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Today's lead stories:
Supreme Court on Secret Deportation Hearings
‘God and Country’ Rally in West Virginia
Aid Work Suspended in Gaza Strip
FCC Special Series: Part 1
Africa Responds to Western Media Coverage on Iraq
Supreme Court on Secret Deportation Hearings
(2:15)
The Supreme Court Today refused to hear an appeal brought
by groups challenging secret deportation hearings, which began
after Sept 11th, 2001. Shortly after the 9-11 attacks, the
Justice Department issued new rules stating that anyone they
declared a "special interest" would have a hearing
closed to the public. Several New Jersey newspapers challenged
the rules, saying there is public interest in ensuring immigrants
rights are not violated in the hearings. The Supreme Court
today stopped that challenge without comment, letting stand
a lower court ruling that any public interest was trumped
by national security concerns. Jay Tamboli reports from Washington.
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‘God and Country’ Rally in West Virginia
(4:21)
Foreign Policy watchers are suggesting that Iran may be
the next target of the Bush Administration, this comes as
yesterday Iran announced it had arrested and would interrogate
several suspected members of al Qaeda and Washington responding
that Iran was not doing enough to flush out terrorism. U.S.
officials have accused Iran of pursuing a secret nuclear weapons
program, meddling in postwar Iraq and harboring al Qaeda members.
Iran has denied those charges and said it is ideologically
opposed to al Qaeda. Meanwhile, back in the US, thousands
gathered in West Virginia over the weekend to send a message
of support for US troops in Iraq. The rally also was to celebrate
the return of Private Jessica Lynch, rescued by US troops
in Iraq. "God and Country" was the theme, but for
the rally’s participants the event had a variety of
meetings. Evan Davis has this report from Huntington, West
Virginia.
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Aid Work Suspended in Gaza Strip (3:55)
A meeting between Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon and
Palestinian Prime minister Mahmoud Abbas has been postponed
- they may be held by the end of the week. This as preparations
continue for a mid-east summit slated for early June likely
to take place in Jordan with President Bush, Sharon and Abbas.
As Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon outlined 14 objections
to the US backed roadmap over the weekend, a plan already
unconditionally accepted by Palestinians, international NGO's
protested the recent closures of the Occupied West Bank and
Gaza Strip at the Erez border crossing into the Gaza strip.
As Mohammad Ghalayni reports form the Gaza strip, already
Doctors without Borders is among the 41 international aid
organizations suspending or on the verge of suspending its
humanitarian work.
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FCC Special Series: Part 1 (4:15)
In a new report, the Center for Public Integrity reports
that FCC officials have received two-point-eight million dollars
in travel and entertainment over the last eight years, mostly
from telecomm giants. This comes as federal ownership caps
for media are on the line as the FCC moves towards a vote
next Monday that could eliminate them. Among the media caps
that could be voted out are bans on cross ownership of newspapers
and broadcast stations in the same market, owning two TV stations
in the same market, owning more than eight radio stations
in one market, owning two over-the-air TV networks, or owning
a set of stations that reach more than 35% of the Nation.
This wee week begin a 4 part special series examining the
implications of the FCC’s proposed changes, and correspondent
Leigh Robartes begins the series by looking at some of the
issues being debated leading up to the vote.
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Africa Responds to Western Media Coverage on Iraq
(4:05)
And with the FCC vote scheduled for next Monday, criticism
of the American media is not confined to critics within the
country, as Sam Olukoya reports from Nigeria, African journalists
and the public saw a very different portrayal of the US-led
attack on Iraq.
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