The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – October 21, 2005

Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to keep meeting with Senators despite calls from some conservatives who say she’s made blunders and the courtesy visits are not helping her nomination… Some religious conservatives threaten to desert the Republican Party in next year’s Congressional election if Miers is confirmed by the Senate. A defense attorney for one … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – October 20, 2005

Violent abuse of hunger-striking prisoners at the U.S. Prison at Guantanamo Bay. Lawyers for the inmates say they are being violently force-fed as punishment that detainees equate with torture. More outrage in the Muslim word as U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan burn the bodies of two Taliban fighters and taunt other militants as cowardly dogs afraid … Continued