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The Fornt Porch Pre-empted

By John Walters on Thursday, March 27, 2003.

The Front Porch will be pre-empted tonight for special coverage.

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What Does Red Alert Mean in NH

By John Milne on Thursday, March 27, 2003.

New Hampshire, by all accounts, has become reluctantly accustomed to living with a high risk of terrorist attack.

Government officials call it level Orange, the fourth most serious of five threat levels.

Residents are less familiar with what would happen if Washington declares a level Red alert. That would be an immediate and severe risk of terrorist attack.

N-H-P-R correspondent John Milne reports

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Senate Approves School Accountability Plan

By Josh Rogers on Thursday, March 27, 2003.

The New Hampshire senate gave preliminary approval to a school accountability plan. Supporters say the bill is needed to ensure the state doesn’t lose federal education funds under the no child left behind act. But critics worry the bill might raise more problems that it solves.

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Rules of War

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, March 27, 2003.

The Bush administration says Iraq shows no regard for them--that Iraqi troops are akin to global terrorists. We'll find out just what the rules of warfare are, and whether anyone follows them to the letter. Laura talks with David Kennedy, professor of international law at Harvard Law School; Colonel Thomas McShane, judge advocate general and director of National Security Legal Studies at the United States War College; and Burns Weston, professor emeritus and director of the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights.

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UNH Professor Counts Civilian War Casualties

By Brian McWilliams on Thursday, March 27, 2003.

As the war in Iraq enters its second week, an unofficial project is underway to tally the number of Iraqi citizens killed in the conflict.

A University of New Hampshire professor is one of the people behind the so-called Iraq Body Count project.

NHPR correspondent Brian McWilliams reports.

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