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Tuesday September 18, 2001
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Diane talks with a panel of experts about the Taliban, prospects for the extradition of Osama Bin Laden from Afghanistan, and relations among that country, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and other nations in the region.
Hisham Melhem, Washington bureau chief for Al-Arabiya TV, and Washington correspondent for "An-Nahar"
Robin Wright, The Washington Post
Paula Newberg, international consultant and advisor to the United Nations
Teresita Schaffer, Director, South Asia Project, The Center for Strategic and International Studies
In 1983, Patricia Van Tighem and her husband were attacked by a grizzly bear while vacationing in the Canadian Rockies. Both survived, but the experience changed her forever. She joins Diane to talk about her memoir of the attack and its physical and psychological effects.
Patricia Van Tighem, author