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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.
The Bush Administration struggles to contain growing outrage over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, calling it unacceptable and un-American even as officials revealed Americans murdered at least two detainees.. On Capitol Hill outraged lawmakers demand full disclosure of the extent of the abuse The Bush Administration reverses course and announces there will be no reduction … Continued
Seven U.S. officers reprimanded in the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal – Their military careers are likely over.. The New Yorker Magazine cites an internal Army report which found that Iraqi detainees were subjected to sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses.. CBS News admits it sat on the story for 2 weeks at the request of … Continued
Eleven U.S. troops are killed in attacks in Iraq.. Meanwhile, the top U.S. military commander says he can’t be sure that the recently-disclosed abuses of prisoners in Iraq are only isolated incidents Members of Israel’s Likud Party reject their Prime Minister’s plan for withdrawal from Gaza and annexation of parts of the West Bank Environmental … Continued
President Bush says the U.S. will finish its work in Iraq in spite of the increased violence there Iraqis jam the streets of Fallujah to celebrate the withdrawal of U.S. Marines A coalition of peace groups, religious leaders, and war veterans stage a peace procession in San Francisco to publicly acknowledge the suffering of the … Continued
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley bans the use of touch screen voting in 4 counties in the November elections.. Ten other counties must meet tough conditions if they are to use their machines.. Shelley also calls for a criminal investigation of the voting machine maker, Diebold, calling the company "reprehensible" Outrage in the Arab … Continued
The U.S. military trying to strike a deal on Falluja with former members of Sadam Hussein’s army .. The U.S. marines in the city would reportedly withdraw and turn security duties over to the former military men.. meanwhile the U.S. attacks on the city continue and elsewhere 10 American soldiers are slain President Bush and … Continued
As U.S. helicopter gunships pound three districts in Fallujah day and night, President Bush insists that most of the city is returning to normal U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warns that U.S. military action in Fallujah could bolster resistance and make it harder to end the U.S. occupation Supreme Court justices express concern that Americans captured … Continued
U.S. warplanes and artillery batter the city of Fallujah, as a fragile cease fire comes to an end The top U.N. envoy says that despite the fighting in Iraq, it’s possible to set up an interim government by the end of May – a month before the U.S. occupation authority hands over nominal power Explosions … Continued
Fierce fighting in Fallujah, although the nominal ceasefire remains in effect. Members of Fallujah’s town council ask for United Nations mediation between resistance fighters and U.S. troops. Dozens of former top ranking British diplomats offer a blistering critique of conduct of the war in Iraq and say Prime Minister Blair should use his influence to … Continued
A period of shaky clam continues tonight in the Iraq cities of Fallujah and Najaf. Meanwhile, the United Nations envoy to Iraq is warning the U.S. against sending American troops into those cities. More than one million people march in the nation’s capitol in support of women’s reproductive rights. Protests against the International Monetary Fund … Continued
