Democracy NOW! Tuesday, November 24, 2009

# Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan: Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program # As UC Berkeley Investigates Police Brutality Against Students Protesting Fee Hikes, a Report From Inside the Takeover of Wheeler Hall # Portland’s Cannabis Cafe is the First Marijuana Coffee Shop of Its Kind in the Country # Two Former Bagram Detainees Held Without Charge Describe Torture and Wrongful Imprisonment * Death Toll in Philippines Massacre Rises to 46, Including 12 Journalists * Report: Obama To Announce Plans to Send 34,000 More Troops * Rep. Obey Calls For War Surtax * Study: Climate Change Will Result In More Civil Wars in Africa * 130 Climate Justice Activists Arrested At Australian Parliament * Britain Launches Iraq War Inquiry * D.C. to Pay Nearly $14 Million in Record Settlement to IMF Protesters * 2.1 Million Cribs Recalled * California Man Jailed For Illegally Housing the Homeless * Train Station Glass Shattered As Officer Shoves Passenger Into Window * Lou Dobbs Considers a Presidential Run in 2012 * Women of Zimbabwe Arise Honored At White Hosue