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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.
California air regulators unanimously approve the nation’s most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to qlobal warming House Republicans introduce intelligence legislation they say responds to the Sept. 11 Commission .. Opponents say the measure will violate civil liberties… Supporters of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader stage a protest of his exclusion from … Continued
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi domnplays the insurrection in his country as he addresses the U.S. Congress …in Baghdad, U.S. troops battle members of Moqtada Al Sadr’s militia
A British hostage pleads for his life, while the body of a second U.S. hostage is recovered. ..an Islamic group in Iraq says it killed two Italian aid workers — but that claim is in doubt U.S. aircraft and tanks attack Baghdad’s Sadr City — killing at least ten and wounding 100.. .two more car … Continued
A lukewarm reception at the United Nations for President Bush who declares that Iraq and Afghanistan are on the road to democracy and stability and will serve as prototypes for reshaping the entire Middle East. In Iraq …militants say they-beheaded a second U.S. hostage in as many days.-..insurgents detonate car bombs and explosive devices in … Continued
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry delivers a blistering attack on president Bush’s Iraq policy, saying he ”misled., miscalculated, and mismanaged” every aspect of it A militant group in Iraq beheads a U.S hostage and posts a video of the killing on the internet CBS admits it was deliberately misled over the authenticity of documents it … Continued
A militant Islamic group threatens to behead two Americans and a Briton within two days, and insurgents carry out a new string of car bombings, killing at least 20 Iraqis and two U.S. soldiers. . . . On National Women’s Election Action Day, hundreds of volunteers join forces in swing states to make sure that … Continued
Baghdad is the scene of another deadly car bombing today ..this one targeted a U.S. and Iraqi security operation… in.Fallujah, dozens are dead ad wounded in fresh U.S.aerial assaults Democratic presidential candidate john Kerry accused president Bush of Hiding plans to call up more members of the National Guard and Reserve after the November election… … Continued
A new Bush Administration intelligence report on Iraq paints several grim scenarios with the worst being deterioration into civil war….Independent analysts say the situation is even worse than presented by the- new report Speaking to National Guard veterans, John Kerry accuses President Bush of failing to tell the truth about the situation in Iraq. ..Bush … Continued
Car bombs and clashes claim another 10 Iraqi lives today. . .on Capitol Hill, the Bush Administration defends its conduct of the war at a hearing on its request to divert Iraqi reconstruction funds to the Iraqi police and security. It’s one of the bloodiest single days for Palestinians in the West Bank in two … Continued
