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Monday      
October 9, 2006
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North Korea

The UN Security Council meets to discuss North Korea’s announcement that it had set off an atomic bomb underground.

China’s Christopher Columbus

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We retrace the voyages of Zheng He with Michael Yamashita, who directs the film “Ghostfleet: The Epic Voyage of Zheng He.”

Nuclear Proliferation

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Has North Korea entered a small club of nuclear nations? Will other neighboring nations move to arm themselves against North Korea?

Skating Comeback

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Gold medalists in the 60s in pairs figure skating, the Protopopovs have been skating together since 1957. Now, they want figure-skating to return to its artistic roots.

Feeding the Modern American Family

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Our resident chef Kathy Gunst visits a family to see how they manage to find time to cook as well as to the author of the book “Barbarians at the Plate.”

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