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Monday April 14, 2003

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Week of April 14, 2003

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10:00Iraq Update

Diane and her guests talk about the latest news from the U.S.-led war on Iraq: the remaining military operations, the latest evidence of weapons of mass destruction, and status of efforts to restore public order, plus a look at what Iraq's new government might look like and who will lead it.

Guests

Con Coughlin, Defence and Security Editor of the Daily Telegraph of London and author.

Kenneth Pollack, director of research at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution; author of "The Persian Puzzle: the Conflict between Iran and America;" former director for Persian Gulf Affairs and former director for Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council; former Iran-Iraq military analyst, Central Intelligence Agency

11:00Shanks & Witherington: "The Brother of Jesus" (Harper San Francisco)

Last year, news reports announced the discovery of an ancient limestone ossuary - or burial box - with an Aramaic inscription reading "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington III, experts on Biblical archaeology and history, join Diane to explain the significance of that discovery.

Guests

Hershel Shanks, co-author and expert on Biblical archaeology and history

Ben Witherington III, co-author and expert on Biblical archaeology and history

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