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Today on Flashpoints:
3 million children under the age of five will die in sub-Saharan Africa unless the United States and other rich nations honor their promises at the G-8 summit, we’ll speak with Bill Fletcher, President of the TransAfrica Forum about Africa’s debt and Bush’s inaction; plus, military recruiters kidnap teenagers and force them to sign up for the armed forces, we’ll talk about how to fight back and keep them off public school campuses; a commentary on the Bush plan for Iraq and Latin America by Rahul Mahajan; we feature segments of Rising Waters, a film about global warming and its sinking of the Pacific Islands; and from exile, the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
Knight Report. Robert Knight in exile

5:06 PM PST
Africa and how Bush's response to Tony Blair's proposal is lacking.
Bill Fletcher, President, Trans-Africa Forum

5:20 PM PST
Military Recruiting. Todd Chretien, activist, CollegeNotCombat.
See Seattle Post-Intelligencer article: "When Marine recruiters go way beyond the call"

5:32 PM PST
Commentary: Bush, Iraq and the OAS, Rahul Mahajan, author

5:37 PM PST
Music Break

5:38 PM PST
Global Warming, “Rising Waters” film. Amanda Bellerby

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