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Monday August 14, 2006

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Week of August 14, 2006

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10:00The Mideast Crisis and U.N. Diplomacy

An update on the U.N. brokered ceasefire to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, what comes next, and implications for the United Nations.

Guests

Hisham Melhem, Washington bureau chief for Al-Arabiya TV, and Washington correspondent for "An-Nahar"

Lee Feinstein, senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy and international law, Council on Foreign Relations; deputy director of Studies; former defense and state department official in the Clinton administration; expert, Congressional Task Force on the United Nations (the "Gingrich-Mitchell" report, 2005

Joshua Muravchik, resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute; author, "The Future of the United Nations"

11:00James Barron: "Piano" (Times Books)

New York Times staff writer James Barron tracks a Steinway concert grand piano from inception to stage, and tells the story of the family whose piano-making company peaked in 1905, enjoyed its golden years in the 1920s, and was sold in 1972.

Guests

James Barron, Staff reporter for "The New York Times."

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