The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – December 17, 2004

President Bush signs legislation overhauling the U.S. intelligence system, its biggest reworking in 50 years ….civil liberties groups are worried about a number of the measure’s provisions Antiwar protestors getting shut out of the parade route for next month’s presidential inauguration in Washington, while a for-profit group has been granted permission to sell curbside seating … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – December 12, 2004

As presidential electors gather to meet tomorrow, voting-rights activists prepare to file legal challenges to the Ohio vote tally… Fighting flares anew in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, where U.S. forces carried out a massive assault last month. . .. Marwan Barghouti has changed his mind again… the jailed militant leader is withdrawing from the … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – December 11, 2004

Jordan’s King Abdullah tells a San Francisco crowd he’s hopeful about achieving Middle East peace. . . . Israel’s Labor party votes to join prime minister Ariel Sharon’s ruling coalition…. Austrian doctors say that the man who hopes to become Ukraine’s next president was the victim of Dioxin poisoning…. Bernard Kerik withdraws his name from … Continued