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Today's lead stories:
9/11 Commission Concludes Hearings – Communication Failures
Abounded
Human Rights Groups Demand Disclosure of Detainment Sites
UK Assylum Seekers Treated Harshly
Somali’s Demonstrate in Support of Nuradin Abdi
Saddam Hussein – Landmines and Legal Issues
FSRN Headlines
Non-Profit Hospitals Accused of Overcharging Uninsured
More than a dozen not for profit hospitals are being accused
of overcharging uninsured patients in violation of their obligations
as a charity. From KFAI in Minneapolis, Carey Biron reports.
Iran Exonerated by IAEA
The International Atomic Energy Agency is admitting that they
wrongfully accused Iran of withholding information. Haider
Rizvi has the story from the United Nations.
Maryland to Execute Convicted Killer
The state of Maryland is set to execute a person for the first
time in 5 years. Tom Gomez has more.
CA Rep Defends Energy Consumers
A California senator wants George W. Bush to get rid of any
member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission –
the FERC – who refuses to side with consumers. Kellia
Ramares reports from Oakland.
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9/11 Commission Concludes Hearings – Communication
Failures Abounded (4:33)
The 9/11 Commission wrapped up their hearings today on Capitol
Hill. Testimony indicated that some Senior US officials --
including Vice President Dick Cheney -- first learned of the
attacks from television reports. Witnesses described communication
failures between the Northeast Air Defense Sector of the North
American Aerospace Defense Command – or NORAD and the
Federal Aviation Authority that hampered the US military’s
ability to prevent hijacked planes from hitting targets. Karen
Mitchell attended the hearings.
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Human Rights Groups Demand Disclosure of Detainment
Sites (4:04)
The New York Times reports Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
ordered an Iraqi detainee be hidden from Red Cross Inspectors
last November. Today human rights groups called on the Bush
administration to disclose the location of detainment sites
worldwide and grant the Red Cross full access. And, as Mitch
Jeserich reports, Muslim groups protested outside the State
Department demanding the release of U.S citizen Ahmed Abu
Ali who has been detained in Saudi Arabia without charge.
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UK Assylum Seekers Treated Harshly (3:55)
Amid allegations of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British
troops, a report published yesterday by the British Chief
Inspector of Prisons shows that asylum seekers detained in
the UK’s special privately run detention centers do
not fare much better. Naomi Fowler brings us this report from
London.
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Somali’s Demonstrate in Support of Nuradin
Abdi (3:48)
Hundreds of Somali rallied in front of the Federal Courthouse
in Columbus, Ohio yesterday in support of Nuradin Abdi. The
Somali man was indicted on Monday on four Federal charges
and accused of plotting to blow up a Columbus area shopping
mall. Mr. Abdi's supporters say the charges are unfounded
and politically motivated. Evan Davis files this report.
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Saddam Hussein – Landmines and Legal Issues
(3:45)
President Bush has refused to set a timetable to hand over
ex-President Saddam Hussein to the interim Iraqi government.
Bush told reporters "appropriate security" must
be in place first, quickly adding the US and Iraqi government's
don't want what he called "lax security.” He also
wants assurances that Saddam Hussein will stand trial. The
Bush Administration has been under pressure to press formal
charges against the former dictator. The International Committee
of the Red Cross announced Tuesday that the Geneva Convention
mandates the United States either charge or free all prisoners
of war -- including Saddam -- before the official hand-over
of sovereignty to Iraq at the end of this month. As Aaron
Glantz reports, such a trial could reveal the support Saddam
received from Europe, America, and the former Soviet Union.
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