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Europe, Arab World Look to Iraq's Future

A day after Baghdad collapses, leaders in Europe and the Arab world say attention must shift to the future. France and Germany issue no official statements, but say humanitarian aid is now a priority. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak calls for Iraqi self-governance as quickly as possible. Hear NPR's Sylvia Poggioli and NPR's Michael Sullivan.

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Michael Sullivan is NPR's Senior Asia Correspondent. He moved to Hanoi to open NPR's Southeast Asia Bureau in 2003. Before that, he spent six years as NPR's South Asia correspondent based in but seldom seen in New Delhi.
Sylvia Poggioli is senior European correspondent for NPR's International Desk covering political, economic, and cultural news in Italy, the Vatican, Western Europe, and the Balkans. Poggioli's on-air reporting and analysis have encompassed the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, the turbulent civil war in the former Yugoslavia, and how immigration has transformed European societies.