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Today's lead stories:
Venezuela Referendum – who decides?
EPA and Unsafe Water
Military Families March
Mexican Immigrant Rights
US-Mexico Border Divide
Central America and CAFTA
Mumia -Haiti On Our Minds
FSRN Headlines
A Florida soldier, who filed for conscientious objector status,
is being called a deserter according to a National Guard spokesperson.
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia walked inside the Florida National
Guard building today after being absent from his military
unit for more than 30 days. Mejia served 5 months in Iraq
as part of the occupation forces and said during his time
there he became increasingly convinced that the U.S. military
action was unjust. Military officials say Mejia had a bit
of combat and lost his nerve. He must now meet up with his
unit in Georgia by 3PM tomorrow. A spokesperson with Citizen
Soldier said as many as 600 soldiers have failed to return
to their military units after leave from duty in Iraq.
United Nations officials are restating their conditional
commitment to provide assistance in Iraq. Haider Risvi reports
from the U.N.
The search for mad cow disease in the U.S. beef supply will
be expanded according to officials with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture; but foreign importers of U.S. meat are still
wary. Leigh Robartes has more.
One U.S. doctors group says Bush administration rules on
mercury emissions are irresponsible and will harm children.
Meagan Durbak reports from D.C.
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Venezuela Referendum – who decides?
-(3:03)
As it has been reported across the world, today, supporters
of President Hugo Chavez demonstrated outside the Supreme
Court, angered by a ruling by Venezuela’s courts that
will now enable Chavez opponents to pursue their campaign
for a recall referendum. FSRN correspondent Greg Wilpert and
attorney, Ava Gollanger talked with Host Deepa Fernandes this
morning on ‘WBAI’s Wake Up Call’ and helped
uncover the truth behind the confusion in Venezuela.
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EPA and Unsafe Water -(3:18)
With tests showing that tap water in Washington DC has five
times above the amount of lead than what is considered safe,
reports show that both the Environmental Protection Agency
and local DC water authorities knew of the problem a year
before they notified the residents of the potential health
risks. Mitch Jeserich reports:
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Military Families March -(2:40)
Over the weekend, several groups organized a march from
Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, to Washington D.C., to bring
attention to the American soldiers killed or wounded in Iraq,
and the impact of the war on their families. Organizers said
they hoped their presence would counter the absence of images
of dead and wounded soldiers in the media. From our D.C. Bureau,
Darby Hickey reports.
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Mexican Immigrant Rights -(2:48)
The Department of Homeland Security announced a 10 million
dollar plan to toughen security along the Arizona-Mexico border.
Meanwhile in Washington, DC, a coalition of Immigrant and
faith based organizations came to capitol hill to lobby for
a creation of legislation that would de-militarize the US-Mexico
border as well as protect the human rights of Mexican immigrants.
Selina Musuta has more.
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US-Mexico Border Divide -(3:58)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 established the
current U.S./Mexico border. This treaty ended a War between
the U.S. and Mexico and effectively transferred half of Mexico's
national territory to U.S. control. In the past 12 years,
dramatic increases in both equipment and personnel along the
border have lead to an increased divide in the so-called "Sister
cities". FSRN reporter, Shannon Young, recently traveled
to the Texas-Mexico border and brings us this report.
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Central America and CAFTA -(2:10)
In a growing movement posed to halt the Plan Puebla Panama
and The Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, organizations
throughout Central America are stepping up their show of opposition
to macro-economic plans that have inherently omitted the general
population from the process. From the provisional Guatemala
Indymedia Center, we bring you this report by Luz Ruiz, Vladimir
Flores, Mike Fox, and Tim Russo.
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Mumia -Haiti On Our Minds -(3:30)
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