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Today's lead stories:
Escalating Violence in Iraq: Hostages and Bombings
Patriot Act Two or 9-11 Recommendations?
Only 2 Parties Can Debate: Officials Announce Today
Sudan Crisis Debated at UN
Kashmiri Orphans to Benefit from Improved Indo-Pak Relations?
FSRN Headlines
Congress Extends Tax Cuts
Congress overwhelmingly approved an extension of the tax cuts
touted by George W. Bush. The total package approved is 300-billion
dollars more than originally put out by the administration
and will send the national deficit even higher. Senator John
Kerry has been calling for a roll back of many of the Bush
tax cuts as a cornerstone of his campaign. But, like his Democratic
colleagues in Congress yesterday he spoke highly of the legislation
categorized as a middle class tax cut. The earned income tax
credit will remain unchanged, leaving the nation’s poorest
worse off as inflation counteracts
their eligibility.
(Cut for time: Corporate Profits Up, Taxes Zero
Meanwhile, the non-profit group Citizens for Tax Justice says
that the wealthiest corporations in the U.S. saw profits soar
while taxes dropped, in some cases to zero. The study blamed
“the proliferation of abusive tax shelters and increasingly
aggressive corporate lobbying” for the dramatic shift
over the past three years.)
FDA Said, "Hide the Data"
An FDA medical officer told congressional representatives
that top officials at the FDA instructed him to disappear
information about possible negative affects of antidepressants
used by children. Jenny Johnson reports from D.C.
Felon Laws Affect GA Black Men
A study shows that the two-thirds voter registration gap between
black men and other ethnic and gender groups is attributed
to Georgia’s felon disenfranchisement laws. Stephen
Duncan reports from Atlanta.
Nigerian Troops Retaliate Against Islamic Group
Nigerian troops have killed 27 members of an Islamic group
that wants to establish an Islamic government in the country.
Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
More Acid Rain
Acid rain pollution from power plants rose four percent last
year according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Erika McDonald has more.
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Escalating Violence in Iraq: Hostages and Bombings
(3:12)
The situation in Iraq continues to escalate, today a bomb
exploded on a busy Baghdad street killing 4, while the Italian
Embassy in Baghdad reported that it was it by rocket-propelled
grenades. Also today two Egyptian business men were kidnapped
from their office in an upper class neighborhood of the capitol.
Salam Talib, computer analyst from Baghdad tells FSRN Host
Deepa Fernandes the latest on the hostage situation and details
a new US air attack on Sadr city in Baghdad which has killed
many civilians though the use of cluster bombs.
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Patriot Act Two or 9-11 Recommendations?
(4:13)
House Republicans today unveiled its bill in response to
the 9/11 Commission's recommendations for national security.
Critics contend that the bill goes farther than what the 9/11
Commission called for by including previous provisions of
what was once known as "The Patriot Act Two." Mitch
Jeserich has more from Capitol Hill.
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Only 2 Parties Can Debate: Officials Announce Today
(3:13)
In scenes reminiscent of the presidential campaign 2000,
supporters of Ralph Nader paid a noisy visit to the offices
of the Commission on Presidential Debates in DC today. Presidential
Candidate Ralph Nader argues that he should be included in
the debates, while he is fighting challenges to his presence
on ballots in states across the country. Darby Hickey of our
DC Bureau has this report.
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Sudan Crisis Debated at UN (4:18)
The Sudanese government told the United Nations General
assembly that it is taking measures to reduce the violence
in the Darfur region of Western Sudan. But, a UN resolution
passed last Saturday said the government has not fulfilled
its obligations to achieve peace. International support to
provide aid to the region is increasing but as FSRN's Leigh
Ann Caldwell reports from the UN, some influential countries
like China are reluctant to pressure Sudan because of its
economic stake in the country.
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Kashmiri Orphans to Benefit from Improved Indo-Pak
Relations? (2:02)
The leaders of India and Pakistan met today and proclaimed
that a new chapter had begun in relations between the two
nuclear neighbors. At the UN, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's
General Assembly speech this week was devoid of the usual
criticisms of India. The only reference to their dispute came
when he mentioned Kashmir saying that he believes the two
sides could resolve their differences through dialogue which
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed with in his Thursday
Assembly address. However as our correspondent in Kashmir,
Shahnawaz Khan reports, for young people in the war-torn country,
many of whom are orphans, they will need much more than words
to better their lives.
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