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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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger will be sworn in tommorrow morning. SF Mayoral candidate Matt Gonzales holds Castro street rally to ask for the votes of gays and lesbians in runoff. New audio tape purportedly of Saddam Hussein is played on Arabic TV. Al Queda claims responsibility for 2 car bomb blasts in Istanbul
Iraqi governing council says U.S. occupation will end in June, but a strong U.S. military presence will remain. 2 helicopters down in Iraq, 17 U.S. soldiers die. Car bombs explode outside 2 Istanbul synagogues, at least 20 dead and 300 wounded. Palestinian militant groups say they’ll halt suicide bombings if Israel promises to halt military … Continued
Democrats in the Senate block 2 more conservative nominees. Republicans negotiators agree on massive energy bill that includes tax breaks for the energy industry. US occupation forces step up campaign against Iraqi resistance fighters. California Nurses Association accuses Hospitals in Berkeley and Oakland of trying to circumvent new state law mandating levels of nurse staffing. … Continued
U.S. intelligence identify several guerilla groups in Iraq Bush orders quicker transfer of power to Iraqis Activist say Bush admin. is pressuring British police to hide protestors Commission says state wastes billions cycling thousands of prisoners to paroll and then back to prison 30 hours was not enough: Republicans to extend talk-a-thon A week of … Continued
Senate Republicans debate Democratic filibusters of conservative judicial nominees. Truck Bomb explodes in Iraq, killing 26. Civil Rights groups demand release of Chaplain Captain Yee, Minister to Guantanamo Prisoners. Appointed SF Public Utilities Commissioner Adam Werbach refuses to resign. Familiy of a Vietnamese mother fatally shot by Police files federal suit IBM Factory worker says … Continued
A Syrian-born Canadian man calls for an investigation into his deportation to Syria where he says he was tortured for information about terrorism. The head of the U.S. Occupation in Iraq is abrubtly called back to Washington for a meating on the failures of the U.S. appointed Iraqi governing council. A British medical group estimates … Continued
The U.S. Supreme Court says it will decide whether foreign nationals can use U.S. courts to challenge their indefinite incarceration at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Saudi Arabia’s King Faad vows to strike with an iron fist against those behind the bombing that killed at least 18 people in the capitol this … Continued
New economic data show an upswing in U.S. employment figures; Bush Administration rejoices while others are skeptical. A new Palastinian Cabinet is formed after months of wrangling, meanwhile Palestinians and their supporters protest worldwide what they call Israel’s "Apartheid Wall" Guatamalans go to the Polls today in the 2nd Presidential Election since Peace Accords were … Continued
Suicide bomb kills dozens and injures hundreds at the Presidential Compound in the Saudi Arabian Capital Guatamalans go to the Polls to elect a President, run-off likeley Veterans groups are looking into reports of bad conditions for returning soldiers. Will corporations that sell broadband internet soon control internet content? Critics think it may happen People … Continued
Another U.S. Helicopter goes down in Iraq, killing 6. 2 more soldiers are killed in seperate attacks, bringing the U.S. death toll to 32 for the week, the highest since May. A setback for the Bush Administrations Iraq Policy, as Turkey’s planned commitment of troups is scrapped. Sharp Arab reaction to Bush’s call for Democracy … Continued
