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June 23, 2005
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Senate Questions Rumsfeld on Iraq

Donald Rumsfeld is testifying this morning before the Senate Arms Services Committee about US efforts in Iraq.

Canadian Teen Held at Guantanamo

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Omar Khadr has been held at Guantanamo Bay for more than two years, and his detention is a huge story in Canada.

High Court Okays Property Seizure for Development

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The US Supreme Court says that local governments can seize private property in order to make a profit.

Abramoff Accused of Defrauding Tribe

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Lobbyist Jack Abramoff is accused of defrauding the Choctaw Indians of Mississippi.

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Matenwa 1st and 2nd graders with 'Mother Tongue Books' from Fayerweather.

Here & Now’s George Hicks visits the Fayerweather Street School in Cambridge, Mass., which has a sister school in Haiti. In the “Mother Tongue Books” project, students at each school write books which are translated and exchanged. We’ll find out how these schools have connected before and after the earthquake.

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In this photo released by MINUSTAH, an injured youth is attended by medics in a field hospital at the Jordanian battalion's base in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. The U.N. Security Council approved extra troops and police officers to beef up security in Haiti and ensure that desperately needed aid gets to earthquake victims. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12. (AP/MINUSTAH)

We speak with Dr. Evan Lyon, who is working in Haiti and tells of being forced to do amputations with a hack saw bought from the hardware store because of a shortage in medical supplies.

(Wednesday, January 20, 2010)
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Some recent stories we thought you’d enjoy- from our conversation with oncologist Jerome Groopman about the status of the war on cancer, to accordion champion Cory Pesaturo.

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