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9/20/96 -- Bosnian Election Did the recent election secure the peace process or heighten ethnic tensions? An election monitor in Bosnia answered your questions.
9/17/96 -- Internet in the classroom . How ready are schools to teach in the 21st Century?
9/13/96 -- Another Mexican Rebellion? Who are the secretive group of rebels leading successful raids through out southern Mexico? NewsHour foreign correspondent Charles Krause, just back from the region, took your questions.
9/10/96 -- The Right Reform? Are School Vouchers the opportunity disadvantage kids need to get a top notch education or are they a way for the wealthy to keep from supporting public education? Two education experts answered your questions.
9/6/96 -- Who are the Kurds? The U.S. has punished Iraq's Saddam Hussein for violating a U.N. "safe zone" meant to protect the Kurds. But who are these people, and why did one Kurdish faction invite Saddam to invade? A Kurdish expert answered your questions.
8/26/96 - 8/29/96--Democratic Floor Talk: Delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago spend a week discussing the gathering with readers of the Online NewsHour.
8/21/96 -- Burundi: Another Killing Ground? Is the African nation of Burundi on the same course as its neighbor Rwanda?
8/12/96 - 8/15/96--GOP Floor Talk: Delegates to the Republican National Convention in San Diego spend a week debating their party's platform with readers of the Online NewsHour.
8/9/96--Do You Trust the Media? The president of the Society of Professional journalists talks about whether you can trust the press to accurately cover the news.
8/2/96--Future of the Internet: Local or Global? How will the Internet be used in the future, and who can make money from it?
7/26/96--Arms Sales Forum: Should the U.S. Congress restrict the right of U.S. arms manufacturers to sell freely to foreign governments?
7/19/96--Cuban Discord: Who is right regarding the current American policy toward Cuba, the U.S. or its allies?
7/17/96 -- New Hope, Tough Questions: Major advances in the fight against AIDS are on the horizon, but will the new drugs be prohibitively expensive?
7/12/96 -- Rep. Dick Gephardt on a New Democratic Agenda: Is the Families First proposal a new Democratic doctrine or politics as usual? Ask the House Minority Leader.
7/9/96 -- Southern Agenda: From Texas to Virginia, the South this year will pit Democrat against Republican and, in some cases, Republican against Republican. Editor and publisher of the Southern Political Report, Hastings Wyman answers your questions about what is the lay of the political land in the South.
7/3/96 -- Constitutional Context: How has a document drafted two centuries ago survived essentially unchanged? Have the principles codified in the original Constitution lasted? Gerard Gawalt, early American history expert with the Library of Congress since 1969, answered your questions about the way the Constitution took shape and how the document changed the United States and the rest of the world.
6/26/96 -- e.villages and Urban Entrepreneurs: A Washington, D.C. investment banking firm has joined forces with a Los Angeles based entertainment company to form a corporation that could lead the way in showing how to downsize government assistance in the next century. Find out more about an innovative plan to make inner city public housing residents, stockholders in their own data processing firm.
6/21/96 -- Watching Big Brother: The "Personal Information" field? That's the euphemism being used to describe businesses that, for a price, give access to databases that house your social security number, your medical records, your phone numbers, your maiden name, your aliases, and more. Mark Rotenberg, Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C. answers questions about efforts in Congress to block the sale of personal information.
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