Africa
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Democracy Now! March 12, 2003
Did Pakistani intelligence officials fake the arrest of alleged Qaeda mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?: Foreign journalists in Pakistan begin to question Pakistani intelligence officials. We ll have a report from Islamabad; Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is assassinated: We go to Belgrade for a live report from Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill; Angola, Guinea, and…
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Democracy Now! March 12, 2003
“Throughout the globe, the United States is becoming associated with the unjustified use of force : Diplomat John Brown explains why he resigned from the State Department to protest U.S. war plans in Iraq; Halliburton, Bechtel and other U.S. firms set to profit from the rebuilding of postwar Iraq: Meanwhile the Guardian reports Halliburton is…
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Democracy Now! August 15, 2002
ISRAEL S FORMER COUNTER-TERRORISM ADVISOR DISSEMINATING ARTICLES ABOUT ARABS TO THE WESTERN MEDIA |9:00-9:01 Billboard: Selective Memri? A debate on the secretive media institute disseminating articles about Arabs to the western media. Supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe evict white farmers who own over half the fertile land in the drought-stricken country: a debate between…
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Democracy Now! Ju;y 10, 2002
BUSH’S WAR ON GREED/ PROTESTERS STORM THE STAGE AT THE WORLD AIDS CONFERENCE |In a speech delivered yesterday to a Wall Street crowd of CEOs and business leaders, President Bush says it’s corporate executives not the system that has to change. This, as his own business practices come under scrutiny. Today, we have a discussion…
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Democracy Now! May 31, 2002
AN INTERVIEW WITH ARUN GANDHI |9:00-9:01 Billboard: Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and U2 rock star Bonos unprecedented joint Africa Tour has drawn to a close. Well look at the politics of the tour, at some of the countries in Africa, and at the farm bill Bush recently passed. And, as Pakistan and India draw closer…
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What is Africa’s Legacy? / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Big Questions Series [the UN-EDITIED RECORDING: 11/02/99]
[Note: The Un-editied Recordings of] What is Africa’s Legacy? / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Second lecture in the series The Big Questions produced by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. The Big Questions, a celebration of writing, reading, and public debate, and features visionary thinkers in the arts, sciences, and humanities who are asking new…
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Democracy Now! March 1, 2002
A federal appeals court overturns the conviction of three officers charged with brutalizing Haitian immigrant Abner Louima : police brutality, with Iris Baez, mother of a victim of police brutality : President Bush finishes meetings with three African leaders : interview with a South African activist and scholar about apartheid : Colombian government declares a…
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Explorations With Dr. Michio Kaku – July 17, 2001
Explorations with Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, science program. GUESTS: CHARLES WYNN, Professor of Chemistry at Eastern Connecticut State and ARTHUR WIGGINS, Professor of Physics at Oakland Community College in Michigan, to discuss their book “Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction” and the topic of how…
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Democracy Now! February 24, 1999
Sentencing Phase of Jasper Trial Begins; Chevron Linked to Violence in Nigeria; Nigeria Human Rights Watch |Sentencing Phase of Jasper Trial Begins After a week of hearing gruesome testimony and examining grisly evidence, it took a Texas jury of 10 whites and one African American less than three hours to find John William King, an…
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Democracy Now! February 26, 1999
Jasper Trial; Africa Trade Bill; Mumia Town Meeting |Jasper Trial John William King, the white supremacist convicted of dragging James Byrd to his death, heads to death row today in Huntsville, TX. GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, reporter for Pacifica Radio Africa Trade Bill This week, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill) announced his HOPE for Africa Act,…