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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.
Dozens of Iraqis are killed and more than 160 wounded in a series of bloody bombings across Iraq…today’s carnage brings to more than 400 the number of deaths in the past two weeks. Iraqi war resister Pablo Paredes is convicted in a San Diego court martial of refusing to board his warship last December, which … Continued
The U.S. Senate unanimously approves president Bush’s 82 billion dollar funding bill for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq….the approval comes as hundreds of marines continue a push through western Iraq along the Syrian border in the biggest U.S. offensive in the war in six months It’s a national day of resistance to the war…communities … Continued
Hundreds of U.S. troops backed by helicopter gunships and warplanes launch a major offensive on remote Iraqi desert villages near the Syrian border… Dozens of U.S. Lawmakers call on president Bush to come clean about a reported pre-war deal with British prime minister Tony Blair to invade Iraq… Senate democratic leader Harry Reid offers another … Continued
British prime minister Tony Blair leads his Labor Party to an unprecedented third straight electoral victory but the anti-war vote cuts his majority in parliament from 161 seats to just 66…..it could mean an early end to Blair’s political career Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party beats back a strong challenge from the Islamic militant … Continued
Governor Schwarzenegger submits signatures for the first of three ballot measures he may put before voters in a 70 million dollar special election next fall…the initiative would lengthen the time it takes teachers to earn tenure from two to five years… Embattled Republican House Majority leader Tom Delay says he’s confident that he’ll be vindicated … Continued
Iraq’s new government is sworn into office….but it’s still not complete…..five ministers are temporary and two deputy prime minister posts are still vacant…..meanwhile the violence accompanying its installation goes on — 170 have been killed in six days In Britain families of soldiers slain in Iraq plan to take British prime minister Tony Blair to … Continued
Private Lynndie England pleads guilty to mistreating prisoners at Abu Ghraib…she’ll be sentenced tomorrow…. an ACLU attorney says the focus on England obscures the issue of command responsibility by defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other high level officials At least 140 people are dead in the five days of bloodshed since the Iraqi parliament approved … Continued
