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NEXT LIVE BROADCAST: Saturday, August 5th, 2006
This Saturday's live broadcast, begins at 9 AM (central), on WNUR 89.3 FM Evanston/Chicago. We also are broadcast live online via WNUR's web site (http://www.wnur.org) under the heading, "Listen Online."

On Saturday's show:

* live from Beirut, Mitchell Prothero is on assignment for US News and World Report in Lebanon. Mitchell writes the "Lebanon Journal" report for US News. His most recent post is entitled, "Scenes from a war zone." Salon.com also posts Mitchell's work. His most recent post there is entitled, "The 'hiding among civilians' myth." You can also view Mitchell's photography from Lebanon by visiting http://www.worldpicturenews.com/web/.

* live from Managua, Nicaragua, activist and writer toni solo returns to This is Hell to get us on top of what's happening in Latin America. His most recent writing includes, "Varieties of imperial decline: symptoms, Mexico and Mercosur."

* live from Ottawa, Somali writer Amina Mire is a lecturer in contemporary sociology, critical race theory and gender/women studies at Carleton University. Her recent work includes, "The Struggle for Somali: Warlords, Islamists, US Global Militarism and Women."

* Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco and Middle East editor for Foreign Policy in Focus. He is the author of "Tinderbox: US Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism (Common Courage Press). Stephen's most recent articles include "Congress and the Israeli Attack on Lebanon: A Critical Reading," "Israel Will Create More Terrorists Than It Kills," and "The United States and Lebanon: A Meddlesome History."


Our correspondents this week include Jeff Dorchen, who will deliver a Moment of Truth; Elvis DeMorrow and his Konspiracy Korner; and producers-at-large Dr. Krys Bigosinski, MD and Drew Youngren, who makes his debut as a correspondent.

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1. discussion

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