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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.
President Bush defends his decision to invade Iraq — in his first statements on the topic since release of the scathing Senate committee report on prewar intelligence.. . The Philippines says it will withdraw its contingent from Iraq in a last ditch attempt to save the life of a Filipino hostage… A Bay Area-based anti-war … Continued
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon orders construction on the West Bank Wall to continue, despite Friday’s world court ruling that the barrier is illegal… meanwhile, a American Jew is refused permission to enter Israel because she belongs to the International Solidarity Movement…. A pair of ambushes in Iraq claim the lives of three U.S. troops … Continued
The Phillipines confirmed today they ‘ ll take -their small peacekeeping force out of Iraq in late August. It’s unclear if this action saved the life of a Filipino hostage being held there. Afganistan schedules its elections in early October. Meanwile the violence continues. The travel ban on Cuba still exists. But humanitarian help slips … Continued
A scathing report by the Senate Intelligence committee says the CIA overstated the threat posed by Iraq in the run up to last year’s invasion… War veterans are in San Francisco to launch a bus tour for peace.. Its destination the Democratic National Convention in Boston in two weeks… The International Court of Justice rules … Continued
Former Enron chairman and Bush Campaign financeer Ken Lay pleads not guilty to criminal charges tied to Enron’s collapse in 2001. After arm twisting by Republican leaders, the House votes down an effort to reign in the patriot act… Fighting in the Iraqi City of Samarra kills five U.S. soldiers and one Iraqi Guardsman. Fierce … Continued
Iraq’s interim government announces new emergency laws to give it greater powers to fight the insurgency …less than a mile away, a daylight gun battle rages for hours in the streets of central Baghdad. A new videotape threatens a Filipino hostage with death if the Philippines fails to withdraw its small force from Iraq within … Continued
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry picks first term North Carolina Senator John Edwards as his vice presidential running mate..Edwards made a fortune as a trial lawyer before entering politics in .the 1990’s as a self-styled champion of the common man and woman and as a critic of corporate abuses… Fourteen are dead as a suicide … Continued
At least 10 Iraqis are dead after a U.S. jet fires a missile into a house in Fallujah. Meanwhile, a U.S. marine feared decapitated by an Islamist militant group may still be alive after all. Today marks 70 years since ‘bloody Thursday’, when two maritime workers on a picket line were killed by San Francisco … Continued
Iraqi fighters blew up a strategic oil pipeline that runs from the country’s northern oil field to the south; meanwhile, the country’s U.S.-chosen interim prime minister says Iraqi militias must lay down their weapons. While talk of a military draft resurfaces, U.S. military families speak out about their experiences More Israeli missile strikes against Palestinian … Continued
A militant group said today it beheaded an American Muslim. It’s the second reported killing of a kidnapped American soldier in Iraq this week. The Sudan government says today it will disarm outlaw groups who drove more than a million Africans from their homes. Human rights advocates a call it ethnic cleansing. The 9/11 Commission … Continued
