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The Pacifica Evening News is a collaboration of KPFA and KPFK in Los Angeles and KFCF in Fresno. The hour-long newscast airs on all three stations each weeknight at 6:00 PM. KPFA News broadcasts news headlines throughout the day at 5:55, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 and 4:00. Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
Governor Schwarzenegger calls for a special session of the state legislature to require across the board spending cuts when spending increases above revenues …he vows to seek no new taxes.. .Schwarzenegger also calls for teacher pay based on merit and not tenure… Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales is expected to promise senators at his confirmation … Continued
The United Nations says international aid pledged to victims of the South Asian tsunami has risen to up to three billion dollars …but critics say the aid isn’t getting to intended recipients in parts of Indonesia and Sri Lanka that are home to rebel movements… Iraqi militants assassinate Baghdad’s governor in Iraq’s highest profile killing … Continued
The United Nations says some 150 thousand people are now believed dead in the South Asian tsunami and thousands more are at risk unless they receive aid quickly… Stung by criticism of a slow and inadequate response, president Bush says his father and former president Clinton will lead a private fundraising drive for victims of … Continued
The tsunami death toll continues to rise; official figures now put it at 124,000, but aid officials estimate it could hit 150,000. meanwhile, air drops of food and medicine reached remote Indian ocean islands, and in hardest hit Aceh, independence fighters accuse the Indonesian government of stepping up attacks against them. Separate attacks kill 18 … Continued
The death toll in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster has climbed above 125,000 as more victims are discovered in Indonesia… in Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tiger rebel group says the areas they control haven’t gotten relief aid. Israel will soon have a new governing coalition, as the Likud and Labor parties wrap up long negotiations … Continued
The death toll in the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster continues to rise, and could approach 100,000… activists political considerations are interfering with the distribution of aid in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the countries hardest-hit by Sunday’s catastrophe.. There’s no letup in the fighting in Iraq… an explosion at a house in Baghdad claims at least … Continued
The death toll has climbed to 55,000 in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, and relief officials are warning that tens of thousands more could die of communicable diseases in the areas hit by the devastating waves… Ohio finishes its recount of presidential election votes; the new tally adds a few hundred votes for both candidates, … Continued
The death toll is approaching 24,000 in yesterday’s tsunami disaster.. The head of Iraq’s leading Shiite political party survives an assassination attempt, but the suicide car-bomb explosion kills 15 other Iraqs… Iraq’s largest Sunni political party won’t participate in next month’s election; the Iraqi Islamic party says the pervasive violence in the country must stop … Continued
Thousands are dead as huge tsunami waves strike India, Indonesia and other nations along the Indian ocean… the waves were caused by a powerful undersea earthquake Voters in Ukraine go to the polls to redo last month’s presidential election, which was declared invalid by the country’s supreme court. Exit polls indicate that opposition leader Victor … Continued
One person is killed in Baghdad when a fuel truck explodes… authorities call the blast a suicide bomb attack… meanwhile, defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld pays a surprise Christmas eve visit to U.S. troops in Iraq… Candidates from the Hamas movement post strong showings in local Palestinian elections… ‘A Sudanese official says his government will soon … Continued
