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On this week's program: Controversial computer snooping software Carnivore is retired from use by the FBI. Documentarists lament the tightening of copyright law, which makes it increasingly difficult to produce such films. Soldiers traveling to or stationed in Iraq now receive media relations training. And a Fast Fact: the rising value of spectrum.

Jeremy Scahill reported this morning on
demnow that Chief Ramsey's goons have now
begun wearing kafiyas to blend in with the
protest movement before whipping out their
shiny metal handcuffs to begin more brutalizations.
Behavior shows them to be fully trained on this!

[transcript forthcoming...]

El líder aymara de Bolivia explica las razones de su medida de presión, así como las movilizaciones de los comunarios aymaras (audio en bruto).

قائد جمیعت علماء اسلام مولٰینا فضل الرحمٰن مد ظلہ - کانفرنس بنام «دار العلوم دیوبند کی ١٥٠ سالہ خدمات» سے خطاب فرماتے ہوۓ موجودہ زمانے کے ملحدانہ فتنوں، انکار حدیث اور انکار اجماع امت پر روشنی ڈالتے ہیں۔

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FRSC coverage of bushes inaugaral speech mixed live.

FRSC coverage of bushed inaugaral speech. not the same as corporate media.