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Democracy Now! (6 am) – April 10, 2008

Telecom Whistleblower Discovers Circuit that Allows Access to All Systems on Wireless Carrier — Phone Calls, Text Messages, Emails and More. China’s Great Leap: Human Rights Watch on the Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges. Justice Department Increasingly Avoiding Corporate Prosecutions. Report: 40 Years After King, Little Progress in Closing Economic Inequality Gap Between … Continued


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Democracy Now! (6 am) – April 7, 2008

State Dept. Renews Blackwater Contract in Iraq Despite Pentagon Labeling Sept. Baghdad Killing of 17 Civilians "A Criminal Event"; Chilean Writer Isabel Allende on Her Memoir, Her Family, Michelle Bachelet, Torture and Immigration. Today’s Headlines     * Report: US No Closer to Achieving Its Goals in Iraq    * Clinton’s Top Strategist Steps Down After Trade … Continued


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Democracy Now! (6 am) – April 4, 2008

Democracy Now! Special: Martin Luther King’s Life and Legacy 40 Years After His Assassination. Headlines     * NATO Backs US Missile System in Eastern Europe    * Iraqi PM Halts Raids on Shia Forces    * Official: 1,000 Iraqis Deserted Anti-Shia Crackdown    * KBR Faces New Rape Allegations in Iraq    * Zimbabwe Police Raid Opposition Party, Journalists    … Continued


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Democracy Now! (6 am) – April 3, 2008

The Green Light: Attorney Philippe Sands Follows the Bush Administration Torture Trail; 1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation; 1968, Forty Years Later: President Lyndon Johnson Announces No Second Term Amid Low Support for Vietnam War in Aftermath of Tet Offensive. … Continued


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Democracy Now! (6 am) – April 1, 2008

"Iraq Has Really Become Somalia…A Collection of Different Militias", Back from Baghdad, Journalist Nir Rosen Paints a Picture of a Broken Iraq; EXCLUSIVE…Bush’s Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story. Today’s Headlines     * Death Toll in Iraq … Continued


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Democracy Now! (6 am) – March 31, 2008

"Exodus: Where Will Iraq Go Next?" Deborah Campbell on the Iraq Refugee Crisis; Cesar Chavez Day: United Farm Workers Co-Founder Dolores Huerta Reflects on the Life and Legacy of the Legendary Labor Activist; Loretta Napoleoni on "Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality." Headlines     * Sadr Orders Mahdi Army to Stop Fighting    * Iraq Gov’t Controls … Continued