TGR-RE: April 16, 2010

This week’s broadcast includes:

George W. Bush ‘knew Guantánamo prisoners were innocent’,
Whistleblowers on US ‘massacre’ fear CIA stalkers,
Leaked video of shooting spurs calls for new probe,
Karzai threatens to block NATO offensive,
Chomsky warns of risk of fascism in America,
Nebraska abortion law opens new front in US debate,
Kansas governor vetoes bill restricting late-term abortion,
School law clinics face backlash from moneyed interests,
Green economy grows despite policy vacuum,
Dozens more Massey mines cited as unsafe,
Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays,
Report citing ‘unexplained medical symptoms’ may lead to benefits for Gulf War Syndrome,
BAE Systems tops list as world’s largest arms maker with sales of $32.4bn,
Turkey, Brazil come out against new Iran sanctions,
Israeli groups decry army West Bank deportation rules,
‘Hungary has turned into a grubby hive of nationalism’,
British campaigner urges UN to accept ‘ecocide’ as international crime.

TGR-RE: January 22, 2010

This week’s broadcast includes:

US accused of ‘occupying’ Haiti as troops flood in
US waves white flag in disastrous ‘war on drugs’
Two dozen states’ unemployment funds in the red; nine more in next six months
Obama confidant’s spine-chilling proposal
US military weapons inscribed with secret ‘Jesus Bible codes’
Harpers: Guantánamo inmates were killed during questioning
Arctic permafrost leaking methane at record levels, figures show
Kabul paralyzed by bombings, shootouts with Taliban fighters
Israel crushes local dissent, attacks international criticism
Pakistan seen becoming more Islamist, anti-US
Dueling protests erupt at Iran professor’s funeral
Ukraine candidates relying on US advisers
Iraqi province gives Saddam loyalists 24 hours to leave
Haiti – an unwelcome Katrina redux
Low-tech radios connect some Haitians