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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Friday, August 29, 2003
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- At least 20 Die in Car Bombing at Najaf Mosque
- EPA Refuses to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Pentagon: 19% of Air Force Cadets Sexually Assaulted
- Political Violence Killed 69,000 in Peru Between 1980-2000
- Funding Rejected for Halliburton-connected Peruvian Pipeline
- N. Korea Threatens To Test Nuclear Weapons
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The Terminator As Predator? A Look at Arnold on Sex, Abuse, Drugs, & Women
Yesterday Arnold Schwarzenegger was forced to respond to statements he made back in 1977 during an interview with the defunct Playboy publication OUI. In the interview he talks about his sex life, women, and drug use. We talk to the OUI interviewer and a rape survivor in California who said Maria Shriver told her if she were ever raped, her husband (Schwarzenegger) would leave her, considering her "damaged goods." [Includes Transcript]
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North Korea Threatens To Test Nuclear Weapons Citing U.S. Hostility
In response to what it perceives as hostility from the Bush administration, North Korea yesterday threatened to begin testing nuclear weapons. The threat came during six-nation talks in Beijing. We talk to Bruce Cumings of the University of Chicago and Korean organizer Seung Hye Suh. [Includes transcript]
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Nigerian Woman Faces Stoning For Committing Adultery
Amina Lawal, a 32-year old woman from Northern Nigeria’s Katsina province was sentenced to death on March 22 last year. She was told she would be buried up to her neck in sand and stoned to death after bearing a child outside wedlock.
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Iraq Mosque Bombing in Najaf Kills Up To 20 Including Top Shiite Cleric
Leading Shiite Muslim politician Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim was among the 20 people reportedly killed this morning when a car bomb exploded outside a mosque in the holy city of Najaf. The bomb exploded near the Tomb of Ali, one of the holiest shrines for Shiite Muslims.
