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Clinton, Obama Hold Final Debate Before Pivotal Votes Next Week; Holes in the Wall: Texas Border Wall Bypassing Wealthy Residents with Bush Admin Ties; Blue Covenant: Maude Barlow on the Global Movement for Water Justice. Today’s Headlines * Obama, Clinton Hold Final Debate Before Key Primaries * Senate Votes to Debate Iraq Withdrawal * … Continued
"Taxi to the Dark Side": Exposé on US Abuses in "War on Terror" Wins Oscar for Best Documentary; Noam Chomsky: Why is Iraq Missing from 2008 Presidential Race? Today’s Headlines * Turkish PM Briefed Bush Prior to Iraq Attack * Palestinians Form Human Chain to Protest Gaza Siege * In Indonesia, Gates Promotes Increased … Continued
U.S.-Backed Turkish Invasion of Northern Iraq Continues; Barack Obama’s Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Samantha Power on Obama’s Call to Increase the Pentagon’s Budget, Hugo Chavez, Funding the Iraq Occupation and Attacking Pakistan; Samantha Power on “Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World" Pt. II Today’s Headlines * … Continued
EXCLUSIVE: Rigged Trials at Guantanamo; Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama on her Internment in a WWII Japanese American Detention Camp & Malcolm X’s Assassination. Today’s Headlines * Obama Wins in Wisconsin and Hawaii * Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Domestic Spy Program * Ghana Refuses to Host AFRICOM * Explosion Kills 15 Iraqi Police … Continued
Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuban President; Democratic Race Heats Up as Wisconsin Holds Deadlocked Primary; Outspoken Niece of Benazir Bhutto Accuses Aunt’s Party of Fraud in Pakistani Elections; Kosovo’s Independence: Genuine Liberation or Front for US-NATO Expansion? Today’s Headlines * Castro Steps Down as Cuban Leader * Musharraf’s Party Loses Seats in Pakistani Elections … Continued
In Tight Democratic Race, Could Campaign Donations and Personal Views Influence Potentially Decisive Superdelegate Vote?; Analyst: On Africa Visit, Bush Pushes Agenda of Continent-Wide U.S. Military Expansion; In Africa, Bush Touts Record AIDS Relief under his Administration, but Funding Restrictions Tell a Different Story on the Ground. Today’s Headlines * Surveillance Law Expires as … Continued
East Timor Braces for Potential Crisis Following Assassination Attempt on President Jose Ramos-Horta; On Tenth Anniversary of V-Day, Vagina Monologues Playwright Eve Ensler Focuses on Violence Against Women in New Orleans and Gulf South; SEIU Members Face Off in Dispute Over Leadership, Direction of One of Nation’s Largest Unions. Headlines * Defying Bush, House … Continued
Entertainment Writers Claim Victory in Deal Ending 14-Week Strike; "Chocolate’s Bittersweet Economy": Cocoa Industry Accused of Greed, Neglect for Labor Practices in Ivory Coast; Theo Chocolate Founder, CEO Joe Whinney on Fair Trade Cocoa. Headlines * Senate Approves Waterboarding Ban * House Rejects Extending Surveillance Law * Boeing Rendition Suit Dismissed in U.S. Court … Continued
