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Democracy Now! 2009-11-27 Friday

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Democracy Now! Friday, November 27, 2009

Democracy Now! 2009-11-26 Thursday

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Democracy Now! Thursday, November 26, 2009

Democracy Now! 2009-11-25 Wednesday

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Headlines for November 25, 2009; Philippines Declares State of Emergency After 57 People Killed in Politically-Linked Massacre; Ahead of Key Global Conference, U.S. Announces Continued Rejection of Land Mine Ban; As U.S. Probes Radiation at Three Mile Island, Christian Parenti on Enduring "Zombie Nuke Plants" Nationwide; Obama to Announce Afghan Escalation Plan Dec. 1st

Democracy Now! 2009-11-24 Tuesday

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Headlines for November 24, 2009; Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program; As UC Berkeley Investigates Police Brutality Against Students Protesting Fee Hikes, a Report From Inside the Takeover of Wheeler Hall; Portland's Cannabis Cafe is the First Marijuana Coffee Shop of Its Kind in the Country; Two Former Bagram Detainees Held Without Charge Describe Torture and Wrongful...

Democracy Now! 2009-11-23 Monday

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Headlines for November 23, 2009; By 60-39 Vote, Senate Agrees to Open Debate on Healthcare Bill; Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis.

Democracy Now! 2009-11-20 Friday

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Headlines for November 20, 2009; As UC Regents Approve Major Tuition Hike, Students, Faculty Decry Erosion of Public Education in CA and Nationwide; On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by US-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest "School of the Assassins" at Ft. Benning; Israel Under Widespread International Criticism for Settlement Expansion Plan

Democracy Now! 2009-11-19 Thursday

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Headlines for November 19, 2009; Shunning Dissidents, Obama Leaves China Without Firm Pledges on Trade, Climate; Iraq Vote in Limbo with Veto of Election Law; As Wall Street Posts Record Profits and US Hunger Rate Grows, Robert Scheer Asks: "Where Is the Community Organizer We Elected?"

Democracy Now! 2009-11-18 Wednesday

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Headlines for November 18, 2009; EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Responds to Court Ruling Upholding Conviction and Ordering Her to Prison; Amidst California Fiscal Crisis and Political Gridlock, Scholar and Activist George Lakoff Proposes Ballot Measure to End 2/3 Rule in State Legislature; "The Card Game" - New Doc Investigates History of Credit Card Industry and Proposals for Reform

Democracy Now! 2009-11-17 Tuesday

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Headlines for November 17, 2009; Why Are We Destroying Public Education? University of California Students and Staff Prepare for System-Wide Strike to Protest Cuts ; Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative ; Raj Patel on America's Growing Hunger Crisis and the UN Summit to Fight Hunger in Rome

Democracy Now! 2009-11-16 Monday

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A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz

Democracy Now! 2009-11-13 Friday

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Headlines for November 13, 2009; Eminent Domain Outrage in Connecticut: Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer to Leave New London, Site of Major Housing Battle; Alleged 9/11 Mastermind and 4 Other Gitmo Prisoners to Stand Trial in NY Federal Court; CAIR: US Seizure of 4 Mosques over Alleged Iran Ties Threatens Religious Freedom; Alleging Unconstitutional Targeting, ACORN Sues US Gov't Over Defunding Vote ; Farewell to the Firehouse: After 8 Years at Downtown Community Television Landmark, Democracy...

Democracy Now! 2009-11-12 Thursday

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Headlines for November 12, 2009; As US Ambassador Casts Doubt on Troop Increase in Afghanistan, New Report Reveals US Indirectly Funding the Taliban; Defying Gov't Censorship, EPA Attorneys Speak Out Against White House-Backed Climate Change Proposal "Cap and Trade"; "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe": New Documentary Examines Life, Legacy of Famed Radical Attorney

Democracy Now! 2009-11-11 Wednesday

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Headlines for November 11, 2009; Study: Over 2,200 US Veterans Died in 2008 Due to Lack of Health Insurance; Sexual Assaults, Inadequate Healthcare Among Spate of Issues Facing Women Servicemembers ; Parents of Iraq Veteran Receive Mistaken Notice from US Gov't, Not Condolence Letter They Await from Obama

Democracy Now! 2009-11-10 Tuesday

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Headlines for November 10, 2009; Watchdog: New York State Regulation of Natural Gas Wells Has Been "Woefully Insufficient for Decades."; Filmmaker Philippe Diaz on "The End of Poverty?"; Hoodwinked: Former Economic Hit Man John Perkins Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded -- and How to Remake Them

Democracy Now! 2009-11-09 Monday

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Headlines for November 09, 2009; House Passes Landmark Healthcare Bill with Amendment Backed by Anti-Abortion Lawmakers; When the War Comes Home: Iraq Veteran at Fort Hood Speaks Out About Last Week's Mass Shooting; Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya: Talks Are Off with Coup Government After Deal Collapses

Democracy Now! 2009-11-06 Friday

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Headlines for November 06, 2009; In Worst-Ever Shooting of Its Kind, 13 Dead, 30 Wounded at Ft. Hood Military Base; Suspect Had Reportedly Complained of Anti-Muslim Bias; Breaking with Former Employer, Actor and Self-Described Insurance Industry "Spokesjerk" Andy Cobb Calls for Public Healthcare ; Actor, Playwright Anna Deavere Smith Weaves Multiple Stories of Healthcare Struggles into New Solo Performance "Let Me Down Easy"

