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Today's lead stories:
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Medical Records Released
UN Resolution on Iraq
Kurdish Independence in Iraq
G8 Summit Winds Up – Arab Reaction
Domestic Human Rights Advocates Under Fire
DC Students Stage Walk-Out
FSRN Headlines
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Medical Records Released
The Washington Post reports that medical records of detainees
at Guantanamo Bay were given to interrogators there, a move
some describe as a violation of international medical standards.
A Pentagon memo cites a Red Cross complaint that the medical
records were used to develop interrogation plans. And as Mitch
Jeserich reports, Guantanamo Bay detainee and Australian citizen
David Hicks was formally charged today by the Pentagon.
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UN Resolution on Iraq
The United Nations Security Council this week unanimously
approved a U.S. drafted resolution that gives international
legitimacy to an unelected Iraqi government which is s et
to take power by the end of this month. The resolution reaffirms
the right of Iraqis to determine their political future and
control their natural resources. But it also authorizes the
continued presence of more than 145,000 foreign troops under
U.S. command. The Iraqi government can ask them to leave,
but its pro-U.S. stance makes that unlikely. Because of this,
there is widespread skepticism among UN members and observers
as to just what kind of sovereignty the resolution guarantees
Iraqis. Susan Wood and Haider Rizvi report from the UN.
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Kurdish Independence in Iraq
In a letter to President Bush earlier this week, Kurdish
officials this week made veiled threats to secede if the three
northern Iraqi provinces controlled by Kurdish parties were
not allowed to remain independent at least until elections.
Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has acceded to these
demands, but the possibility of Kurdish secession points to
a deep divide that is worsening as the differences between
the Kurdish north and the rest of the country become more
evident. Salam Talib and David Enders report from Baghdad,
where at least half a million Kurds reside.
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G8 Summit Winds Up – Arab Reaction
G-8 leaders met with the presidents of six African countries
today and endorsed a proposal to train and where necessary
equip 75,000 new peacekeepers in the next five years. The
United States and other G8 members heavily rewrote much of
President Bush’s Greater Middle East Initiative and
rebranded it as the Partnership for Progress and a Common
Future with the Region of the Broader Middle East and North
Africa. The G8 unanimously approved the Initiative but ran
into differences over a role for NATO in Iraq. French President
Jacques Chirac said that democracy could not be imposed from
outside and ending Middle East conflicts had to be the priority
adding that. Egyptian and Saudi leaders have repeatedly signaled
they would reject any attempt to impose a "foreign order"
on the region. Oula Farawati reports on the reaction in the
Middle East from Aman Jordan.
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Domestic Human Rights Advocates Under Fire
The human rights group Front Line USA released a report
entitled, "Threats, Attacks, Arrests and Harassment of
Human Rights Defenders," detailing accounts of 12 advocates
who have been targeted for their work in promoting and protecting
human freedoms inside the United States. Jenny Johnson has
more.
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DC Students Stage Walk-Out
Hundreds of DC public school students walked out of class
this afternoon to protest budget cuts. Ingrid Drake reports
from Washington, DC.
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