From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Politics, prisoners, and nuclear technology from Iran to North Korea.

Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues, Americans care about most. Reformers, including politicians and major clerics, boycotted Mahmoud

Afmadinijad swearing in today. Protesters were outnumbered by riot police. What are the prospects

for his second term as president? With Iran threatened by economic collapse, political instability,

and international sanctions.

Also today, former President Bill Clinton back on the world stage with the release of two

American journalists from North Korea.

What's the benefit for the dictator Kim Jong-il?

What were the roles of Secretary of State Clinton and President Obama?

Is a breakthrough on nuclear weapons more or less likely.

First here's the news.

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and its campaign for American workers. More at rockfound.org. Hello again, Mormon-Aalny, back with

The Poet. Iran's President Ahmed Inijad has been sworn in for a second term. We'll look at the political,

economic, and diplomatic obstacles he'll face in the next four years. Also today, a high-profile assignment has Bill Clinton

back on the world stage. What are the implications for Kim Jong-Eil, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton?

First, this news update, the Secretary of State has an opportunity to make news of her own on her

first visit to sub-Saharan Africa. First stop, Kenya, where she criticized the government for failing

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