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Today's lead stories:
Bush Dogged By WMD Claims
Iraqi Resistance Has Broad Support
Running Out of Natural Gas?
Stadiums Leave Cities Cash-Strapped
Inquiring Into Gujarat Violence
Free Speech Radio News Headlines
New numbers on the federal deficit are released today calling
into question the commitment of the President to fully fund
essential services like education. From D.C. Pamela Barnett
reports.
In a bipartisan show of force, Congressional leaders announced
today they will attempt to reverse the FCC’s June ruling
that sets the stage for fewer but larger owner of the nation’s
media outlets by engaging the Congressional Review Act. Erica
Price reports has the story from D.C.
The head of Egyptian intelligence arrived in Ramallah today
for meetings with Palestinian leaders, in order to push forward
the US backed roadmap and to make sure the ceasefire announced
by Palestinian factions holds. Mohammed Ghalayini reports
from Gaza City.
The Pakistani government is sending a newly appointed team
to India in what is seen by many as a substantive move towards
peace between the long time tense and nuclear armed neighbors.
Sadiq Waryam reports from Lahore Pakistan.
In a highly controversial case, Guatemala's highest court
has ruled that former military dictator and current legislative
president Efrain Rios Montt is eligible to run for president.
Catherine Elton has this report from Guatemala City.
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Bush Dogged By WMD Claims
George W. Bush says he considers the matter closed, but
the administration's erroneous justifications for the Iraq
invasion continue to dog him. On Capitol Hill today, veteran
intelligence professionals testified that the administration's
claims don't add up. And Democrats, too, are now standing
up to question the White House in ways they never did before
the invasion. Josh Chaffin reports from the Capitol.
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Iraqi Resistance Has Broad Support
Iraq's U.S. administrator, Paul Bremer, said today it is
(quote) up to the Iraqi people how long U.S.-led forces remain
in the country. This as most public services in Iraq are in
disrepair and unemployment remains high. The general mood
of the Iraqi people is that of frustration and disappointment
due to the American Administration's slow progress in rebuilding
their country's infrastructure. And American allegations that
all armed Iraqi resistance is caused by remaining members
of the Ba'ath Party and followers of Saddam Hussein are not
true, FSRN Correspondent in Baghdad, Ahmed Al-Rawi reports,
resistance also remains high among other segments of Iraqi
society...
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Running Out of Natural Gas?
The United States is facing an imminent natural gas crisis.
Demand in winter 2002-2003 hit an all time high, leaving natural
gas stocks over 39% short of what they were last year at this
time. The record draw down of stored gas led to prices as
high as $30 per thousand cubic feet. That¹s the equivalent
of paying $16 for a gallon of milk, according to the American
Chemistry Council. The peak storage refill period runs from
May through mid-July. By late July, summer electricity demand
usually limits the amount of natural gas available for storage.
Will there be adequate natural gas supplies for the winter?
Maybe not, as Kellia Ramares reports from California, experts
are saying that North America is running out of gas.
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Stadiums Leave Cities Cash-Strapped
As baseball’s biggest stars converge on Chicago for
Tuesday’s All-Star Game, the sport is in a more stable
position than it was last year, when a looming player strike
threatened to curtail the season. In the year since, ownership
and players have at least temporarily patched up their differences,
over salaries, drug testing, and the elimination of two teams
the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos. However, as Brendan
Sweeney reports , Major League Baseball has continued to alienate
many of the communities with which they interact, most recently
in the bidding process for the proposed move of the (Montreal)
Expos.
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Inquiring Into Gujarat Violence
Zahira Shaikh and her mother were main witnesses to the
Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat, India in March 2002. The two
said recently they were intimidated by local authorities and
left out testimony which would have led to the prosecution
of those responsible for the violence. While critics charge
that influential public figures have made a mockery of the
justice system, others are more concerned with the justice
denied to the survivors of the pogrom where more than one
thousand Muslims were killed. Binu Alex follows the case from
Gujarat, India
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