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Week in Review: Peace Conference, Stem Cells

By Scott Simon, Dan Schorr

Published November 24, 2007 at 5:00 AM PST

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Scott Simon discusses the week's top stories with NPR Senior News Analyst Dan Schorr.

Leaders geared up to meet in Annapolis, Md., for a Mideast peace conference, the Lebanese president left office with no successor elected and scientists discovered a way to turn skin cells into embryonic stem cells.

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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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