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Today's lead stories:
Iraq Bombings
Humanitarian Crisis Looms in Haiti
Haiti Discussed in Congress
Gay Marriage Amendment
Voters Voice Concerns Other than Kerry's Victory
Venezuela's Recall Referendum
FSRN Headlines
Gay Marriage
In Portland, Oregon today, officials issued the state's first
marriage licenses to same-gendered couples after county officials
determined the state constitution required them to do so.
In Georgia, a Constitutional ammenment banning gay marriage
was defeated largely by the Black Caucus -- legislators who's
constiuents largely support the measure. The ammedment may
come back up as early as tommorw. And in NY -- lesbians and
gays continue to tie the knot. Ama Buadi has more from NYC.
Former Worldcom CEO Surrenders
Former Worldcom CEO Bernard Ebbers has pleaded innocent to
charges he committed one of the most massive corporate frauds
in U.S. Ian forrest reportsf rom NY.
Attacks In Pakistan
At least 45 people were killed and over 150 wounded yesterday
when gunmen opened fire on a procession of Shiite Muslims
in Quetta, capital of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan
province bordering Afghanistan. FSRN correspondent Masror
Hussein reports from Islamabad.
Sheilding Gun Manufacturers Don't Fly - Thanks To The NRA
In a surprising turn of events, the Senate overwhelmingly
rejected a measure to shield gun manufacturers and dealers
from lawsuits. Rhianna Ortiz reports from Washington DC. As
Iraq Mourns the dead, Skepticism Abounds.
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Iraq Bombings
U.N. arms inspectors said on Tuesday that the United States
has hampered efforts to completely account for Iraqi weapons,
this after the same report confirmed Iraq’s chemical
and biological weapons were largely destroyed before 1994.
As the Iraqi Governing Council announced it will formally
sign a US-approved Iraqi Constitution on Friday, a U.S. military
spokesman told reporters in Baghdad today fifteen people have
been arrested in connection with yesterday's bombings in Iraq
that left more than 250 dead. Nine suspects are being held
by Iraqi police and six are in the custody of the U.S-led
military. Meantime, the al-Qaeda organization, which American
officials say organized attacks told a London based newspaper
al-Quds al-Arabia they had nothing to do with them. As Aaron
Glantz reports from the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, most Iraqis
are skeptical of the American authorities.
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Humanitarian Crisis Looms in Haiti
In what is being reported as the first action of foreign
forces in Haiti to prevent further bloodshed, US Marines blocked
rebels from chasing officials of exiled leader Jean-Bertrand
Aristide as they fled to the airport today. This as Guy Phillipe’s
armed insurgents move to consolidate their power in Haiti;
in many cities the self-proclaimed military is now the political
leadership too. As FSRN’s Kody Emmanual and Deepa Fernandes
report from the northern Haitian city of Cape Haitian, the
extreme lack of food in rural Haiti is leading to a humanitarian
disaster that both the new army and the international community
seem indifferent too.
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Haiti Discussed in Congress
On Capitol Hill today, the House International Relations
Sub Committee held a hearing on the political situation in
Haiti. Mitch Jeserich reports from DC.
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Gay Marriage Amendment
For the second time in six months, Republican members of
Congress called a hearing to discuss the possibility of creating
a new amendment to theConstitution to define marriage as between
one man and one woman only. Voices from all sides of the debate
were on Capitol Hill today to express their sentiments on
the matter, and all had strong personal feelings about the
evolving institution of marriage. Jenny Johnson files this
report from our DC Bureau.
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Voters Voice Concerns Other than Kerry's Victory
As projected, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry won big on
Super Tuesday. What’s billed as the biggest day of the
Democratic Primary election season brought us primaries and
a caucus in ten states, with 1151 delegates up for grabs.
While corporate media chose to focus on whether Senators Kerry
and Edwards were getting along, across the country voters
had other concerns in mind. FSRN’s Gail Walker has more.
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Venezuela's Recall Referendum
Yesterday evening, Venezuela’s National Electoral
Council finally announced the results of its verification
of signatures in the petition for a recall referendum against
President Hugo Chavez. The results of the verification, which
make a recall referendum less likely were anticipated a week
ago, which is why citizens opposed to president Chavez have
been conducting violent demonstrations against the government
for the past few days. Greg Wilpert reports from Caracas,
Venezuela.
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