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Headlines for November 12, 2004 - Arafat Buried in Ramallah; Funeral in Egypt - Israel Puts Vanunu Under House Arrest - Report: Fallujah Facing Humanitarian Crisis - U.S. Arrests Pro-Resistance Sunni Leaders - Resistance Claims U.S. Is Using Chemical Weapons - Iraqi Gov't Warns Journalists About Coverage - Kerry Sends Fact-Finding Mission to Ohio |
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The Funeral of Yasser Arafat: World Leaders Pay Respects in Cairo, Tens of Thousands Attend Ramallah Burial The funeral of Yasser Arafat is underway. A private state funeral was held in Cairo as kings, presidents and heads of state paid their respects to the lifelong Palestinian leader. A helicopter then flew Arafat's body to the West Bank to be buried at his compound in Ramallah where he was confined in his final years. Tens of thousands of Palestinian mourners swarmed the coffin as it was carried to the burial site. We go to Cairo to speak with an Egyptian reporter on the ground, to the West Bank to hear from an independent reporter attending the funeral in Ramallah and to Gaza to speak with veteran politician and political leader Haider Abdel Shafi and we speak with scholar Phyllis Bennis. [includes rush transcript - partial] |
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Iraq on Fire: Resistance Spreads as the Fallujah Death Toll Rises As the US siege of the Iraqi city of Fallujah continues, Iraqi resistance fighters are stepping up their campaign against the US occupation across Iraq. We go to Baghdad to speak with Dahr Jamail, one of the few independent reporters in Iraq. [includes rush transcript] |
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U.S. Army Veteran Sues Over "Back-Door Draft" Recall to Active Duty Former U.S. Army soldier David Miyasato filed a lawsuit seeking to restrain the Army from involuntarily recalling him to active duty. On the eve of Veterans Day, he received word that the Army has revoked its order. We speak with David Miyasato and his attorney, Eric Seitz. [includes rush transcript] |
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Thursday, November 11th, 2004
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- Headlines for November 11, 2004
- Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat 1929-2004: From Guerilla Fighter to Nobel Prize Winner
- Fmr. Asst. UN Secretary General Hans Von Sponeck on Iraq and Palestine
- Israel Re-Arrests Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu
- Gonzales Nominated as Attorney General: "Bush Took His Personal Lawyer and Made Him Lawyer to the Nation"
Wednesday, November 10th, 2004
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- Headlines for November 10, 2004
- Constitutional Lawyer on Ashcroft's Record: "Most Widespread Campaign Of Ethnic Profiling Since WWII"
- The Ohio Factor: Did Homeland Security and the FBI interfere With the Vote Count?
- As Vote Scandals Continue to Emerge Could John Kerry 'Un-concede?'
- The Forgotten Casualties of War: Over 17,000 U.S. Troops Wounded
