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A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on the future of the Middle East; Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian spokesman Hanan Ashrawi; Palestinian Mahti Bedowi; President Bill Clinton; Secretary of Defense William Cohen on the bombing of the USS Cole; Operations Specialist Jerome Ferret on the Cole.

Liane talks with NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem about the internal political pressures on Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on the eve tomorrow's summit conference in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el Shiek. Arafat and Barak will be joined at the negotiating table by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and President Clinton.

Iran's foreign minister is in Baghdad for a seriesof meetings with Iraqi officials. Iran and Iraq are hoping to resolve anumber of issues resulting and left over from their eight-year war and willalso tackle more recent disagreements. Scott speaks with New YorkTimes reporter Elaine Sciolino. She is author of the book, Persian Mirrors, The Elusive Face of Iran.

Scott talks to Boston College psychology professor Joseph Tecce about the first two presidential debates between Vice President Gore and Governor Bush. Professor Tecce counted the number of times each candidate blinked during their encounter, which he says indicates how nervous they are.

Scott reviews the news of the week with Wired contributor John Heilemann.

Host Lisa Simeone talks to Tickey Pule, director of the Botswana National Museum, about the return of the remains of an unknown African man, which had been on display in a museum in Spain for over 100 years. The remains, called El Negro in Spain, were stolen from a grave in the early 1800s by two Frenchmen. Pule explains the importance of having the remains returned to Botswana for a proper reburial.

Sylvia Smith has a report from Mauritania where local industries are finding it difficult to compete in the face of imported goods which flood the market.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports on a controversy over a historic piece of land in Mexico. A foreign landowner has barred public access to part of her property considered by archeologists to be vital to exploring the country's heritage.

World leaders are traveling to Egypt for an emergency summit they hope will bring an end to violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. From Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

From Jerusalem, NPR's Jennifer Ludden offers a reporter's notebook on the crumbling relationships between Israelis and Palestinian neighbors.