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December 27, 2007
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* Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Assassinated *
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated just
two months after returning to Pakistan from exile. She died after an
apparent suicide attack in the city of Rawalpindi. Bhutto had just addressed
an election rally when gunfire and an explosion occurred. We go to Pakistan
and simulcast part of the breaking news coverage on Dawn News and speak with
Sadaf Aziz, professor of law and policy at Lahore University of Management
Sciences, and Zia Mian, a physicist with the Program on Science and Global
Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at
Princeton University.
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http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/27/former_pakistani_prime_minister * Greg Palast Reports on the Battle Between Indigenous Ecuadorians and the
U.S. Oil Giant Chevron *
Investigative Journalist Greg Palast files this report from the rainforests
of Ecuador, where an indigenous tribe is suing Chevron for $12 billion for
contaminating the Amazon. We also play part of Palast¹s interview with
Ecuador¹s President Rafael Correa.
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* Headlines for December 27, 2007 *
Ex-Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto Assassinated
U.S. Special Forces to Expand Presence in Pakistan
Bush Signs Spending Bill Including $70B For Iraq War
Turkey Praises U.S. For Proving Intel on Northern Iraq
UNICEF: 25,000 Iraqi Children Displaced Each Month
Senate Democrats Block Recess Appointment of Author of Torture Memo
Housing Prices Plummet By Over Six Percent
Investment Banks Dole Out Record $30 Billion in Bonuses
Teenager Dies After Cigna Refused To Pay For Transplant
Deans of Journalism Schools Warn Against Media Consolidation
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Friday, December 28, 2007:
* The latest news and analysis from Pakistan where former Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto has just been assassinated. We'll be joined by blogger
and historian Manan Ahmed, author and analyst Tariq Ali, and independent
journalists and activists from Pakistan.
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