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Today's lead stories:
Iraq Says US Just Wants Oil
France Opposes War In Iraq
Jordan Gov. Cracks Down on Anti-War Sentiment
World Social Forum Continues
Violence in Nepal
Jounalists Kidnapped in Colombia
Iraq Says US Just Wants Oil (4:36)
The UN's two top weapons inspectors today delivered to the
security council a crucial assessment of the first 60 days
of the resumed iraqi inspections. AS foreshadowed by U.S media,
their report praised Iraq's coorperation on process, but not
on substance. It listed a seried of unresolved issues and
difficulties encountered by the inspections teams. Both Hans
Blix and mohamed elbaradei, however, protrayed their work
as ongoing, and peaceful resolution as their goal. U.S. ambassador
to the UN John Negroponte said the report shows Iraq isn't
cooperating and will never disarm voluntarily, but officials
in Washington insist President Bush hasn't made up his mind
to invade. Baghdad accused the U.S of lying about it's failure
to cooperate and charged the U.S is using the inspections
as an excuse to sieze Iraq's oil. Susan Wood reports from
the United Nations.
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France Opposes War In Iraq (4:22)
The Bush administration is expecting a tough time on the
UN Security Council today, thanks to opposition to its war
plans from some traditional allies. A major blow for Washington
is the opposition of France and Germany to an immediate conflict,
expressed during celebrations of the fortieth anniversary
of a historic friendship treaty between the two countries
last week. Tony Cross reports from Paris.
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Jordan Gov. Cracks Down on Anti-War Sentiment
(3:16)
Jordan's King Abdullah says it will take a "diplomatic
miracle" to prevent a war on Iraq. Speaking after Colin
Powell said the United States is willing to go it alone for
a war on Iraq, the Jordanian Monarch told a crowd at the a
World Economic Forum in Switzerland Abdullah said its quote
"too late" for a way out on Iraq. Meanwhile, as
Aaron Glantz reports from Amman, the Jordanian government
is cracking down hard on its people who overwhelmingly oppose
the war.
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World Social Forum Continues (2:50)
The World Social Forum weekend kicked off with a visit late
friday from Brazil's new left-wing President Lula da Silva,
to the delight of tens of thousands, waving banners of the
workers party, the communist party, the Venezuelan and Argentine
flags. One person in the crowd even flew the flag of Texas.
Josh Chaffin reports from Porto Alegre.
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Violence in Nepal (3:09)
For the past 14 months, Nepal is under National Emergency.
In the name of dealing with Maoism, the Nepal Royal Army and
Nepal Police are doing gross human rights violations. Nobody
knows actually how many people are killed; what everybody
knows is that 2 to 3 digit numbers of those killed are appearing
in media everyday. And this ideology of Maoism and communism,
as elsewhere in the world, is facing much suppression in Nepal
too. And now onwards, it would be the American trained Royal
Nepalese Army who would be killing people. Vinod Jose has
the details.
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Jounalists Kidnapped in Colombia (2:04)
Last week when Colombia's second largest guerilla group,
kidnapped an American and British journalist they said that
the American government and the Colombian state have declared
war in Arauca. The state of Arauca is where the two journalists
were detained and where 70 US soldiers recently arrived to
train the Colombian Army to protect an oil pipleline, that
is almost half owned by Los Angeles based Occidental Petroluem.
In Bogota, Nicole Karsin reports on what the kidnapping means
for the press in Colombia.
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