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BURMA: The Burmese government is under increasing pressure to allow foreign aid workers and organizations into the country. We'll speak with the Christian Science Monitor's Chris Johnson, who's been reporting from Burma.

CHINA: Lijia Zhang is a Chinese journalist and writer whose memoir is titled, "Socialism is Great!". We speak to Zhang about growing up in the 80s in China -- she had to work in a factory, but developed a great appreciation of Jane Eyre. Zhang also talks about the new China, as it copes with a devastating earthquake.

POLITICS: There is a lot of news on the political front today and we'll wrap it up with Rick Klein of ABC News. Speaking in Israel today, President Bush suggested that Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of "appeasement" of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II. Obama is basking in the John Edwards' endorsement. Meantime, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, said if he's elected, American combat involvement in Iraq will be over by 2013 and Osama Bin Laden will be captured or killed. Rick Klein writes "The Note" for the ABC's website:

LETTERS: We take a few moments to hear from listeners.

MARTIN LUTHER KING MEMORIAL: A controversy is brewing over the Martin Luther King Memorial planned for Washington, D.C. The federal commission that has the final say over these projects isn't happy with the sculpture of King that will be the centerpiece for the memorial. There have also been complaints because the artist selected to create the King statue is Chinese. We speak to Washington Post reporter Michael Ruane.