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Subjects for Talk to America this week on VOA, 1400 UTC:

   Monday - July 24, 2006

   Iraq Sectarian Strife

  Joost Hiltermann: Middle East Project Director,
   International Crisis Group
  Vali Nasr: Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies,
   Council on Foreign Relations
  James Fearon: Stanford University Center for International
   Security and Cooperation
   redbullets  Ashraf Jehangir Qazi: UN Envoy to Iraq

   There have been sectarian tensions in Iraq for decades, if not
   centuries, but the bitterness leading up to the violence was increased
   during Saddam Hussein's rule.  While some say that a full-blown civil
   war has not happened, many agree the potential for civil war does
   exist and is seen as a pressing concern. Today we look at Iraq's
   sectarian strife.

   Opening Segment: Middle East Crisis Update
 Ambassador Edward Dejerejian: Director, of Rice
   University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

   Tuesday - July 25, 2006

   Dying and Death

  Mary Wheeler: Clinical educator - Capital Hospice,
   Palliative Care & Pain Management Nurse Specialist
  Doug Smith: Pastoral counseling and health care
   administration expert

   Talk To America looks at death, dying and transition with caregivers
   and patients. Questions include how loved ones can help those dying do
   so more peacefully; terminal patient rights; spirituality; grief, and
   counseling tools.

   Wednesday - July 26, 2006

   Russia's Organized Crime

  Dr. Federico Varese: Oxford University Center for
   Criminology, author - The Russian Mafia
  Mark Kramer: Center for Strategic and International
   Studies Russia and Eurasia Program
  Michael Kennedy: University of Michigan Center for Russian
   and East European Studies
  Catherine Theimer Nepomnyashchy: Harriman Institute for
   Russian, Eurasian & Eastern European Studies
  Emanuel Zeltser: American Russian Law Institute, Attorney
   in New York & the former USSR

   The Russian mafia, grew and expanded as the Soviet Union crumbled..
   Intelligence reports say that the Russian Mafia has nearly 100,000
   members owing allegiance to hundreds of crime groups who control
   70-80% of all private business and 40% of the Russia's wealth.  We'll
   investigate and discuss this new wave of organized crime.

   Thursday - July 27, 2006

   Blood Diamonds

  Tom Zoellner: Author, "The Heartless Stone: A Journey
   Through The World of Diamonds, Deceit & Desire"

   After breaking off an engagement, Zoellner wanted to know the
   origination of engagement ring's diamond.  So he went around the world
   and found that diamonds are not particularly rare in nature nor do
   they have any fundamental value, but they are paid for with a lot more
   than US dollars.  Today, we discuss "blood diamonds".

   Friday - July 28, 2006

   Reporter's Notebook - Kuwait Women's Rights

   Part #1: VOA Reporter's Notebook
  VOA Correspondents

   Part #2: Kuwait Women's Rights
  Dr. Kenneth Katzman: Middle East Specialist, Congressional
   Research Service
  Dr. Massouma al-Mubarrak: Kuwaiti Minister of Planning,
   First-ever female Cabinet Minister

   In the first half, Talk To America looks at the week's major news
   developments with VOA Correspondents on Reporters Notebook.  The
   second half, Talk To America looks at women's rights in Kuwait. In May
   2005, Kuwait's Parliament permitted women's suffrage, subject to
   Islamic law and effective for the 2006 Parliamentary Election.
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