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Today's lead stories:
Fisk on Baghdad Devastation
AID Agencies
Jordanians Mourn 4 Deaths
Massive Egyptian Protests
Japan Remilitarizes
MLK Event in Harlem
DNA Retests in Houston
Fisk on Baghdad Devastation (1:37)
UN Security Council members have reached a broad agreement
on modifying the 'oil-for-food' program in Iraq which would
enable the UN to run it for an initial period of 45 days renewing
humanitarian aid to now very needy Iraqis. Meanwhile despite
many reports to the contrary from embedded journalists over
the past days, a British commander today said that British
forces are "nowhere near" capturing Iraq’s
second biggest city of Basra in southern Iraq. Robert Fisk,
journalist with Britain’s Independent cautions against
believing the media reports.
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AID Agencies (2:50)
The humanitarian crisis in Iraq is worsening. As Nadja Middleton
reports, while the Anglo-American bombings continue, the administration
continues to deny that fighting in Iraq is having a devastating
impact in the country.
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Jordanians Mourn 4 Deaths (3:50)
The bodies of 4 Jordanian students killed by an American
missile were buried near their homes yesterday. The four had
been passengers on-board a boat heading to Syria from Baghdad
- where they had been studying. Tony Cross reports from the
Northern Jordan.
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Massive Egyptian Protests (3:09)
15,000 Egyptians demonstrated in Cairo today in the first
authorized demonstration in months under president Hosni Moubarak.
The previous demonstrations in Egyptian capital had been strongly
repressed by security forces and hundreds of politicians,
students, and peace activists are still detained by Egyptian
security forces . Raphael Krafft reports from the Friday prayer
in Cairo.
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Japan Remilitarizes (2:58)
Japan is the only country to know the real effects of nuclear
attacks. Yet, some government officials are suggesting that
perhaps Japan should start developing nuclear weapons. Miles
Ashdown in Tokyo has more on the remilitarization of Japan.
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MLK Event in Harlem (2:35)
Yesterday, 36 years after Dr. Martin Luther King made his
now legendary “Beyond Vietnam” anti-war speech,
leading activists, religious and humanitarian leaders came
together to celebrate Dr. King’s memory and to stop
the war at the place of Dr King’s speech, the historic
Riverside Church in Harlem. Ama Buadi files this report.
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DNA Retests in Houston (2:57)
525 cases involving DNA evidence will have to be retested
by the Harris County DAs office in Houston, Texas after an
outside audit determined the Houston Police Departments crime
lab was rife with inaccuracies. This retesting may include
as many as 17 death row cases that used DNA evidence from
the Police departments crime lab to gain convictions, and
Texas lawmakers are calling for accountability. Jackson Allers
has more from the death row capital of the nation.
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