Ireland has a long history of conservative Catholic views and is arguably one of the strongest anti-choice nations in Europe. It was as a result of strong anti-choice legislation, on October 24th, 31 year old Indian dentist, Savita Halappanavar lost her life due to blood poisoning from a miscarrying fetus. Halappanavar was 17 weeks pregnant with her first child when complications resulted in the pregnancy no longer being viable.

As a ceasefire went into effect on Wednesday and just hours after United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in the region, a group of mostly young Arab and Palestinian Americans gathered outside the Israeli Consulate. Approximately 75 people were in attendance, undeterred and determined to call attention to the ongoing genocide Israel perpetrates in the Occupied Territories.

A. Presentación del Programa. Canción: El Palomo del Comalito - Lila Downs

B. Resumen Semanal Socioambiental Nacional. Canción: Color de Tierra - Arbolito

* Temacapulín entrega dictamen preliminar del TPP sobre Presas a autoridades
*Atenco: denuncian intromisión de CFE y Conagua
*Resumen del fallo del Tribunal Latinoamericano del Agua
*Reporte Misión Civil de Observación Justicia para San Jose Del Progreso

C. Resumen Semanal Socioambiental Internacional. Canción: Our State is a Dumpsite - Dana Lyons

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            The latest Shortwave Report (November 23) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom

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On last week's show:
- https://radio.indymedia.org/en/node/65941
- http://dc.indymedia.org/ <----2 min. piece on the home page covering the DC solidarity rally, produced by our Indy Media sisters and brothers in DC

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