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10 Killed, 50 Injured in Baghdad - Ahmed Irawi Arnold Schwartzenegger Announces CA Governor Bid - Mitch Jeserich IRS on Earned Income Tax Credit - Robert Flaxman NYPD and Activists - Jackson Allers Civil Rights Group Demands Investigation of Murder of Black Man Portland Seven Terrorism Case Update Yesterday in Oregon, Maher Hawash, one of the so-called ?Portland Seven," pled guilty to charges of trying to provide services to the Taliban. In exchange for his testimony against the other six...
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Security Council Passes Resolution on Iraq The United Nations Security Council today unanimously proved a US and British-sponsored draft resolution setting stringent conditions for renewed weapons inspections in Iraq and threatening serious consequences if Iraq fails to comply.Susan Wood reports from the UN. Inside Basra - What Will War Bring? While the United States made some major concessions in the final negotiation phase at the Security Council, the final draft still meets the Bush...
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Bush Won?t Give Up Enron Documents Bush Administration told newspapers the President won't touch the Enron issue in his first state of the union speech tonight. Instead he'll make a plea for corporate responsibility. But questions remain regarding the White House's relationship with the bankrupt energy trading company and the US General Accounting Office is threatening to sue the administration tommorrow to force the release of documents concerning meetings the administration held with energy...
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New Possibility of Mad Cow in U.S. Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced they might have confirmed another case of mad cow disease in the United States. They added that they need several more days to analyze the findings even though the newest tests are considerably more stringent. Mad cow, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is a fatal brain wasting disease that can be passed from cows to humans. The President of the American Meat Institute said,...
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Can Moussoui Interrogate Guantanamo Bay Prisoners? A U.S. District Court Judge says that 9-11 terrorist suspect Zacarias Moussoui has a right to interrogate prisoners at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the Government argues that Moussoui's rights should be deffered for national security. More with the story in Washington, D.C. is James Cullum. US Building Plutonium Triggers for Nuclear Bombs US Secretary of State Colin Powell announced today that three-way talks between North...
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Amos King Execution Tomorrow(3:47) Confirming what many have alleged for years, that racism plays a big role in sending African Americans to death row, the supreme court today ruled 8-1 that Texas prosecutors stacked a jury with whites and did not allow defendant Thomas Miller-El to present evidence of this bias in his trial. The Supreme court sent the case back to a lower court where Miller-El will now get a new trial that could over turn his death sentence. While eight justices agreed that...
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BRITAIN TO REDUCE TROOPS IN IRAQ The British government has indicated it may pull ten percent of its troops out of southern Iraq and hand over tactical responsibility to Iraqi forces. Helen Kelly reports from London. Up to 800 British troops could be taken out of Iraq by May, Defence Secretary John Reid told the House of Commons today. The reduction leaves 7,000 troops stationed within Iraq ? mostly across four southern provinces. At its peak, Britain had 10,000 troops serving in the country....
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Bolivian Cabinet Resigns The Bolivian President's 18-member cabinet resigned today after a week of protests capped off by a march yesterday where tens of thousands again took to the streets angry at President Sanchez de Lozada's adherence to IMF economic austerity plans. The IMF recommended Bolivia create a new tax on salaries so the country would able to pay the interests on its external debt. The past week has seen massive demonstrations, a police strike, riots, official buildings burned,...
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Colombian President Inaugurated(4:35) Today, in Bogot, independent right-wing Alvaro Uribe was inaugurated President of Colombia. His predecessor, Andres Pastrana started his term by initiating peace talks with the guerrillas and conceding a large demilitarized territory to them in Southern Colombia. But the ante in the 38-year conflict was raised when, in February this year, President Pastrana called off the three-year negotiation process with the FARC.Since then, scenes of a full-blown war...
