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Today's lead stories:
Bush and Kerry Raise Money
Congress Grants Fetuses More Rights
Jordanians Respond to Assasignation of Hamas Leader
Iraqi Detainees Released
When Democracy Doesn't Matter: Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary
Senegal Tackles Water Distribution Problem
FSRN Headlines
Clarke's 9.11 Testimony Declassified?
Republican Congressional leaders want to declassify Richard
Clarke’s testimony to the September 11th Commission
given behind closed doors in 2002. Senate Majority leader
Bill Frist says he wants to know if Clarke lied under oath.
In his best-selling book and again at a public hearing this
week, Clarke provided a glimpse behind the White House’s
veil of loyalty by charging that high-level Bush administration
officials ignored or reduced the priority of key warnings
the intelligence community had about an impending dramatic
attack. And, National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice is
requesting a private meeting with the September 11th Commission
saying she wants to offer her version of what Rice calls mischaracterizations
she heard during this week’s hearings. A few commissioners
criticized, and at times poked fun at Rice who has to date
refused to testify publicly citing separation of powers.
Corporate Profits Rise More Than Personal Income
This week’s economic figures show that corporate profits
in 2003 hit double digits while personal income barely rose
one half of one percent. Ingrid Drake reports from D.C.
Massive Labor Strike in Italy
Labor unions in Italy say more than two thirds of private
and government workers went on strike this morning. In Brescia,
Diletta Varlese reports.
Greece and the EU
Cyprus will be the subject of United Nations sponsored peace
talks seeking to curb the nationally split island from a greater
dilemma when Greece becomes a member of the European Union
while Turkey must wait. Ezgi Sirtas reports from Ankara.
Delay to Face Charges?
U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is looking to temporarily
step down if he is indicted on charges of violating Texas
campaign finance laws. At KPFT in Houston, Renee Feltz reports.
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Bush and Kerry Raise Money (4:31)
As heard in the headlines, Republican House Majority Leader
Tom Delay may have to temporarily step down from his leadership
post if he is indicted by a Texas grand jury that is investigating
potential campaign finance abuses. This comes as both Democratic
and Republican parties are raising millions of dollars for
their Presidential candidates and other contenders for the
Senate and House of Representatives. As Mitch Jeserich reports,
regardless of which party gains control of the government,
it is the corporations that will ultimately win.
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Congress Grants Fetuses More Rights (2:00)
After a five-year battle, the Senate yesterday passed a
bill dubbed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Its approval
makes it illegal to harm a fetus during the commission of
a federal crime. Congress has sent the legislation to George
Bush, who has said he will sign it into law. Pro-choice advocates
are worried that the bill recognizes that a fetus, from the
point of conception, as a person. FSRN spoke with Sylvia Henriquez
of The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health about
what this legislation means for women’s rights.
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Jordanians Respond to Assasignation of Hamas Leader
(3:21)
The United Nations failed to adopt a resolution yesterday
that would have condemned the assassination of Hamas Spiritual
Leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin. The resolution was sponsored by
Algeria and Libya and supported by 11 countries, yet the United
States was the sole vote against it. Germany, Romania and
the UK abstained. But, As Oula Farawati reports, many in the
Arab world say that the targeted killing of Yassin has provided
the movement with even more ammunition.
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Iraqi Detainees Released (2:53)
On Tuesday, the U.S. military released 272 detainees Tuesday
from Abu Ghraib prison, once Saddam Hussein's most notorious
lockup. In a carefully choreographed event, the prisoners
were brought out in groups from inside the prison. Reporters
taken by the military to witness the event were not allowed
to interview the men being released. Two days later, FSRN's
Aaron Glantz returned to Abu Ghraib and found hundreds of
families waiting outside for a chance to see their loved ones.
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When Democracy Doesn't Matter: Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary
(4:28)
Journalist and Free Speech Radio News commentator Mumia
Abu Jamal from his cell on Pennsylvania’s Death Row.
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Senegal Tackles Water Distribution Problem (3:33)
In West Africa, 6 countries share 1,800,000 square kilometers
that know a decrease of 260,000 hectares every year. This
week, West and Central African ministers have gathered in
Dakar to see into developing strategies for more potable water
and better sanitation. With the help of the Food and Agriculture
Organization, several specialists have also come together
to protect the ever-reducing forest resources. In Senegal,
Ndiaga Seck reports.
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