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Today's lead stories:
Iraq: Outrage Grows and More Sign up to the Sadr Militia
Iraq: Bush under Increasing Fire Over Occupation
Weapons-Grade Uranium Safety?
No Visas for Foreign Experts on Anti-War or Economic Justice
Issues
Pink Slips for NY’s Legal Aid Attorneys: Who Will Represent
the Poor?
FSRN Headlines
The U.S Supreme Court ruled today that a lower court must
hear a death row inmate’s charge that lethal injection
is cruel and unusual punishment. Sogomon Toronsti reports
from D.C.
A coalition of leaders from the expanses of the political
spectrum is seeking to redesign presidential debates in order
to make them more inclusive. Darby Hickey with the D.C. Bureau
reports.
US diplomats at the United Nations are starting the uphill
climb to gain UN Security Council approval for what’s
to come on June 30th, in Iraq. Haider Rizvi reports from the
U.N.
We’ll have more on the proposal for Iraq coming up.
The Coalition of Immokalee Farm Worker’s struggle with
Taco Bell is showing some minor movement, after a three-year
campaign. WMNF’s Mitch Perry reports.
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Iraq: Outrage Grows and More Sign up to the Sadr
Militia
American military officials said today that an investigation
has been launched into a U-S attack last week on what Iraqi’s
say was a wedding party being held in a small town near the
Syrian border. In Baghdad this afternoon, dozens of men came
to the office of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to sign up for
his militia, galvanized by continued fighting in Sadr City
and cities in southern Iraq. David Enders has this report
from Baghdad.
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Iraq: Bush under Increasing Fire Over Occupation
Today the United States and Britain submitted a new Iraq
resolution to the UN Security Council that approves the presence
of US troops in the occupied country but it does not set a
time frame for a future withdrawal of troops. Tonight President
Bush addresses the nation to discuss next month's so called
transfer of authority to a selected Iraqi body. However, Bush
will be facing a skeptical nation as polls suggest the public
is very displeased with the handling of the Iraqi occupation.
Mitch Jeserich reports.
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Weapons-Grade Uranium Safety?
After building an atomic weapon from materials available
on the open market around the world, researchers at Harvard
University today said that the world needs to secure plutonium
and highly enriched uranium scattered in armories and research
sites around the world. The researchers also said that the
Bush administration is not doing enough. This comes as US
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, together with the International
Atomic Energy Agency, announced plans to remove weapons-grade
uranium in reactors world-wide, and fly it back to the country
of origin, either the United States or Russia. Abraham also
announced new initiatives to improve weapons-grade uranium
security within the United States, prompting strong reactions
from government watch dog groups. Rogi Riverstone has more.
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No Visas for Foreign Experts on Anti-War or Economic
Justice Issues
The U.S. government is increasingly denying and canceling
visas of foreign experts on antiwar, economic justice and
peace issues. Nan McCurdy brings us the latest on one such
case from Nicaragua.
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Pink Slips for NY’s Legal Aid Attorneys: Who
Will Represent the Poor?
Hundreds of Legal Aid attorneys and support staff were given
pink slips last week. New York City’s two-year contract
with the legal aid society expires on June 30th. The organization
is responsible for providing free legal and social services
for more than 200 thousand New Yorkers each year. It plans
to lay off a quarter of it's work force. Some blame Mayor
Michael Bloomberg's administration, while others say Legal
Aid may be responsible for it's own fiscal problems. From
New York, Gail Walker has more.
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