In a Democracy Now! special broadcast, we spend the hour with one of the most famous independent filmmakers in the world: Michael Moore. For the past twenty years, Michael has been one of the most politically active, provocative and successful documentary filmmakers in the business. His films include Roger & me; Fahrenheit 9/11; Bowling for Columbine, for which he won the Academy Award; and his latest, Capitalism: A Love Story.[includes rush transcript]

It's been a month since torrential rains triggered the worst floods in Pakistan's recent history. Nearly 20 million people are homeless or hungry, with one million people displaced in the past week alone. The official death toll is at 1,760 but is expected to rise as survivors are threatened by diseases. Madiha Tahir, a freelance journalist in Pakistan, files a report from the Razzaqabad relief camp in Karachi. [includes rush transcript]

High winds helped fuel fast-moving wildfires in Colorado and Oklahoma on Monday, prompting evacuations in both states, officials said.

Six of the suspected gunmen responsible for the killings of 72 migrants in Mexico have been identified, Mexican authorities said Monday, the state-run Notimex news agency reported.

Jefferson Thomas was risking his well-being by leaving an African-American school for Little Rock's all-white Central High School with eight other students in 1957.

Feeza Shraim is making a difference for hundreds of babies being born into one of the world’s most dangerous places. NBC’s Martin Fletcher reports. (Nightly News)

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Countdown’s Keith Olbermann reads part two of “The Greatest Man in the World,” by James Thurber. (Countdown)

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A new “Candid Camera”-style comedy on Iraqi TV tricked local celebrities into believing that they were mistaken for suicide bombers and would be arrested. (Countdown)

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South Africa’s trade unions suspended a three-week-old strike by hundreds of thousands of government workers.

Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a settlement that flourished more than 3,500 years ago.

The famadihana, a ritual in which relatives remove the dead from their tombs in an atmosphere of celebration, continues among various faiths in the island nation.

A tax deduction would let businesses keep more money and would give big corporations, many of which are sitting on cash because of economic uncertainty, an incentive to spend and invest.

Two independent lawmakers said they will support Prime Minister Julia Gillard, ending weeks of political impasse.

More than a quarter of doctor visits each year for illnesses like coughs, fevers and stomachaches take place in hospital emergency rooms, a study has found.

Is Mike Castle the next Lisa Murkowski? Nearly two weeks removed from Murkowski's stunning defeat by little-known attorney Joe Miller in the Republican Senate primary in Alaska, establishment GOPers are nervous of a repeat in Delaware, where Castle faces 2008 Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell in...


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Under mounting pressure to intensify his focus on the economy ahead of the midterm elections, President Obama will call for a $100 billion business tax credit this week, using a speech in Cleveland on Wednesday to launch what administration officials said was a new policy push.


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