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Today's lead stories:
US Troops to Attack Fallujah?
Rumsfeld Sued Over Detainee Torture
Plans to Protest another Stolen Election
New Police Powers in Sydney, Australia
Local Virginia Police Arrest Immigrant Workers
Fighting Fraud Against Immigrants
Mumia Commentary: The Other Side
FSRN Headlines
Texas Kills Again
Texas executed its 18th prisoner of 2004 during the night,
despite pleas by relatives of the murder victim to spare his
life. From KPFT in Houston, Renee Feltz reports.
Peasants Remain in Argentine Detention
Five peasants in Argentina, two of them minors, remain in
detention following their arrest earlier this week. Mat Goldin
has more from Buenos Aires.
Latino Coalition Endores Bush
With the election just 6 days away, President Bush has received
official support from a bipartisan group representing a wide
range of Hispanic organizations. Katie Murray is in Washington
DC.
Amnesty International Report on Rape in the DRC
A prominent human rights group is decrying the use of rape
as a tool of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rupert
Cook has the story.
"Caging Lists" of Black Voters in Florida?
An independent investigative BBC journalist is accusing Republican
Party officials in Florida of creating lists of predominately
African American voters to use for potential challenges to
their voting rights on Election Day. Randi Zimmerman reports
from Tampa.
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US Troops to Attack Fallujah? -:48
British troops have begun moving north from Basra to take
up position near Baghdad freeing up U.S. troops for what is
widely expected to be a major assault on the city of Fallujah.
Eman Khammas, former director of Occupation Watch in Baghdad,
tells FSRN that the Iraqi government today announced they
will not be negotiating with people in Fallujah.
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Rumsfeld Sued Over Detainee Torture -4:14
Six months after CBS aired photos of detainee abuse at Abu
Ghraib in Iraq, Amnesty International today blasted the Bush
administration for not conducting a complete independent investigation
into the torture of detainees. The human rights group says
the absence of such a probe will allow conditions to persist
for further abuses to occur. In a 200 page report, Amnesty
International notes Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized
stripping, isolation, hooding, stress positions and the use
of dogs in interrogations. The report also states Rumsfeld
authorized the keeping so called ghost detainees from the
International Committee of the Red Cross. And as Mitch Jeserich
reports, lawyers of four former detainees at Guantanamo Bay
filed a lawsuit against Rumsfeld and other top officials for
the torture detainees faced there as well.
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Plans to Protest another Stolen Election
-3:48
Plans are already underway for protests following the November
2nd election in case of voter disenfranchisement or fraud.
Election irregularities are seen as likely given problems
in the 2000 presidential election, that this race is also
extremely close and especially given the current reports of
suppression efforts in key states. Jenny Johnson reports.
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New Police Powers in Sydney, Australia -2:41
Civil rights groups have reacted with concern to proposed
counter-terrorism surveillance laws announced by the Australia's
biggest state, New South Wales, which would hand increased
powers to the police to tap people's homes and monitor prisoner's
communications. Erica Vowles in Sydney has this report.
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Local Virginia Police Arrest Immigrant Workers
-2:00
Latino immigrant workers and community allies rallied Tuesday
in Woodbridge Virginia, south of DC, to denounce the arrests
of over 25 of their fellow day laborers. Advocates fear this
may be the first application of a new Virginia law that allows
local police to act as immigration officers. Darby Hickey
of the DC Radio Coop reports.
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Fighting Fraud Against Immigrants -4:30
Consumer and immigration fraud are becoming more common
in immigrant communities. These fraudulent businesses are
filling the gaps for much needed services for immigrants.
As FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell reports, there's a campaign in
New York to warn immigrants and crack down on these fraudulent
services.
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Mumia Commentary: The Other Side -2:40
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