Much of the discussion on the campaign trail this week has been on economics. One of Barack Obama's high profile supporter says Obama needs to implement a new 'New Deal'. David Bonior, former Democratic Whip in the House of Representatives and former National Campaign Manager for John Edwards who is now an Obama surrogate. He talks about the need for a major economic stimulus in the country.

PART 2:

As we talk about the chances of a new "New Deal" if Obama were elected President, Election Unspun looks back to the original New Deal. Historian Howard Zinn has written about the Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal of the 1930s and the popular movement that brought it to the fore. Nathan Moore spoke with Professor Zinn.

• Levees Continue to Break Along the Mississippi River
• Israelis and Palestinians Slowly Wade into a Shaky Ceasefire
• Teachers in Chile End a Three-day Strike, Call for Meaningful Educationrm Refom
  
• Indian Protesters Fast to Demand Release of Prominent Political Prisoner
• Community Rallies to Support LA Teacher Fired for Being 'Afro-centric'

Click here for Headlines Package
Click here for 13 Meg Version
Click here for Dial-Up Version

• Bush Pushes for Lifting of Offshore Drilling Ban
• EU Approves Legally Binding Recycling Targets
• "Green Collar" Jobs on the Rise
• Major Offensive in Khandahar
• Contractor Immunity Provision Removed from Iraq/US Security Treaty
• Harris Pollsters Find Americans in "Foul Political Mood"

Levees are breaking all along the North Mississippi as floodwaters flow south from Iowa. The Army Corps of Engineers says 20 levees have already failed and they are predicting that as many as 30 more, most near small towns, are in danger of breaching or being overtaken by the rising waters. Pat Slattery is with the National Weather Services' Central Region Office.

Today, Palestinians and Israel approved an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire, which will go into effect tomorrow morning.

But an Israeli defense official has stressed that this is not a peace treaty – and that Israel will continue to prepare for military action. And even though Hamas officials have publicly stressed their commitment to the ceasefire, Palestinians are cautious about the sustainability of the truce.
 
FSRN's Rami Almeghari has more from Gaza city.

Teachers in Chile on Wednesday ended a three-day strike in opposition to an education reform bill currently being debated in Congress.  The teachers argue the General Education Law does nothing to protect public education and will hurt low income students. The President of Chile's Teachers Association estimates that 15-thousand teachers and students marched in solidarity.

From Santiago FSRN's Jorge Garretón explains.