Friday, May 9th, 2008

LEBANON: Sectarian clashes reminiscent of Lebanon's bloody 15 year civil war continue in Beirut today. Hezbollah gunmen seized control of several neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the US-backed government. Borzou Daragahi, Middle East correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, joins us from Beirut.

HAITI FOOD CRISIS: The head of the U.N. World Food Program said this week that high food prices have caused a "global hunger emergency." There have been riots across the world, including in Haiti, where more than half the population lives on less than $1 a day. We speak with Dr. Evan Lyon, a resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital who works in Haiti with Paul Farmer's Partners in Health clinics.

TIPS: The lawyer for skycaps at Logan International Airport in Boston is asking a judge to overturn an American Airlines ban on tipping. The ban was instituted after the porters won a $325,000 class action lawsuit last month against the airlines. The skycaps claim American's two dollar cu