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Today's lead stories:
Single Issue Campaigns
Department of Justice: New Regulations
Questions Remain about Nuclear Weapons Plant
NYPD Keeping an Eye on Activists in Other States
Life After Capitalism Conference
National Indigenous Congress Meets
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Great Lawn Off Limits for RNC
Activists have lost another battle with the courts to peacefully
demonstrate in New York City during the Republican National
Convention. The groups, the ANSWER coalition along with the
National Council of Arab-Americans, fought New York City officials’
denial of their permit to gather on Central Park’s great
lawn. The city claims they want to protect the grass and recommends
another site along the West Side highway. Protestors reject
that offer saying the location is insufficient to support
as many as 250-thousand people without facilities or shade
in the city heat. The case by United for Peace and Justice
for use of the lawn is still pending.
Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Hearing
Another U.S. military reservist implicated in the Iraqi prisoner
abuse scandal appeared before a U.S. judge at a military base
in Germany. Guy Deegan reports from Bonn.
Counter Intelligence Proposal
A ranking Republican Senator makes a sweeping proposal to
counter the Bush administration on intelligence. Ellen Ratner
reports from D.C.
Sudanese to Nigeria for Peace Meeting
Sudanese government representatives and two black African
rebel groups are participating in peace talks in Nigeria.
Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
Indian Truckers on Strike
Truckers in India struck for a third day today causing prices
to rise further amidst already rising inflation. Binu Alex
reports from Ahmedebad.
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Single Issue Campaigns
Government watchdog groups are raising the alarm over presidential
campaigns by the two major parties for focusing on the single
issue of John Kerry or George Bush's service 30 years ago
during the Vietnam War. Whether it's the anti-Kerry group
the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth or the anti-Bush groups
MoveOn.org, 2 organizations legally outside of the political
party system are significantly influencing the issues being
covered by the media and debated by the parties. However,
as Mitch Jeserich reports, issues that effect people's lives
are being drowned out by the attention given to what candidates
did or did not do 30 years ago in a very unpopular war.
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Department of Justice: New Regulations
New regulations enacted by the Labor Department and supported
by President Bush went into effect today. The regulations
are said by administration officials to have a positive impact
on workers, but union members rallying in Miami, Cincinnati,
Washington DC and other cities decried the changes. Darby
Hickey of our DC Bureau brings this report...
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Questions Remain about Nuclear Weapons Plant
The cleanup at the closed Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant
in Colorado continues, and questions remain about whether
the site will ever be safe. Citizen's groups say that there
is more contamination than the Department of Energy admits,
and continue to criticize the cleanup as inadequate. Critics
say that full disclosure of information about what occurred
at the plant and exactly which areas are contaminated remains
obscure. Activists are pressing for the release of documents
that they say will prove their case. Daniel Costello has more
from Denver.
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NYPD Keeping an Eye on Activists in Other States
Federal and local law enforcement agencies are keeping a
close eye on political demonstrations during the Republican
National Convention. A new report says that the NYPD has sent
detectives to do round the clock monitoring of activists in
their final days of planning. Leigh Ann Caldwell has more
on this story from WBAI in New York City.
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Life After Capitalism Conference
Activists that will march and protest the National Republican
Convention gathered in New York City this weekend for the
Life After Capitalism Conference 2004. Dolores M. Bernal from
the DC Radio Co-op, has more from Manhattan.
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National Indigenous Congress Meets
Mexico's Indigenous National Congress held a gathering this
weekend in the southern state of Oaxaca. The theme of the
event was to discuss strategies for defending indigenous autonomy.
Vladimir Flores was there and files this report.
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