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Righting Human Rights

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Monday, April 04, 2005

With Libya, Cuba and Sudan among the countries having served on the U.N. Human Rights Commission, critics have called the panel a mockery. Former High Commissioner Mary Robinson joins guest host Errol Louis to talk about international human rights and Kofi Annan’s plans to reform the U.N.

Papal Legacy

Father Jean-Pierre Ruiz Chair, Dept of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John's University

» St. John's University
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Deborah Caldwell, National Correspondent for BeliefNet
» Belief Net - on the legacy of Pope John Paul II to the New ...

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Playing Hard Ball

Jonathan Mahler author, Ladies and Gentleman, the Bronx is Burning(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005)
- discusses his book and baseball, crime and the Bronx

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Righting Human Rights

Mary Robinson executive director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, former President of Ireland, and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- gives her thoughts on Kofi Annan's reform proposals for the United Nations and the Human Rights Commision
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New York 51: District 49

Michael E. McMahon City Councilman District 49 (D) Staten Island
- on District 49
» Michael E. McMahon

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Papal History

In our research for this morning's segment on the life and legacy of Pope John Paul II and the possibility he will be succeeded by a Nigerian cardinal, we stumbled across the fact that there have already been three Black African Popes.

There is also the story ...

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