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Democracy Now! – February 20, 2013

Prisoner X: As Secrecy Falls, Doubts Grow on Suicide Claims for Australian Israeli Linked to Mossad; Throwaways: Recruited by Police & Thrown Into Danger, Young Informants Are Drug War’s Latest Victims. HeadlinesFebruary 20, 2013     U.N. Warns Syrian Humanitarian Crisis “Getting Worse” as Typhoid Outbreak Confirmed    Palestinian Prisoners Refuse Meals in Support of Hunger Strikers    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 19, 2013

Donors Trust: Little-Known Group Helps Wealthy Backers Fund Right-Wing Agenda in Secret; The ATM for Climate Denial: Secretive Donors Trust Funds Vast Network of Global Warming Skeptics”Brave Miss World”: Raped Before Winning ’98 Title, Linor Abargil Campaigns Against Sexual Violence. HeadlinesFebruary 19, 2013     U.N.: ICC Should Launch Syria War Crimes Probe    Tens of Thousands … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 18, 2013

Tens of Thousands Rally to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline & Urge Obama to Move “Forward on Climate”; “Lift Every Voice”: Potential Senate Hopeful Cory Booker Praises Harry Belafonte’s Life of Activism; “We Must Unleash Radical Thought”: Harry Belafonte’s Stirring Speech Accepting NAACP Spingarn Medal. HeadlinesFebruary 18, 2013     Tens of Thousands Rally in D.C. Against … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 15, 2013

An Intentional Fire? Police Use of Incendiary Tear Gas Criticized in Killing of Christopher Dorner; From Dorner to Waco to MOVE Bombing, A Look at Growing Militarization of Domestic Policing; NAACP: New Election Commission Needed to Address Voter Suppression, Attacks on Voting Rights. HeadlinesFebruary 15, 2013     Senate Republicans Block Hagel Nomination    Bahrain to Probe … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 14, 2013

48 Arrested at Keystone Pipeline Protest as Sierra Club Lifts 120-Year Ban on Civil Disobedience; “We Need To Push Him”: Actress Daryl Hannah Arrested While Urging Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline; “Two Years of Deaths and Detentions”: Bahraini Pro-Democracy Protesters Mark Anniversary of Uprising; One Billion Rising: Playwright Eve Ensler Organizes Global Day of Dance … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 13, 2013

Beyond Gun Control, Obama Urged to Tackle Joblessness, Incarceration and U.S. “Culture of Violence”; Obama’s SOTU Address Calls for Middle-Class Revival, But Poverty & Inequality Still Get Short Shrift; Despite Planned Troop Withdrawal, Special Ops & Private Forces Prepare to Continue Afghan War; As Obama Touts Pathway to Citizenship, Record Deportations Leave Undocumented Immigrants in … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 12, 2013

North Korea Nuclear Test Sends Message to Washington One Week After U.S.-South Korean War Games; After Pope Benedict, Progressive Catholics and Priest Victims Call for a More Inclusive Papacy; Remembering the Overlooked Life Eslanda Robeson, Wife of Civil Rights Legend Paul Robeson. HeadlinesFebruary 12, 2013     U.N. Security Council to Meet on North Korean Nuke … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 11, 2013

Wanted for Killing 3, Christopher Dorner’s Claims of Racism, Corruption Resonate with LAPD’s Critics; Despite Offer of Direct Talks, U.S. Intensifies “Sanctions-Centric” Economic War Against Iran; Michael Moore, Chris Hedges on Challenging NDAA Indefinite Detention and the “Corporate Coup d’etat.” HeadlinesFebruary 11, 2013     Pope Benedict to Resign over Health Concerns    Obama to Unveil Cuts … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 8, 2013

Jeremy Scahill: Assassinations of U.S. Citizens Largely Ignored at Brennan CIA Hearing; CODEPINK Repeatedly Disrupts Brennan Hearing Calling Out Names Of Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes; “He Was The Agency”: Ex-CIA Analyst Questions Brennan Claim He Couldn’t Stop Waterboarding, Torture. HeadlinesFebruary 8, 2013     CIA Pick John Brennan Defends Drone Strikes, Targeted Killings    CODEPINK Protests … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 7, 2013

Globalizing Torture: Ahead of Brennan Hearing, International Complicity in CIA Rendition Exposed; Radio Ambulante: Spanish-Language Radio Program Showcases the Untold Stories of the Americas. HeadlinesFebruary 7, 2013     Obama Admin Agrees to Share Assassination Memos After Uproar    Wyden Vows to Press Brennan on Assassination Program    Justice Dept. Argues Appeal of NDAA Ruling    DREAM Activists Call … Continued