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Democracy Now! – February 26, 2013

Billionaires for Austerity: With Cuts Looming, Wall Street Roots of “Fix the Debt” Campaign Exposed; “Makers: Women Who Make America”: New Film Chronicles Past 50 Years of Feminist Movement; United by Loss, Israeli & Palestinian Dads Call for a Joint Non-Violent Intifada Against Occupation. HeadlinesFebruary 26, 2013     Afghans Claim 9 Disappearances at Hands of … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 25, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Rarely Seen Film “King: A Filmed Record” Traces MLK’s Struggle from Montgomery to Memphis. February 25, 2013     U.S. Special Forces Ordered out of Afghan Province    U.S. Denies Reports of Post-2014 Afghan Deployment    U.S. Deploys 100 Troops in Niger to Prep Drone Base    Palestinians Accuse Israel of Torture in Prisoner’s Death    Israel Demands PA … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 22, 2013

Torture at Guantánamo: Lt. Col. Stuart Couch on His Refusal to Prosecute Abused Prisoner; “The Terror Courts”: An Inside Look at Rough Justice, Torture at Guantánamo Bay. HeadlinesFebruary 22, 2013     Report: More Than 2,100 Gun Deaths in the U.S. Since Newtown Massacre    India: 16 Killed in Hyderabad Bomb Blasts    Syria: More Than 80 Killed … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 20, 2013

Prisoner X: As Secrecy Falls, Doubts Grow on Suicide Claims for Australian Israeli Linked to Mossad; Throwaways: Recruited by Police & Thrown Into Danger, Young Informants Are Drug War’s Latest Victims. HeadlinesFebruary 20, 2013     U.N. Warns Syrian Humanitarian Crisis “Getting Worse” as Typhoid Outbreak Confirmed    Palestinian Prisoners Refuse Meals in Support of Hunger Strikers    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 19, 2013

Donors Trust: Little-Known Group Helps Wealthy Backers Fund Right-Wing Agenda in Secret; The ATM for Climate Denial: Secretive Donors Trust Funds Vast Network of Global Warming Skeptics”Brave Miss World”: Raped Before Winning ’98 Title, Linor Abargil Campaigns Against Sexual Violence. HeadlinesFebruary 19, 2013     U.N.: ICC Should Launch Syria War Crimes Probe    Tens of Thousands … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 18, 2013

Tens of Thousands Rally to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline & Urge Obama to Move “Forward on Climate”; “Lift Every Voice”: Potential Senate Hopeful Cory Booker Praises Harry Belafonte’s Life of Activism; “We Must Unleash Radical Thought”: Harry Belafonte’s Stirring Speech Accepting NAACP Spingarn Medal. HeadlinesFebruary 18, 2013     Tens of Thousands Rally in D.C. Against … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 15, 2013

An Intentional Fire? Police Use of Incendiary Tear Gas Criticized in Killing of Christopher Dorner; From Dorner to Waco to MOVE Bombing, A Look at Growing Militarization of Domestic Policing; NAACP: New Election Commission Needed to Address Voter Suppression, Attacks on Voting Rights. HeadlinesFebruary 15, 2013     Senate Republicans Block Hagel Nomination    Bahrain to Probe … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 14, 2013

48 Arrested at Keystone Pipeline Protest as Sierra Club Lifts 120-Year Ban on Civil Disobedience; “We Need To Push Him”: Actress Daryl Hannah Arrested While Urging Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline; “Two Years of Deaths and Detentions”: Bahraini Pro-Democracy Protesters Mark Anniversary of Uprising; One Billion Rising: Playwright Eve Ensler Organizes Global Day of Dance … Continued


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Democracy Now! – February 13, 2013

Beyond Gun Control, Obama Urged to Tackle Joblessness, Incarceration and U.S. “Culture of Violence”; Obama’s SOTU Address Calls for Middle-Class Revival, But Poverty & Inequality Still Get Short Shrift; Despite Planned Troop Withdrawal, Special Ops & Private Forces Prepare to Continue Afghan War; As Obama Touts Pathway to Citizenship, Record Deportations Leave Undocumented Immigrants in … Continued