Wednesday, July 09 2008

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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

The G8's emissions-halving goal is tied to hopes for a global climate treaty

Guest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times

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Congress takes up contentious Medicare legislation

Guest: Anna Mathews, Wall Street Journal

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Iraqi bacteria, the unforeseen enemy

There is a new enemy on the battlefields of Iraq and it's too small to be seen. It's Acinetobacter baumannii, a drug-resistant killer microbe.

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McCain and Obama vie for Latino vote with contrasting immigration policies

Guest: Fernando Pizarro, Univision

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Uday Hussein's cars and other examples of egregious looting

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Iraq's al-Maliki walks a thin line in demand for troop withdrawal timetable

Guest: Wayne White, former Deputy Director of the State Department's Middle East Intelligence Office

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The future of journalism: outsourcing to India?

The American newspaper business is struggling and few know it better than Miami Herald copy editor Brayden Simms. In a cost-cutting move, his job is one of many expected to be outsourced to India. The Herald isn’t alone. Major papers across the country are dramatically reducing staff, and a few are picking up the slack with help from abroad. Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, says it's a controversial issue in newsrooms even as industry woes continue.

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Tensions rise as Iran flaunts missiles that could reach Israel

Guest: Jon Leyne, BBC correspondent, in Tehran, Iran

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