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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.
An Indiana man taken hostage in Iraq appears on a videotape pleading for his life and urging the withdrawal of U.S. troops…on capitol hill, approval for the administration’s 80 billion dollar Iraq war measure is headed towards final approval… The first witnesses take the stand in the pepper spray retrial…their attorneys show videos of Humboldt … Continued
President Bush’s nominee for U.N. ambassador is depicted at a senate hearing as a bully who tried to force an analyst to bend intelligence on Cuba’s weapons to fit a speech he was giving. Despite that, John Bolton is expected to win confirmation John Negroponte assures a senate committee he will deliver the unvarnished truth … Continued
Democratic senators press their case against John Bolton — president Bush’s pick to represent the U.S. at the United Nations…Bolton denies charges that he tried to have intelligence analysts removed from their jobs for disagreeing with him… Hundreds of Iraqi security forces and U.S. troops conduct a sweep of Baghdad, rounding up dozens of suspected … Continued
Senate Democrats gearing up to try to derail president Bush’s controversial nomination of John Bolton to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations…..opponents will try to show a pattern on the part of Bolton of intimidation of intelligence officials at the state department…. It’s the second anniversary of the entrance of U.S. troops … Continued
Two Democratic senators are putting a hold on president Bush’s nomination of Stephen Johnson to head the Environmental Protection Agency until he cancels a program to test pesticide exposure of children in a Florida county…the program is partly funded by the American Chemistry Council…two other senators are blocking the nomination of Lester Crawford as head … Continued
It’s Wednesday, April 6th…Iraq’s parliament breaks a nine week long deadlock, selecting Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as interim president and two vice presidents…the interim parliament is supposed to draft a permanent constitution by mid august… In Sacramento, seniors, people with disabilities and their caregivers testify against a budget cutting proposal by governor Schwarzenegger to roll … Continued
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI director Robert Mueller urge congress to renew controversial parts of the Patriot Act…if congress does not act the provisions will expire at the end of the year…..several lawmakers are to introduce legislation to scale back major portions of the act…… Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger expected to face thousands of protestors … Continued
Military documents indicate CIA interrogations may have played a role in the deaths of several Iraqi prisoners… The ACLU calls for immediate action by the U.N. Commission on Human Rights to address the abuse and torture of prisoners by the U.S. in Iraq Energy giant Chevron Texaco is preparing to buy its smaller rival Unocal … Continued
