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Friday      
April 29, 2005
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Bush Press Conference

We review the President’s prime time press conference from outside the beltway.

Putin in the Middle East

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Russian President Putin wraps up his trip to the Middle East with a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Housing in Israel

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We talk with a real estate agent from Jerusalem about the pressures on the Israeli housing market.

Elie Wiesel

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60 years ago, the Buchenwald Nazi death camp was liberated. Nobel Peace Prize winner and camp survivor Elie Wiesel, has a remembrance.

Postcard from Vietnam

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In part three of our series on the fall of Saigon, host Robin Young has a postcard from the Vietnam of today.

Cover Numbers, Cover Ears

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Music critic Tim Riley reviews recent releases which feature radical covers of well known songs.

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