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10:29 am
Sat November 19, 2011

Gadhafi's Son, Seif al-Islam, Arrested

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News, I'm Linda Wertheimer. In Libya today, news that Moammar Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam has been captured as he was traveling in a convoy across the southern desert of Libya. Seif was the only Gadhafi family member still at large. Officials said he would be held in the mountain town of Zintan until his transfer to Libya's capital, Tripoli. Joining us to talk more about this development is Leila Fadel, The Washington Post correspondent based in Cairo. Leila, good morning.

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8:12 am
Sat November 19, 2011

Congressional Cliffhangers A Holiday Tradition

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Originally published on Sat November 19, 2011 3:37 pm

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7:21 am
Sat November 19, 2011

Children Of Cuba Remember Their Flight To America

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At Miami's airport, children from Cuba meet George Guarch, who worked for the Catholic Welfare Bureau in the city. Guarch took displaced children to temporary camps in Miami.
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Carmen Valdivia still has the visa waiver she received from the U.S. government in 1962 that allowed her to leave Cuba for Miami.
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Carmen Valdivia (far right) and other girls lived at a camp for displaced children in Florida City. They had been airlifted from Cuba in Operation Pedro Pan.
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Operation Pedro Pan shaped the lives of a generation of Cuban-Americans. Between 1960 and 1962, the program airlifted more than 14,000 Cuban children from Havana to the U.S. Fifty years later, those children are recalling how that flight changed their lives.

In Miami this weekend, a group of Cuban-Americans — now in their 50s and 60s — are gathering to commemorate the flights that took them from their homeland to America.

The journey began in early January 1959, after Dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country. Fidel Castro arrived in Havana soon after and took control.

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7:00 am
Sat November 19, 2011

New Thanksgiving Desserts: Rethinking Tradition

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With Thanksgiving just days away, many are struggling this weekend with what to prepare. Thanksgiving dinner's menu is hard to change, but maybe we can get away with reconsidering dessert. Guest host Linda Wertheimer gets recommendations from chef Frank Stitt, author of Southern Table.

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7:00 am
Sat November 19, 2011

Movies To Watch For Over The Holidays

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Originally published on Sat November 19, 2011 3:37 pm

The holiday movie season offers a short break from the assault of summer blockbusters, and it's the last chance for movie studios to push some of their award season contenders. Guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with Washington Post movie critic Ann Hornaday about the films of this holiday season.

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