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U.S. under fire for refusing treaty to ban cluster bombs
[description] (NECN/ABC) - Diplomats from more than 100 countries have agreed to a treaty banning cluster bombs. The weapons are blamed for a large number of civilian casualties. But some of the world's biggest powers, including the U.S.-- are refusi...
Here and Now for Friday, April 11, 2008
[description] The White House is staying mum on reports from A-B-C News that high level administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down helped choreograph harsh interrogation techniques on al Qaeda suspects, including waterboarding. ABC News Legal Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg fills us in on the details. Police in Buenos Aires, Argentina are bracing for protests today along the route of the Olympic torch relay. And, the International Olympic Committee met in Beijing to discuss the controversy that has followed the torch on its journey around the world. We speak with Wall Street Journal correspondent Mei Fong in Beijing, Olympic historian and author David Wallechinsky, and Chinese security expert Murray Scot Tanner. A new documentary film tells the story of a young soldier who was paralyzed by a gunshot while serving in Iraq. The film's co-director is TV talk show legend Phil Donahue. The young soldier, Tomas Young, becomes an anti-war spokesman as he tries to adjust t
Here and Now for Monday, March 10, 2008
[description] IRAQ: A sheik who headed a group of Sunni fighters has been killed in his home by a female suicide bomber. SCHOOL LUNCH: What's on the school lunch menu? Beef from the second-largest supplier to the national school lunch program was recalled last month... but some schools served that meat before they could track it down. We speak with Robin Vogler, Food Service Director at the Somers Middle School in Montana, and registered dietitian, Susan Levin with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which each year grades the quality of the national school lunch program. PRIMARY UPDATE: Mississippi Democrats are enjoying a rare moment in the spotlight as they prepare to vote in tomorrow's primary. National democratic party leaders are beginning to worry about the increasingly tense race between Senators Clinton and Obama. Our guest is Sid Salter, editor for the Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi. TAKING A CHANCE ON HEALTH CARE: This week the state of Oregon will start ma
Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch
[description] The general is on the ground in Iraq commanding more than 20,0000 troops. He gives Finneran's Forum the straight story on what's going on.
My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 11/28/2007
[description] A Worcester man is ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death after she left the restaurant where she worked as a waitress.
NPR News: 10-01-2007 7PM ET
[description] NPR News: 10-01-2007 7PM ET
Despite bounty on Bin Laden, there's no active search in Pakistan
[description] In the next few days, Osama Bin Laden is expected to be seen in his first videotaped message since 2004. WBZ's Ed Walsh speaks with ABC's Aaron Katersky in Islamabad, Pakistan.







