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Today's lead stories:
Remembering 9-11
Health Effects of 9-11; Report from NYC
Beslan: Russia’s 9-11?
Powell Says Genocide in Sudan
Preparing for Nov 2: Seattle Get Out the Vote Campaign
FSRN Headlines
Hurricane Ivan Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Hurricane Ivan is bearing down on the island nation of Jamaica
in the southern Caribbean. Some rains and winds have touched
the island but the full force is expected overnight. Half
a million people have been asked to evacuate lower lying areas
because the center of the storm is expected to pass over the
crowded capitol of Kingston and roads on the eastern side
of the island are expected to be flooded over. Since yesterday,
the storm has been down graded to a category 4 storm with
140 mile an hour winds. Yesterday the hurricane devastated
Grenada. The country is without fresh water service, electricity
and has spotty cell phone coverage. The Caribbean Broadcasting
Company, based in Barbados is now broadcasting there to provide
information after Grenada’s radio station went down.
The CBC is accepting and broadcasting emails and phone messages
from people trying to reach friends and relatives. SOUND.
Residents in the Florida Keys also have been ordered to evacuate
as the expected path of the hurricane takes it to the U.S.
coast by Sunday after crossing over Cuba. On its current path,
Hurricane Ivan is predicted to hit somewhere on the coast
of Florida by late Monday or early Tuesday. It would be the
state’s third hurricane hit within four weeks.
Cuba Preps for Ivan
Now in Havana, Joseph Mutti reports on the preparations in
Cuba.
Chinese Government Roundups 36-thousand
The Chinese government has rounded up tens of thousands of
people who have filed various complaints with the government
prior to an important meeting of the Communist Party set to
open in the next few days. Séverine Bardon reports
from Beijing.
Wal-Mart to Overshadow Historical Site
Wal-Mart has plans to build a super center next to one of
Mexico's most important archeological sites. Vladimir Flores
has the story.
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Remembering 9-11
Commemorations around the country began today to mark the
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September
11, 2001. Striking at the most recognizable symbols of American
economic and military power, the Bush Administration declared
a “war on terror” along with the imperative that
countries be either with the US or against it in the fight.
On this, the eve of the third anniversary of the attacks,
we begin our coverage with Jenny Johnson in DC.
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Health Effects of 9-11; Report from NYC
Tomorrow will be a day of remembrance for those who died
on Sept 11 2001 across the world, and especially here in NY
City. Memorial bells will toll and a reading of the names
of the victims will be held at the WTC site as New Yorker’s
remember the devastation wrought on their city 3 years ago.
Yet survivors, first responders, residents and workers in
the area are still suffering health affects from the destruction.
And as FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports, a Congressional
hearing this week and the release of several reports, have
criticized the government’s handling of the health risks
post 9-11.
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Beslan: Russia’s 9-11?
Meanwhile, the recent tragedy in Beslan is increasingly
being called a Russia’s 9/11. However, despite similarity
in terrorist tactics of killing civilians, many say that hostage-taking
incident in Russia has nothing to do with the international
Islamic cause. Anastasia Gnezditskaia has the story.
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Powell Says Genocide in Sudan
Today the Khartoum government of Sudan accused President
Bush and Secretary of State Collin Powell of playing electoral
politics to win African American votes after Powell called
the crisis in the Darfur region “genocide”. Today
a British minister also said atrocities in Western Sudan "may
well be genocide" as Britain announced its support for
a US proposed resolution at the UN. While some countries on
the Security Council oppose the resolution, some humanitarian
groups say it doesn't go far enough in stopping the atrocities.
Mitch Jeserich has more from Washington DC.
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Preparing for Nov 2: Seattle Get Out the Vote Campaign
Washington State's largest citizen watchdog organization,
is registering 2,000 voters a week. Following the successful
lead of Missouri Pro-Vote who've registered 60,000 voters
in St. Louis, concentrating on the African-American community;
Washington Citizen Action is registering low income and people
of color voters in Seattle -- at bus stops, social service
agencies and citizenship ceremonies. Martha Baskin has our
story.
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