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Bbc News: On This Day: 7 February 1945: Black Sea Talks Plan Defeat of Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the meeting in Yalta in February, 1945, between President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Marshal Joseph Stalin. Find the statement released on February 7 that discusses the purpose of the meeting, and read a...
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Bbc News: World War I Remembered: The Great War: 80 Years On

For Students 9th - 10th
Using personal accounts and historical analysis, the BBC looks back at what became known as "the war to end all wars." Content includes archived radio interviews and newsreels, soldier letters, battle summaries, general editorials, and...
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Cbs News: Ronald Reagan Remembered

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a multitude of articles, interviews, and related stories about the life of former president Ronald Reagan.
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Read Write Think: The Feature Story?fifteen Minutes (And 500 Words) of Fame!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that teach young scholars how to write feature news stories and the difference between feature and hard news articles. Students interview each other as prewriting for writing their own human interest...
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Pbs: Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
"Join Michael Palin as he takes you on a journey to recapture the world of Ernest Hemingway." Contains a biography of Hemingway including a number of pictures of him and the various places he traveled throughout his life. In addition to...
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Pbs News Hour: Interview With Secretary of State Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview conducted by Jim Lehrer. Topics included "Syria's presence in Lebanon, diplomatic efforts to end Iran's nuclear aspirations, the U.S. relationship with Europe, and her first months as America's top diplomat."
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Pbs Online News Hour: Jackson Pollock

For Students 9th - 10th
A NewsHour interview with Kirk Varnedoe, curator of painting at the Museum of Modern Art, on the life, work, and influence of Jackson Pollock. The interview revolves around Pollock's breakthrough drip paintings and is interspersed with...
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Pbs Online News Hour: Second Hand Smoke

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, you can read an interview with Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, of the Harvard School of Public Health, who published a study concerning the effects of second-hand smoke on non-smokers. Included is a RealAudio version of this interview.
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Pbs Online News Hour: Cardinal Bernardin: In Memoriam

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcript of a newscast after Cardinal Bernardin's death. Includes facts about him and responses to his life from many prominent Catholics. Click over to the interview with him by Clarence Page.
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Pbs Learning Media: Malala Devotes Second Life to Girls' Rights: Pbs News Hour

For Students 9th - 10th
"Today you can see that I'm alive," said Malala Yousafzai in her first interview since surviving a Taliban attack that left her with a bullet lodged in her skull last October. "This is a second life," she continued, "And I want to serve....
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Pbs Online News Hour: Identifying Katrina's Victims

For Students 9th - 10th
Interview of a New Orleans reporter who has been covering the story of the difficulties that investigators face as they attempt to identify the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Video, audio, and a transcript of this December, 2005, report...
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Pbs News Hour: Hollywood Blacklisting

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a written transcript or a Real Audio version of the interview of two blacklisted artists.
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Pbs News Hour: Vicente Fox

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcripted interview with Vicente Fox from when he was a presidential candidate for Mexico.
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Pbs News Hour: Liberia's Uneasy Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
A June 2007 examination of current conditions in Liberia. Provides a look at Charles Taylor's war crimes trial, peace keeping efforts, a brief profile of Liberia's president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a timeline and access to an archive of...
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Pbs News Hour: President Kim Dae Jung

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a transcript from an interview with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung. Mainly discusses relations with North Korea.
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Pbs Online News Hour: Economic Transition

For Students 9th - 10th
In December 2000, while some worried over the outcome of the presidential election, the Federal Reserve was more worried about the apparently slowing economy. In this interview from Jim Lehrer's NewsHour, read about the Fed's concerns...
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Pbs News Hour: National Book Award Winner

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of a November 7, 1996 interview with National Book Award winner Victor Martinez. He talks a bit about his background, his inspiration for the book "Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida," and the trials and tribulations of being a writer.
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Pbs News Hour: Newsmaker: Madeleine Albright

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of Jim Lehrer's May 14, 1997, interview with Madeleine Albright concerning NATO and Russia. Political unrest in Zaire is also mentioned.
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Pbs Online News Hour: Mac Neil Lehrer Productions: Vicente Fox

For Students 9th - 10th
MacNeil-Lehrer Productions provides an interview with the President of Mexico, Vicente Fox.
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Pbs News Hour: Essays and Dialogues: George Kennan

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of a NewsHour interview with George F. Kennan (1904-2005), the man credited with articulating the policy of containment that shaped U.S. foreign policy toward communism at the start of the cold war.
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Pbs Online News Hour: Afghan Visit

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting report covering President Bush's visit to Afghanistan and interviews with two experts on Afghanistan. Discussion on U.S. foreign policy, insurgency in Afghanistan, and the Taliban. Text, audio, and video of the March, 2006,...
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Pbs News Hour: Air Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on the Berlin blockade, the Berlin airlift, President Truman's role, the pressures on Josef Stalin, and Europe's reaction. The story comes out in the form of an interview between Jim Lehrer and several subject matter...
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Pbs News Hour: Proposition 209

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains a brief look at the consequences of the passage of Prop 209, especially on the UCLA campus. Read the text of a television interview regarding the controversy surrounding this affirmative action issue.
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Pbs News Hour: Ronald Reagan: 1911 2004

For Students 9th - 10th
The PBS Online NewsHour profiles the late Ronald Reagan and his presidency. Read the eulogies, articles about Reagan's policies and legacy, tributes from world leaders, excerpts from Reagan's speeches, and interviews with his biographers.

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