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Colombian Elections

After nearly 40 years of Marxist rebel violence, the spiraling power of drug lords, and increased right-wing paramilitary killings, Colombians may be pinning their hopes for the future on a right-wing presidential candidate. Alvaro Uribe, who's promised to bring peace through war, is expected to easily win the first round of elections, Sunday. What can he expect from the US, which has already given Colombia more than a billion dollars to fight illegal drug traffickers? We hear what Uribe's hard-line agenda will mean for Colombia, the US, and its wars on drugs and terrorism, from journalists, human rights advocates, a security advisor to the Clinton administration, and the campaign manager for opposition candidate Lucho Garz-n. Sara Terry, of the Christian Science Monitor, guest hosts. Newsmaker: German Protests, Anti-American or Anti-Bush? President Bush spoke to the German Bundestag today, making his case for a united war on terrorism. On his first trip to Europe since September 11, Bush was greeted by 20,000 German protesters, angry over what they see as America's unilateral behavior in foreign policy. Nicholas Bloma is Editor-in-Chief of the Berlin daily Die Welt. Reporter's Notebook: The 55th Annual Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival has been running for more than 50 years and Irish Times film critic Michael Dwyer has been there for 21 of them. Dwyer previews several of the 22 films competing for this year's Palme d'Or, including Gaspar No-'s controversial Irreversible, Alexander Payne's About Schmidt, starring Jack Nicholson, and the world premiere of Roman Polanski's The Pianist.