Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! (9 am) – February 14, 2008

Entertainment Writers Claim Victory in Deal Ending 14-Week Strike; "Chocolate’s Bittersweet Economy": Cocoa Industry Accused of Greed, Neglect for Labor Practices in Ivory Coast; Theo Chocolate Founder, CEO Joe Whinney on Fair Trade Cocoa.

Headlines

    * Senate Approves Waterboarding Ban
    * House Rejects Extending Surveillance Law
    * Boeing Rendition Suit Dismissed in U.S. Court
    * Iraq Approves Amnesty Law
    * Venezuelans Protest ExxonMobil on Asset Freeze
    * U.S. Labor Delegation Lobbies Colombia on Union Killings
    * Bolivia: Spy-Linked U.S. Embassy Official Won’t Return
    * Timorese President Recovers Amidst Reconciliation Calls
    * Following Historic Apology, Australia’s Aborigines Call for Indigenous Panel
    * Heath Risks to Displace 100,000 Katrina Evacuees from Government Trailers
    * Attorney: Charge Officers for Throwing Quadriplegic from Wheelchair
    * ‘92 Clinton Campaign Manager Endorses Obama

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