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Today's lead stories:
Jordanian Elections
Environmentalists Vs. Canadian Government
US Military Action in Baghdad
Palestinian Civil Liberties
Tulia Convictions Overturned
Jordanian Elections
Polls for Jordan's parliament elections opened today after
two years in a legislative vacuum. Apathy is marking the elections
in a society worn out by tribalism, unemployment and poverty.
Oula Al-Farawati reports from the Jordanian capital Amman.
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Environmentalists Vs. Canadian Government
Since December 2002 the Ojibway community of Grassy Narrows
in North Western Ontario has maintained a major road Blockade
to cut access to their traditional indigenous territory from
Abtibi Consolidated Inc. Abtibi, a Montreal based corporation
with the go-ahead of the Provincial Government of Ontario
has been clear cutting the traditional lands of the Grassy
Narrows Ojibway people. Within the last week, numerous road
blockades were struck by the community of Grassy Narrows,
almost completely blocking Abtibi Consolidated access to the
indigenous lands, which they have been clear- cutting. The
Provincial government of Ontario and regional police departments
has made it clear that they are prepared to take action against
the Grassy Narrows community if the Blockades' intensity is
increased in the coming days. Stefan Christoph reports from
Montreal.
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US Military Action in Baghdad
In the last week, the US military says it has launched a
major operation in Iraq, and according to Reuters news reports,
it has arrested hundreds of Iraqi’s. Fariba Nawa was
in one town north of Baghdad, known across Iraq as a Ba'athist
stronghold, where US-led coalition troops allegedly killed
four people.
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Palestinian Civil Liberties
Israeli and Palestinian officials met this week, in another
bid to reach a security deal after a week of attacks that
have left over 30 Palestinian and some 20 Israelis’
dead, and cast the US backed, middle-east peace proposal,
known as the "Road Map", into doubt. Meanwhile,
US peace envoy, John Wolf met today with Palestinian Prime
Minister Mahmoud Abbas, whilst reports stated that US secretary
of State Colin Powell will meet with Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon in an effort to bolster the chances of success of the
US backed plan. Mohammad Ghalayni reports from Beit Hanoun
on the increasing restrictions placed on Palestinian travel,
where he spoke with Palestinian artist, Mohammed Abu-Sal,
prevented from traveling to the first ever, Palestinian art
exhibition in the United States.
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Tulia Convictions Overturned
Family and friends celebrated the release of all but two
people falsely arrested in the widely criticized drug bust
in Tulia, in rural Texas. It is now acknowledged that the
46 people netted in the 18-month undercover operation were
wrongly convicted of cocaine possession charges. But, as KPFT’s
Renee Feltz reports, those who worked to secure the release
of the mostly black Tulia residents convicted on the unreliable
testimony of one man, say serious concerns about the drug
war in Texas still need to be addressed.
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