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Today's lead stories:
CIA Operation to Support Candidates in Iraq Exposed
More Plans to Increase surveillance
Afghan Elections: Intimidation of Women Widespread
US Moves with Militarization of Space ~ Protests Begin
Turkish Reforms for EU Membership
Windmills to Power Minnesota Schools?
FSRN Headlines
The fourth hurricane in 6 weeks ripped thru Florida this
past weekend, pushing the US death toll from the disasters
to 102 - 15 billion dollars in property damage was done. Record
breaking Hurricane Jeanne is on its way to Georgia, leaving
2 and half million homes and businesses without power in Florida.
Meanwhile 100,000 undocumented workers are left without jobs
and basic needs from destroyed agricultural lands. Both Florida
vegetable pickers and migrant workers who come for the citrus
harvest suffer from Jeanne's wrath. Warren May of Florida's
Agency for Workforce Innovations says the undocumented are
not seeking aid for fear of being reported.
"these are not people that are not accostomed to coming
to government buildings or even to government employees with
their needs. they are too afriad of their status. "
Hurricane Jeanne devastated northern Haiti last week, killing
at least 2,000. UN peacekeepers rushed to Gonaive today to
help with relief efforts and control looting of food and supplies.
Education officials have placed 22 school systems in the
Massachusetts Region on a “Federal Watch List,”
citing them “in need of improvement”. Grassroots
groups blame lack of support from the government. Victoria
Jones has more from DC.
During an address to the United Nations today, Syrian Foreign
Minister Farouq al-Shara accused Israel of encouraging the
United States to invade Iraq and fiercely critiqued the country's
foreign policy. The Israeli Defense Minister said Syria is
directly involved in terrorism and threatened strikes against
the country. This after a Hamas leader was assasignated in
Damascus on Sunday. Laila al-Haddad has more.
The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell - Petroleum has withdrawn
its workers from oil facilities in parts of Nigeria's Niger
Delta region as a military operation against local youths
gets under way. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
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CIA Operation to Support Candidates in Iraq Exposed
- 4:07
The White House admitted to drawing up plans for the CIA
to covertly support candidates in Iraq's elections to counteract
what it calls Iranian support for candidates. But today the
White House says it backed away from the plan after both Democratic
and Republican Congressional members expressed outrage. Mitch
Jeserich has more from Capitol Hill.
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More Plans to Increase surveillance - 4:00
Reports today revealed plans by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and other federal agencies to step up surveillance of individuals
and communities suspected of having links to terrorist activities.
Meanwhile the Senate began debate today on implementing recommendations
of the 9/11 commission. Darby Hickey of our DC Bureau reports
that many groups are concerned about the heightened level
of surveillance in US society.
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Afghan Elections: Intimidation of Women Widespread
- 3:38
As Afghanistan prepares for national elections, international
aid workers are evacuating in anticipation of more violence
by rebel groups who have pledged to disrupt the country's
first presidential election. Intimidation tactics directed
at women, are causing many to worry about how fair elections
will be. Many are questioning whether the U.S. is putting
adequate resources in to making these elections democratic.
Human rights groups say that the United States is failing
to meet the needs of Afghan women and girls therefore failing
to ensure democracy in Afghanistan. Selina Musuta reports
from Washington, DC.
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US Moves with Militarization of Space ~ Protests
Begin - 2:34
Pentagon planners are moving forward with an early rollout
of the so-called Star Wars national missile defense shield.
The US Navy said it will deploy the Seventh Fleet later this
week, to patrol the waters off North Korea as a sea-based
element to the missile shield. Earlier this month, further
progress was announced on a land-based anti-missile system,
when a fourth interceptor missile was lowered into an underground
launch silo at Alaska's Fort Greely. The Pentagon hopes to
have two more in place there by mid-October, and two others
at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, CA, the only site
where the Pentagon tests ballistic and long-range nuclear
missiles. The base also serves as the launching pad for flight
tests of the program. A growing number of critics say the
Star Wars plan is flawed, the tests were rigged, and it won't
work. On Saturday, about 75 people rallied outside the front
gate of Vandenberg, kicking off a Global Week of Resistance
to the Militarization of Space. FSRN’s Vinny Lombardo
was there and has this report.
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Turkish Reforms for EU Membership - 3:35
The Turkish parliament approved reforms to its penal code
on Sunday which Turkey hopes will boost its chances of joining
the European Union. Ezgi Saritas has more from Ankara
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Windmills to Power Minnesota Schools? -
2:33
After years of belt-tightening, Minnesota schools may have
found a way to generate income while positioning themselves
to become leaders in the next phase of sustainable energy
production. In southern Minnesota this weekend, Carleton College
dedicated the first college-owned, utility-sized wind turbine
in the country. And, as FSRN's Carey Biron and Kristin Lerstrom
report, the wind may soon be blowing through many more school
windmills.
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