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Today's lead stories:
President Bush Defends Iraqi Occupation
Iraq: One Year Later
Propaganda Leading Up to El Salvador's Elections
Ethnic Violence in Kosovo Continues
Assassination Attempt Before Taiwanese Elections
Voices Against the Invasion: An Audio Retrospective
FSRN Headlines
San Francisco Remembers One Year Since Iraq Invasion
Today, hundreds marched towards corporate giant Bechtel’s
headquarters in San Francisco. Lauren Meltzer was there and
explains why.
Worldwide Day of Action
Anti-war protestors around the world will be demonstrating
in hundreds of cities and towns tomorrow. Stefan Wray reports
from one of them near George W. Bush’s ranch in Texas.
Clashes in Islamabad
Pakistani troops met fierce resistance today from Muslims
who, the government says, were protecting Al-Qaeda number
two Ayman al-Zawahri. Local observers say the situation is
fast developing into a civil war. Masror Haussan reports
from Islamabad.
Briefing on the Patriot Act
The US Commission on Civil Rights hosted a briefing today
to probe some of the civil rights allegations resulting from
the Patriot Act, and other anti-terrorism measures. Ingrid
Drake has more from DC.
Gay Marriages Continue in OR
Thousands of same gendered couples are travelling to Oregon
seeking marriage licenses now that San Francisco’s city
hall is closed to them. From KBOO in Portland, Andy Seaton
has more.
NC Joins Fight Against Power Plant Polluting
For years, northeastern states have pressed the government
to crack down on polluting power plants that spread their
emissions across the country. Now North Carolina has joined
the fight. Stephen Lacey reports from D.C.
India Tests Ballistic Missile
Today India successfully tested a short-range, nuclear-capable
ballistic Missile, what they named Prithvi, in the Eastern
coastal state of Orissa. Vinod K. Jose reports from Delhi.
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President Bush Defends Iraqi Occupation
(3:55)
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the invasion of
Iraq. In Washington President Bush defended the invasion by
saying the Iraqi people are better off without Saddam Hussein
and that every government has the duty to fight and destroy
the so-called terrorist threats. Mitch Jeserich has more from
Washington DC.
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Iraq: One Year Later (3:59)
Global protests against the US-led occupation of Iraq kicked
of today in San Francisco, where several hundred people marched
through the city’s financial district during this morning’s
rush hour. Over the past year the Bush administrations closest
allies have struggled to maintain their credibility since
agreeing to a war that their voters did not want. British
Prime Minister Tony Blair’s popularity has plummeted
and in Spain, the central-right Popular Party, was defeated
by the Socialist party, whose leader, Jose Luis Rodriguez
Zapatero has openly criticized the Bush administration’s
policies. Meanwhile in Iraq, civilians and military personnel
continue to die. Aaron Glantz files this report.
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Propaganda Leading Up to El Salvador's Elections
(3:44)
Twelve years have passed since a peace accord ended El Salvador’s
bitter civil war and closed the curtain on one of the United
States’ hottest cold war theaters. But today, just before
Sunday’s presidential elections, Catherine Elton reports
that this tiny Central American nation's relationship with
the United States has taken center stage in the campaign.
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Ethnic Violence in Kosovo Continues (3:44)
After calls from the international community, leaders of
the major Kosovo Albanian Political Parties demanded a cessation
of inter ethnic violence that has claimed more than 31 lives
and injured hundreds of others throughout Kosovo this week.
It is the worst inter ethnic violence since the United Nations
and NATO forces assumed control of the region in 1999, when
thirteen thousand Kosovar Albanians were killed during the
Kosovo war. These events have led political analysts believe
that the international community may have failed in it’s
mission - to establish Kosovo statehood. Jackson Allers reports
from Pristina, Kosovo.
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Assassination Attempt Before Taiwanese Elections
(3:14)
The Taiwanese Presidential elections, which will be held
tomorrow alongside a referendum that is very important to
the future of the island, took a dramatic turn today. An alleged
assassination attempt on President Chen Shuibian shocked the
country, and even though Chen Shuibian and his vice-president
Annette Lu are not seriously wounded, all the last meetings
of the campaign have been canceled, and the local government
has broadcasted several appeals to calm the population. This
incident epitomizes a passionate and intense campaign whose
results seem, now all the more unpredictable. Severine Bardon
has more.
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Voices Against the Invasion: An Audio Retrospective
(2:02)
As we remember the start of intensified aerial bombardment
of Iraq on this Day last year, Pauline Bartolone brings us
an audio retrospective of the voices against the war before
and after the invasion.
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