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NPR : Hezbollah Calls for National Unity Government Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, author of Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion, says that after the war with Israel last year, there is a sentiment that the Lebanese government was complacent about the Israeli invasion and could no longer be trusted. Ghorayeb discusses the status of Hezbollah with John Ydstie. listen it there

Online NewsHour: Conversation | Book Reveals Holocaust Heroes | December 26, 2006 | PBS : "Author Uncovers Stories of Arabs Helping Jews During Holocaust There have been few books written about the Holocaust's impact in the Arab world. Margaret Warner speaks with author Robert Satloff about how Arabs saved some Jews during the Holocaust" Video and or Audio

Online NewsHour: Analysis | Chinese-Made Toys Recalled | August 14, 2007 | PBS : "Toy-maker Mattel recalled over 400,000 Chinese-made toys Tuesday due to 'impermissible levels of lead' and millions of other toys whose powerful magnets could be swallowed by children. The company also said recalls may continue as product testing is stepped up."

Tuesday: 247 Iraqis Killed, 6 GIs; 260 Iraqis Wounded - Antiwar.com America brought terrorism in terror free Iraq and Iraqis are paying for it.

AlterNet: War on Iraq: The Real Reason Why Fewer U.S. Soldiers Are Dying in Iraq : "The number of U.S. military fatalities declined to 80 in July after three months of a death toll in the triple digits (104 in April, 126 in May, and 101 in June). The lower death toll has been cited by some U.S. commanders in Iraq and Bush administration supporters in Washington as a sign that President George W. Bush's 'surge' of U.S. troops is working. But the sources told me that the lower death toll reflects not some impending victory but just a slowdown in the U.S. ground offensive after the early phases of the surge, which poured more than 20,000 additional troops into Iraq. The sources cited a variety of factors contributing to the decline in U.S. casualties."

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AlterNet: Oil Companies Are Using a Simple Trick to Bilk Consumers out of Billions : "Oil companies know that gasoline expands at higher temperatures and has less volume at lower ones, but they've refused to upgrade gas stations with a simple tool that would adjust the price of gas according to its temperature."