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Today's lead stories:
Baghdad Peace Vigil
No Right to Protest in NYC
Jordan's Sweatshops
Navy Ends Bombing on Vieques
Palestinian Film Censored
Mumia on Powell
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 correspondent
Jeremy Scahill reports.
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No Right to Protest in NYC
As reported in yesterday's headlines, a federal judge has
ruled that the New York City government did not violate the
First Amendment rights of anti-war demonstrators when it denied
them a permit to march past the United Nations this coming
Saturday. U.S. District Court judge, Barbara Jones ruled that
the city's need to protect the public, outweighs the right
of demonstrators to march, adding that while the court recognizes
the distinct importance of marching, the city's restriction
on marching is not a restriction on free speech, but a restriction
on how demonstrators may communicate their message. According
to organizers of the "United for Peace and Justice"
coalition, the city has issued a permit to rally several blocks
from the UN. From NYC, Dred-Scott Keyes reports.
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Jordan's Sweatshops
While the world focuses on a potential war on Iraq and the
country's vast untapped oil resources, US companies of a different
kind are steadily extending their influence throughout the
Arab world. From Amman, Aaron Glantz has the first in a special
two-part report on Jordan's new sweatshop industry.
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Navy Ends Bombing on Vieques
This afternoon, discussions began in San Juan, Puerto Rico,
with the government of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Department
of the Interior. At topic is the United States Navy-owned
land in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Saturday the USS Theodore Roosevelt
battle group ended 60 years of war practice in Vieques. Residents
who protested, and ultimately beat the Navy's presence, say
ending bombing is only the first part of the victory, now
they demand that the navy clean up its mess that has contaminated
the area. Shannon Novak reports.
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Palestinian Film Censored
As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood
announced the Oscar nominees for 2002 today, a Palestinian
hopeful entitled Divine Intervention will not be on the shortlist
for Best Foreign Film. Despite the fact that the film has
already won the prestigious Jury and Fipresci Prizes at Cannes,
the European Film Award, and received critical praise in such
American publications as New York Times, Newsweek and Time
magazine, the Academy disqualified the Palestinian film because
Palestine is not a recognized country. In the past, this stipulation
has not hindered the Academy from honoring entries from Taiwan
and Wales with Oscar statuettes. And in Israel, this week
Israel's Supreme Court is hearing the country's most divisive
censorship case about the banning of a film documenting Israel's
military operation in the Jenin refugee camp last April. The
filmmaker, Arab Israeli Muhammed Bakri, speaks to Irris Makler
in Jerusalem about the military operation and the film.
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Mumia on Powell
FSRN commentator Mumia Abu Jamal reflects on the speech
given by Secretary of State Colin Powell at the UN last week.
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