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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.
Perhaps a breakthrough in the siege of Najaf in Iraq…. .Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr says his Mahdi militia will relinquish control of the Imam Ali Mosque to Shiite religious authorities and leave …but it hasn’t happened yet .. .negotiations on a handover appear to be underway The Department of Justice using secret evidence to defend … Continued
U.S. occupation forces employ AC-130 gunships against Shiite militiamen in Najajf, Iraq after their leader Moqtada Al-Sadr apparantly defies a final demand from the interim prime minister to disarm Sources say an army investigation of the torture and abuse of Iraqis at Abu Grhaib prison finds no senior officers involved…. .a study by a bioethicist … Continued
The Bush Administration wants half a billion dollars from Congress to fund what it considers to be friendly militias around the world to fight in the so-called war on terrorism. . . .. .critics say such irregular forces would be free to carry out torture, assassinations and massacres… Shhite Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr accepts a peace … Continued
A California Army National Guard reservist challenges the military’s stop-loss program in federal court in San Francisco claiming the Pentagon’s attempt to keep 20-thousand army personnel beyond their time of service is illegal…. .the law suit is the first of its kind The State treasurer, members of the State Assembly and some California business leaders … Continued
A big victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as nearly 60 percent of voters cast ballots against his recall …the opposition trying to oust him says the election was fraudulent but former President Jimmy Carter and the Organization of American States say there’s no evidence of cheating President Bush announces the redeployment of as many … Continued
Venezuelans crowd into polling stations to vote on whether to recall President Hugo Chavez, who has come under attack from the country’s wealthy and middle class for his domestic economic reforms. All journalists are expelled from the Iraqi city of Najaf, as a new U.S. offensive against resistance fighters begins Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in … Continued
Iraqi Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr says he will remain in the city of Najaf until victory or death, shattering hopes of a compromise with U.S. occupation forces surrounding the city’s holiest shrines …throughout Iraq there are mass demonstrations condemning the U.S. offensive against Al-Sadr’s Mahdi army militia The Council on American-Islamic relations launches a campaign to … Continued
A unanimous California Supreme Court rules that San Francisco’s Mayor overstepped his authority by issuing same sex marriage licenses and by a 5 to 2 vote invalidates the nearly four thousand gay and lesbian marriages performed in the city earlier this year.. .but it’s a narrow ruling and does not resolve the question of whether … Continued
The Bush Administration moves to toughen the rules for deporting undocumented immigrants…… immigrants without the proper papers apprehended within 100 miles of the border will be thrown out of the country immediately — without a hearing and without being able to plead for political asylum U.S. occupation forces in Iraq on the verge of a … Continued
