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i'm bob scully. have a great week. thanks.sed captioning by sette inc. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." i'm shery ahn. >>> rescuers continue their desperate search for survivors after the earthquake in christchurch, new zealand. but with more than 72 hours since a deadly tremendous more hit, experts say the chances of finding anyone alive under the debris are slim. new zealand police have confirmed 113 people died and more than 200 remain missing after the 6.3-magnitude quake. more than 500 rescuers from countries including japan, singapore, and australia have been working around the clock to save victims trapped under collapsed buildings. relief teams will continue working through friday. >> 47 bodies have been recovered from the collapsed ctv building, where many people including japanese are believed to be trapped. the building housed an english language school for foreign students. the japanese government has set

♪ - hi, this is bob scully, and welcome to another edition of the world show, the authors series.ou've heard of the un security council, the national security council, but have you heard of the council of dads? it catches the attention, doesn't it? it's the title of a book by well-known best- selling author bruce feiler, but the concept itself is fascinating. it's a humanistic initiative that i think only he can fully explain, and he does it very well. here he is. bruce feiler, welcome back. you'll recall that when we did your book abraham, we started with a quote. let's do it again this time with the council of dads. i'm going to go to chapter 18 and string together three different quotes. here we go. first quote: "bonaventure cemetery, just east of savannah, has two side-by- side stone gates at its trance. the gate on the left has two chiselled stone pillars capped with female figures cradling crosses. it is known as 'the christian gate'. the gate on the right has similar stone pillars topped with stars of david. it's called 'the jewish gate'". now i'm going to skip a bit to the

. ♪ - hi, this is bob scully, and welcome to another edition of the world show, a special "in memoriamedition devoted to the late richard holbrooke. richard holbrooke and dr. henry kissinger are often referred to as the great american diplomats of the second half of the 20th century. mr. holbrooke had many accomplishments to his credit. perhaps the one that shines brightest are the so-called dayton accords, reached in dayton, ohio, in 1995, which brought peace to the balkans. he would later write a best- selling book about that called to end a war. i had the pleasure of sitting down with him in manhattan. he was working as an investment banker at credit suisse, and he was working precisely on that book, and we discussed the dayton accords. here once again is richard holbrooke, who passed away unexpectedly last month at the age of 69. ambassador holbrooke, there are a lot of good diplomats around the world who, as diplomats should do, are called upon to ease tensions and bring about agreements. we've had boutros- ghali on the show, and pérez de cuéllar, and dr. kissinger, but you have s