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NORTHERN ALLIANCE ENTERS KABUL (4:18) Opposition fighters rolled into Kabul on today after Taliban troops surprisingly vacated Afghanistan's capital city.Heavily armed alliance troops roamed the Kabul slaying least five Pakistanis and two Arabs -- allegedly from Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeba network. Meantime, some eesidents celebrated the Taliban's outster by blaring music from radios and shaving their beards. Jeremy Scahill has more. WHERE"S OSAMA BIN LADEN (2:09) Free Speech Radio News...
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Boston police officers announced they will be protesting outside the Democratic National Convention. Sara Turner reports for the Workers Independent News Service. Today, the British government approves planting genetically modified crops over strong objections by parliament and the general population. Naomi Fowler reports from London. Pakistan has advanced their nuclear weapons program while furthering a nuclear power plant deal with China. In Islamabad, Masror Hussain has more. The...
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Recounts Around the Nation Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb filed official requests for a presidential ballot recount in New Mexico and Nevada. As in Ohio, Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik joined him.Today a hand recount of New Hampshire ballots wrapped up. In New Hamshire, Avishay Artsy has the story. Supreme Court to Determine How Far Title IX Reaches The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if someone reporting gender discrimination is as equally protected as those who are being...
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In London, investigations continue into lat Thursday's bombings.But as Helen Kelly reports, surveillance and anti-terror policy are at theforefront of the discussions by British officials. In a rare decision, the Supreme Court postponed the execution of a Virginia man at the 11th hour.Peter Larkin has more, from Washington D.C. The American oil company Chevron has been accused of defrauding the Nigerian government of $2.8 billion through tax evasion. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. China has...
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TROOPS DEPLOYED TO NIGER DELTA Troops are now being deployed in Nigeria's Niger Delta region to protect oil installations following a spate of attacks on oil pipelines in the area. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. Four major oil pipelines in the Niger Delta have been attacked in the last two weeks. Authorities say explosives were used to blow up the pipelines. The Nigerian government has ordered troop deployments in both Delta and Rivers States where the attacks took place. The most devastating...
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The Baghdad office of the Arab world?s primary news service Al-Jazeera was shut down for 30 days by the U.S. installed Iraqi government. Iraq?s Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib said the government is trying to bring order to the nation and blames the news agency for encouraging dissent and violence. On their web site, Al-Jazeera says the action is totally against promises made for free speech and openness in Iraq. In 2002, Saddam Hussein also closed the news agency?s Baghdad office. The editor...
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Mass Deportation Planned According to a report released yesterday by the Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security immigration enforcement arm ? the BICEor Bureau of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is set to deport as many as 100 Middle Eastern detainees from Buffalo, New York as soon as tomorrow morning. Although FSRN could not confirm through the Department of Homeland Security or BICE that a deportation was occurring - critics of post 911...
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Iraqis Search for Relatives "No Sunnis, no Shias, Islamic Unity," a large crowd chanted in the Iraqi city of Karbala where today hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims gathered to commemorate the 40th day after the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammed's grandson. This commemoration was banned during Saddam Hussein's 24-year rule. The crowd repeated slogans calling for unity between Shia and Sunnis, and also shouted slogans demanding a US withdrawal from Iraq....
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UN Denounces Israeli Raid that Kills 10 This afternoon the UN denounced the Israeli pre-dawn raid on the Burejj Refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, which killed ten Palestinians, two were UN employees. The United Nations accuses the Israeli military of killing ten unarmed civilians during its 3-hour raid on the refugee camp, which came as Muslims were celebrating Eid el-Fitr, the four-day festival marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. We go first to UN Spokesperson for Kofi Annan, Fred...
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STRANDED PASSENGERS CROSS LoC IN KASHIMIR The line of control in Kashmir opened briefly today to permit 24 people to cross over. Shahnawaz Khan has more. WEST BANK ASSASSINATIONS As steps are taken to improve freedom of movement in the Gaza Strip, violence continues in the West Bank. Manar Jibrin has the latest. ITALIAN STUDENTS PROTEST Thousand of students demonstrated today in more than 80 Italian cities in opposition to reforms to the public education system. SALVADORAN STUDENTS OCCUPY UES...
