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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Democracy Now! Host Amy Goodman joined a panel of journalists, analysts and academics on MSNBC’s "Up w/ Chris Hayes" to discuss topics of the day, ranging from the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Planned Parenthood reversal to the Republican Primaries.
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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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Thursday, February 18, 1999
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Ocalan
Kurds all over Europe are holding protests for a third day to denounce the arrest of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya this Monday. They are enraged as well by the killing yesterday of three Kurds by Israeli security guards at the Israeli Consulate in Berlin.
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Kosovo Debate
The United States sent 51 extra military aircraft to Europe today to prepare for possible NATO strikes on Yugoslav targets if the Kosovo peace talks under way in France do not produce an agreement between Serbs and ethnic Albanians. NATO Secretary General Javier Solana warned today that NATO would act swiftly if a peace agreement were not reached in the next few days. Solana said that the strikes could come "very soon."
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Wwii Reparations: Japanese-American Internees
The Justice Department closed the books this week on a $1.6 billion reparations program for ethnic Japanese interned in American camps during World War II, and will settle with 181 ethnic Japanese from Latin America who suffered similar treatment.
