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Thursday, February 4, 2010
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- Haiti Confirms Toll of Over 200,000
- Clinton to Coordinate Haiti Relief for UN
- Soldier Killings Highlight US Military Role in Pakistan
- NATO, Afghan Forces Prepare War’s Largest Joint Offensive
- Iraqi Appeals Court Overturns Candidate Bans
- Powell Backs Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
- Toyota Admits New Flaws Amidst Mass Recall
- House Bill Would Repeal Health Industry Antitrust Exemptions
- EPA Guidelines Could Boost Ethanol Production
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Ignoring Torture Claims and Questionable Evidence, New York Jury Convicts Pakistani Scientist Aafia Siddiqui
A New York jury has convicted the US-educated Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui of attempted murder for shooting at US forces while jailed in Afghanistan in 2008. None of the Americans were injured, but Siddiqui was shot and wounded while in US custody. Human rights groups have long alleged that Siddiqui was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani authorities in 2003 and interrogated and tortured at the behest of the United States. In her testimony, Siddiqui claimed to have been held in a US secret prison. We speak to Siddiqui family spokesperson Tina Foster of the International Justice Network and Petra Bartosiewicz, an independent journalist who has been closely following Siddiqui’s case. [includes rush transcript]
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Robert McChesney and John Nichols on "The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again"
University of Illinois Professor Robert McChesney and The Nation correspondent John Nichols, two leading advocates of the media reform movement, join us to talk about their new book, The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again. McChesney and Nichols argue that journalism should be seen as a public good and that the government should help save American journalism by granting more subsidies to newspapers and media outlets. [includes rush transcript]
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