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Thursday, March 07, 2013 (2013x48)

Air date: Mar 07, 2013

2013/03/07 Headlines: Venezuelans Mourn Chávez; Guard Recounts Last Words; Sen. Rand Paul Ends 12-Hour Brennan Filibuster over Drones; Holder: Obama to Answer Soon on Assassination Program; Holder Defends Prosecution of Internet Freedom Activist Aaron Swartz; Arkansas Approves Nation's Harshest Abortion Ban; Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho's 20-Week Abortion Ban; House Passes Temporary Budget to Avoid Federal Shutdown; Syria Rebels Capture U.N. Peacekeepers; UNICEF: Israel Abusing Detained Palestinian Children; Report: U.S. Colonel Ignored Torture of Iraqi Militias Under His Watch; NY State Assembly Advances Fracking Ban; Mother Jones Wins Izzy Award for Special Achievement in Independent Media