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Chicago opposes USA Patriot Act -- Rita Sand Superfund goes broke -- Kevin Little Israel to expand fence in Gaza Strip -- Mohammed Ghalayini Buddhist group alledges harassment by Vietnamese -- Ngoc Nguyen Florida extends DNA deadline -- Sally Watt Supreme Court Back in Session The U.S. Supreme Court is back from recess, and yesterday the Bush administration told the Court that Vice President Dick Cheney?s records on the Energy Task Force should remain confidential. Last month a lower court...
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DOD Stands Behind Military Justice Defense Department officials are still standing by their military tribunals as an appropriate and just process for the prisoners being held at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay.Adam Sharon reports from D.C. Israelis Incursions Ease but Occupation as Strong Incursions into Palestinian refugee camps have eased slightly.But, Palestinian Presidential candidates are finding it difficult to campaign since much of occupied Palestine is still being tightly...
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Oil Hits New High Oil prices scraped a new ceiling of $57 dollars a barrel on the New York trading floor today as forecasters predicted that oil demand would be higher this year than last.Gasoline and heating oil prices are already at an all time high as much of the north is dealing with a colder and longer winter.Next week, OPEC will consider increasing oil output to keep prices low.Most oil fields in therichest producing countries are already at or beyond daily pumping capacities....
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KOSOVO'S PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS Kosovo's Prime Minister resigned today - one week after the first round of talks were completed in Vienna to determine the political and legal status of the United Nations administered province. It has been nearly 7 years since the end of civil fighting between independence-minded Albanian guerrillas and Serbian security forces in the former Yugoslavia. Jackson Allers reports from Kosovo's capital, Pristina. Kosovo Prime Minister, Bajram Kosumi, handed his...
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Pentagon to Defund High Tech Weapons Internal Pentagon budget documents leaked to the press show that the military will be scaling back on futuristic weaponry in deference to the budget deficit and to cope with operations in the present. The Bush administration?s keystone missile defense program is marked to lose 5-billion dollars. By contrast, army ground operations will see a big hike but in the Rumsfeld-style by creating lighter, more flexible units. Some defense experts are critical of the...
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Russia and China began joint military exercises, a move that concerns the United States, and the Asian peninsula. Severine Bardon reports from Beijing. London's top police officer attempted to stop an independent investigation into the shooting of the Brazilian suicide bomb suspect, according to leaked documents. From London, Naomi Fowler reports: The US military announced it will send an extra 700 paratroopers to Iraq to boost prison security. Mike Sintetos reports from Washington, D.C. More...
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REPORT ON RENDITION FLIGHTS Amnesty International has released a report today on CIA rendition flights. The human rights organization is calling for an independent public inquiry into British involvement. Naomi Fowler reports from London. While Amnesty says any illegal activity is by nature, difficult to track, their report released today has logged more than 200 suspected CIA flights passing through British airports alone. For the first time, their report shows evidence of how nearly 1,000...
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US Marines to Haiti 50 U.S. Marines are on their way to supposedly protect the country?s embassy in Haiti.Sylvio Juste reports from Haiti on the unrest. SC Takes Case on Deportation The Supreme Court announced today they will clarify when the U.S. can deport someone, even if that person?s country of origin has no formal government or may be in the throws of war.Jay Tamboli has more from D.C. University of Colorado Co-Ed Sports and Assault Today, various groups at the University of Colorado plan...
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Mexican elections point to shift in regional politics Poor Peoples World Cup draws attention to lack of benefits from tournament Reports highlight human trafficking as growing enterprise English courts pursue controversial use of video appearances Federal government announces funding for solar energy HEADLINES Israel relaxes blockade by land – but not by sea Israel says today that more cargo trucks will be allowed to enter Gaza, and also released a list of good that will not be allowed in....
