• Growing Tension with Iran
• Ingrid Betancourt, 14 Others Liberated in Colombia
• Gaza Families Long to Visit Prisoners
• DC Braces for New Wild West
• Commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal
  

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• California Judge Re-Affirms FISA Authority in Wiretapping
• EU-US Data Sharing Agreement Generates Controversy
• US Jobs Cuts for Sixth Consecutive Month
• Value of Dollar Drops 41% During Bush Administration
• Ruling Against Coal-Fired Power Plant Could Provide Important Legal Precedent
• Big Sur Evacuated as Northern California Fires Continue to Rage

Obama's Roller Coaster Trade Ride

Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain traveled to Colombia and Mexico to talk free trade, a position he fully backs

He's supported every free trade agreement to go through Congress, the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, Peru, Oman, China, Singapore.  McCain has a 100 percent free trade approval rating from the free-market think tank CATO.

Speaking with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, McCain pushed a free trade agreement with Colombia.

• McCain and Obama on Free Trade
• Man Held for Alleged Murder of Cop Found Strangled to Death in his Cell
• South Central Farmers Fight What they Say is a Toxic Proposal
• Domestic Workers Organize for Basic Rights
• Eugene Olympic Trials Targeted by Human Rights Activists

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• Colombian Troops Free 15 FARC Hostages
• Bulldozer Attack in Jerusalem Kills 3
• Zimbabwean Opposition Leader Rejects AU Call for Unity Govt
• New Assault Claims Call into Question Britain's Use of Private Contractors as Deportation Escorts
• DC District Judge Assigned to Manage Guantanamo Habeas Cases

Green Party Gearing for Green Convention

Next week is the Green Party's National Convention. In Chicago, Illinois, Greens will choose their Presidential Candidate. After primaries in 28 states, the nominee is likely to be former US Representative of Georgia Cynthia McKinney.  But beyond choosing a Presidential nominee, the Green Party will be compiling their national platform.  We spoke with Convention Coordinator Ruth Weil.

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The Greens say they have grown in stature over the years. As Phil Huckelberry, Co-Chair of the Green Party says, they will be celebrating and plotting how to make additional gains in the future. 

• Congress Delays Medicare Payment Cuts to Doctors
• Builders Look for Ways to "Green" Homes and Offices
• EPA Library Focusing on New Chemicals Will Not Reopen
• The First New Palestinian Town in More Than 40 Years Has Been Given the Go-Ahead
• The First Los Angeles Social Forum Focuses on Immigration

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• Pentagon Brings Charges in the USS Cole Attack
• DC Circuit Court Rejects Government Argument Against Chinese "Enemy Combatant"
• Pastors for Peace Caravan Prepares to Cross into Mexico to Deliver Aid to Cuba
• US and Coalition Fatalities Higher in Afghanistan than in Iraq
• Tibetan Exiles in Nepal Arrested Near Chinese Border
• Nelson Mandela Finally Removed From US Terror Watch List

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