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Today's lead stories:
Indonesia likely to have new President
Iraq’s Iyad Allawi to arrive in US
Two Years Later Iraqi Girl Allowed into US for Treatment
Security and Terrorism Loom as Australian Election Issues
Gentrification Worsens in L.A.
FSRN Headlines
At least 300 people are dead after Tropical Storm Jeanne
wreaks havoc on the island, according to United Nations and
local officials. In the town of Gonaive, floodwaters turned
roads into rivers, covered crops and surrounded houses. With
much of Haiti deforested, there is little to slow down the
floods or the inevitable mudslides. Reports from Gonaive say
much of the town is still under waist-deep water. Last week
the storm hit shore on neighboring Dominican Republic and
is being blamed for 7 deaths there. Tropical Storm Jeanne
is now out in the open water and is unlikely to hit land again,
according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
Many nations are raising concerns about the United Nations
Security Council’s resolution against Sudan. Susan Wood
reports from the U.N.
Qassam, the military wing of Hamas, has claimed responsibility
for 2 missiles fired on a Jewish settlement over the weekend.
Reportedly there were no deaths. And in the Gaza Strip, the
Israeli military hit back with more deadly results. Laila
el-Haddad reports from Gaza City.
Local citizen groups are voicing outrage over Congressional
proposals to take back gun restrictions in the nation’s
capitol. Tom Allan with the D.C. Coop reports.
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Indonesia likely to have new President (3:33)
Indonesians went to the polls in their first ever presidential
elections and a former general promising to fight terrorism
and clean up government looks likely to defeat current president
Megawati Soekarnoputri. The election commission said that
former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Megawati's one-time
chief security minister, had 59 percent of ballots with a
fifth of the vote counted, while Megawati had 41 percent.
Both Megawati and Yudhoyono have been competing for US support.
After a meeting with US Secretary of State Collin Powel months
ago, Yudhoyono claimed he had American support and said that
the US was his second country after Indonesia. From Jakarta,
FSRN's Meggy Margiyono files this report.
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Iraq’s Iyad Allawi to arrive in US
(4:07)
The deadline of one British and two US hostages has passed
in Iraq, but still no word on the hostages condition. The
captors are demanding that all Iraqi female prisoners be released
by Monday. On Sunday another group beheaded 3 members of a
pro-US Kurdistan Democratic Party. Over 100 people have been
held hostages in Iraq since the US invasion began. It’s
being reported at airtime that 18 Iraqi National Guardsmen
taken hostage yesterday were released today. Meanwhile, as
US warplanes bombarded the northern part of the city of Falluja,
the New York Times reported over the weekend that the US is
gearing up for a military offensive in several insurgent controlled
areas throughout Iraq come November or December. Despite the
chaos throughout many areas in Iraq, the unelected Iraqi Prime
Minister Iyad Allawi is heading to the United States where
he will try to assure both Congress and the UN that elections
are still planned for January. Mitch Jeserich has more from
DC.
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Two Years Later Iraqi Girl Allowed into US for Treatment
(4:41)
This week, after a two year paperwork process allowing her
into the country, a young Iraqi girl arrived in Houston, Texas
for medical treatment of injuries she suffered from a US bombing.
Seema Jilani, in Houston, has more on this story.
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Security and Terrorism Loom as Australian Election
Issues (4:07)
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has proposed creating
anti-terrorist police squads as he continues his campaign
for re-election next month. Incumbent Prime Minister Howard
says the teams could be sent to neighboring countries, such
as Indonesia or the Philippines, with the approval of the
governments concerned. Security and terrorism are key issues
in the October 9 election, following the bombing this month
of Australia's Jakarta embassy and claims that Australians
were kidnapped in Iraq because of the country's support of
the Iraq War. As Erica Vowles reports from Sydney, many voters
are contemplating the country's place in the so-called War
on Terror.
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Gentrification Worsens in L.A. (3:45)
All across Los Angeles a housing shortage is being felt,
especially in Downtown, where the long-neglected city center,
rampant with homelessness and poverty, has become the latest
hot spot for luxury living. Despite revitalization, only a
small percentage of the new housing is considered affordable,
and most simply can't bear the cost. While some may be celebrating
this gentrification, others say it's unsustainable and inhumane.
Karen Fritsche reports.
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