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Today's lead stories:
Kerry Concedes to Bush
Update from Ohio
Update from Florida
What the New Congress Will Look Like
Protests in Reaction to Bush Victory
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary - Crusades New and Old
FSRN Headlines
John Kerry Concedes- Bush Re-elected
Senator John Kerry conceded the Presidential race at 2pm Eastern
time today, before a Boston audience at Fanuel Hall. Kerry
said the US suffers from deep divisions and must work towards
unity.
In America it is vital that every vote count, and that every
vote is counted. But the outcome should be determine by voters,
and not by a protracted legal process. I would not give up
this fight, if there were a chance that we would prevail.
But it is clear that even if all of the provisional ballots
are counted, which they will be, there will not be enough
outstanding votes for us to win Ohio - and therefore, we cannot
win this election.
Ohio's 20 electoral votes gave Bush a total of 274 electoral
votes, a 4 more needed for victory. Kerry conceded with 252
electoral votes - and as we are going to air New Mexico and
Iowa have not yet been declared. Bush led Kerry by more than
3 million of the popular vote. One in seven voters in the
2004 election did not vote in the 2000 election -there were
a total of ten million new voters. President Bush gave his
acceptance speech at 3pm eastern time. More on the congressional
races later in the newscast.
11 States Ban Gay Marriage - Report From Oregon
The Oregon House is now under Democratic control for the first
time in 14 years. The state was one of 11 that passed a ban
on Gay marriage throughout the state. Rebecca Fury has more
from Portland, Oregon.
WA Says No To Nuclear Waste
Washinton State voters have approved an initiative preventing
the federal government from shipping nuclear waste into the
state until massive clean-up at the Handford nuclear reservation
is completed. Leigh Robartes has more.
Chavez Supporters Hold Majority of Venezuelan States
Venezuelan regional elections held last weekend resulted in
victory for Chavez supported candidates. Troops were deployed
yesterday to 2 opposition-held Venezuelan states, when the
incumbent opposition governors threatened not to concede their
posts, should final vote counts prove that they lost the governorships.
Gregory Wilpert reports from Caracas.
Karzai Declared President of Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai was officially declared president of Afghanistan
today by a 3 member electoral board. After nearly a month
of reviewing alleged voter irregularities, Karzai was determined
to have won 55% of the afghan vote nearly 20 percent more
than any other candidate. The board confirmed problems with
ballot stuffing and with ink used to mark fingers to prevent
multiple voting, but said there was no evidence that they
favored Karzai. Karzai was the first president ever elected
to office in Afghanistan.
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Kerry Concedes to Bush
President Bush will govern the country for the next four
years as he won the presidential election with a slim majority.
In an extremely tight presidential race, with a record voter
turnout of close to 120 million, the race came down to the
state of Ohio. Well into today many Democrats were urging
their presidential candidate not to concede, but this morning
Senator John Kerry called President Bush to congratulate him
on his victory. FSRN’s Deepa Fernandes reports.
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Update from Ohio
Meanwhile in the highly controversial state of Ohio, poll
watchers and voting rights activists are calling the concession
premature. Evan Davis has more
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Update from Florida
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit in Florida, after tens of thousands
of absentee ballots have been thrown out because of bureaucratic
errors on the pat of elections supervisors. From WMNF Tampa,
Andrew Stelzer brings us more on the case, and other important
issues that Floridians voted on last night.
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What the New Congress Will Look Like
Democrats experienced setbacks not just in the Presidential
election, but in the Congressional races too. The Republican
Party increased its majority in the House of Representatives
and in the Senate. In a major blow, Republicans knocked off
Democratic Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle in South Dokata.
Yesterday’s elections ensure that the GOP will maintain
its complete control of law making authority for at least
another two years. Mitch Jeserich brings us this Congressional
elections wrap up from Washington DC.
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Protests in Reaction to Bush Victory
Spontaneous and planned protests occurred across the nation
in response to Bush’s victory. Selina Masuta reports
from the streets of Washington, DC that many anti-Bush activists
are deciding what their next steps will be.
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Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary - Crusades New and Old
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