• House Questions Bush Torture Policies
  
• Senate Considers Renewing FISA Legislation
  
• Bloody Demonstrations in Continue in Kashmir
• Black Bloggers and Black Power
• "The Crimes of Kings" Commentary By Mumia Abu-Jamal

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House Questions Bush Torture Policies

Key Bush Administration officials who formulated the legal basis for
torture continue to rebuff lawmakers looking for answers into the
Administration's torture policy, carefully avoiding any possibility of
prosecution. Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports on the probe
by a House panel.

Senate Considers Renewing FISA Legislation

The Senate continued to wrangle today over the renewing FISA
legislation. At stake is providing retroactive immunity for
telecommunications companies that allegedly violated the law by aiding
the Bush Administration spying program; also at issue is updating the
definition of "weapons of mass destruction". Today's Senate bill was
already passed by the House – but now it's been discovered that some
members of the House changed their votes after receiving money for
telecommunications companies. Karen Miller has more.

Bloody Demonstrations in Continue in Kashmir

At least three people have been killed and more than a hundred others
injured in Indian administered Kashmir after protests erupted this week
over the controversial transfer of land to a Hindu shrine trust. For
the fourth day on Thursday, police battled hundreds of protestors in
different places across Kashmir. As FSRN's Shannawaz Khan reports from
Kashmir, more massive protests are expected tomorrow.

Black Bloggers and Black Power

So far this election season, African-Americans have been among the
strongest supporters of Barack Obama. He received more than 90 percent
support among Black voters during the Democratic primary. But some
think that overwhelming support from the Black community is misplaced.
Participants at a recent Washington DC forum said that it's dangerous
to think Obama is the answer to the problems of Black America.

Commentary By Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist who chronicles the human condition. He has been a resident of Pennsylvania’s death row for twenty-five years. Writing from his solitary confinement cell his essays have reached a worldwide audience. His books "Live From Death Row", "Death Blossoms", "All Things Censored", “Faith of Our Fathers” and the recently released “We Want Freedom” have sold over 150,000 copies and been translated into nine languages. His 1982-murder trial and subsequent conviction have been the subject of great debate.