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Today's lead stories:
Military Investigators Testify Over Abu Ghraib
Bomb Explosion at Australian Embassy in Indonesia
Promoting Palestine
Update on Lynn Stewart Case
Nurses vs. the University of California
Nationwide Protests Against Cuts to Section 8 Housing
FSRN Headlines
Hurricane Ivan Leaves Grenada Heads for Jamaica
Hurricane Ivan is being blamed for the death of 16 people
in Grenada. Almost 30 people’s deaths and dozens of
injuries are being attributed to the storm from Tobago to
as far south as Venezuela. The island nation of Grenada, populated
by 90-thousand reportedly has been 85 percent destroyed. According
to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency, all utilities,
water and electricity, have been knocked out. Limited communications
have been restored. The category five storm, with its 160-mile
per hour winds, now heads to Jamaica. If Hurricane Ivan retains
its current anticipated track it will hit the state of Florida,
already devastated by Hurricanes Charley and Frances within
just the last few weeks.
Black Farmers Law Suit Against USDA
Efforts by black farmers to receive their settlement from
a previous class action lawsuit continued today in DC with
the filing of a new lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture.
Darby Hickey with the D.C Radio Coop reports from WPFW.
Texas High School Health Texts Exclude Contraception
Hundreds turned out to voice their opinion about the proposed
public high school sex education textbooks that are void of
any contraceptive or disease prevention information outside
of abstinence. As KPFT's Ernesto Aguilar explains the decision
has national implications as well.
California Sues Electronic Voting Machine Company
Joining the citizen’s lawsuit against an electronic
voting machine manufacturer, the state of California is charging
the company software lacks proper certification. Kellia Ramares
reports from Oakland.
U.S. Neo-Nazi Found Dead
A U.S. neo-Nazi organizer was found dead in his home at the
age of 86. Leigh Robartes has more from Moscow, Idaho.
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Military Investigators Testify Over Abu Ghraib
3:53
A detainee at Guantanamo Bay has been wrongfully held for
the last 2 years, according to the military tribunal at the
detention facility, and will be set free. For two years the
Pentagon has resisted giving Guantanamo Bay detainees a hearing,
but it changed course after a Supreme Court ruling said that
detainees there have the right to challenge their detention.
Human rights groups question how many more are still being
held who are also not enemy combatants. Meanwhile on Capitol
Hill, several military investigators looking into detainee
abuse testified on their final reports. Mitch Jeserich has
more.
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Bomb Explosion at Australian Embassy in Indonesia
2:11
Today a bomb exploded at the Australian embassy in Jakarta,
Indonesia, one day after US government issued travel warning
to that country. Initial reports say that at least nine people
were killed and one hundred injured. The blast also destroyed
seven buildings in the vicinity. Responding to the blast,
President Megawati Soekarnoputri soon arranged a meeting with
Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Meggy Margiyono reports
from the blast area in Jakarta.
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Promoting Palestine 3:05
Palestinian businessmen and economic officials gathered
at a conference in Jordan in an attempt to change the image
of Palestine as a war-torn country to try to attract investments.
Oula Farawati reports from Jordan.
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Update on Lynn Stewart Case 3:27
Activist attorney Lynne Stewart’s trial is now in
its fourth month in New York City for allegedly aiding terrorism.
After Attorney General John Ashcroft threw a press conference
to announce Stewart’s arrest back in April 2002, many
in the legal community are now closely watching her trial.
In a case that has been marked by the prosecution’s
use of questionable evidence, this week the prosecution showed
a tape of Osama bin Laden, even though the judge ruled that
bin Laden is not connected to the case. Lawyer groups say
the outcome of this case could impede on the role of criminal
defense attorneys. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell has more from
WBAI in New York.
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Nurses vs. the University of California
2:24
Surveys show that 52% of all nurses report chronic back
pain and 12% of nurses who leave the profession cite back
injuries as the main, or as a significant contributing factor
to their leaving. A ‘first in the nation’ bill
requiring most California Hospitals to establish lift teams
to help move patients is awaiting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
signature. But the politically powerful University of California
is against it. The California Nurses Association, which pushed
the bill, wants the University to change its mind. Kellia
Ramares filed this report.
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Nationwide Protests Against Cuts to Section 8 Housing
4:40
Yesterday activists from over 150 organizations held actions
in a dozen cities across the US to protest the Bush administrations
proposed $1.6 billion dollar cut in the Section 8 "housing
choice" voucher program. The program currently serves
two million low-income households, the vast majority of which
are working families with children, senior citizens, and people
with disabilities. Activists charge that if the administration’s
Section 8 budget for Fiscal Year 05, still before Congress,
is passed as is, as many as 60,000 existing families will
be forced from the Section 8 program this year through cuts
to local Housing Authorities and an additional 250,000 families
would face significant rent increases. This in spite of Congress
voting for enough funds to renew all Section 8 contracts this
year. The DC radio coop's Tom Gomez has more from Pacifica
station WPFW in Washington DC
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