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Today's lead stories:
Bush Responds to 911 Report
Quito Forum: Alternative Media in Latin America
Palestinian Sanctuary in Canada
Al Qaeda in Pakistan
DNC to RNC March
Child Nutrition Act
FSRN Headlines
Evidence of Torture
Human rights groups and physicians say they have evidence
that prisons run by the U.S. led coalition forces in Iraq
abuse prisoners including over 100 Iraqi children. Kellia
Ramares has the story.
Record High Oil Prices
September crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange
closed today at a record high -- near 44-dollars a barrel.
Oil hungry nations often look to increase supply to offset
rising prices. However, only Saudi Arabia has some spare capacity,
though exactly how much is questionable. New terrorism warnings
in the US and uncertainty over the future of Russian oil company
Yukos, which produces over a million barrels a day, have pushed
prices higher.
Mexican Court Rules on "Dirty War"
Human rights groups are denouncing the Mexican court’s
ruling last week that gave former government officials, including
one ex-President a free ride in the country’s so-called
“dirty war.” Luz Ruiz reports from
EU Arms to China?
George W. Bush is pressuring British Prime Minister Tony Blair
to veto European Union plans to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo
on China. From London, Naomi Fowler has more.
WTO Update
Exhausted World Trade Organization delegates left Geneva on
Sunday after agreeing to a framework that many of the world’s
wealthiest nations and the director called "historic.”
Under heavy and organized pressure from devloping nations,
the agreement calls for the elimination of farm subsidies
given out by developed nations, especially by the United States.
But, some Asian nations in particular are saying there is
still no clear-cut commitment by developed countries to cut
subsidies.
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Bush Responds to 911 Report
Today President Bush called on Congress to create a new
position of National Intelligence Director to oversee all
of the 14 intelligence agencies. The President also seeks
to create a National Counter-terrorism center to integrate
both foreign and domestic intelligence. Such moves would make
significant changes to the 1947 National Security Act that
created the CIA. Some worry that Bush's proposals would give
the CIA unprecedented access to US citizens. The move comes
a day after Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge raised
the alert level New Jersey, New York, and Washington DC, prompting
several other cities such as Chicago and LA to increase patrols
in those cities. Mitch Jeserich is in DC and brings us this
story.
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Quito Forum: Alternative Media in Latin America
Last week, ten thousand activists converged in Quito, Ecuador
for the first-ever Social Forum of the Americas. With media
was a central theme of the Forum, attendees included independent
journalists and activists for the right to communication.
The emerging Latin American alternative media movement was
on display. Dan Malakoff reports.
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Palestinian Sanctuary in Canada
Sanctuary in Canadian churches for refugees facing deportation
is becoming a growing practice. Currently, there are six cases
of refugees in church sanctuaries throughout the country,
sparking a national debate on the practice, while also highlighting
the growing rejection rates of refugees claiming asylum in
Canada post September 11. In Montreal, a family of Palestinian
refugees has been in sanctuary for more than six months. FSRN's
Stefan Christoff reports.
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Al Qaeda in Pakistan
Pakistan has arrested a Senior Al-Qaeda figure wanted by
the United States over the 1998 bombings of US embassies in
Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200 people. Ahmed
Khalfan Ghailiani was among 14 people arrested in a raid on
a house in a small city of Punjan Province, Gujrat, after
a shootout. Last month, the Pakistani Interior Minister gave
assurances that Al Queda was on the run. Masror Hussain reports
from Islamabad.
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DNC to RNC March
The timing and proximity of the Democratic and Republican
National Conventions - the first at the end of July in Boston
and the second at the end of August in New York City - has
inspired a group to walk from one city to the other over the
next 28 days. But they're bringing a message that goes beyond
electoral politics. Melinda Tuhus reports from Boston.
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Child Nutrition Act
For the first time, the federal government will be providing
substantial seed money to programs throughout the country
designed to directly increase the amount of locally produced
food products in the public school system. From Minneapolis,
Kristin Lerstrom and Carey Biron have the story.
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