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Today's lead stories:
Middle East Summit
Venezuela Anniversary
Rise of Shinui in Israel
Hindu Nationalism to be Replicated
Death of Standing Deer Wilson
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.
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Venezuela Anniversary
Today in Venezuela millions of people took to the streets
to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the fall of the dictator
Marcos Perez Jimenez, a day Venezuelans hold sacred as it
is popularly known as the birth of the democratic process
in Venezuela. And as the country climbs out of a crippling
economic shutdown, as Johnny Moreno and Yahaira Hernandez
report from Caracas, today’s celebrations have more
meaning as many people really feel their participative democracy
is threatened by the wealthy elites.
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Rise of Shinui in Israel
The World Bank warned today that the Palestinian economy
will be hit hard if Israel demolishes more West Bank shops
and small businesses, this on the heels of Tuesday’s
actions by the IDF where about 60 shops were flattened by
bulldozers in the village of Nazlat Issa near Tulkarm. Meanwhile
the Israel’s election has been characterized by corruption
allegations and voter apathy and as the right wing Likud
party loses votes, the winner is not the left wing Labor opposition
but a new centrist party called Shinui which means
change in Hebrew. Shinui is an anti-religious party standing
on a Centrist platform regarding negotiations with the Palestinians
and is headed by a 71 year old holocaust survivor from eastern
Europe. Irris Makler reports from Jerusalem.
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Hindu Nationalism to be Replicated
After the Hindu nationalist BJP party's sweeping victory
in the west Indian state of Gujarat last month, the party
has high hopes of repeating its divisive tactics in states
across India. Nine Indian states go to the polls later this
year, and national elections are less than two years away.
The BJP plans to use Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's
aggressive tactics, and even his face, to win elections, especially
in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra, three states
that border Gujarat. From Maharastra, Miranda Kennedy reports.
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Death of Standing Deer Wilson
The Houston Chronicle reported that 70 year old Robert Hugh
Wilson was stabbed death in his townhouse in Houston on Monday
night. The paper described his death in a two paragraph section
in the metropolitan section, but made no mention of how this
man has shaped the landscape of Native American and prison
rights. Jackson Allers reports from Houston Pacifica station,
KPFT, on what the Houston paper failed to say about the death
of Standing Deer Wilson.
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