Archive - Jun 5, 2008

Election Unspun - June 6 - Is Clinton Stealing the Show?


8:06 minutes (7.42 MB)

 Is Clinton Stealing the Show?

PART 1: Hillary Clinton has not yet conceded the nomination. Something she's expected to do tomorrow. Until then, Senator Obama will continue to share the headlines. We talk about that with Richmond Mayor Douglas Wilder, who knows about breaking barriers as he was the first black elected Governor when he won the Virginia race in 1990.

Headlines Package - June 5, 2008


5:50 minutes (5.35 MB)
  • 9/11 Tribunals Start at Gitmo
  • Details of the US Plan to Occupy Iraq Indefinitely Leaked to British Newspaper
  • Left Parties in India Shut Down 3 States over Fuel Hikes
  • Nuclear Scare Today in Eastern Europe Doesn't Dampen the UK's Push for New Nuclear Plants
  • Drought Declared in California
  • Longest Blockade in Canadian History Results in Victory Over Logging Company

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Dial-Up Thursday, June 5, 2008: 13 Meg Version


29:02 minutes (13.3 MB)

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Dial-Up Thursday, June 5, 2008


29:02 minutes (6.65 MB)

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Senate Report Reveals Further Ways the Bush Administration Misused Intelligence From Iraq


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Senate Report Reveals Further Ways the Bush Administration Misused Intelligence From Iraq

A new Senate report finds the Bush Administration's case for the going to war in Iraq contradicted information and intelligence. Two different reports totally 230 pages lay out numerous examples where the Bush Administration publicized to Congress and to the American people false or inaccurate findings. Senator Jay Rockefeller is the Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which authored the report.

Obama speaks aggressively in support of Israel


3:29 minutes (3.19 MB)

On his first day as the presumptive democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama spoke to the Jewish American Lobby attempting to court a constituency he's had trouble appealing to. And during that meeting, Obama seemed to take a more aggressive tone in defense of Israel. FSRN Karen Miller has more

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Critics Disappointed With FAO Plan to End Food Shortages


4:13 minutes (3.87 MB)

The World Food and Agriculture Organization's major summit began this week in Rome, Italy. FAO officials were tasked with finding solutions to the rising prices of food worldwide – a situation that is beginning to spark humanitarian crises and unrest in many countires. The use of food crops for biofuels is receiving much of the blame for the shortages.
Today is the final day of the summit and the final declaration from the FAO is out – and has been greeted by much disappointment, as FSRN's Diletta Varlese reports from Italy.

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