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Transit Strike in NYC New York City?s 33,000 transit workers went on strike this morning leaving millions of residents to rethink their daily commute. Rebecca Myles reports. In contract negotiations that went to the wire, the executive board of the Transport Workers Union voted 28-10 early this morning to reject the Metropolitan Transit Authority's latest contract offer and declare the city?s first transit strike in 25 years. The TWU contract expired on Friday at midnight, and a partial strike...
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Massive chemical explosions in China kill at least 50; experts assessing ongoing risks Japan restarts nuclear power generation for first time since Fukushima disaster Animas River carries three million gallons of mining wastewater downstream to Navajo Nation and Utah Connecticut Supreme Court overturns state’s death penalty St. Louis County under state of emergency as protesters remember Mike Brown shooting Violence against media in Nigeria continues despite presidential pledge Ten of...
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Obama calls for US to take at least 10,000 refugees as hundreds of thousands pour into the EU Nationalism and censorship in Turkey complicate regional conflict States prepare challenge to Clean Power Plan Jailhouse suicides on the rise; reform advocates call for training and oversight Hunger strike for Chicago public high school expands in its fourth week Ceasefire in Ukraine seems to hold; local residents still wary Independent experts say Mexico’s version of what happened to 43 missing...
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Florida Ballots Re-evaluated (4:19) Evidence is emerging that the some 90,000 names of voters to be struck off the voting list and presented to the Republican Administration in Florida before the 2000 Presidential election, listed overwhelmingly innocent people and overwhelmingly black voters. And both Jeb Bush and Catherine Harris were informed that the names on the list were mostly innocent people, yet they went ahead and dropped them from the rolls. Then this past Tuesday, election officials...
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A federal appeals court ruled today that war crime tribunals could try cases for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The decision is a win for the Bush Administration's anti-terrorism policy. Today's ruling overtuned a ruling last year that said President Bush overstepped the limits of the Constitution and violated the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war. Thailand has approved an emergency decree empowering the country's prime minister with expanded but questionable authority....
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Russia Opposes War on Iraq (3:42) The Iraqi government is stockpiling food and conducting military exercises in anticipation of a wider war with the United States. Iraq continues to insist it does not possess weapons of mass destruction, and UN weapons inspectors say the Iraqis are cooperating. Russia's government is publicly contradicting the US position that Saddam Hussein is a terrorist threat, but the US is not backing down. This week the head of NATO challenged Saddam Hussein to disarm, in...
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Middle East Summit Arab and Muslim Foreign leaders meeting in Istanbul today voiced opposition to a US war on Iraq but put the onus for peace squarely on Iraqi soldiers. Meeting in an Ottoman Palace on the banks of the Bosphorus, the foreign ministers of Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iran asked Hussein to comply fully with UN Weapons inspectors to avoid a war. Aaron Glantz has more from Amman. Venezuela Anniversary Today in Venezuela millions of people took to the streets to...
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US Justice Seeking 100s of Patient Records in Abortion Case The U.S. Justice Department is demanding that various hospitals around the nation turn over hundreds of patient medical records on certain types of abortions performed at the facilities. Investigators say they need the records as part of a lawsuit challenging the recently passed ban on what anti-abortion groups call partial-birth abortion. Ginger Otis reports from New York. UN Tries to Broker Iraqi Sovereignty and Elections United...
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West Bank tension escalates as protesters call for Intifada; assaults on Gaza continue Eric Garner buried amid fresh calls for NYPD accountability New Haven homeless erect a second tent encampment on city property T aking to the skies to circumvent “Ag-Gag” laws 100 days on, more than 200 Nigerian school girls still missing after Boko Haram kidnapping Joko Widodo confirmed president-elect of Indonesia West Bank tension escalates as protesters call for Intifada; assaults on Gaza continue...
