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The Death of a Human-Rights Activist

Iraqi legislator Sheikha Lameah Khaddouri al-Sakri's assassination ends the life of a high-profile human-rights activist. She was inspired by travels abroad during Saddam Hussein's reign. Despite death threats, she refused to resign her post in the new government.

The Death of a Human-Rights Activist

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Two Views of Political Current Events

Republican strategist Todd Domke and Democratic media consultant Dan Payne tell Scott Simon about partisan divisions in Congress over the filibuster, President Bush's Social Security plan and a probe of alleged ethics violations by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Two Views of Political Current Events

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Slate's Hollywood Economist: Movie Tax Loopholes

Madeleine Brand talks with Slate contributor Edward Jay Epstein about a loophole in Germany's tax code that Hollywood movie studios use to lower the cost of producing big-budget films.

Slate's Hollywood Economist: Movie Tax Loopholes

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Roundtable: NAACP Controversy, Bush and Social Security

Topics on Friday's roundtable include Kweisi Mfume, President Bush's press conference and students being encouraged to be "tattletales." Guests: Callie Crossley, Boston-based social and cultural commentator; George Curry, editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association; and Robert George, editorial writer for The New York Post.

Roundtable: NAACP Controversy, Bush and Social Security

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War, Remembrance and Rebuilding in Vietnam

Soldiers' Stories: Protesting Vietnam

Commentator William Short was an American soldier who decided he could no longer fight in Vietnam. His refusal to take human life led to his being court-martialed and imprisoned. In recent years, Short has compiled the stories of other soldiers who acted out against the war.

Soldiers' Stories: Protesting Vietnam

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The Ivory-Bill, Found

Our commentator and other bird-lovers around the world are excited at news that the ivory-billed woodpecker has been rediscovered in the Arkansas wilderness. But now she's begun to worry whether the bird can survive all the attention mankind will heap on it.

The Ivory-Bill, Found

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Space

Slate's Explainer: Disposing of Spent Satellites

Slate contributor Daniel Engber explains how the federal government disposes of satellites when they are no longer in operation. Space agencies track some 13,000 objects orbiting the Earth, many of them dead satellites or space debris. Sometimes, the satellites are sent into a higher orbit, away from active satellites -- but often spent satellites burn up re-entering the atmosphere.

Slate's Explainer: Disposing of Spent Satellites

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Leaving Vietnam, 30 Years Ago Today

As America prepares to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War -- a war called the "American War" in Vietnam -- Noah Adams speaks with author Andrew Lam about his boyhood departure from Vietnam 30 years ago Thursday. Lam is an essayist for NPR's All Things Considered.

Leaving Vietnam, 30 Years Ago Today

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World

The Story of Pakistan's Nuclear Father

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Physicist David Albright is president of the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, D.C. He's the co-author of a new report on A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, that was published in the Spring 2005 edition of The Washington Quarterly. Khan sold nuclear technology and information to Iran, Libya and North Korea. He was reportedly able to do this for the last 20 years, while eluding authorities and intelligence agencies. Albright says Khan's actions have had an impact on nuclear proliferation.

The Story of Pakistan's Nuclear Father

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Roundtable: Handcuffed Child, Tom DeLay

The panel discusses the impact of a video of a handcuffed 5-year-old, a mini-controversy over "take your child to work day," and changes on Capitol Hill related to ethics allegations against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Joining Ed Gordon are Washington Post Metro Editor Joe Davidson, Winston-Salem Journal columnist Nat Irvin and People magazine writer Bob Meadows.

Roundtable: Handcuffed Child, Tom DeLay

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