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Today's lead stories:
Protest Job Outsourcing
Biowarfare and Biodefense part 2
Immokalee Workers Protest
Permanent Injunction on ‘Partial Birth Abortion’
Sought
Central and West African Birth Registration
FSRN Headlines
Iraqi Constitutional Signing Collapsed
The Iraqi constitutional signing ceremony collapsed today
when 5 Shi'ite members of the US-appointed Iraqi Governing
Council walked out over the issue of Kurdish autonomy. Aaron
Glantz reports from Arbil, Iraq.
Venezuela Quiet After Week of Violence
As many as seven people are dead in Venezuela after a week
of violent clashes between opposition demonstrators and National
Guard troops ended today. Greg Wilpert reports from Caracas.
Mexico's Fox to Bush's Ranch
Mexico’s President arrrived at President Bush's Crawford
ranch today for a two-day summit expected to focus on border
security, deportation, and water issues. Renee Feltz has more
from KPFT.
Wisconsin Moves to Ban Same Gendered Marriage
The Wisconsin legislature is moving forward on banning same
gendered marriage. Steve Zelaznik reports from WORT.
US Army Burning Chemical Weapons
PCB levels are too high in the burning of one of the world’s
largest stockpiles of chemical weapons in Anniston, Alabama.
The tests were performed by Environmental Protection Agency
officials and results released yesterday. Craig Williams,
Director of the Chemical Weapons Working Group charges the
levels are dangerously high for the small, rural community.
SOUND. 75-thousand people live in Anniston. An Army representative
says the EPA’s permit requirements to destroy 99 point
9999 percent of the lethal chemicals in the incinerator is
mathematically impossible.
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Protest Job Outsourcing
Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released new employment
figures suggesting that the increase of jobs has slowed and
is not keeping up with a growing labor market. Union's and
Democratic lawmakers rallied on Capitol Hill to denounce the
outsourcing of jobs and tax breaks those corporations receive.
Mitch Jeserich was there and he files this report.
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Biowarfare and Biodefense part 2
Working on the premise that biological weapons pose a genuine
threat to the health of military personnel, a committee convened
by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council
has written a report called "Giving Full Measure to Countermeasures."
The report, requested by the Department of Defense, recommends
that the DoD establish a Medical Biodefense Agency. In the
second part of her series on Biowarfare and Biodefense, Kellia
Ramares asks if such an agency would sacrifice medical ethics
at the altar of medical countermeasures.
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Immokalee Workers Protest
It's been three years since farm-workers in Southern Florida
began a boycott against the fast food giant Taco Bell. After
last year's ten day hunger strike in front of the corporation's
headquarters failed to produce negotiations with the company,
the workers decided to take a different approach. They have
crossed the country on busses and marched from Los Angeles
to Irvine to communicate their message directly to the people
in the streets. From outside of Irvine, Shannon Young files
this report.
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Permanent Injunction on ‘Partial Birth Abortion’
Sought
Last November President Bush signed the first ever Federal
ban on abortion procedures, called The "Partial Birth
Abortion" Act. Pro-choice organizations quickly sought
and won a restraining order to prevent the ban's enforcement,
and are asking the court to issue a permanent injunction.
A federal court in San Francisco heard testimony today. FSRN
correspondent Sarah Turner heard from advocates on both sides.
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Central and West African Birth Registration
The first conference on birth registration in Central and
west Africa was held in Senegal’s Capital, Dakar last
month. The UN says that at present 70% of children on the
African continent don’t have their names, nationality
or identity recorded. In Senegal, where the conference, organized
by human rights groups, including UNICEF, was held, only 50%
of all births are registered. Many believe that this has led
to low schooling rates, and youth employment - both of which
affect the economy. In Senegal, Ndiaga Seck has more.
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