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Senate Republicans put Affordable Care Act under the knife Senate committee probes allegations of Russian meddling in 2016 election Law professors ask Congress to oppose Trump pick for U.S. Attorney General Former U.S. attorney supports clemency for Leonard Peltier Mexican gas price hike kicks off 2017 with protests, economic anxiety Depression-era Mexican repatriation holds lessons on mass deportations Download Audio Senate Republicans put Affordable Care Act under the knife Weeks before...
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Bush speech reaction -- Robert Flaxman Sharpton calls for St Louis school boycott --Katarina Pasheva Jordan rejects harsher punishment for honor killings -- Oula Farawati Philadelphia Speak Out -- Satish Rogers High Security at the WTO(4:15) More than 5 thousand elements of Mexico's elite security forces have been deployed in Cancun's Hotel Zone as the build up to the World Trade Organization's 5th ministerial meeting begins in the Mexican Riviera. Mariachis and bikinis that are usually seen on...
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FONT FACE="Arial"Download MP3 file of the last story, it's lead and the out ISRAEL BOMBS OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Israel used bombs and missiles Tuesday to pressure Yasser Arafat to move against Palestinian militants, striking just yards from the Palestinian leader's West Bank offices and in the Gaza Strip. Two Palestinians were killed and about 150 were injured in the attacks.Verna Avery Brown speaks with Peretz Kidron in Jerruselem about the latest developments. A DEAL FOR THE FUTURE OF...
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A coalition of workers and civil society groups in Bolivia are calling for a national strike to begin Monday -- Josh Chaffin The head of Israel's air force, has issued an order against nine pilots who refuse to fly missions that would most certainly hurt civilians in the Occupied Territories. The city of Chicago has moved closer to formally opposing the so-called Patriot Act -- Tom Robb Levi?s Jeans has fired 100?s of workers, moving the operations out of the United States -- John Anderson Big...
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Bush's Feb 26th Speech(4:02) Last night, in a televised address to an Annual dinner of the American Enterprise Institute President Bush again warned that the UN Security Council needed to assert its authority over Saddam Hussein.He laid out his administration's plans for nation building in what he claims will be a democratic post-Saddam Iraq, while in his first significant remarks in 8 months on the Israeli Palestinian conflict, Bush said that ousting the Iraqi president would bring peace to...
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State of the Union, State of War President George W Bush's first State of the Union speech has prompted angry reactions from those singled out as "sponsors of terror" - particularly Iran and Iraq who, along with North Korea, were described as an "axis of evil".Iran's Foreign Minister said: "With these arrogant remarks, the American Government unmasks its true face and proves its desire to spread its hegemony through the entire world."But the Congress' leading...
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Iraqi Massacre Over 85 bodies, killed in execution style shootings, have been found in Baghdad in the last day and a half. At least 27 bodies were stacked in a mass grave in a Shiite neighborhood. Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr is calling for calm and says his Mehdi Army would not retaliate. Some analysts are saying that only the rapid formation of a unity Iraqi government could ebb the hostility. So far that has been a difficult feat as the new government has delayed the inaugural session since the...
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TEXACO ON TRIAL ChevronTexaco is in an Ecuadoran court today facing aone billion-dollar lawsuit The trial - brought on behalf of 30,000indigenous Ecuadoreansaccuses the company of polluting the country's rainforest and water resources.Plaintiffs also say the company's activities led to an increased risk of cancer among the local population. Shannon Wright with Amazon Watch says that scientific studies prove that toxicity levels of carcinogens are still excessive. She explains what the outcome...
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US Forces Kill 9 Children in Afghanistan In Ghazni, Afghanistan on Sunday, US forces killed 10 people ? including 9 children - in what a military statement called an attack on a suspected terrorist. Sources close to the ground report coalition forces were acting on ?extensive intelligence? that determined the intended target, Mullah Wazir, was in the village. But patches of dried blood, and a pile of hats and shoes from the dead children are the only things left of what critics of are saying is...
