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Today's lead stories:
Another View from Baghdad
Syria Next?
Arabs React
North Korea Next?
IMF Meetings this Weekend
Ohio Budget Cuts
Another View from Baghdad (4:04)
Even as US military reports indicate control over Baghdad,
violence is still widespread throughout the country. According
to reports from the red cross inside Iraq, there is rampant
looting and lawlessness in Baghdad as the central hospital
was ransacked this afternoon. This as Iraqi Shia Muslim leader
Abdul Majid al-Khoei and another cleric were found murdered
in the central Iraqi town of Najaf. The BBC is reporting that
an unconfirmed number of US marines have been killed and others
wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a military checkpoint
in Baghdad. Having just spoken with Jazeera correspondents
in Baghdad, Hassan Ibrahim a reporter from Al Jazeera joined
us from Qatar.
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Syria Next? (4:05)
The occupation of Baghdad by American troops has many wondering
what next. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today declared
that Retired US General Jay Garner is to serve as the interim
administer of Iraq once the shooting stops. Nadja Middleton
reports.
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Arabs React (2:56)
As the cold reality of Baghdad's occupation by U.S. forces
descended on the Arab world today, there was anger, shock
and frustration, along with warnings of new battles ahead.
Arabs watched with dismay the easy "fall" of Baghdad,
as leaders around the Arab world not yet forthcoming on how
they would deal with the still vague post war rule of Iraq.
Arab League Chief Amr Musa has announced that Arab Leaders
would meet to unanimously decide on how the 22-member organization
would deal with a possible foreign rule in Iraq. His announcement
came after calls by Musa himself and other Arab leaders to
abandon the roughly 55-year-old Arab League. Oula Farawati
has more.
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North Korea Next? (3:31)
The United Nations Security Council met yesterday in a closed
session to discuss what to do about North Korea. And today
North Korea's withdrawal from the nuclear non-proliferation
treaty takes effect. North Korea said today that the U.S.-led
invasion of Iraq proved the need for it to maintain a strong
military deterrent. Drawing parallels with the U.S. attack
on Iraq, North Korea said that bowing to demands to abandon
its suspected nuclear weapons development would lead to inspections
and disarmament, setting the stage for a U.S. invasion. The
International Atomic Energy Agency referred the topic to the
Security Council in February. The US demanded the 15-member
group release a statement condemning the revival of the communist
state's nuclear arms program. Miles Ashdown in Tokyo reports.
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IMF Meetings this Weekend (2:58)
Undeterred by mainstream media images of "liberated"
Iraqis, anti-war movement takes to the world's streets again
this weekend. A march on the White House coincides with the
Spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund in DC, and
a solidarity weekend for social movements of Latin America.
Josh Chaffin reports.
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Ohio Budget Cuts (3:10)
Thousands of Ohioans may lose their health benefits and
even their jobs under the state's proposed new budget according
to union leaders, teachers and others who held a rally yesterday
in Ohio's capital. Evan Davis reports from Columbus.
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