BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary --www.btlonline.org

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Why is the Unites States the only industrialized nation without universal health care?

Find out why:

SATURDAY, OCT. 13 "HEALTH CARE: BASIC RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE?"

A Public Forum on Universal Health Care with Physicians for a National Health Program co-founder Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler and John Wilhelm, UNITE HERE president/hospitality industry at United Church on the Green, 270 Temple St., New Haven, Conn.

2-4 p.m. Suggested contribution $10; $35 reception Visit: www.squeakywheel.net/healthcareforum.html

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BETWEEN THE LINES THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 5, 2007

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1) Effort to Restore Habeas Corpus Rights to Guantanamo Detainees Fails in Senate

Interview with Jennifer Daskal, U.S. advocacy director of Human Rights Watch, conducted by Scott Harris

In RealAudio:

www.btlonline.org/daskal100507.ram

Text summary/related links: www.btlonline.org/btl100507.html

2) Anti-Abortion Movement Split on Tactics to Overturn Roe v. Wade

Excerpt of address by Reva Siegel, Yale law professor, produced by Melinda Tuhus

In RealAudio:

www.btlonline.org/siegel100507.ram

Text summary/related links: www.btlonline.org/btl100507.html

3) Rising Inequality in U.S. Hurts the Middle Class

Interview with economist Robert Frank, conducted by Scott Harris

In RealAudio: www.btlonline.org/frank100507.ram Text summary/related links: www.btlonline.org/btl100507.html

4) This week's summary of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon

• A week of mass protests by Buddhists monks in Burma, renamed Myanmar by the nation's ruling military junta, have led to the largest public demonstrations since the pro-democracy movement in the late 1980s.

• Immigration rights advocates are expanding a boycott of Western Union for charging excessive fees - making nearly 20 percent profit on each money exchange.

• Yale University will return hundreds of ancient artifacts taken a century ago from the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu, after Peru's government threatens to sue.

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www.btlonline.org/news100507.ram

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"Between The Lines" is a half-hour syndicated radio news magazine that each week features a summary of under-reported news stories and interviews with activists and journalists who offer progressive perspectives on international, national and regional political, economic and social issues. Because "Between The Lines" is independent of all publications, media networks or political parties, we are able to bring a diversity of voices to the airwaves generally ignored or marginalized by the major media. For more information on this week's topics and to check out our text archive listing topics and guests presented in previous programs visit: www.btlonline.org

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