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Editors at the magazine Newsweek are taking their licks after deciding to reconsider a portion of a story that incited protests among Muslims worldwide. David Koppel reports from D.C. Protests in Bolivia have broken out around the country over their new hydrocarbon law and paralyzed the capitol. From Cochabamba, Luis Gomez has more. Peace activists from Palestine, Israel and around the world sealed themselves in barrels at the separation wall being built by the Israeli government. Manar Jibreen...
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HARIRI ASSASSINATION REPORT A United Nations team of investigators submitted their findings today in the case of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Hariri was killed in February by a massive car bomb in Beirut. A number of powerful Syrian officials were interviewed during the investigation and many suspect some sort of Syrian involvement in Hariri's murder. The report will not be made public until the UN Security Council has had a chance to review it. GUARDIAN...
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Headlines (6:30) CLIMATE CHANGE CAN CAUSE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DEATHS "182 million people in sub-Saharan Africa alone could die of disease directly attributable to climate change by the end of the century," according to a report released today by the UK-based charity group, Christian Aid. The group also warns that millions more in other parts of the world face the threats of famine, drought, and climate induced natural disasters. The report documents how the poorest will bear the brunt...
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U.S. Weapons Sale to Taiwan U.S. Congressmen are asking Bush administration officials to remove the block against a multi-billion dollar weapons sale to Taiwan.Victoria Jones reports from D.C. China-Taiwan Relations Small cracks are showing in the strong stances taken by Taiwanese and Chinese officials as two state funerals take place.Severine Bardon reports from Beijing. First Kashmir Elections in 27 Years The first elections in 27 years for local government officials are taking place in...
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Carribean Leaders Want Haiti Investigation Carribean leaders are calling for a full-scale investigation into the departure of Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide.Patrick Scudder reports from Jamaica. Bus Strike in Twin Cities Public transport in Minneapolis-St. Paul ground to a halt today as 2,200 drivers, mechanics, bus cleaners and clerical workers with the Twin cities' Metro Transit walked out on strike. With the Workers Independent News Service, John Hamilton reports. CA Loses Big...
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Internet IDs Can Not Go to RIAA Internet suppliers are not obligated to turn over the names of subscribers when subpoenaed by the Recording Industry Association of America, according to today?s US appeals court decision.One judge, on the three-seat panel said Internet piracy is illegal and poses a direct threat to the recording industry.But according to one advocacy group?s reading of the decision, the RIAA overstepped its bounds.Using a 1998 copyright law, the RIAA was able to obtain the names...
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Illegal Strip Searches in NY New York City?s Civilian Complaint Review Board, the independent agency that investigates accusations of police abuse, has uncovered evidence pointing to the inappropriate usage of strip searches.Gail Walker has more from New York. 'Power' Being Delegated to Iraqis The Wall Street Journal reports today that the Bush administration has already installed a portion of the shadow government of Iraq for the next five years. The licensing of television stations,...
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Activists on different sides of the immigration debate clashed in Southern California leaving 7 protestors in jail, 3 run over by a car and the man who ran them over released without charge.From KPFK in Los Angeles, Sonali Kolhatkar has the story. A Texas judge ruled a political action committee founded by Representative Tom Delay broke the law by failing to report corporate contributions used to influence state elections. Renee Feltz reports from KFPT in Houston. 3 cross-burnings overnight in...
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US BOMBS AFGHANISTAN, AGAIN 1:46 American pilots bombed Afghanistan day and night today. As Aaron Glantz reports, one of the targets hit was a United Nations office charged with removing land mines in Afghanistan. Four aid workers were killed. Aaron Glantz has the story. US WAR-PLANES FLY OVER TURKEY 2:13 NATO ally Turkey's government is asking parliament for permission in principle to send soldiers abroad. The vote could lay the ground for a possible troop deployment beyond Turkey's borders as...
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Kosovar Prime Minister Indicted for War Crimes Kosovo's ethnic Albanian Prime Minister was indicted for war crimes today.Kata Mester has this report from United Nations headquarters in Pristina,Kosovo. Senate Faces Abortion Showdown Over Bankrupcy Bill The Senate faced it's first abortion battle of the new Congress today when they defeated a controversial ammendment to thebankruptcy bill.They then voted to limit debate on the full measure and forcing a vote in the next few days. The President...
