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Today's lead stories:
Haiti Update
IA director testifies on Capitol Hill
10 Years of 3 Strikes
Maryland to Abolish Death Penalty?
Part 1: Behind the Bush Women – a Theatrical Journey!
FSRN Headlines
Boston police officers announced they will be protesting
outside the Democratic National Convention. Sara Turner reports
for the Workers Independent News Service.
Today, the British government approves planting genetically
modified crops over strong objections by parliament and the
general population. Naomi Fowler reports from London.
Pakistan has advanced their nuclear weapons program while
furthering a nuclear power plant deal with China. In Islamabad,
Masror Hussain has more.
The Environmental Protection Agency adds new toxic dump sites
to its Superfund list as Congress prepares to vote on a measure
that will put a band-aid on the bankrupt federal clean up
program. Selina Musuta reports from Capitol.
Thousands of legal immigrants have been quietly detained
and deported by the US government. Erika McDonald has more.
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Haiti Update
After former Supreme Court Justice Boniface Alexandre was
yesterday sworn in as the interim president of Haiti, today
a new prime minister will be named. This new leadership for
Haiti comes on the heels of yesterday’s emphatic statements
by President Jean Bertrand Aristide that he was indeed kidnapped
by the United States and that he remains the democratically
elected President of Haiti. Under a plan approved by the US,
France and the Organization of American States, a seven person
council of US appointed Haitians is due to nominate a prime
minister. Meanwhile the Black Congressional Caucus is stepping
up their fight to get answers from the Bush Administration
about the abduction of Aristide. Deepa Fernandes, with Rene
Feltz, reports.
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IA director testifies on Capitol Hill
CIA director George Tenet and Defense Intelligence Agency
Admiral Lowell Jacoby returned to Capitol Hill today to testify
at a Senate committee. Mitch Jeserich reports.
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10 Years of 3 Strikes
This weekend marked the 10th anniversary of California’s
Three Strikes Law, which requires 25-year-to-life sentences
for any felony if the offender has two prior serious or violent
felony convictions. The criminal law reform group FACTS, or
Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes, met in
Los Angeles this weekend to rally support for changing what
they consider to be an unjust law. Jason Rosencrantz in Los
Angeles has more.
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Maryland to Abolish Death Penalty?
For the fifth consecutive year the Maryland legislature
is again considering abolishing the death penalty. But as
Tom Gomez reports from Pacifica station WPFW, Maryland is
not the only state where the death penalty is being questioned.
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Part 1: Behind the Bush Women – a Theatrical
Journey!
As we continue our coverage for international women’s
month, today we begin a look at the women behind the Bush
Administration. In the coming days we will be talking to reporter
and author Laura Flanders about her investigations into the
various Bush Women. But today, FSRN’s Rebecca Miles
takes us into a theater in lower Manhattan where drama was
used to expose Bush’s women.
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