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Civilians caught in Pakistan's Swat conflict - 02 Aug 08 |
| Fighting in Pakistan's Swat valley has continued into a fourth day as Pakistani government forces and pro-Taliban fighter groups clash in the volatile region. |
| Date: 2008-08-03 02:45:20 - Added by: paul |
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Today in History for August 2nd ............................. |
| TodayInHistoryToday in History for August 2ndToday in History for August 2ndThe Associated PressHighlights of this day in history: The Tonkin Gulf incident sparks U.S. escalation of the Vietnam War; Saddam Hussein's Iraq invades Kuwait; JFK's PT-109 boat sunk; President Warren G. Harding dies; 'Wild Bill' Hickok killed in Deadwood. (Aug. 2)August 2nd, 1964: (AP Photos)The Pentagon reports the first of two attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.Days later, President Lyndon Johnson orders the first bombing raids on North Vietnamese military installations.(SOT of LBJ) Congress swiftly approves broad powers to Johnson to escalate America's military involvement in Vietnam.A National Security Agency analysis released in 2005 contends the second attack in the Tonkin Gulf never happened.1990: (AP Archive Video)In the Persian Gulf, Iraq invades neighboring Kuwait.The following year, an American-led war known as |
| Date: 2008-08-03 02:42:32 - Added by: paul |
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Gilani warns the USA against strikes in Pakistan |
| NEWS Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the USA should not act "unilaterally" against Islamists on Pakistani soil. He met US President George W. Bush and reassured him of his commitment to the war on terror. |
| Date: 2008-08-03 02:40:31 - Added by: paul |
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McCain seeks evangelical voters |
| Perceived as not conservative enough by evangelicals, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is desperately seeking their votes. For now, the senior pastor of the conservative "megachurch" in Lynchburg, Virginia is supporting the candidate. |
| Date: 2008-08-03 02:35:25 - Added by: paul |
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Daniel Levy Discusses Israel-Lebanon Exchange |
| Daniel Levy (Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Policy Initiative - New America Foundation) discusses the past, present and future implications arising from the recent prisoner/body exchange between Israel and Lebanon. |
| Date: 2008-08-03 02:30:05 - Added by: paul |
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Erroneous CNN footage angers Serbs |
| Some of the footage that the CNN news channel used in its Wednesday report on protests in Belgrade over the arrest of war leader Radovan Karadzic was not actually from the Serbian capital. |
| Date: 2008-08-03 02:28:57 - Added by: paul |
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Sy Hersh at Campus Progress journalism conference |
| Sy Hersh and Faiz Shakir |
| Date: 2008-08-02 01:39:13 - Added by: paul |
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Samantha Power before the 'Hilary Clinton is a monster' comment |
| Samantha Power on advising Barack Obama and her book, Chasing The Flame. |
| Date: 2008-08-01 23:40:30 - Added by: Guest |
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P.O.V. | The Judge and the General | PBS |
| When in 1998 Chilean judge Juan Guzman was assigned the first criminal cases against the country's ex-dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, no one expected much. Guzman had supported Pinochet's 1973 coup — waged as an anti-Communist crusade — that left the democratically elected president, Salvador Allende, and thousands of others dead or "disappeared." The filmmakers trace the judge's descent into what he calls "the abyss," where he uncovers the past — including his own role in the tragedy. "The Judge and the General" reveals one of the 20th century's most notorious episodes and tells a cautionary tale about violating human rights in the name of "higher ideals." A co-production of Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Latino Public Broadcasting. |
| Date: 2008-08-01 23:26:10 - Added by: Guest |
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US-India nuclear deal - 02 Aug 08 |
| India never signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. |
| Date: 2008-08-01 22:51:57 - Added by: Guest |
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