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Today's lead stories:
Intelligence Report
Elections Postponement
Florida's Felon List
Venezuela and Petrosur
ESL and No Child Left Behind
Rapid City Transgendered Climate
FSRN Headlines
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and center-left opposition
leader Shimon Peres have agreed to team up in promoting a
unilateral plan to withdraw from the occupied Gaza Strip.
Laila El-Haddad reports from Gaza City.
At the United Nations, the Palestinian ambassador formally
criticized the wall being built by the Israeli goverment and
condemned by the International Criminal Court. Haider Rizvi
has more from the U.N.
Further evidence surfaced over the weekend that US House
Majority Leader Tom Delay knowingly violated the law by using
corporate donations to fund redistricting efforts in Texas.
From KPFT in Houston, Renee
Feltz has more.
An advocacy group is suing Clear Channel over the communication
giant’s alleged denial of an anti-war advertisement.
Leigh Ann Caldwell reports from New York City.
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Intelligence Report - (4:00)
Today CIA Deputy Director John McGlaughlin became the agency's
interim director as George Tenet served his last day as director
on Sunday, a position he has held since 1997. His departure
came just two days after a Senate Intelligence Committee report
blamed U.S. intelligence agencies for faulty information regarding
Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Some lawmakers on
Capitol Hill are calling on President Bush to quickly nominate
a new CIA Director. The invasion of Iraq was considered a
pre-emptive strike based on intelligence estimates. Now, that
it is widely believed that the intelligence was wrong, what
will that mean for the policy of pre-emption? Mitch Jeserich
reports.
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Elections Postponement - (2:30)
As the Department of Homeland Security continues to issue
warnings that Al-Qaeda is planning an attack within the US
in coming months, Newsweek is reporting that the Department
of Homeland Security has asked the Justice Department to review
what legal steps it would take to postpone the presidential
elections in the event of a terrorist attack. Critics are
questioning the move, which they say is unnecessary and meant
to benefit President Bush. Darby Hickey reports from Washington
DC.
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Florida's Felon List - (2:30)
John Kerry and John Edward’s visit to Florida last
week in their first full day as running mates illustrates
the state is once again being seen as key to winning the presidency
in November. But Florida’s electoral system is still
rife with bureaucratic problems and discrimination, which
civil rights groups continue to challenge. The controversy
over a list of suspected felons who were barred from voting
in the 2000 election seemed to be making another appearance
in this year’s election. But, as Andrew Stelzer reports,
the state has thrown out this year’s list, which was
mired in mistakes.
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Venezuela and Petrosur - (4:00)
Last week, in Argentina, during a meeting of heads of state
of the Latin American trade block Mercosur, Venezuela and
Mexico were accepted as the block’s two newest associate
members. For Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who faces a
recall referendum in August, the occasion marked a milestone
in his effort to integrate Latin America’s energy policies.
The agreement set the base for Petrosur – an integrated
oil and gas production initiative – and a larger umbrella
initiative known as Petro -America. Greg Wilpert has the story
from Caracas, Venezuela.
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ESL and No Child Left Behind - (3:30)
Two weeks ago, Boulder Valley County schools in Colorado,
expressed serious concerns about the lack of funding for English
as a Second Language programs in their school system. School
officials say No Child Left Behind has not given the schools
the money promised to fund this crucial program. Nationally,
about five and half million public school students are enrolled
in ESL programs, and that number is growing especially in
states like Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina where
immigrant populations are rising rapidly. According to the
Pew Hispanic Center, about 100 languages are spoken among
public school students. Dolores Bernal has the story from
Hyattsville, Maryland.
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Rapid City Transgendered Climate - (4:00)
The California trial in the death of transgender teenager
Gwen Araujo that resulted in a hung jury was a red flag for
members of the transgender community across the country. But,
California isn’t the only state where alternate lifestyles
can become an issue. Rapid City, South Dakota, recently experienced
a two-day protest against city alderman Tom Murphy, after
he announced plans to pursue a sex-change operation. Free
Speech Radio News correspondent Jim Kent attended one protest
organized by people who traveled from across the US to object
to Alderman Murphy's lifestyle, and his city's "apparent"
support of it.
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