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Analysis of This Week’s News

This past week in the news:
1) South Korean translator Kim Sun-Il is beheaded by his Islamic terrorist captors in Iraq.
2) President Bush says newly declassified memos prove that the administration does not condone torture.
3) A series of attacks in several Iraqi cities kill over 100, just days before next week’s transfer of sovereignty.
4) In an audio tape, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, threatens to kill new Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
5) Former Vice President Al Gore accuses President Bush of lying about pre-war links between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda.
6) Bill Clinton’s new memoir “My Life” hits bookstores.
7) The Supreme Court says Vice President Cheney does not have to release documents related to his energy task force — at least not for now. 8) Connecticut Governor John Rowland resigns amidst scandal.
9) And Michael Moore’s highly controversial new documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11″ debuts to mixed reviews.

Guest host Julian Marshall and On Point news analyst Jack Beatty look back at the major news of this past week.

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