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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.
Sudan calls U.S. attempts to label the conflict in Darfur a genocide nothing more than elections tactics aimed at appealing to African American voters… . The new Iraqi government announces that the shut-down in Iraq of news organization Al-Jazeera will continue indefinitely… A report by the Swedish international water institute fingers unsustainable water use as … Continued
President Bush leaves New York immediately after his acceptance speech to hit the campaign trail in the battleground state of Pennsylvania …in his speech Bush brands John Kerry’s positions policies of the past, saying his administration is on the path to the future and we are not turning back 18-hundred arrests during the Republican convention … Continued
The final day of the Republican National Convention in New York where President Bush will deliver a prime time speech accepting his party’s nomination for reelection After last nights bashing by Vice President Dick Cheney and Georgia Senator Zell Miller, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry fires back, saying he’s not going to have his commitment … Continued
Vice President Dick Cheney and democratic senator Zell Miller criticize democratic presidential candidate John Kerry — telling Republican delegates Kerry is wrong, weak, wobbly and a man who’s made a career out of changing his mind…. John Kerry speaks to veterans, offering a harsh critique of Bush’s leadership on the Iraq war and the failure … Continued
President Bush attempts to contain the political damage from yesterday’s statement that the war on terror might not be winnable…At the Republican National Convention California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is a featured speaker… In Sacramento, outgoing state senate leader John Burton says Schwarzenegger will try to put a moderate face on a fascistic Bush Administration More … Continued
Former New York City Mayor Rudolf Giuliani and Arizona Senator John McCain are the headline speakers as the Republican National Convention gets underway in New York City… Thousands of protestors take to the streets of New York to draw attention to domestic issues ranging from immigrant rights to health care… More bad news for Ralph … Continued
An estimated half a million demonstrators march through New York City on the eve of the Republican National Convention, to voice their opposition to the Bush Administration’s foreign and domestic policies France sends ministers to the Middle East to work for the release of 2 journalists abducted in Iraq Talks continue in Baghdad’s Sadr City. … Continued
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry bring his campaign to Northern California with stops in Daly City and San Francisco… .citing a slowdown in the economy Kerry says president Bush is presiding over a downsizing of dreams and possibilities… Republicans attempt to tie next week’s demonstrations at the Republican National Convention to the Kerry campaign,, hoping … Continued
A peace deal for the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf — brokered by the country’s most respected Shiite cleric …under the deal the fighters loyal Muqtada Al-Sadr must leave the sacred Imam Ali shrine by tomorrow morning. ..U.S. forces are to withdraw from the holy city shortly thereafter, and Najaf is to become a weapons … Continued
