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Wednesday May 4, 2005

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10:00Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Representatives from 189 countries are meeting at the UN to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. We'll discuss the nuclear weapons threat in North Korea, Iran and other challenges facing the world community.

Guests

Kurt Campbell, senior vice president and director of the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Peter Brookes, senior fellow for national security affairs at the Heritage Foundation; former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs in the Bush administration; author, "A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, WMD and Rogue States."

11:00Steven Levitt: "Freakonomics" (William Morrow)

Diane talks with a University of Chicago professor who uses the tools of economics to debunk conventional wisdom on crime, primary education, gun safety, real estate, and many other facets of everyday life.

Guests

Steven Levitt, economist at the University of Chicago

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