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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Four Young Jewish Activists Interrupt a Speech By Former Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Barak at the Pierre Hotel in New York, While in Ramallah the Israeli Military Has Destroyed Every Building in Arafat
Arab governments are hoping to use a UN Security Council meeting today to press for an end to the siege of Yasser Arafat’s compound. But the US has reportedly told them it would press to prevent the council passing any resolution or would veto it. This according to the London Guardian.
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Florida Police Apologize for Detaining Three Muslim Medical Students. We’ll Speak to the Young Men About Their Ordeal
Florida police have apologized for detaining three medical students two days after the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. On September 13 Ayman Gheith, Kambiz Butt and Omer Choudhary were driving through Georgia to Florida where they were scheduled to begin a six-week clinical training course at Larkin Community Hospital in Miami.
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In Houston a Palestinian Family of Nine Faces Deportation Yet Again
Just when the Kesbeh family began to hope they could stay in this country, they learned late Friday that a congressional bill introduced on their behalf had been killed.
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Anti-Corporate Globalization Activists From South Africa and Fiji Debate the World Bank Leading Up to This Weekend’s Anti-World Bank and International Monetary Fund Protests in Washington D.C.
A mass mobilization is scheduled this weekend in Washington, D.C. to protest the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund. Organizers are expecting the weekend events to be the largest anti-corporate globalization convergence in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks.
