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Today on Flashpoints:
An update on the critical situation in Haiti, with Kevin Pina; also activists face off with vigilantes at the Arizona-Mexico border; a discussion with an esteemed Palestinian artist on resistance and culture; our new Earth Matters segment focuses on the Pepper Spray trial; and the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Resistance forces hit Iraqi troops, recruits and spooks; US troops teach a parliamentarian a brutal civics lesson in a traffic stop for 'Driving While Iraqi'; seventeen Afghans get an early release from Guantanamo after only three and a half years; Lebanon chooses a caretaker government; and a Vatican supremacist is elected Pope. Robert Knight

5:06 PM PST
Haiti Update: Kevin Pina, Flashpoints Special Correspondent (Nora)

5:18 PM PST
Music Break: No More Excuses For The War - Boukman Eskperyans

5:20 PM PST
Vigilantes at the Arizona-Mexico Border: Renee Saucedo, attorney, 415.553.3404 (Solange)

5:29 PM PST
Music Break: Nueve Viento - Lila Downs

5:31 PM PST
Palestinian Art and Resistance: Vera Tamari, artist with Made in Palestine Exhibition, www.justiceinpalestine.net, and Uda Walker, political education director, Middle East Children's Alliance (Nora)

5:47 PM PST
Earth Matters: Amanda Bellerby, Environmental Segment Producer. The Pepper Spray trial. Also visit www.nopepperspray.org

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