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Mexico Court Declares Calderon Winner of Disputed Election,
Lopez Obrador Vows to Form Parallel Gov't; Father Recounts
Burning Marine Van and Himself After Learning of Son's Death
in Iraq
Mexico Court Declares Calderon Winner of Disputed
Election, Lopez Obrador Vows to Form Parallel Gov't
On Tuesday, Mexico's top electoral court declared conservative
candidate Felipe Calderon the winner of the disputed presidential
elections. This ruling comes two months after voters first
cast their ballots in Mexico's closest race ever. Rival candidate
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said he will never recognize
Calderon's victory and has vowed to form a parallel government.
We go to Mexico City for a report.
Father Recounts Burning Marine Van and Himself After
Learning of Son's Death in Iraq
When Marines came to Carlos Arredondo's home two years ago
to inform him that his son had been killed in Iraq, he destroyed
their van in a frenzy and accidentally set it, as well as
himself, on fire, burning 30% of his body. Carlos Arredondo
is now heading to Washington DC to join protesters at "Camp
Democracy." We speak with Carlos Arredondo and his wife,
Melida.
Robert Fisk on Lebanon: "The Ceasefire Can't
Work"
We speak with Robert Fisk, the chief Middle East correspondent
for the London Independent about the UN-brokered ceasefire
in Lebanon. Fisk says, "The cease-fire can't work for
all kinds of reasons...The UN are not going to block the Syrian
border, the Lebanese army has to do it and they're not going
to be able to - you can't - Syria is too big a country."
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