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Today on Flashpoints:
We go live to the Bolivian Capital of La Paz where a growing grassroots revolt is calling for the Nationalization of the country's Gas and Oil Industry: Dar Jamail reports on more death and destruction in Iraq: We'll go back to Port Au Prince where the US-installed government continues to wipe out the pro democracy movement with the active support of the UN; and from somewhere in Exile in New York City, the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Resistance attacks in Iraq maintain high casualty rates as the US-supervised regime allocates still more money for counter-insurgency; an abducted Iraqi governor is killed in a US shootout; a Sunni political leader is arrested by US troops; and George W Bush 'dissembles' about an Amnesty International report, but malaprops it as a 'disassembly'. (Robert Knight)

5:06 PM PST
An Update On Bolivia: Luis A. Gómez, Acting Publisher of www.narconews.com, and Georgian Potter, COCAM TROP, a women peasant's organization. Read more about La Paz. (Dennis)

5:21 PM PST
Dahr Jamail Reports From Iraq: Flashpoints Special Correspondent on the ground reports on the latest violence. Read Dahr's weblog entry on www.dahrjamailiraq.com (Nora)

5:29 PM PST
An Update On Haiti: Laura Flynn, co-author of "We Will Not Forget", www.haitiaction.net and Kevin Pina, Special Flashpoints Correspondent (Dennis)

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