Archive - Apr 2008

• Senate Judiciary Committee Questions Secret Laws
• McCain Unveils Market-Based Health Plan
• Jesse Jackson Wraps Up Haiti Food Crisis Delegation
• A Look at North Korea's Food Crisis
• Mexican Truckers Wary of Pilot Program

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• Mounting Death Toll in Operations Against Shiite Militiamen in Baghdad
• Defense Appropriations Bill Being Marked Up Behind Closed Doors
• Palestinian Armed Factions Agree to Eqyptian-Mediated Peace Deal
• War Crimes Sentences Handed Down in Bosnia
• LAPD's Internal Affairs Division Dismisses Complaints of Racial Profiling for 6th Consecutive Year

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Reverend Jesse Jackson led a delegation to access the food crisis in Haiti, two weeks after massive protests exploded over rising food prices. Nick Whalen reports from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Senator John McCain unveiled more details of his health care plan: it's a market based approach that does not focus on covering the uninsured. Instead, McCain focuses on cost and competition. McCain's plan is drastically different than the plans that Obama and Clinton have offered. Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.

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The price of food is skyrocketing all around the world due to a combination of environmental and economic factors. North Korea is a country that has faced food shortages for a long time, and critics say the most prominent reason for widespread hunger is political. Eunji Kang has more.

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In recognition of the Bush Administration's penchant for secrecy, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing this morning to analyze the threatening implications of the increased use of secret laws. Naji Mujahid reports from Washington.

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