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Host Bob Edwards talks to Rabbi Jerome Segal, President of the Jewish Peace Lobby and author of the book, "Negotiating Jerusalem." They discuss the origins of the current violence in the Israeli-occupied territories and how it might affect prospects for a Mideast peace agreement.

Liane talks with Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of the Weekly Standard, and Doyle McManus, Washington Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times, for an assessment of President Bush's first 100 days in office.

After nearly 50 years as president of Cuba, Fidel Castro is resigning. He explained his decision in a letter to the Web site of the Communist Party's newspaper. The Cuban president hasn't been seen in public since he became ill and provisionally turned over his powers to his brother, Raul, in July 2006.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) announces he will run for president in 2004. Lieberman, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2000, says he intends to "talk straight to the American people" and to show them he's "a different kind of Democrat." Naomi Starobin reports.

Just two years into the job, University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson announced he is stepping down, effective immediately. In a campus-wide…

The president of the NAACP is stepping down. Kweisi Mfume says he simply feels the time is right to leave. But others say Mfume's reluctance to challenge the Bush administration put him at odds with board chairman Julian Bond.

Bruce Gordon, a retired telecommunications executive, is the new president and CEO of the NAACP. Gordon, 59, was the only candidate presented to the 64-person board of directors of the nation's largest civil rights organization. He has relatively little civil rights experience.

The mayor of Tehran -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- has won Iran's presidency in a landslide. Friday's presidential runoff election was a setback for reformers who fear Ahmadinejad, 49, will take Iran back to the restrictions of the Islamic Revolution.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Port au Prince on the beginning of Jeanne Bertrand Aristide's second term as president of Haiti. There is concerted opposition to Aristide and his Lavalas Party from a coalition of smaller parties known as Convergence, which has formed its own government and called for new elections.

Margaret Hamilton is the new president of Lane Community College. She was hired after long-time former president Mary Spilde retired. KLCC’s Rachael…