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Today's lead stories:
Elijah Cummings on Haiti
Venezuelan Ambassador to OAS on Haiti
Cuban Vice President on Haiti
Senate Debates Bush’s Budget
Electronic voting machines: A Tool for Disenfranchisement?
Bushwomen Part 2: Karen Hughes
FSRN Headlines
South Dakota Bill to Ban Most Abortions
South Dakota's Governor says he supports a bill that would
ban most abortions in the state, and only awaits minor rewording
by lawmakers before becoming official. The bill provides no
exception for rape or incest victims, and is being called
the most restrictive anti abortion measure in the nation.
Emily Babcock reports for Souix Falls.
Guantanamo Brits Released and Redetained in UK
Authorities in the United Kingdom are detaining four out of
the 5 Britons released from Guantanamo Bay yesterday. The
detainees were held for two years at the Cuba based US detention
facility and naval base, without any charges brought against
them. Naomi Fowler reports from London.
European Parliament Hears Israeli Refuseniks
Israeli Concientous objectors travelled to France today to
speak out against the penalization of those who refuse to
join the Israeli forces. Rafael Kraft reports from Paris.
NJ Gay Marriage
The City Council of Asbury Park, NJ voted this morning to
stop granting marriage license applications to gay and lesbian
couples after only one marriage was conducted. Stephen Lacey
has more from Washington D.C.
S.California Campus Hate Crimes Heat Up
About one thousand people are gathered outside the office
of Black student affairs at Claremont College Consortium today,
in response to the latest incident in a pattern of hate crimes
on the college's four campuses in the Los Angeles area. Classes
were cancelled today on Claremont Mckenna Campus, where Aura
Bodago reports.
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Elijah Cummings on Haiti
On Tuesday Gerard Latortue was named the new Prime Minister
of Haiti. Latortue, an economist and former Haitian Foreign
minister, has lived abroad for years. He was appointed by
the U.S. backed advisory council comprised of Haitians that
was assembled after deposed President Jean Bertrand Aristide
was forced from power. Members from the Congressional Black
Caucus have charged that the U.S. assisted in the overthrow
of Aristide and several members insist Aristide is still President
of the Island nation. But today the Chair of the Black Caucus,
Representative Elijah Cummings, told our DC correspondent
Mitch Jeserich that he is cautioning some of the most outspoken
members not to lose sight of the 8 million people in Haiti
who are struggling to survive.
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Venezuelan Ambassador to OAS on Haiti
Meanwhile many fear that the South American country of Venezuela
will be next in what has become unofficial Bush Administration
policy of forcing regime change. Venezuela has stood strongly
by ousted Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide and this
week will send it’s Ambassador to the OAS, Jorge Valero,
to Haiti on a solidarity mission with humanitarian aid for
the people. Valero tells Deepa Fernandes that Venezuela stands
by President Aristide and the poor of Haiti.
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Cuban Vice President on Haiti
The news of another U.S. backed coup d'etat, this time of
Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide, continues to send
shock waves across the world. One country that is not taking
the departure of President Aristide lightly is Cuba. As Aristide
remains in exile from the Central African Republic, Cuba vice
president Esteban Lazo has been on an African tour with the
goal of exposing US foreign policy. The Cuban number two stopped
by Uganda, and our correspondent in Kampala, Joshua Kyalimpa,
has this report.
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Senate Debates Bush’s Budget
This week, the Senate has been debating the Bush Administration’s
2005 budget proposal. Democrats and several Republicans criticize
many aspects of the plan, including cuts to spending on education
and after school programs, while appropriating more funds
to extend tax cuts. Jenny Johnson has more from our DC bureau.
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Electronic voting machines: A Tool for Disenfranchisement?
With democratic primaries still scheduled for 20 states,
much of the media has failed to recognize the kinds of problems
associated with electronic voting machines that were reported
during Super Tuesday. As Gail Walker reports from Pacifica
station WBAI, the question many are asking is whether this
means voters will continue to experience that same kind of
disenfranchisement come November.
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Bushwomen Part 2: Karen Hughes
The Bush Administration is on the offensive over the criticism
it has copped for using images of 9-11 in campaign commercials.
And the face of that counter-attack against the families who
lost members in the tragic attacks is a woman that we don’t
see too often, yet is a big force behind the Bush machine.
In the series we began yesterday looking at the women behind
the Bush Administration, today we examine spin-maestress Karen
Hughes, as host Deepa Fernandes talks with author Laura Flanders
who has just released her new book, Bushwomen, Tales of Cynical
Species.
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