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Today's lead stories:
George Tenet Defends CIA on Iraq
Grocery Worker Lockout Continues
India and Kashmiri Separatists Talking Peace?
Pakistani Nuclear Secrets
Ana Mae Aquash Case
FSRN Headlines
Another Halliburton Investigation
Halliburton, the company formerly run by Vice President Dick
Cheney before he became George Bush’s running mate,
and one subsidiary are facing another investigation. Meagan
Britton reports from D.C.
Indian MPs Say Coke and Pepsi Full of Pesticides
Members of the Indian Parliament have confirmed that Coca-Cola
and Pepsi drinks are have enough pesticides in them to harm
human health. Binu Alex reports from India.
Censorship Charges Thrown at Berlusconi
An executive at one of Italy’s major news agencies is
openly charging President Silvio Berlusconi and executives
at some of his media holdings with censorship. Diletta Varlese
reports from Italy.
Coalition in NM Sues U.S. Government
Members of the Navajo Nation, environmentalists, ranchers
and other community groups are suing the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management over access to land given to natural gas mining
interests. From KUNM in Albuquerque, Leslie Clark reports.
NYC Formally Opposes USA Patriot Act
The New York City Council denounced the USA Patriot Act, joining
249 other cities and 3 states, and passed a resolution opposing
the infringement of civil liberties in the name of national
security. More from Ama Buadi at WBAI.
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George Tenet Defends CIA on Iraq
Today CIA Director George Tenet defended U.S. intelligence
of prewar war Iraq by saying the intelligence never indicated
that Iraq was an imminent threat. Speaking at Georgetown University
in Washington DC, Tenet said analysts differed on several
aspects on Iraq’s weapon’s programs that he said
were available in the intelligence estimates. However as FSRN’s
DC Editor Mitch Jeserich reports, critics say President Bush
and his administration made it very clear before the invasion
that Iraq was an imminent threat.
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Grocery Worker Lockout Continues (3:44)
Thousands rallied this afternoon on Wall street to support
striking and locked out grocery workers in California. The
Wall Street protest comes a week ahead of Safeway's shareholders
meeting. It also comes a day after unions representing 70,000
striking and locked out workers offered to go back to work
if the companies agreed to enter into binding arbitration.
But the companies refused. Aaron Glantz and Ngoc Nguyen have
more from Los Angeles.
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India and Kashmiri Separatists Talking Peace?
(3:59)
Today is Kashmir Solidarity Day, a national holiday in Kashmir
and a day when solidarity to occupied Kashmir is extended
from many parts of the world. The holiday comes as today at
least four Indian soldiers were killed and seven wounded when
their vehicle ran over a landmine. Many in Kashmir are using
today’s holiday to call for peace and independence,
subjects which were broached in recent meetings between Kashmiri
Separatists and the Indian government. The five member delegation
of the Kashmiri separatist group, the All Parties Hurriyat
Conference met Indian Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
with both sides hoping to initiate a process towards resolution
of Kashmir dispute. Both sides agreed to work towards an end
to all forms of violence and decided to meet again in March.
Shahnawaz Khan reports from Srinagar the Capital of Kashmir.
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Pakistani Nuclear Secrets (3:09)
On the heels of yesterday’s television address across
Pakistan where nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan admitted
supplying secret information to Iran, Libya and North Korea,
today President Pervez Musharraf pardoned Dr Khan and added
that Pakistan will not allow international supervision of
its nuclear program. This comes as seven nuclear scientists
in Pakistan are under investigation by government agencies
and some say also by the FBI for acts of nuclear proliferation.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last month accused
President Musharraf of leaking nuclear secrets to other countries.
Foreign office spokesman in Islamabad reacted by saying that
some scientists might be involved in proliferation out of
personal greed, which, as our correspondent Masror Hussain
reports, was seen as an attempt to absolve the military of
any involvement.
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Ana Mae Aquash Case (3:59)
A case that could shed some light on the political turmoil
on the Pine Ridge reservation during the 1970's got underway
this week in Rapid City, South Dakota. The trial involves
Arlo Looking Cloud who is accused of the 1975 murder of American
Indian movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. Pictou-Aquash's
death and the motives behind it have remained an enduring
mystery for nearly three decades. And while some people say
the trial will bring the truth to light, others say it may
only cause deeper divisions between the native community and
law enforcement officials, and within the American Indian
movement itself. FSRN's Charles Michael Ray is in Rapid City
SD with this report.
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