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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.
Thousands around the country mark the day of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior.. .gay rights marchers in Atlanta say King would have supported their rights …King’s son preaches against the war in Iraq …governor Schwarzenegger claims King as a hero… and president Bush, who has clashed with the NAACP, praises King’s intellect … Continued
Raids by U.S. troops across Iraq today, as insurgents step up attacks on polling places in advance of elections later this month …meanwhile, the CIA releases a report that claims U.S. occupied Iraq is the number one training ground for terrorists Over a thousand gather in downtown Berkeley to both support and protest the display … Continued
Mahmood Abbas is sworn is as the new Palestinian president ….in his inaugural speech, he condemns violence and urges an immediate cease fire. A military jury sentences Specialist Charles Graner to 10 years in prison for his leading role in Abu Ghraib torture scandal. .. . Iraqi authorities may take measures to protect voters in … Continued
Army specialist Charles Graner faces up to 15-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib. . . A human rights legal group sues former Haitian death squad leader Emmanuel “Toto” Constant in federal court on charges including directing torture and rape… constant has lived openly in New York for the … Continued
The defense rests in the Abu Ghraib court martial trial of reservist Charles Graner… a former U.S. military policewoman testifies that an intelligence officer at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison told her to point at the genitals of naked detainees, supporting defense contentions that Graner was following orders Human Rights Watch says Sudanese government officials responsible … Continued
The Bush Administration says the search for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction is over, but despite the absence of such weapons, Bush has no regrets about the war… Senator Edward Kennedy accuses president Bush of hyping concerns about the nation’s retirement program, just as he did on Iraq, and urged Democrats to stand up to … Continued
President Bush nominates federal judge Michael Chertoff as new Homeland Security Chief. ..in his former role as Assistant Attorney General he developed guidelines allowing FBI infiltration of religious and political gatherings. With the presidential inauguration nine days off, federal officials describe plans for unprecedented security by thousands of police and canine bomb teams.. A former … Continued
Governor Schwarzenegger announces a nearly 112 billion dollar budget which limits state support for schools, health care for the poor and other services. ..there are no new taxes… Palestinian president elect Mahmoud Abbas says he’s ready to talk peace with Israeli prime minister Sharon. ..president bush invites Abbas to the White House. . . opponents … Continued
At a ceremony in Kenya, Sudan’s government and southern rebel forces sign a final peace agreement; if successful, the pact would end a civil war more than two decades old. . . Mahmood Abbas wins the Palestinian election, taking about two-thirds of the vote… Two weeks after the Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe, aid officials say … Continued
Rescue workers pull thousands more dead bodies from the debris of flattened towns along the Sumatran coast two weeks after a devastating tsunami hit South Asia. . . . U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan reluctantly agrees to stay out of disaster-stricken areas of Sri Lanka controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels…. A U.S. warplane mistakenly bombs … Continued
