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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.
Election results released today say Iraqi Shiites have gotten the most votes in their country’s elections. But they didn’t get two-thirds, which would have allowed them to form a government on its own. So far 12 parties have qualified for seats in the temporary National Assembly. Police officers and hospital officials say militant attacks in … Continued
North Korea urges its people rally around their leader, Kim Jong Il, after the U.S. refuses to hold bilateral talks. . .. Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld comes out against a German proposal that would create a transatlantic rival to Nato. . . . Former Vermont governor Howard Dean wins the post of Democratic party chair…. … Continued
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nominates former Republican state lawmaker Bruce McPherson of Santa Cruz to become Secretary of State ….McPherson served 11 years in the state legislator as a moderate Republican German prosecutors decline to investigate defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top officials of the Bush Administration over charges they were responsible for torture at … Continued
The House of Representatives votes to bar undocumented immigrants from obtaining drivers licenses…. .the bill also grants judges greater powers to deport asylum seekers and authorizes bounty hunters to track down people in the country illegally In the Senate a victory for business and the Bush administration as that body approves legislation overhauling class action … Continued
More irregularity in the Iraq election.. .officials say they must recount votes from 300 ballot boxes…. hundreds — perhaps thousands — of other ballots have been declared invalid apparently because of tampering North Bay congresswoman Lynn Woolsey turns up the heat on the House of Representatives International Relations Committee. . . . .she wants a … Continued
Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon agree to a ceasefire after four years of Mideast bloodshed… President Bush campaigns in Detroit for his program of deep cuts in domestic spending, restructuring Social Security and limiting damage awards… Union members turn out in San Francisco to.rally against governor Schwarzenegger’s proposal to do away with mandatory meal breaks.. … Continued
President Bush unveils a two and a half trillion dollar budget with cuts to Medicaid, housing, the environment and more …spending is slated to rise for the military and homeland security Consumer and public interest groups urge the defeat of pro-business legislation that would restrict class action lawsuits against corporate wrongdoing Israeli prime minister Sharon … Continued
As they face the prospect of a Shiite Muslim landslide, Sunni politicians are offering to help map out Iraq’s political future…. A Senate committee is examining CIA intelligence on Iran to avoid a repeat of the faulty reports that led up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq…. Palestinian officials are working with their Israeli counterparts … Continued
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley resigns …Shelley has been under fire for his administration of federal election funds and questionable campaign contributions. . . .. .Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will name a successor but his choice could be vetoed by the Democratically-controlled legislature In Iraq the slate endorsed by Iraq’s top Shiite clerics appears … Continued
