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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.
The 9-11 Commission says there is no evidence that Al Qaeda had strong ties to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein …the commission also says Al Qaeda originally had plans to crash as many as ten planes into targets – including buildings on the west coast. Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate introduce legislation to roll … Continued
President Bush declares victory over terrorism in Afghanistan.. Bush’s election-year declaration comes as the president of Afghanistan visits the White House. ..the U.S. has 20-thousand troops in the country and 500 people have died in fighting there since the first of the year. The American general formerly in charge of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison says … Continued
A car bomb blast on a busy Baghdad street kills at least 13 people, wounds dozens, and draws a crowd of Iraqis who loot and shout anti occupation slogans. . . Attorney General John Ashcroft announces indictments against a Somali man living in Ohio charging he plotted with Al Qaeda supporters to blow up a … Continued
There’s no letup to violence in Iraq, as a car bomb explosion in Baghdad kills 12 Iraqis Secretary of State Colin Powell says he didn’t see the Justice Department memo that suggested President Bush had the authority to order torture…. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apparently mill avoid being charged with bribery… And a new … Continued
Hamas says it will continue attacks on Israel and does not trust the Israelis to live up to promises to withdraw from Gaza Iraq’s deputy foreign minister is killed in the first assassination of a senior official since the new interim Government was announced this month…. A senior U.S. military official says American forces will … Continued
An official Day of mourning for former president Ronald Reagan — with a State funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington and burial this evening at his Presidential Library in Simi Valley In San Francisco about two hundred people hold a funeral procession for the victims of Ronald Reagan including people with aids and the … Continued
More scandal on how the Bush Administration is treating detainees in its war on terror. ..the Washington Post reports that medical records on terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have been turned over to interrogators so that they can devise better methods of questioning them, in violation of international standards A setback to the government’s … Continued
Human rights lawyers file a racketeering lawsuit against two U.S. military contractors — accusing them of conspiring to torture, rape, and kill Iraqi prisoners… The Santa Cruz City Council calls for a probe and the possible impeachment of defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld over the torture and abuse of Iraqi prisoners… San Francisco supervisor’s president Matt … Continued
Attorney General John Ashcroft refuses to release memos detailing U.S. torture policy …at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, Democrats say they may try to hold Ashcroft in contempt of Congress The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to adopt a U.S. – British resolution that nominally ends the occupation of Iraq on June 30th… Police … Continued
Thousands journey to the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley before Reagan’s body is transported to Washington D.C. for a state funeral on Friday… critics of the nation’s 40th President say the national adulation on his death should not interfere with an honest appraisal of Reagan’s domestic and foreign policies… A newly revealed Pentagon report … Continued
