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Today's lead stories:
Betting on Terrorism
More on Israel-Palestine
CT to Transfer Prisoners to Save $
DNA Test Frees Death Row Inmate
Korean War Anniversary
Betting on Terrorism
Ever wanted to place a bet on whether a foreign leader may
be assasgnated or overthrown? Well according to the Pentagon,
this may have been possible until a few hours ago when they
scrapped a proposed plan to begin a futures market aimed at
predicting terrorist attacks. The plan, which faced outcry
from Democrats was aimed at using speculators to predict what
terrorist activities would take place in a number of hot spots
throughout the middle east. Giving speculators the opportunity
to benefit anonymously from activities related to their trades.
Ian Forest has more.
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More on Israel-Palestine
President Bush met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
today days after he met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud
Abbas. Following the meeting Bush urged Israel to "reconsider
the consequences of its actions." Israeli Prime Minister
Sharon also issued a statement after the meeting saying Israel
will not cease settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian
territories. Deepa Fernandes speaks with Independnet Journalist
and Israeli Peace activists Peretz Kidron in Jerusalem.
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CT to Transfer Prisoners to Save $
The Conneticut Department of Corrections announced that
it is considering the possibility of sending two thousand
prisioners out of state to save money and help balance the
cash straped state budget in 1999 five hundred inmates were
shipped from Connecticut prisons in a similar effort to balance
the books. Daniel Smith reports from New Haven, CT.
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DNA Test Frees Death Row Inmate
On Monday, the Philadelphia Federal Defenders Office announced
that Nicholas Yarris is the first death row prisoner in Pennsylvania
to be cleared based on DNA evidence. Mr. Yarris, who spent
21 years on death row, would be the fifth person released
from Pennsylvania's death row, adding fuel to the debate on
the state's death penalty. Jamie Graham from Radio Volta in
Philadelphia has more on the story.
Korean War Anniversary
A senior official with the US State Department is meeting
with South Korean defense ministers to discuss the nuclear
crisis on the peninsula. The meeting comes ahead of planned
talks among the United States, North Korea, China, South Korea,
Japan and Russia. Meanwhile, over the weekend, South Koreans
marked the 50th anniversary of the peace armistice that ended
fighting between the the two Koreas. North Korea hosted its
own celebration. The country has viewed the peace armistice
as a victory over the US although technically the two are
still at war. Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans danced
in the street as fireworks lit up the sky. A delegation of
American and Korean peace activists travelled to North Korea
to attend a war crimes tribunal. They recently returned from
from Pyongyang. Ngoc Nguyen has more from Seoul.
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