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Wednesday February 22, 2006

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10:00Hamas at the helm

Democratic elections have landed the radical Islamic group in charge of the Palestinian government. A discussion on where attempts to engage or isolate Hamas may lead.

Guests

Dennis Ross, former Middle East Special Coordinator, counselor and Ziegler distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Khalil Jahshan, executive director, Pepperdine University's Washington Internship Program; former executive vice president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

11:00Readers' Review: "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" by Alice Munro

Time magazine named Canadian author Alice Munro among the world's 100 most influential people of 2005. Her short stories have been compared with those of Chekhov. Diane invites listeners to take a look at nine of those stories in this month's Readers' Review.

Guests

Deirdre Donahue, "USA Today"

Kate Lehrer, author, most recently of "Confessions of a Bigamist."

Paul Frazer, former Canadian diplomat, currently a consultant with the Livingston Group.

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