• Pakistan's Fledgling Government Struggles for Stability
• One Iraq War Resister Face Trial, Another Fights to Stay in Canada
• FSRN Street Beat: Should US War Resisters Remain in Canada?
• Democratic Convention Opens Monday in Denver
• Commentary By Mumia Abu-Jamal "68 Then and Now  (DNC and Democratic Protests)"
• PRA Rewind: 40th Anniversary of Soviet Invasion of the Czech Republic

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• Draft Security Deal Calls for US Combat Troops to Leave Iraq by 2011
• Philippines Cancels Peace Deal with Muslim Separatists
• Diebold-Owned Company Admits to Voting Machine Error
• Proposed Rule Change to Reproductive Health Services
• FDA to Allow Irradiation of Spinach and Lettuce

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The recent political turnover and resignation of Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan is putting strain on the country's new government.  Ongoing war between local Taliban supporters and Pakistan's army in the tribal areas, the accompanying massive migration of civilians from these areas and a string of suicide bombings in the cities are not helping to stabilize the situation.   The floundering of the fledgling liberal coalition government, comprised of the People's Party and the Muslim League are leaving voters in the lurch.  Masroor Hussain reports from Karachi.

A commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal

With Canada beginning to deport US war resisters, Free Speech Radio News decided to take an informal poll of people in Canada to find out what they think about the issue.   On this week's street beat, FSRN's Kristin Schwartz talked to a cross-section of people in downtown Toronto, at Dundas Square and Christie Pits Park. She asked them if Canada should let the war resisters stay, and found that among those she spoke to, support was even higher than what other national polls have showed.  Featured: Adil Usman, Stan White, Linda Calvert, Mansour Ali, Courtney Warden, Eugen Fuchs, and Fernando Martinez.

After three years of fighting for refugee status as a US war resister in Canada, Robin Long will face a court-martial today in a Colorado Court.  Last month, the Canadian government deported Long, the first war resister sent back to the United States since the Vietnam War.  The Idaho native had fled to Canada three years earlier, believing the Iraq war to be immoral.  But after a failed application for refugee status and lengthy appeals, Canada delivered Long to US military custody.  If convicted, Long could face up to 3 years in jail and a dishonorable discharge.