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Thursday, November 05, 2009
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- “GM’s Money Trees”: Displacement of Rural Brazilians Highlights Consequences of “Cap and Trade” System
- Italian Prosecutor in Case Against CIA Operatives Hails Convictions for ’03 Kidnapping of Egyptian Cleric
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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- Election Day 2009: GOPers Sweep Governor Races; Bloomberg Wins Tight NYC Mayoral Race; Dems Take House Seats; Maine Repeals Gay Marriage
- Low Road to High Finance: McClatchy Expose Reveals How Goldman Sachs Sold Off Billions in Mortgage Securities After Anticipating Housing Collapse
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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- Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts
- Israeli Activists Criticize US House for Considering Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
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The Tortured Logic Continues
“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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The War Condolences Obama Hasn’t Sent
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
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Trick or Treat for Climate Change
Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country
Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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Watch What You Tweet
A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home—all for using Twitter.
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Christian Parenti responds to Kevin Bales
Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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Friday, January 16, 2004
Headlines
- Iraqi Protesters: “No, No USA. Yes, Yes For Elections"
- Iowa Polls: Dean, Kerry, Edwards, Gephardt In Near Tie
- Boeing & Halliburton To Reap Billions Off Space Program
- Israel to Resume Assassinating Hamas Members
- U.S. Refuses To Release Boys Held At Guantanamo
- Ex-Nixon Aide Suggests Bush Should Be Impeached
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Riot Police Storm Indigenous Town in Mexico Leaving Two Dead, Dozens Wounded
The people of Tlalnepantla, south of Mexico City, declared themselves “autonomous” and seized the town hall after the state government rejected the traditional democratic process of selecting the town mayor. We go to Mexico to speak with an independent reporter living in Morelos. [includes transcript]
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Bush Booed by Protesters at Martin Luther King's Grave
President Bush visited the grave of Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta to pay tribute to the civil rights leader on the 75th anniversary of his birthday. Tight security accompanying Bush’s visit limited access to visitors. We go to Atlanta to speak with the Rev. James Orange. [includes transcript]
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Iowa Race in Four-Way Dead Heat
New poll figures show former Vermont governor Howard Dean, Senators John Kerry and John Edwards and Congressman Richard Gephardt in a virtual four-way dead heat three days before the Iowa caucus. We speak with The Nation magazine’s John Nichols. [includes transcript]
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Mississippi's #1: Corporate Crime Reporter Ranks Most Corrupt State Governments
A new report examined the most corrupt state governments. The top 10? Mississippi, North Dakota, Louisiana, Alaska, Illinois, Montana, South Dakota, Kentucky, Florida and New York. [includes transcript]
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U.S. Accused of Lying About Its Troops Killing Journalists in Iraq
Reporters Without Frontiers has issued a new report titled “Two Murders And a Lie” examining the Pentagon’s handling of the killing by the U.S. of two foreign journalists at the Palestine Hotel in Iraq on April 8. [includes transcript]
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From Iraq to Afghanistan: An Italian Doctor Talks About Treating the Civilian Victims of the War on Terror
The founder of the humanitarian group Emergency, Dr. Gino Strada, discusses the impact of sanctions on Iraq’s medical system and the U.S. use of landmines and cluster bombs. [includes transcript]
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100,000 In Bombay For 2004 World Social Forum
As the World Social Forum kicks off in India, we go to Bombay to speak with an independent reporter about the international movement against globalization. [includes transcript]
