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Today's lead stories:
Detentions in Iraq Violate International Law
FSRN Exclusive: Reservists Refuse a Mission in Iraq ~ Sister
Speaks to FSRN
Report from Million Worker March
Court Stops Searches of Demonstrators at Georgia Protest
Election Special: Latinos in US Politics ~ Immigrants March
for Rights
Congress Party Wins State Election in India
Another Wal-Mart Superstore at Pyramids in Mexico
FSRN Headlines
U.S Presidential Voting Troubles Begin
Early voting for the Presidential elections started today
in Texas, Colorado, Arkansas and Florida. Other key states
started in-person voting earlier, including Wisconsin, Iowa,
Nevada, Ohio, New Mexico and Pennsylvania. Balloting by mail
is under way in Oregon, the only state in the nation that
has done away with polling booths altogether.In the key state
of Florida, today early voting kicked off with plenty of problems.
Mitch Perry reports from WMNF in Tampa.
US Asks More British Troops to Go to Iraqi Front Line
Today the British Defense Secretary confirmed rumors of a
Bush administration request to deploy British troops to the
bloodiest front in Iraq -- so far only patrolled by U.S. troops.
Naomi Fowler reports from London.
Germany GM Workers 5th Day of Strike
Workers at a General Motors plant in Germany entered their
5th day of protest,today without their union support. Guy
Deegan has more from Bonn.
Nuke Activists Criticize U.S. Programs
A coalition of anti-nuclear organizations concluded over the
weekend that nuclear programs in the United States are unhealthy
and ill advised. From the Chicago Independent Media Center,
Rita Sand reports.
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Detentions in Iraq Violate International Law
The central headquarters for the handing over of weapons
of the al Sadr militia to the Iraqi government was targeted
by mortars and two members of the Iraqi national guard were
killed. This as the US military continued bombing the city
of Fallujah. In other news from Iraq, the coalition forces
turned over 150 Iraqi detainees to the Iraqi government in
a new procedure that the US says will release the detainees
under the deal made with Al-Sadr’s office. FSRN correspondent
in Baghdad Salam Talib spoke with Mathew Chandler, an American
a member of the Christian Peace Maker Team, who says the detainees
issue in Iraq is a continuing violation of international law.
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FSRN Exclusive: Reservists Refuse a Mission in Iraq
~ Sister Speaks to FSRN
The U.S. Military has begun an investigation into 18 women
and men reservists serving in Iraq refusing a mission to go
on a supply convoy. Disobeying an order during war time could
result in disciplinary action including a possible court-martial.
But families of the reservists say that they were unequipped
for a dangerous mission, lacking proper armor. This comes
as the Washington Posts reports that Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez,
formerly the top US commander in Iraq, complained last December
that spare parts for vital gear was so low that it endangered
military operations in Iraq. In an FSRN exclusive, Mitch Jeserich
speaks with the sister of one of the reservists.
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Report from Million Worker March
Police obstructed buses of workers arriving for the Million
Worker March Sunday in DC. Nonetheless, the crowd that assembled
at the Lincoln Monument gave voice to issues affecting people
across the US and around the world. Selina Musuta of the DC
Radio Coop reports.
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Court Stops Searches of Demonstrators at Georgia
Protest
A federal appeals court's ruling this weekend on police
actions at protests in Columbus Georgia has not only stopped
searches of demonstrators there, but may affect the constitutional
standing of the soc-called PATRIOT Act. The ruling is the
first of its kind affecting mass searches of protestors, reports
Darby Hickey from Washington, DC.
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Election Special: Latinos in US Politics ~ Immigrants
March for Rights
Hundreds of immigrants and their supporters marched through
downtown Los Angeles Saturday demanding rights for immigrants,
whose situation, they say, has deteriorated in recent years.
As we continue our One Month Election Countdown Special coverage
Gabriela Reardon looks at the participation of Latinos in
US Politics as she reports from the rally.
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Congress Party Wins State Election in India
Results are in from the election in the western Indian state
of Maharashtra and the secular Congress Party, that recently
took control of the country from the right-wing BJP, won comfortably.
While on the one hand the vote can be seen as a continuing
rejection of the fascist policies of the BJP, analysts feel
the victory also marks the revival of the Congress Party which
faced its first electoral test after it’s leader Sonia
Gandhi lead the party to the national victory and then refused
to lead the country allowing Manmohan Singh to assume the
role of Prime Minister. Binu Alex reports from Ahmedabad.
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Another Wal-Mart Superstore at Pyramids in Mexico
On the heels of the opening of its news superstore over
the gravesites of 42 native Hawaiians in Honolulu, in Mexico,
Wal-Mart has nearly completed the construction of a franchise
located near one of Mexico's most famous archeological sites.
Yesterday, groups opposed to the Wal-Mart construction in
Teotihuacan set up camp outside of the headquarters of the
National Institute of Anthropology and History while around
200 people blockaded the highway between Mexico City and the
archeological site. Vladimir Flores and Quetzal Belmont bring
us the story.
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