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Today's lead stories:
US bombings of Iraq Continue
Preview of Afghan Elections Tomorrow
Election Countdown Coverage: Part 5: Senate 9/11 Bill Rejected
By House GOP
Italy Under Fire for Deportations
Hotel Workers Strike Continues
Eminent Domain Abuse?
FSRN Headlines
FBI Takes IndyMedia Hard Drive
The FBI has crossed borders and jurisdictions to claim the
hard drive of the Independent Media Center based in London.
Naomi Fowler has more from the UK.
Civil Libertarians Fight in Court
Several court cases in New York City are challenging what
advocates describe as clear violations of civil liberties
under the umbrella of the so-called Patriot Act. In New York
City, Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.
African Woman Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to an African woman
for the first time in the awards 100-year history. Wangari
Maathai of Kenya founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977,
to organize poor women in rural Kenya to plant trees to combat
deforestation. The organization is credited with planting
30-million trees. Maathai has also been a staunch campaigner
on behalf of democratic change in Kenya and against corruption
in government.
Oil Workers Strike in Niger Delta
Workers in the Niger Delta finished a second day of strikes
against Shell Oil. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
Health Care Workers Strike in Mexico City
Nearly a hundred thousand health care workers, hospital administrators,
doctors and nurses took to the streets of Mexico City weeks
long negotiations came to a standstill. Tim Russo was there.
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US bombings of Iraq Continue
The British Press is reporting today that Kenneth Bigley
has been beheaded by his kidnappers according to sources from
Prime Minister Tony Blair’s office. This as US warplanes
continue attacks on Fallujah and other Iraqi cities are under
siege. Deepa Fernandes is joined from Baghdad by the Director
of Occupation Watch, Eman Khammas with the latest news.
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Preview of Afghan Elections Tomorrow
Tomorrow Afghans go to the polls to elect a new leader two
years after the US installed Hamid Karzai when they defeated
the ruling Taliban Party. The Bush Administration is using
Afghanistan as an example of its success in the so-called
‘War on Terror’ while Democratic challenger John
Kerry says the war the US should be fighting is in Afghanistan
and not Iraq. In Afghanistan, allegations are rife that tomorrows
election is nothing more than a public show, with current
President and US backed candidate Hamid Karzai certain to
win. We begin our coverage in Karbul with Correspondent for
Radio France International, Tony Cross, tells Deepa Fernandes
who exactly Afghans will be choosing from in the election.
(With thanks to Sonali Kolhatkar of KPFK for help with this
report.)
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Election Countdown Coverage: Part 5: Senate 9/11
Bill Rejected By House GOP
In a heated debate last night, the House rejected a version
of a bi-partisan 9-11 bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday.
Top Republicans like House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas,
claim that the House GOP version will be more effective in
addressing concerns of the Sept. 11 Commission on US intelligence
and national security. Dolores M. Bernal brings us Part 5
of our special One Month Election Countdown coverage as she
looks at where Congress stands on national security, which
is topping polls as the issue of most concern to Americans
in the upcoming elections.
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Italy Under Fire for Deportations
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived in Libya
today to discuss how to handle the waves of undocumented immigrants
arriving from North Africa. The United Nations Refugee Agency
says Italy has violated international law by not allowing
access by UN officials to interview the migrants before being
deported. Dilleta Varlese reports from Rome.
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Hotel Workers Strike Continues
Thousands of striking and locked out San Francisco Hotel
Workers will not be returning to work next week as expected.
The San Francisco Multi-Employer Group, which represents 14
of San Francisco's best-known hotels, voted unanimously this
week to maintain the lockout called after the Unite Here Union
Local 2 struck four member hotels last Wednesday. Wages, benefits
and the length of the contract are major issues in the dispute.
From San Francisco Max Pringle reports.
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Eminent Domain Abuse?
Most state and local governments across the United States,
have a power called eminent domain to seize or condemn private
property for public use. Governments also use eminent domain
to transfer thousands of properties from one private owner
to another in the name of economic development. Some property
owners and advocates call this practice "eminent domain
abuse," and are having their cases heard in a court of
law. Ingrid Drake from WPFW in Washington, DC, has this report.
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