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MONDAY

• "IRAQ CRISIS: WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?" a free, public town-hall-style dialogue for the East-West Center, University of Hawai'i and Honolulu communities, to discuss the foreign policy crisis in Iraq and possible solutions, 5 to 7 p.m. at East-West Center, Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road, Hawai'i Imin Conference Center, Keoni Auditorium. Sponsors: East-West Center, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council and the Peace and Conflict Resolution Workgroup. Participants: Richard Baker, retired U.S. Foreign Service officer, and special assistant to the president, East-West Center; Farideh Farhi, UH-Manoa adjunct professor of political science, and adjunct scholar, Middle East Institute; Ian I. MacFarling, professor, College of Security Studies, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies; and Majid Tehranian, director, Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, and professor of International Communications, UH-Manoa. Information: 295-1379.

• FIFTH "FOOD FOR FRIENDS" ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE, by islandwide locations of Curves, 30 Minute Fitness and Weight Loss Centers, collection of nonperishable food items, Monday through Friday, business hours. (In return, normal service fee is waived.)

• WAHIAWA NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD, 7 p.m., Wahiawa Recreation Center, Halekoa Building, 1139 Kilani Ave. Information: 527-5749.

TUESDAY

• MILILANI MAUKA/LAUNANI VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD, 7 p.m., Mililani Mauka Elementary School, 95-1111 Maka'ika'i St. Information: 527-5749.

• NU'UANU/PUNCHBOWL NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD, 7:15 p.m., Booth District Park, 2331 Kaneali'i Ave. Information: 527-5749.

WEDNESDAY

• "ISLAM AND AMERICA: A War Time Story," 3:30 p.m., University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Center for Korean Studies, by Wazir Jahan Begum, binti Abdul Karim, the UH-Manoa Southeast Asian Studies Andrews Professor for 2003. Free; open to the public. Information: 956-2676.