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Today's lead stories:
Vice Presidential Debate Tonight
Election Countdown: Latino/a Vote
Dam Resistance in Acapulco, Mexico
Britain’s Guantanamo Under Scrutiny this Week
HIV Discrimination in Rwanda
FSRN Headlines
Today, D.C. residents protested against the construction
of a new major league baseball stadium. Ingrid Drake was there.
Dangerous levels of lead have been detected in drinking water
in Boston, New York, Detroit, the nation’s capitol and
other cities nation-wide. Public utilities and the EPA may
be intentionally ignoring or hiding the results. Dolores M.
Bernal reports from D.C.
Diverse and autonomous minded groups in northern India stike
against violence and for independence. Binu Alex reports from
Ahmedebad.
Peace talks in Sri Lanka continue to deteriorate. Ponniah
Manikavasagam has the update.
The Italian government is sending would be immigrants back
to their starting point in northern Africa before allowing
documented immigration or hearing possible asylum cases. Diletta
Varlesce reports from Brescia.
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Vice Presidential Debate Tonight (3:46)
Tonight at 9 pm eastern, Vice President Dick Cheney and
his Democratic challenger Senator John Edwards will debate
in Cleveland, Ohio. Before that debate, starting at 7 pm eastern,
Vice Presidential candidates from the Green, Independent,
Libertarian and Constitution parties will also be in Cleveland
debating in a 3rd party forum that won't be constricted to
the numerous rules that corporate backed debate between Cheney
and Edwards will have. Mitch Jeserich takes a look at the
candidates.
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Election Countdown: Latino/a Vote (3:07)
With the Presidential Elections less than a month away,
many in the Latino community are wondering if their issues
will be addressed in the upcoming debates. As we continue
our one month special Election Countdown Coverage, Selina
Musuta looks at this growing constituency from Washington,
DC.
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Dam Resistance in Acapulco, Mexico (5:01)
Late Monday dozens of indigenous peoples, campesinos and
non-governmental organizations gathered at the footsteps of
the Inter American Development Bank in Mexico City to hand
deliver declarations and resolutions drafted through a series
of regional and international forums where MesoAmericans demand
that the IADB cease its financing of mega-projects such as
the Parota HydroElectric project on the outskirts of Acapulco,
Guerrero. Tim Russo and Luz Ruiz report from Guerrero and
Mexico City.
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Britain’s Guantanamo Under Scrutiny this Week
(4:23)
The names Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are now infamous throughout
the world and the names of British citizens still held in
Guantanamo are well known in their home country. But what’s
less well known is that there are also men being detained
without charge or trial in Britain in a prison the men’s
lawyers call ‘Britain’s Guantanamo.’ After
9/11, Britain derogated from Article Five of the European
Convention on Human Rights which bans detention without trial.
It was the only one of 40 European countries to take this
step. This week, the House of Lords will review that decision.
Naomi Fowler brings us this report from a protest outside
Belmarsh Prison in London.
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HIV Discrimination in Rwanda (4:07)
In Kenya, a woman who claims she was sacked for being HIV-positive
has recently won the right to sue her former employers for
alleged discrimination. She's also demanding compensation
from the doctor and hospital which allegedly revealed her
test results without permission. Though the first such case
in Kenya, the problem of workplace discrimination against
people with HIV/AIDS is all too common in many African countries.
Rupert Cook reports.
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