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Today's lead stories:
Blix Report #3
Living Wage in Santa Fe
Venezuela's Oil Recovery
Mexicans Rise Up Against NAFTA
Reflecting on Black History
Blix Report #3 (3:28)
The Iraqi government has agreed to destroy its Al-Samoud-surface-to-air
missiles, meeting a key demand of United Nations weapons inspectors.
The move comes as the Security Council prepares to discuss
chief inspector Hans Blix’s latest report on Iraqi disarmament,
and could influence attempts by the US and its allies to push
through a new resolution authorizing war. At stake are the
votes of six undecided developing nations vulnerable to US
military, economic and political pressure. Susan wood has
more from the UN.
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Living Wage in Santa Fe (4:26)
The city of Santa Fe, New Mexico has passed the nations
most far-ranging minimum wage law, requiring many parts of
the private sector to raise wages to 8.50 an hour. This makes
Santa Fe the third U.S. city to attempt such a wage hike,
following failed attempts in New Orleans, Louisiana and Santa
Monica, California. But as Joe Gardner Wessely reports from
New Mexico, Santa Fe may have a better chance of implementing
its minimum wage than those cities who tried before.
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Venezuela's Oil Recovery (4:44)
Today the Chavez appointed leader of Venezuela’s oil
company PDVSA addressed a crowd at NY’s Columbia University
where he attempted to reassure people that Venezuela was back
on track after the crippling two month long shut down of Venezuela’s
oil industry by striking oil executives. Venezuela is the
world's fifth largest oil producer and a major source of oil
for the United States. And in our continuing special series
looking at Oil around the world, Caracas reporters Johnny
Moreno and Yajaira Hernandez explore the recovery process
of Venezuela’s oil industry in the aftermath of the
2 month strike. Reading the English transcript is Josh Chaffin.
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Mexicans Rise Up Against NAFTA (4:40)
Campesinos rise up in Mexico After Border Patrol Agents
shot and killed a Mexican teenager this past Saturday, lawyers
representing witnesses say the Border Patrol is trying to
interfere with the investigation. Meanwhile, in other Mexico
news, from the south to the north, Mexican farm groups are
mobilizing throughout the country to challenge the free trade
policies of the government of Vicente Fox. As Kent Paterson
reports from Mexico, this is the largest manifestation of
rural discontent in years.
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Reflecting on Black History (3:06)
From the painful passage of slavery to the civil rights
movement to the present, African Americans have struggled
to survive, and continue to strive to overcome the mental,
physical and political attacks by reflecting on history. Simba
Russeau files this report.
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