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Today's lead stories:
Documents Intended to Distance Bush from Torture Scandal Beg
More Questions
EPA Understates Toxic Emissions
Nuclear Talks in Beijing
Mistrial in Murder of Transgendered Teen
Sickle Cell Anemia in India
FSRN Headlines
The Bush Administration has suffered a diplomatic defeat
in its efforts to shield U.S. servicemen and others from the
reach of the International Criminal Court. Susan Wood reports
from the United Nations.
Today, the Congressional Black Caucus called on the U.S.
government to do more to stop the genocide in the Darfur region
of Sudan. Allison Koler reports from D.C.
10 Palestinian groups are objecting to the latest proposal
that would place Egypt and Jordan security forces in Palestine.
Laila al-Haddad reports from Gaza.
Broad racial disparities in state and federal criminal justice
systems are highlighted in a report by the American Bar Association
Justice Kennedy Commission. Jenny Johnson has the story from
D.C.
The Greens opened their convention today in Milwaukee to
decide who will be the party’s nominee for President.
From the Worker’s Independent News Service, Sarah Turner
reports.
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Documents Intended to Distance Bush from Torture
Scandal Beg More Questions (4:04)
Last night the Pentagon and the White House released several
hundred pages of internal documents concerning interrogation
procedures of detainees. The White House claims the documents
prove that President Bush never approved torture. However,
critics say the unveiled documents raise more questions than
they answer. Mitch Jeserich reports.
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EPA Understates Toxic Emissions (4:04)
A report released yesterday by the DC-based Environmental
Intergrity Project and the Galveston-Houston Association for
Smog prevention reveals the nation's database for toxic pollution
is severely underestimating emissions from chemical plants
and refineries across the country. From KPFT in Houston, Erika
McDonald reports that actual emissions were found to be four
to five times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's
Toxic Release Inventory or TRI listings.
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Nuclear Talks in Beijing (4:05)
The nuclear crises opened in October 2002, when North Korea
quit the Non proliferation treaty and expelled international
inspectors, still has to find its solution. The six-party
talks, initiated by the Chinese government and involving China,
North Korea, South Korea, Japan and Russia, opened their third
session in Beijing today. Severine Bardon reports from Beijing.
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Mistrial in Murder of Transgendered Teen
(3:51)
The murder trail of three 24-year-old California men accused
of killing transgender teenager Gwen Araujo ended in a mistrial
after the judge described the jury as hopelessly deadlocked.
Gay and transgendered activists across the nation followed
the case, which was prosecuted as a hate crime. Prosecutors
say two of the defendants had sex with Araujo and plotted
to murder the teen after they learned that Araujo was biologically
male. The defendants, Jason Cazares, Michael Magidson and
Jose Merel were facing 25 years to life if convicted. Brian
Garcia has more
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Sickle Cell Anemia in India (4:19)
The world is coming to terms with new diseases like SARS.
But very few know that there are more alarming and fatal diseases
facing the world’s indigenous people. Some say more
alarming than AIDS -- since it is genetically inherited –
sickle cell anemia. FSRN Correspondent Binu Alex visits central
and western Indian regions where the autochthonous people
of India are affected.
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