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GUEST: Katheryn Hoyt, Co-Director of the Nicaragua Network

An untold number of women in Nicaragua have died in the year since a total ban on abortion was made law in November 2006. Pro-choice activists say that the number deaths either directly or indirectly tied to the ban is at least eighty-two. The punitive punishments included in the new …

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GUEST: Melissa Goodman, ACLU Staff Attorney

The US government has appealed a ruling by a New York federal court that struck down the National Security Letter (NSL) provision of the amended Patriot Act. NSLs are used to mine various transactions, including financial statements and even library records, without prior judicial overview. The original lawsuit was filed on behalf …

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GUESTS: Justin Akers Chacon, San Diego City College Professor, Mike Davis, renowned author and activist, Enrique Morones, founder of Border Angels

The last of the California wildfires that ravaged the state beginning two weeks ago is expected to be fully contained today. The Santiago fire of Orange County had been ninety percent contained for several days. South of …

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GUEST: Vladimir Flores, Oaxaca Correspondent with Free Speech Radio News

Political tension once again flared up in the Mexican state of Oaxaca on Friday when police arrested around 20 people as they blocked an intersection near the state university to commemorate the dead from the 2006 uprising and to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the “All Saint’s Victory”. …

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GUEST: Debra Eschmeyer, Center for Food & Justice at the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College

The Farm Bill has been passed in the house and will soon face a vote in the Senate. Among other things, the bill will continue to guarantee inflated prices for certain agricultural products and will artificially bring down prices for …

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GUEST: Gigi B. Sohn, President and Co-Founder of Public Knowledge

Members of the SavetheInternet.com coalition joined legal scholars from the nation’s top law schools filed a petition and complain last Thursday against Comcast. The “Petition for Declaratory Ruling,” calls on the Federal Communications Commission to take action against Comcast for what they say is the cable company’s interference …

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GUEST: Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade

Empire Notes are weekly commentaries filed by Rahul Mahajan, author of Full Spectrum Dominance and The New Crusade. Today commentary is on Pervez Musharraf.

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… about The First Black Congresswoman

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GUEST: Gustavo Arellano, Staff Writer for the OC Weekly, and Author of the “Ask a Mexican,” Book and Column

Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona, his wife, and his mistress are free on bail after being named in a federal indictment for corruption earlier this week. Sheriff Carona was detained in a cell before appearing in federal court handcuffed. …

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