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Today's lead stories:
Discussion on 9/11's Recommendations
Gaza Update
The World Bank and Enviromental Defense
SisterSpace Bookstore Evicted by US Marshals
Terrorist Intelligence and Threat to NY
Civilian Repression by Police in Argentina
FSRN Headlines
Iraq Update
12 Iraqis have been killed and 26 wounded in gun battles today
in Mosul. Witnesses report that dozens of masked fighters
with assault rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers
moved through the streets. Soon after, police headed to the
area and set up roadblocks. Sporadic violence occurred throughout
the city and the provincial government imposed a curfew. Also
today in Iraq a government official says an amnesty offer
for rebels won't cover fighters who've killed. The government
originally proposed the amnesty as an incentive for fighter
to put down their guns. Those who cooperated would be forgiven,
while those who continued killing could face execution. But
the amnesty has been repeatedly delayed, and each new version
narrows the list of those eligible.
Massive Protests in Khartoum
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Khartoum
in protest of possible military intervention by the United
Nations. Haider Rizvi reports from the UN that diplomats there
say this kind of move is not imminent.
Former Gitmo Detainees Release Scathing Report
Three British citizens released from Guantanamo Bay without
charge in March released a 115-page report today that details
their first full account of their ordeal as terror suspects.
Naomi Fowler has more from London:
SEC Fines Halliburton
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that
drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has been fined $150 million
to settle federal regulators' charges that it manipulated
its inventory of medicines in a fraudulent scheme to inflate
earnings. In other action by the SEC – the Commission
subpoenaed documents from Halliburton and expanded a probe
of payments related to a $5 billion construction contract
in Nigeria when U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney led the company.
The SEC also levied a 7.5 million dollar fine against Halliburton.
Aaron Glantz reports.
Oaxacan Elections
In the Governors race in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca,
Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, the candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary
Party (PRI), has been named the "virtual winner"
until the Federal Electoral Institute declares final results.
The PRI has held the Oaxacan governorship for 75 years. Luz
Ruiz reports from Chiapas.
Same Gender Marriage Banned in Missouri
Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional
amendment yesterday that bans same gender marriages. Voters
in at least nine other states -- and perhaps as many as 12
-- are expected to consider similar amendments this fall.
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Discussion on 9/11's Recommendations
Hearings continued today at Capitol Hill on the 9/11 Commission's
recommendations to decrease the chance of a terrorist attack
in the United States. Congressional Democrats are calling
for the quick implementation of many of the recommendations.
However concerns still linger. Former FBI translator Sibel
Edmonds, who was fired alter questioning FBI tactics and then
silenced by the Justice Department, wrote an open letter to
the Commission in which she accuses it of omitting important
information. Mitch Jeserich has more
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Gaza Update
The US State Department has warned Israel to stop a plan
to build hundreds of new housing units in the West Bank and
honor its commitment to end expansions in the area. Meanwhile,
Yasser Arafat marks his birthday today with a crisis within
his own Fatah movement. For that reason, Egypt has postponed
inter-Palestinian dialogue until the situation has cleared.
Dr. Hasam Abu Libdeh, is the Cabinet Secretary of the Palestinian
Authority. FSRN talked to Dr. Abu Libdeh today about the situation
in Palestine and Israel.
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The World Bank and Enviromental Defense
The World Bank issued its reaction to an internal review
of its investments in oil, mining and gas sectors. While the
Bank has made many proposals that move toward revising its
current practices, it has refused to take up the most serious
of the review's conclusions of phasing out investment in extractive
industries altogether. To critics, the Bank's reaction means
the persistence of business as usual. FSRN's Jenny Johnson
reports.
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SisterSpace Bookstore Evicted by US Marshals
After a long battle, US Marshals evicted African-American
owned business Sisterspace and Books from a historically black
community in Washington, DC yesterday. Local community activists
and supporters claim Sisterspace and Books is the latest victim
of the U Street corridor gentrification. Karen Mitchell has
more.
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Terrorist Intelligence and Threat to NY
As questions of validity have risen about the terror alerts
in New York City, New Jersey, and Washington DC, so have questions
of civil liberties as heavily armed officers infiltrate the
streets of the densely populated areas. From, WBAI in New
York, FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell has more.
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Civilian Repression by Police in Argentina
The Argentine Human Rights group Coordinated against Police
and Institutional Repression, or CORREPI for its Spanish acronym,
released a report last year that states one person is murdered
by authorities in that country every 60 hours. This year,
civilian assassinations at the hands of authorities, a phenomenon
known as "gatillo facil" or "happy trigger"
are still on the rise. From Buenos Aires, Mat Goldin And Zula
Wuarken have more.
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