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Today's lead stories:
Analysis of Decade-Long GOP Control of House
Denying Votes in Ohio?
Burma Regime Tightens Grip
Senegalese Fishermen Left Out of HIV Prevention
Breast Cancer Establishment Ignoring Real Causes?
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Analysis of Decade-Long GOP Control of House
A week from today, voters in 34 states will be casting their
ballots for a representative in the U.S. Senate and the House
of representatives. The House has been controlled for the
past ten years by the GOP, which currently holds a 21 seat
advantage. The GOP will likely maintain control of the House
after November 2nd, leading to at least 12 consecutive years
of Republican rule in the so called populous body. Our Capitol
Hill Correspondent Mitch Jeserich takes a look at what ten
years of GOP control has done to the House and to House Democrats.
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Denying Votes in Ohio?
Organized labor and civil rights activists in Ohio held
a rally on Monday to oppose what they say are the efforts
of that state's Republican secretary of state to limit or
deny voting rights to many of Ohio's newly registered voters.
Evan Davis has more.
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Burma Regime Tightens Grip
In a move that shocked the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar,
more commonly known as Burma, the military junta replaced
its prime minister last week. Over the weekend the new government
announced it would resume talks towards a road map to democracy
beginning January, while resuming the national convention
to draft a constitution at the end of the rainy season next
month. The government said the opposition leader Aung San
Suu Kyi will not be allowed to take part in the convention.
Doualy Xaykaothao has the latest from Bangkok.
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Senegalese Fishermen Left Out of HIV Prevention
Senegal has one of the lowest HIV prevalence rates in Sub-Saharan
Africa. With 1.4%, it ranks as role model in West Africa as
it benefits from various programs. But Senegalese fishermen
are yet to be taken into account in HIV campaigns. Now even
the UN says it hasn’t yet found adequate HIV campaigns
for fishermen in Senegal. From Senegal, Ndiaga Seck reports.
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Breast Cancer Establishment Ignoring Real Causes?
October is breast cancer awareness month. Over the last
20 years, campaigns like the Avon walk and the race for the
cure have raised unprecedented amounts of money for research
and education on the disease, but the problem is worse now
than ever. Today, one in seven women is expected to contract
breast cancer over her lifetime, and that rate is rising rapidly.
That's fueled increasing criticism of what breast cancer activists
call "the cancer establishment," which they say
is largely ignoring environmental causes of the disease. Brian
Edwards-Tiekert filed this report.
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