The Thursday Edition

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Highlights Include:

Part One:

* Charles Taylor - Prosecutor. An international court in The Hague convicts the former Liberian president of aiding war crimes in exchange for "blood diamonds."
* Charles Taylor - Liberia. Journalist Bonnie Allen gives a sense of the reaction from people in Monrovia today.

Part Two:

* Digital Rights Books. Publishing house Tor will make all of its books digital-rights-management free, starting this summer. Cory Doctorow, founder of BoingBoing.net weighs in.
* Racist Memorabilia. Dr. David Pilgrim is the founder of the Jim Crow Museum, at Ferris University. We hear about his collection.

Part Three:

* Turkey Syria Border. Our producer, David McDougall, reports from Turkey. He says more Syrians refugees are buying into the idea of taking up arms to fight against the Syrian regime.
* N. Korea Toy Missiles. David Wright, a physicist who has been following North Korea's missile program for decades, analyzes a lavish parade of what may be fake missiles.

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