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WBUR: Here and Now

Produced by WBUR FM in Boston and PRI, Here and Now features fast breaking news, more leisurely analysis, and human interest stories. We also cover the arts: film, theater, music and much much more.

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Here and Now for Friday, July 4, 2008

Date: 07/04/2008
Length: 00:43:45

Tomorrow in Baghdad, leaders from Iraq's feuding factions will announce an agreement designed to heal ethnic and sectarian strife. The deal, hammered out during meetings secret meeting in Helsinki, Finland was forged by key members from both Shiite and Sunni parties. We talk Padraig O'Malley, a University of Massachusetts-Boston professor who convened the talks. The first Protestants to come here seeking religious asylum? French Huguenots beat the Pilgrims by decades. The first European-born American? Baby boy Snorri, born a thousand years ago. The first trans-continental trek? Cabeza de Vaca, centuries before Lewis and Clark. The first American woman head-of- state? The Lady of the Lake, who ruled a vast 16th century empire east of the Mississippi. We'll talk with Tony Horwitz, author of "A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering The New World." Tourists are paying up to $10 thousand premiums for once in a life time experiences on their vacations. Travel expe

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