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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.
Hundreds of hotel workers walk off the job in a strike targeting four San Francisco hotels. Hotels not affected by the walkout aren’t saying whether they’ll lock out their workers in response. In a judicial blow to the Bush Administration, a federal judge rules against some of the expanded surveillance powers granted to the FBI … Continued
Two female Italian hostages released in Iraq along with kidnapped Iraqis and Egyptians.. The release of two French journalists may be near …. but the fighting goes on with U.S. strikes on Fallujah and in Sadr City in Baghdad An intelligence report issued to President Bush in January of 2003 warned him that a U.S. … Continued
U.S. air strikes cause dozens of casualties in Fallujah and Sadr City… while Iraqi fighters set off two more car bombs targeting Iraqi national guardsmen and a police academy… Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill seven Palestinians… Bush Administration .officials say the FBI is conducting thousands of’ security interviews to thwart a possible Al Qaeda … Continued
California air regulators unanimously approve the nation’s most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to qlobal warming House Republicans introduce intelligence legislation they say responds to the Sept. 11 Commission .. Opponents say the measure will violate civil liberties… Supporters of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader stage a protest of his exclusion from … Continued
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi domnplays the insurrection in his country as he addresses the U.S. Congress …in Baghdad, U.S. troops battle members of Moqtada Al Sadr’s militia
A British hostage pleads for his life, while the body of a second U.S. hostage is recovered. ..an Islamic group in Iraq says it killed two Italian aid workers — but that claim is in doubt U.S. aircraft and tanks attack Baghdad’s Sadr City — killing at least ten and wounding 100.. .two more car … Continued
A lukewarm reception at the United Nations for President Bush who declares that Iraq and Afghanistan are on the road to democracy and stability and will serve as prototypes for reshaping the entire Middle East. In Iraq …militants say they-beheaded a second U.S. hostage in as many days.-..insurgents detonate car bombs and explosive devices in … Continued
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry delivers a blistering attack on president Bush’s Iraq policy, saying he ”misled., miscalculated, and mismanaged” every aspect of it A militant group in Iraq beheads a U.S hostage and posts a video of the killing on the internet CBS admits it was deliberately misled over the authenticity of documents it … Continued
