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October 24, 2003
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Iraq Donations May Not Be Enough

International donors came through with pledges to rebuild Iraq. But is it as much as the U.S. needs?

Rumsfeld in Republican Circles

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld seems to be ruffling feathers in Republican circles.

Madame Chiang Dies

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Madame Chiang, Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek’s widow, has died in New York at 105.

A Visit to Vietnam

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Here and Now’s Robin Young was in Vietnam recently and speaks to people there about changes their country is going through.

Gerald Amireault

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Dorothy Rabinowitz of the Wall Street Journal and Bill Nemitz of the Portland Press Herald talk about the upcoming release of Gerald Amireault.

Pre-Columbine Video

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A member of a task force in Littleton Colorado talks about the recent release of a videotape of the two teenagers firing off weapons just before they killed fellow students at Columbine High School.

“Elephant” and “Zero Day”

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A look at two new movies about the Columbine High School massacre.

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