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Monday August 15, 2005

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Week of August 15, 2005

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10:00Hunger Crisis in Niger

Despite calls by aid organizations for food assistance for Niger as early as last November, that country is now in the throes of a hunger crisis. We talk about what's happening there now and how a future crisis might be avoided.

Guests

Dr. Milton Tektonidis, medical coordinator and nutritional specialist for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontiers

Jennifer Parmelee, Washington spokeswoman for the World Food Program

Bill Garvelink, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at USAID

Kathy Tilford, country director for CARE International in Niger

11:00Emily Yoffe: "What the Dog Did" (Bloomsbury)

A life-long cat lover tells the tale of how she became a dog lover.

Guests

Emily Yoffe, contributing writer for Slate.com, has written for Esquire, Health, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and O magazine.

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