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Today's lead stories:
War Round-Up
Pentagon to Bomb Independent Journalists in Iraq
Welfare Reform
Turkey Ill-Treats Kurdish Leader
Tonight: Execution of Delma Banks
Victims Against Death Penalty
Mumia Commentary
War Round-Up (5:00)
Today the British government released what it called the
plan to get the new UN resolution adopted by at least 9 of
the 15 Security Council members. The plan involves Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein declaring on television that he will give up
what the British government called his ‘hidden weapons
of mass destruction’ as one of six conditions to avoid
war as well as allow for Baghdad to allow scientists to be
questioned abroad before a set deadline. This as yesterday
40 more British MP’s called on Tony Blair to resign.
Meanwhile pressure is mounting on Angola, Cameroon and Guinea
the three African nations on the Security Council that are
still undecided on how they will vote in the pending resolution
authorizing war. Deepa Fernandes reports.
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Pentagon to Bomb Independent Journalists in Iraq
(3:27)
According to an internet news story yesterday, veteran BCC
war correspondent Kate Adie revealed on an Irish radio station,
that the Pentagon has threatened to fire on the satellite
uplink positions of independent journalists in Iraq. KPFK's
Sonali Kolhatkar with Christopher Sprinkle reports.
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Welfare Reform (2:52)
The Bush Administration shopped it's welfare reform bill
to the Senate finance committee today. The package passed
the House last month in a largely party-line vote. If it gets
out of the Senate in its current form, it'll put strict limits
on the amount of time most welfare recipients can spend in
education and training programs. The bill's critics say it
doesn't do enough to get people out of poverty permanently.
Josh Chaffin reports from the Capitol.
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Turkey Ill-Treats Kurdish Leader (2:42)
As we reported in the headlines, Turkish soldiers today
fired in the air over the heads of demonstrators who tried
to block what they call the illegal deployment of US Troops
onto Turkish Soil. Meantime the European Court for Human Rights
censured Turkey for its treatment of Kurdish leader Abdulla
Ocalan. From Diarbakkir Aaron Glantz has the story.
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Tonight: Execution of Delma Banks (:59)
Tonight's scheduled execution of Delma Banks in Huntsville,
Texas will mark the state's 300th execution. Concerns about
Banks' wrongful conviction for a 1980 murder make the case
unique because of the high number of claims his attorney's
have raised about his original trial. From Houston, Texas,
KPFT's Renee Feltz has more.
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Victims Against Death Penalty (4:23)
Meanwhile, for over 30 years, the victims' rights movement
in the United States has struggled for services and legal
rights for crime victims and their families. But a report
released by Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, a
national anti-death penalty organization, indicates that all
victims are not equal in the eyes of the legal system and
victims services providers. Kellia Ramares filed this report.
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Mumia Commentary (1:50)
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