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Today's lead stories:
Turkey Opposed To War
Japan and North Korea
Women Demonstrate in Front of White House
Women in Jordan
Pacifica National Board Meets
Turkey Opposed To War (4:15)
Tomorrow the leader of Turkey's ruling Islamic AK Party,
Tayyip Erdogan will be sworn into Parliament having been elected
as a deputy from the Southeastern City of Siirt. By Thursday
he will likely be the Prime Minister. After he becomes Prime
Minister Erdogan will likely submit a new resolution to the
Parliament authorizing the United States to launch a Northern
Front for its war on Iraq from Turkish sol. All of this only
a week after the Turkish Parliament narrowly voted against
the war while more than 100 thousand Turks staged a peace
protest on the streets of the Turkish Capital. Saturday saw
the first demonstration against the war in Ankara since the
vote. Ezgi Sarta was there. She files this report.
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Japan and North Korea (4:05)
A day after Secretary of State Colin Powell and National
Security adviser, Condoleeza Rice, both rejected US-North
Korea talks to resolve the escalating tension, North Korea
today test-fired a medium-range anti-ship missile. The missile
test occurred into the Sea of Japan, And as our correspondent
in Tokyo reports, the anti-nuclear movement in Japan is warning
the US to deal with the North Korea crisis without the threat
of nuclear weapons.
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Women Demonstrate in Front of White House (4:00)
This weekend, women around the world organized anti-war
demonstrations in celebration of International Women’s
Day. In Washington, DC women lead tens of thousands of on
a Code Pink march to the White House, where they formed a
human chain around the compound, much to the frustration of
the Bush administration. Before the march, Code Pink, along
with DC activists, organized a teach-in for Just Peace and
Real Security: Listen to the Women for a Change! The teach-in
was designed to tap into the energetic anti-war organizing
taking place across the country, to build a diverse and sustainable
global movement for peace and justice. Ingrid Drake, and members
of the DC radio co-op, have this report.
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Women in Jordan (3:27)
Women constitute more than 50 percent of Jordan’s
5 million people. However, their representation in political
life has, until now, mirrored the deep social disbelief in
a woman’s ability to serve as a political figure. As
part of FSRN’s coverage for International Women’s
Day, Oula al Farawati reports that the Jordanian authorities
have recently taken steps to address this issue.
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Pacifica National Board Meets (3:10)
As the FCC holds public hearings on its media consolidation
efforts, over the weekend the Pacifica Radio foundation met
in Los Angeles to formalize a set of By-laws. Some say the
Pacifica Radio Network is about to break new ground in media
history again by becoming the first ever national media network
that is governed by its listeners. Evan Davis reports Los
Angeles.
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