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Today's lead stories:
Arafat on Death Bed?
Bush Lays Out 4 Year Goals
Protests Continue in Response to Bush Victory
Cubans Fear What New Bush Administration Will Bring
Attacks on Fallujah Step Up
Haiti’s Campaign of Repression: Sanctioned by World?
FSRN Headlines
"Coalition of the Willing" Dwindles
The so-called “Coalition of the Willing” in Iraq
is slowly dwindling as more nations say they will pull out
of what has been small contingents from around the globe.
Geraldine Coughlin has more from the Hague.
Observers Report on US Elections
European election observers released their findings on the
U.S. elections. Dolores Bernal reports from D.C.
Indian Farmers Use Colas as Pesticides
Farmers in India are using Coke and Pepsi colas as pesticides
finding the products work better and are less expensive than
commercial pesticides. Vinod K. Jose reports from New Dehli.
Bush Administration Suppresses Another Environmental Report
The Bush administration is trying to suppress an eight-nation
report that endorses mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas. Erika
McDonald reports.
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Arafat on Death Bed? (3:27)
As we go to air today, a French hospital spokesperson has
denied reports from earlier today that Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat has died. Our Ramallah correspondent Awad Duaibes
has more.
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Bush Lays Out 4 Year Goals (4:13)
Today President Bush laid out some of his goals for the
next four years at a rare press conference in Washington DC.
Mitch Jeserich has more.
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Protests Continue in Response to Bush Victory
(2:06)
Spontaneous and planned protests continue around the country
today in reaction to the victory of President Bush and the
early concession of John Kerry. From Chicago, Aaron Sarver
reports.
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Cubans Fear What New Bush Administration Will Bring
(3:51)
One of the countries that followed the US Presidential election
very closely was Cuba. It has a lot to lose with a reelected
Bush in the Oval Office and there is growing consternation
on the Island as to what comes next, as our Havana correspondent
Joseph Mutti reports.
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Attacks on Fallujah Step Up (3:15)
As President Bush declared victory in this week's election,
the United States' Marine Corp stepped up its attacks on Fallujah
using AC-130 gun-ships and tanks to pound the Eastern and
Northwestern areas of the city. Hospital officials told the
Arab TV network al-Jazeera a woman was seriously wounded and
a teenage girl lost her right leg in the strikes. The attack
comes as the Bush Administration readies for a second major
assault on the city. FSRN's Aaron Glantz has more.
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Haiti’s Campaign of Repression: Sanctioned
by World? (3:37)
Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is visiting Haiti on a peace mission
where he has met with poor people in Port-au-Prince’s
slums. His visit comes as a spate of arbitrary arrests and
killings have raised concerns that the U.S.-backed government
is carrying out a campaign of repression against supporters
of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Some human
rights observers are beginning to make comparisons with the
darkest days of the 1991 to 1994 military regime, and with
the 1957 to 1986 dictatorship of Francois "Papa Doc"
Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude "Baby Doc." The
difference, they say, is that the current government has received
the blessing of the international community. Reed Lindsay
reports from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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