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The Mid-East Conflict

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, December 12, 2001.

Violence between Israelis and Palestinians is again a daily event. Peace efforts seem to be going nowhere. We?ll look at the origins of this conflict and the U.S. role in the region. Laura's guests are Wayne Lesperance, Assistant Professor of Political Science, New England College and Zvi Szafran, Dean of Faculty and Academic Vice President, New England College www.nec.edu.

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An Irish Artist in Portsmouth

By John Walters on Wednesday, December 12, 2001.

Brian Ferran is an artist form Northern Ireland and until recently was head of the Northern Ireland Arts Council. Brian has been in New Hampshire for the last several weeks as part of a sister city exchange program with Portsmouth. He talks about being the first Catholic artist to hold the Arts Council position and the role of art in a land of conflict.

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The Eagles Have Landed

By Doug MacPherson on Wednesday, December 12, 2001.

They're back. The eagles seen nesting along the Merrimac River not far from the Manchester airport seem to have returned. Last year two eagles threw the future of the airport's access road into temporary uncertainty while the state had to deal with the federal endangered species law. The two built a nest, but didn't breed.then they left.
NH Audubon's wildlife biologist Laura Demming tells NHPR's Doug MacPherson.it's a mystery where the two went.

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"Checking Out" Libraries in New Hampshire

By Lisa Peakes on Wednesday, December 12, 2001.

Visitors to the Concord library recently couldn?t escape the bright golden sheets of paper and stubby yellow pencils taped up along the shelves. Some of the slips were attached to periodicals. Others were taped to bookshelves. All wanted to know what people were reading. Such a survey could be cause for alarm: is the library strapped for cash and trying to decide which things to cut? NHPR?s Lisa Peakes went to find out:

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