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Today's lead stories:
New UN Resolution from US
Bolivians Demand Answers
Leaked Pentagon Documents on Nukes
Chavez Defends Arrests
Oil Series: Turkey
New UN Resolution from US
The US and Britain were expected to introduce another UN
resolution today which would give Iraq what President Bush
calls "one last chance" to disarm or face a US-led
attack. The US and UK are acting in spite of fierce opposition
from the 114 non-aligned nations, and from some key members
of the UN Security Council. Josh Chaffin reports from DC.
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Bolivians Demand Answers
The International Monetary Fund announced this weekend that
it had reached an agreement with Bolivia on an economic program
for 2003. The IMF said the deal paves the way for financial
aid to the troubled nation, though provided little detail
of the deal. This on the heels of weeks of street protests
in which 33 people were killed and 200 wounded as the military
turned on protestors who were demanding the president repeal
the steep new IMF imposed tax. Then last week President Sanchez
de Lozada was forced to back down on the salary taxes and
the president also reduced the number of government ministries
from 18 to 13. The U.S. educated Sanchez de Lozada is a key
ally of the United States, the IMF's most powerful shareholder.
And with a mass popular forum planned for tomorrow in La Paz,
Sebastian Hatcher and Tomas Elichaev report that Bolivian's
are demanding real answers from their government.
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Leaked Pentagon Documents on Nukes
Efforts to renovate the country's nuclear weapons arsenal
have been snowballing in recent days. Leaked Pentagon documents
and reports from lawmakers show plans for weapons development
kicking into high gear, as well as efforts to make the public
think such development is necessary. Joe Gardner Wessely has
been following the story and brings us this report.
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Chavez Defends Arrests
Last week one of the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition,
Carlos Fernandez, who is the head of the country's largest
Chamber of Commerce was arrested. While the opposition says
the arrest proves that the Chavez government is dictatorial,
President Chavez argues that Fernandez and other leaders broke
numerous laws in their efforts to oust him. Greg Wilpert and
Carol Delgado report from Caracas, Venezuela.
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Oil Series: Turkey
As we continue our February Special series examining oil
around the world, as war against Iraq looks more likely, today
we look at Turkey's relatively unknown role as an oil conduit
in the middle east. Oil from northern Iraq is shipped to Turkey
via an underground pipeline from where it travels by tanker
to Europe and North America. Although oil workers on the border
region stand to gain financially from a successful war with
Iraq, like over 90 percent of the Turkish population they
are overwhelmingly opposed to the conflict. Pratap Chatterjee
has this report.
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