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Today on Flashpoints:
In a dramatic, precedent-setting decision, a southern appellate court overturned the life convictions of the Cuban Five; also, Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan faces arrest as she camps out at the Bush ranch, we’ll ask Sheehan what she wants to talk to the President about; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suspends drug fighting cooperation with the US government, accusing the DEA of trafficking; and from exile in Southern California, the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: More resistance throughout Iraq, but no progress on a Constitution. Robert Knight

5:07 PM PST
Mother at Crawford Ranch: Cindy Sheehan, co-founder, Gold Star Families for Peace camped out at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas discusses her son's death in Iraq, her efforts to make his senseless death meaningful, and what she would say to Bush if he would meet with her. (Dennis Bernstein)

5:22 PM PST
Music Break

5:23 PM PST
Cuban 5 Trial: Overturned Sentences! Gloria La Riva and Leonard Weinglass, attorney

5:43 PM PST
Chavez vs. the DEA: Gregory Wilpert, Venezuelanalysis.com

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