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February 27, 2012- Suicide Bomber Strikes Afghan Airport; U.S. Officials Killed Inside Interior Ministry
- Santorum: Obama Should Not Have Apologized for Koran Burning
- White House Funds Aided NYPD Effort to Spy on Muslim Communities
- 59 Killed in Syria as Referendum Held to Extend Assad’s Rule
- WikiLeaks Begins Posting Internal Emails of Private Intel Firm Stratfor
- U.S. Intelligence Analysts: No Hard Evidence Iran is Building Nuclear Bomb
- Saleh’s VP Sworn In as Yemen’s New President
- Israel Detains Palestinian Youth Activist Fadi Quran
- NSA Seeks Power to Monitor Domestic Computer Networks
- BP Oil Spill Trial Postponed as Lawyers Negotiate Settlement
- University of Virginia Students Enter Day Nine of Living Wage Hunger Strike
- Chicago Factory to Remain Open for 90 Days After Worker Occupation
- Israel Inks Arms Deal with Azerbaijan
- U.S. Drone Strike Kills Four in Somalia
- Egypt Postpones Trial of Pro-Democracy Activists
- Romney Boasts of His Personal Car Fleet, Including His Wife’s Cadillacs
- ACLU Urges Fed Court to Block South Carolina Voter ID Law
- "Occupy Our Food Supply" Day of Action Planned
- Spanish Court Clears Judge Garzón for Prosecuting Franco-Era Crimes
- Nelson Mandela Released from Hospital
- Iran and Pakistan Films Win First Academy Awards
February 24, 2012
- Manning Defers Plea on WikiLeaks Charges
- Syria: 13 Shot Dead in Hama; Annan Named Special Envoy
- Syrian Opposition Meet with International Diplomats in Tunis
- Obama Sends Apology as Koran Protests Continue in Afghanistan
- Obama Touts Energy Policy amid Concern over Speculators’ Role in Gas Prices
- Maryland Senate Votes to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
- Salvadoran General Cleared for Deportation over 1980 Murders of U.S. Nuns
- Lebanese Citizen Jailed in Iraq to Face U.S. Military Commission
- Pentagon Lawyer Defends Killing of U.S. Citizens Abroad
- Chicago Workers Occupy Window Factory, Site of 2008 Action
- Report: NYPD Employed Snooping Tactics for Criminal Organizations in Muslim Spying
- Wounded British Journalist Pleads for Help in Syria
- Report: 25% More U.S. Children Now Living in Poor Areas
- U.S. Joins Talks on North Korea Disarmament
- Venezuelan President Chávez to Return to Cuba for Surgery
- 7 Marines Die in Arizona Helicopter Collision
- Occupy Philadelphia Protesters Acquitted of Sit-in Charges
- Apple Faces New Protests for Working Conditions
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- Manning Defers Plea on WikiLeaks Charges
- Syria: 13 Shot Dead in Hama; Annan Named Special Envoy
- Syrian Opposition Meet with International Diplomats in Tunis
- Obama Sends Apology as Koran Protests Continue in Afghanistan
- Obama Touts Energy Policy amid Concern over Speculators’ Role in Gas Prices
- Maryland Senate Votes to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
- Salvadoran General Cleared for Deportation over 1980 Murders of U.S. Nuns
- Lebanese Citizen Jailed in Iraq to Face U.S. Military Commission
- Pentagon Lawyer Defends Killing of U.S. Citizens Abroad
- Chicago Workers Occupy Window Factory, Site of 2008 Action
- Report: NYPD Employed Snooping Tactics for Criminal Organizations in Muslim Spying
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Russ Feingold writes: "The President is wrong to embrace the corrupt corporate politics of Citizens United through the use of Super PACs." As the Obama campaign "dances with the devil" according to Feingold, perhaps as the President’s new election co-chair, he will help us follow the money.
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Our full 78-minute interview with pianist and composer Randy Weston. Includes extended performances of many of Weston’s most famous songs: "Hi-Fly," "Blue Moses," "African Cookbook," "In Memory Of," "The Healers," "African Lady," "Kucheza Blues," and "Blues for Langston Hughes." For the past six decades, Weston has been a pioneering jazz musician, incorporating the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa. [includes rush transcript]
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