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GOP Caves in on Ethics Rules Republican leaders offered today to rollback new ethics rules introduced earlier this year. Party members are expected to act on the move as early as this afternoon. Daniel Opper reports from Washington, DC. Togolese Continue to Protest Elections Violent protests continue in the West African state of Togo following the declaration of the son of the late Togolese dictator as the winner of last weekend?s presidential election. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. Nepalese...
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AI Condemns Abuses in Haiti Amnesty International is condemning what they are describing as summary executions and serious human rights abuses in Haiti.Following an 18-day investigation, a spokesperson for the organization is urging the United Nations peacekeeping force to implement a program of disarmament and investigate the police.U.S. installed Prime Minister Gerard Latortue has not commented on the report.But, they have said that supporters of President Jean Bertrand Aristide and the...
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Violence in Ivory Coast Peace must be ?imposed? on the Ivory Coast according to the French Foreign Minister if the people of the Ivory Coast are unable to stop hostilities. Yesterday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved an arms embargo over the African nation.France, the former colonizer, presented the proposal.Officials with the Gbagbo government immediately condemned the vote and said they were unable to present their perspective on the situation to the council. However,...
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FBI Whistleblower Update The FBI?s Director Robert Mueller says that a whistle-blower?s assertions about problems in the agency?s translation department were a factor in her firing. In the letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee obtained by the Associated Press, Mueller reportedly told committee members that Sibel Edmonds case does not fall under current whistle blower protections because she was a contract worker.Edmonds says she was fired from the FBI?s translation division after...
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Baghdad Peace Vigil As Iraqis anxiously await Friday's UN Security Council briefing by chief inspectors Hans Blix and Mohammed el Baradai, fears are increasing in Iraq that war is inevitable. As people throughout the country begin to brace themselves, they worry that US forces will attack the country's civilian infrastructure. Today in Baghdad, dozens of international activists held a vigil in front of an electrical plant that was bombed during the 1991 Gulf War. From the Iraqi capital, FSRN...
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EU DEBATES BOLKENSTEIN DIRECTIVE About 50 thousand labour unionists demonstrated outside the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, today. This as the parliament debated a revised version of the controversial Bolkestein directive on creating a free market in services throughout the European Union. Tony Cross reports from Paris. The Bolkestein directive caused widespread protests last year, especially in France, where it boosted the no vote in the referendum on a European constitution. But...
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Blix Says Weapons Report No Surprise The former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq said he was not surprised that the U.S. weapons search has come up empty. More from Anastasia Kershaw in London. Iraqi Delegation Criticizes US Plan Now, members of the Iraqi delegation to the United Nations are critical of the Bush administration?s proposal for the country and have voiced their opposition along with other nations. Haider Risvi reports from the U.N. Chicago Police to Fingerprint Reporters...
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Brasil's Lula da Silva Ahead - Run-off in Two Weeks In Brasil, it will be another 15 days before voters there must once again cast their ballots for a new President. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the left, workers' party and Jose Serra, the incumbent party candidate and hopeful of international investors will face each other in a run-off election on October 27th. The race is drawing the attention of the world as Lula could become Brasil's first leftist in 40 years to hold the office. Deepa...
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South Dakota Bill to Ban Most Abortions South Dakota'sGovernor says he supports a bill that would ban most abortions in the state, and only awaits minor rewording by lawmakers before becoming official. The bill provides no exception for rape or incest victims, and is being called the mostrestrictive anti abortion measure in the nation.Emily Babcock reports for Souix Falls. Guantanamo Brits Released and Redetained in UK Authorities in the United Kingdom are detaining four out of the 5 Britons...
