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Peace Talks in the Middle East.

Andrew Whitley, the executive director of the human rights organization, Middle-East Watch. Their new book, "Syria Unmasked," documents the brutal human rights violations that have occurred under the rule of Hafez Asad. (It's published by Yale University Press).

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 18, 1991: Interview with Andrew Whitley; Interview with Henny Youngman; Review of the film "Other People's Money."

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