Democracy Now! 2009-11-05 Thursday

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Headlines for November 05, 2009; Italian Prosecutor in Case Against CIA Operatives Hails Convictions for '03 Kidnapping of Egyptian Cleric; As Massey Energy Blasts West Virginia's Coal River Mountain, a Debate on Mountaintop Removal Mining; "GM's Money Trees": Displacement of Rural Brazilians Highlights Consequences of "Cap and Trade" System

Democracy Now! 2009-11-04 Wednesday

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Headlines for November 04, 2009; Election Day 2009: GOPers Sweep Governor Races; Bloomberg Wins Tight NYC Mayoral Race; Dems Take House Seats; Maine Repeals Gay Marriage ; Low Road to High Finance: McClatchy Expose Reveals How Goldman Sachs Sold Off Billions in Mortgage Securities After Anticipating Housing Collapse; Blueberry Farming Giant Found to Use Child Labor at Michigan Fields

Democracy Now! 2009-11-03 Tuesday

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Headlines for November 03, 2009; Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts; Israeli Activists Criticize US House for Considering Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza; "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama": New Documentary on Barack Obama's Historic Presidential Run

Democracy Now! 2009-11-02 Monday

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Headlines for November 02, 2009; How Wall Street and Its Backers on Capitol Hill Silenced a Critic Calling for Greater Regulation of Derivatives; Shannon Brownlee: Does the Vaccine Matter?; Exclusive: Friend of American Hikers Detained in Iran Speaks Out

Democracy Now! 2009-10-30 Friday

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Headlines for October 30, 2009; Is the Recession Over? Author, Democratic Senate Hopeful Jonathan Tasini on "The Audacity of Greed: Free Markets, Corporate Thieves and the Looting of America"; Deal Reached in Honduran Coup Crisis; Zelaya Restoration Would Depend on Vote by Honduran Congress; Leading Political, Legal Blogger Glenn Greenwald on Afghanistan, State Secrets, Healthcare and the Media; Rep. Raul Grijalva, Co-Chair of Progressive Caucus, Vows to Bring "Robust" Public Option to House...

Democracy Now! 2009-10-29 Thursday

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Headlines for October 29, 2009; Public Option Faces New Test with Pelosi House Proposal, While Uncertainty Grows over Prospects in Senate; Healthcare Roundtable: With Exclusion of Single Payer, What Opportunities Remain for Meaningful Reform?; Russian Journalist Elena Milashina Speaks Out on Alarming Rise in Murders, Threats Against Critics of Government Abuses in North Caucasus

Democracy Now! 2009-10-28 Wednesday

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Headlines for October 28, 2009; Coordinated Attacks Kill 6 UN Workers as US Troops Suffer Deadliest Month of 8-Year Afghan War; "A Woman Among Warlords": Afghan Democracy Activist Malalai Joya Defies Threats to Challenge US Occupation, Local Warlords; UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings, Philip Alston: Record AfPak Drone Attacks Under Obama May Violate International Law; House Advances Measure to Create Hundreds of New Low Power FM Radio Stations

Democracy Now! 2009-10-27 Tuesday

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Headlines for October 27, 2009; Will Texas Execute Another Innocent Man? The Case of Reginald Blanton; Exclusive: Parents of Soldier Who Killed Himself in Iraq Speak Out; "Rape in the Ranks: The Enemy Within"

Democracy Now! 2009-10-26 Monday

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Headlines for October 26, 2009; 155 Killed in Double Suicide Bombing in Baghdad; Showdown in Chicago: Protesters Greet American Bankers Association Conference; 100 Days of Resistance: Al Jazeera's Avi Lewis Reports from Honduras

Democracy Now! 2009-10-23 Friday

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Headlines for October 23, 2009; Amidst Uncertainty on US Role in Upcoming Climate Talks, 350.org Holds International Climate Action Day in 170 Nations; New US Strategy for Sudan Rejects Hawkish Approach ; Judge Rejects Blackwater Attempt to Dismiss Cases Filed by Iraqi Victims

Democracy Now! 2009-10-22 Thursday

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Headlines for October 22, 2009; University of Alaska Scientist Rick Steiner Loses Federal Grant Funding After Criticizing Oil Industry; Toxic Waters: Regulatory Absence Allows Chemical, Coal and Farm Industries to Pollute US Water Supplies; CIA Invests in Software Firm Monitoring Blogs, Twitter

Democracy Now! 2009-10-21 Wednesday

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Headlines for October 21, 2009; "Cashing in the War Dividend": As Healthcare Reform Limited by Deficit Concerns, Military Spending Continues to Grow; International Women's Media Foundation Honors Israeli Journalist Amira Hass with 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award; Jordanian Journalist Rana Husseini on "Murder in the Name of Honor: The True Story of One Woman's Heroic Fight Against an Unbelievable Crime"

Democracy Now! 2009-10-20 Tuesday

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Headlines for October 20, 2009; Congress Considers Revoking Health Insurance Industry's Exemption from Antitrust Laws; In His Mother's Footsteps: California Man Jailed for Five Days After Sit-In at Blue Cross Office in Los Angeles ; The Yes Men Pull Off Prank Claiming US Chamber of Commerce Had Changed Its Stance on Climate Change; PR Executive James Hoggan on "Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming"

Democracy Now! 2009-10-19 Monday

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Headlines for October 19, 2009; Six Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commanders Killed in Suicide Bombing, Iran Blames US and Pakistan; Department of Homeland Security Expands Controversial 287(g) Program Empowering Local Police to Enforce Immigration Laws; Island Nation of Maldives Holds Cabinet Meeting Underwater to Highlight Danger of Global Warming

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