militias Audio & Video
Here and Now for Thursday, May 22, 2008
[description] As the price of a barrel of oil hits a record high for the third straight day, American Airlines has announced plans to tack on new fees, including a $15 charge for a single checked bag. With airfares already up about 20 percent this year, how expensive could air travel get this summer? Our guest is NY Times Business Reporter Micheline Maynard. Hezbollah has secured veto power over Lebanon's western-backed government. We'll speak with Fawaz, Gerges, professor of International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College. His latest book is "Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy." Can a newly designed swimsuit from Speedo cut precious seconds off a racer's time? And will swimmers who have contracts to wear swimsuits by other manufacturers pay the price at medal time? We look at the legal battle underway in the swimsuit world. Our guest is Brent Rutemiller, CEO and publisher of Swimmer's World Magazine. The NBA playoffs, the NHL playoffs, the Indy 500
NPR Hourly Newscast
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NPR Hourly Newscast
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Here and Now for Thursday, May 8, 2008
[description] Iraqi soldiers are warning residents to leave the embattled Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, ahead of what might be a larger offensive by US and Iraqi forces against Shiite militiamen. We speak with Tina Susman, Baghdad bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. Slavery did not end with the end of the Civil War. In fact it went on in a different form until World War II. Free blacks were arrested on trumped up charges all across the south and were leased to landowners and industries. They were often forced to work in coal mines or lumber mills under horrific conditions. Douglas Blackmon uncovers this history in in his new book "Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II." The farm bill, funding for the war in Iraq and more. We speak with Gail Chaddock, Capitol Hill correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. Almost half of all women who leave the workforce to have children never return. But they would if they could f
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My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 04/25/2008
[description] A alleged bank robber is arraigned, 3 cops acquitted in New York City, local officials worried about brush fires, these stories and more, in the WBZ Afternoon News.
4/21/08: David Bellavia
[description] David Bellavia, author of "House to House, an Epic Memoir of War" brings some stunning Iraq reality to the Michael Graham Show.
Patrick Cockburn: The New War in Iraq
[description] Patrick Cockburn's account of the Iraqi Army's flight from battle is that the US is trying to foment a civil war among the Shia majority that the Baghdad government cannot win.
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NPR News: 04-11-2008 7PM ET
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