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Thursday      
May 1, 2003
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Israelis, Palestinians Get “Roadmap” to Peace

International mediators have presented Israelis and Palestinians with a “road map” to peace, even as violence continues in the region. We examine the provisions of the plan.

Ethics and the World Stage

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Justine Rosenthal, Director of the Executive Office, Council on Foreign Relations, argues that international diplomacy has gone through a transformation in recent years, with ethics now playing a critical role in determining how nations act on the world stage.

Frontline’s “Burden of Innocence”

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A new PBS Frontline special examines the lives of people wrongly convicted of crimes.

Bush to Address Nation

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President Bush will address the nation tonight regarding the war in Iraq from the aircraft carrier “Abraham Lincoln.”

HMV Closes in Cambridge

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We pay a visit to a large HMV music store that’s about to close its doors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, due to a decrease in customer traffic.

Mailbag 5/1/2003

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Listener letters and comments.

Five Classic Plays Released on DVD

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Bill Marx reviews film versions of classic plays that are now available on DVD and video.

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