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Today's lead stories:
Powell Plans Post-Saddam Iraq
Jordanian Economy Suffering
Somali Advocate Faces Jail
Philippines
Black History
Powell Plans Post-Saddam Iraq (4:06)
U.S.-led bombing raids around the outskirts of Baghdad intensified
this afternoon. Iraq's Information Minister said Anglo-American
bombings today killed 27 civilians and wounded 193 others.
Sources at an Iraqi hospital in Baghdad report that in another
attack today, eight civilians were killed and five were wounded
by a missile that hit a vegetable market at Nahrawan on the
southeastern edge of Baghdad. An AFP photographer reported
that casualties were taken to Baghdad's al-Kindi hospital.
The Doha-based U.S. Central Command says it is investigating
the report of the market attack. And as President Bush addressed
some 12,000 Marines today in North Carolina, Colin Powell,
met with EU leaders in Brussels where the foreign leaders
began discussing their visions for a post-Saddam Iraq. Nadja
Middleton reports.
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Jordanian Economy Suffering (3:28)
Meanwhile as debate continues over restarting the UN's Oil-for-Food
program that stopped days before the US-UK bombing of Iraq
began, in Jordan where the economy depended on trade with
Iraq, times are hard, but perhaps the biggest fear for business
in Jordan is that if a US-installed regime administers post-war
Iraq, once secure contracts may well go to large multinational
corporations. Tony Cross reports.
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Somali Advocate Faces Jail (2:36)
The nation’s most outspoken Somali immigrant advocate
was released on bail this afternoon after 3 days in federal
detention. He faces criminal charges that could land him in
jail for up to 30 years. Chip Mitchell reports from KFAI in
Minneapolis.
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Philippines (4:24)
A series of grenade attacks ripped through three mosques
in southern Philippines today just hours after a deadly blast
at a nearby wharf killed 16 people late yesterday. The mosque
bombings in the town of Davao came shortly before President
Gloria Arroyo arrived in the area to meet with investigators
and inspect the damage from the deadly blast. No one claimed
responsibility for the attacks. The attacks come as yesterday
Congress was debating the President's supplemental request
for military funding and the final package could include military
assistance for anti-terror aid to the Philippines. Simba Russeau
reports from Manila.
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Black History (4:00)
Yesterday, the Bush administration's commission on the creation
of an African American history museum selected a location
for the museum, which is expected to open in 2011, as part
of the Smithsonian institute. The proposed location is on
the national mall, in Washington, DC, northwest of the capital
and across from the botanical garden museum. While much fundraising
and negotiations need to occur for the museum to become a
reality, community groups and individuals across the country
have been creating their own ways to commemorate the experience
of Americans of African descent. Ingrid Drake reports from
Washington, DC on a group of social activists using black
history to engage young people in the struggle for justice.
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