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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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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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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]
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Headlines
- US Drones Kill 45 in Pakistan
- 50 Killed in Iraq Bombings
- 25 Die in Afghan Bombings
- Mullen Foresees "Long Relationship" with Afghanistan
- US Awards Lucrative 5-Year Military Contracts in Afghanistan
- G8 Fails to Agree on Emissions Cuts
- Zelaya Calls for Coup Regime’s Departure
- Chinese Troops Threaten Uyghurs in Xinjiang
- Panetta Admits CIA Has "Misled" Congress
- Obama Threatens Intelligence Bill Veto to Prevent Widening Briefings
- Massachusetts Challenges Federal Gay Marriage Ban
- Charges Dropped Against 4 Members of "San Francisco 8"
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In Rare US Broadcast, Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Discusses Coup, Costa Rica Talks, US Role and More
Talks between the ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the leaders of last week’s military coup begin today in Costa Rica. Shortly before leaving Washington, DC for Costa Rica, Zelaya sat down with us for a rare US television interview. He discusses how military coup forces forced him out, the upcoming talks in Costa Rica, his domestic policies in Honduras, the role of the United States, and more. [includes rush transcript]
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Report from Urumqi: Thousands of Chinese Troops Enter City Torn by Ethnic Clashes
Thousands of Chinese troops have flooded into the regional capital of the country’s westernmost Xinjiang province following bloody clashes between the city’s Han Chinese and Uyghur populations. Four days after the violence that left at least 150 dead and over a thousand injured, reports indicate an unsteady calm has returned to the city of Urumqi. We go to Urumqi to speak with Al Jazeera English correspondent Melissa Chan. [includes rush transcript]
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Stella D’Oro Workers End 11-Month Strike After NLRB Victory, But Owner Threatens to Close Factory
More than 130 workers at the Stella D’Oro Biscuit Company in the Bronx have ended an eleven-month strike. The employees walked off the job last August after company officials tried to force them to accept a 20 percent pay cut, elimination of sick days and overtime, and other cutbacks. The workers returned to their jobs a week after the National Labor Relations Board ordered the company to reinstate and pay back wages to the striking workers. The company’s owner, the Connecticut-based private equity fund Brynwood Partners, is now threatening to close the factory within ninety days. [includes rush transcript]
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Obama’s War: Thousands of Marines Battle in Helmand in Major US Offensive
In Afghanistan, a powerful truck bomb killed at least twenty-five people today, including up to sixteen schoolchildren, in a province just south of Kabul. The latest bloodshed coincided with a major American military offensive in Helmand province in the south. US forces last week launched what’s being described as the largest Marine offensive since the Vietnam War. Some 4,000 Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops are targeting areas in the Helmand River Valley to wrest it from Taliban control. We go to Kabul to speak with Wall Street Journal journalist Anand Gopal. [includes rush transcript]
