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Today's lead stories:
Bush Administration Targets Iran
Chaos at Baghdad's Universities
Supreme Court on Miranda Rights
Exxon Mobil Shareholders Meet
FCC Special Series: Part 2
Bush Administration Targets Iran (3:54)
After Iran's announcements yesterday that they had arrested
certain al-Qaeda suspects, Washington hit back immediately
saying Tehran's actions were "insufficient" to curb
terrorism. This as it now appears more likely that Iran may
be the Bush Administration's next target, as Iraq-like evidence
is put forth about Iran. Simin Royanian, an economist and
co-founder of Women for Peace and Justice in Iran speaks with
Deepa Fernandes.
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Chaos at Baghdad's Universities (3:45)
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today backtracked from
the Administration’s line that Iraq had WMD warranting
an attack on the country by admitting that Iraq may not have
had WMD when the US began the war. Rumsfeld told the Council
on Foreign Relations in NY that Iraq probably destroyed the
weapons right before the war. This as in Iraq, the U.S. civilian
occupation administration is barring former Ba’ath party,
army and secret-service officials from current state employment
as part of its proposed de-Ba'athification process. The U.S.
says the move will assure the Iraqi people that Saddam Hussein's
regime will not return to power. As part of this de-Ba'athification
process the US government expelled all Ba’ath party
professors at Mustansiriya University. Students are now left
with only 30 percent of their teachers. Nadem Hamed Al Azawi
reports from Baghdad.
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Supreme Court on Miranda Rights (2:34)
The supreme court yesterday disposed of the oldest undecided
case on its docket, ruling that a California man denied his
Miranda rights can bring suit against the police for civil
damages, but only on limited grounds. Gareth Schweitzer reports
from Washington.
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Exxon Mobil Shareholders Meet (3:48)
The death toll in the Indonesian province of Aceh today
climbed over 80, this figure coming from the Indonesian military
for the number of rebels they have killed, human rights groups
put the figure at much higher including civilians killed.
The TNI has admitted it has been hard to know who they are
killing as the Free Aceh Movement guerillas, the group the
army say is to blame for the crisis in Aceh, are so well meshed
with the civilian population. Human-rights groups are extremely
concerned that casualties from this assault could run into
the thousands. There's mounting concern that the Indonesian
action could create a huge refugee problem, with tens of thousands
of Acehnese fleeing the army’s violence. Meanwhile investors
of the multinational corporation Exxon Mobil also seemed concerned,
though more for the prospect of the threat to Exxon’s
$3 billion natural gas plant in Aceh. And at today’s
annual gathering of Exxon Mobil shareholders in Irving, Texas,
there was another demonstration of concern by shareholders
and environmental activists that asked the world's largest
company to develop a progressive policy stance on global warming.
Renee Feltz has this report.
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FCC Special Series: Part 2 (3:19)
In the second of our four-part series this week on the proposed
changes to the Federal Communication Commission's media ownership
rules, Josh Chaffin reports from DC that the controversy over
media consolidation is uniting groups that might otherwise
have little in common.
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