The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – December 7, 2003

Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld meets with senior US commanders in Iraq and is assured that a recent switch to more aggressive counter-insurgency tactics is starting to pay of Israel rejects an agreement by Palestinian factions to halt suicide bombings inside Israel without stopping attacks on Israeli soldiers or settlers in the occupied territories In … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – December 6, 2003

Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld meets with senior US commanders in Iraq and is assured that a recent switch to more aggressive counter-insurgency tactics is starting to pay of Israel rejects an agreement by Palestinian factions to halt suicide bombings inside Israel without stopping attacks on Israeli soldiers or settlers in the occupied territories In … Continued


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The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – December 4, 2003

President Bush reverses field and removes US tarriffs on steel imports – the decision avoids a trade war with the Europian Union and Japan but may cost his re-election campaign votes next fall in the key steel-making states of Pennsylvania and Ohio Democrats in the State House offer alternatives to Gov. Schwarzenegger’s financial plan – … Continued


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The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – December 3, 2003

The Bush administration rolling back another Clinton era environmental protection as it proposes new rules on mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants – critics call it another gift to polluters President Bush signs a landmark rewrite of forest rules – he says the Healthy Forest Restoration Act will prevent wildfires like the devestating ones this … Continued


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The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – December 1, 2003

The California Assembly joins the Senate in voting to repeal a law that would have allowed undocumented immigrants to apply for driver’s licenses Advocates for children say Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to cap enrollment in the state’s Healthy Families Program could put tens of thousands of low income children on a waiting list for health insurance … Continued


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The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – November 29, 2003

Seven Spanish intelligence agents and 2 Japanese diplomats are killed in Iraq A small group of family members of US military personnel serving in Iraq is headed to Baghdad to deliver a message of friendship Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia strongly condemns Israel’s West Bank security barrier and threatens to pull out of peace negotiations … Continued