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Today's lead stories:
Congress On Defense Budget
Washington Expels 14 Cuban Diplomats
South Korean President In US
Mass Deportations From NY
Federal Crimes of Terrorism
Pacifica’s By-Laws
Congress On Defense Budget (3:34)
US officials insist there's no humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
Independent aid groups beg to differ, citing a UN report that
warns More than 300,000 Iraqi children are facing malnutrition.
The US has given its soldiers on the ground permission to
shoot Iraqi looters on sight. Meanwhile in Washington, Congress
debates a four hundred billion dollar defense budget. Josh
Chaffin reports from DC.
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Washington Expels 14 Cuban Diplomats (2:58)
The State Department yesterday expelled 14 Cuban diplomats
from the US, they said the 14 were engaged in espionage. Deepa
Fernandes spoke with Wayne Smith, Senior Fellow at the Center
for International Policy and former chief of the U.S. Interests
Section in Havana.
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South Korean President In US (3:42)
On Monday North Korea completely withdrew from the 1992
pact meant to keep the peninsula free of nuclear weapons.
North Korea declared a decade-old agreement with South Korea
a "dead document" and blamed the United States for
the demise of the accord. Meanwhile, a mass strike of truck
drivers in South Korea has stopped freight flows worth around
200 million dollars in exports. The strikers are demanding
increased rates and tax cuts, while the South Korean President
Roh Moo-hyun is in the US attempting to attract foreign investors.
Simba Russeau files this report.
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Mass Deportations From NY (3:48)
Yesterday further mass deportations took place from NY and
NJ, some 90 Egyptian and Palestinian men were deported to
undisclosed locations. FSRN’s Ian Forest has more.
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Federal Crimes of Terrorism (2:18)
In Portland, Oregon, six American citizens stand accused
of federal crimes allegedly associated with terrorist activities.
Among the charges being brought against the five men and one
woman are conspiracy to levy war against the United States,
conspiracy to provide material Support to Al-Qaida and the
Taliban, money laundering, and other charges. One of the six
accused individuals remains at large. Now, seven months after
the original six were indicted, a seventh defendant has been
added to the case. Maher Hawash, a software engineer formerly
with Intel, and also a naturalized citizen, is included in
a superseding indictment. Lisa Haamid has more from Portland.
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Pacifica’s By-Laws (3:47)
The Pacifica Foundation may be a step closer to adopting
new by-laws which will enfranchise Pacifica listener-supporters
as members and will allow them to elect their local station's
governing boards for the first time in history. Evan Davis
has this report. (For the purposes of full disclosure, FSRN
receives funding from the Pacifica Foundation.)
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