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NEPAL'S PARLIAMENT CONVENES The Nepali parliament held its first session in four years today. PC Dubey reports from Kathmandu. Some 201 members thronged the meeting at the Parliament building in Singh Durbar with victory smiles on their faces. But the leader of the house and the premier designate octogenarian Girja Prasad Koirala could not attend due to bad health. However, he did send along two resolutions. The first called for the election a constituent assembly to write a new constitution....
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RACIAL TENSION IN SYDNEY Following days of violence in Sydney's Southern beach suburbs, the New South Wales state parliament will be recalled from their Christmas break on Thursday to pass new laws allowing police to shut down public areas, close liquor shops and hotels, as well as to search and confiscate cars. The new laws will also increase jail terms for riot-related offences from five to 15 years. Cinnamon Nippard has more from Sydney. Eleven men were arrested on Monday night as groups of...
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ACLU FILES SUIT AGAINST NSA The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against the National Security Agency, charging that the agency's domestic spying operation violates several key tenets of American democracy. Quinn Bowman reports from Washington DC. The ACLU today filed a lawsuit in federal court in Detroit that challenges the legality and constitutionality of the National Security Agency's domestic spying program. The Bush administration says the program is limited to...
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Shooting of two police in Ferguson comes amidst wave of resignations CIA Director announces major restructuring of the intelligence agency U.S. sanctions against Venezuela kick off a new round of diplomatic tensions From anarchists to bankers, Greece’s SYRIZA-led government digs in New party could be a 'game-changer' in Israeli elections Nigerians flee to Cameroon despite cross-border attacks by Boko Haram India’s ruling party moves to roll back protections for farmers facing land...
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Lawmakers go through the motions of appropriations showdown ritual Texas House passes most hardline immigration bill since Arizona’s SB 1070 Turkish officials carry out fresh purges; opposition contests referendum results Snake charmers in India lament loss of culture following outlawing of their practice Whistleblowers play a key role in Nigerian anti-corruption push…at their own risk FSRN signs off the air after 17 years of grassroots radio journalism Lawmakers go through the motions...
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Creation Theory Pressed in PA Schools Public high school students in Pennsylvania studying evolution will be read a statement by their school administrator claiming that Darwin?s ideas are just a theory and that creationism should be considered.Danta Toza has more from Pennsylvania. CA to Execute Inmate Tonight California officials are preparing for the first state sponsored execution in three years to take place shortly after midnight tonight. Kellia Ramares reports from KPFA. UN Releases...
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UNSC ON HARIRI REPORT The United Nations Security Council met today to discuss the now-famous report on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Syria's ambassador to the UN compared the accusations of a Syrian hand in the assassination to charges of involvement by the U.S. authorities in the September 11th terrorist attacks. The United States and France are expected to author a joint resolution calling on Syria to cooperate with further investigations. The interim...
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The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a case that could have challenged the anti-discrimination federal Title IX law.The National Wrestling Coaches Association said in order to comply with the law colleges and universities unfairly eliminated men?s sports programs so that women?s sport teams and athletes could be adequately funded.By rejecting the case, the court essentially upheld a lower court?s decision that ruled lawsuits should name individual schools rather than the federal government. The...
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Protests grow nationwide after no charges in Eric Garner police choke hold death UN climate talks open in Lima, activists hold parallel summit Opponents of LNG export terminal at Cove Point say FERC rubber-stamps projects A visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda Colorado apologizes 150 years after the Sand Creek Massacre Florida judge issues ruling in favor of Food Not Bombs feedings Protests grow nationwide after no charges in Eric Garner police choke hold death Protests grew...
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Interview with Hamas Leader(6:27) This morning Israeli officials announced they are considering deporting relatives of Palestinians believed to have committed terrorist acts. Earlier this week Israeli soldiers arrested sixteen relatives of two Palestinian men alleged to be terrorists, and expelled the males to the Gaza Strip.A government spokesperson told the press Israel might make this a new policy, believing that the expulsion of relatives will help deter new terrorist attacks.Members of the...
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