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Today's lead stories:
Ukraine Situation is Dangerous
US attack 3 more Iraqi cities
Venezuelan Govt. almost done with assassination investigation
Palestinians prepare for elections
Dumpster Diving for the Presidency
FSRN Headlines
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Ukraine Situation is Dangerous
An increasingly dangerous situation is developing in the
Ukraine after US Secretary of State Colin Powell announced
that the US does not accept the weekend’s election results.
The Ukranian Central Election Commission declared Prime Minister
Viktor Yanukovich the winner of the presidential elections.
The opposition candidate denounced the election and called
for a nationwide strike. Anastasia Gnezditskaia reports.
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US attack 3 more Iraqi cities
Today in Kirkuk a mortar attack on an elections center killed
an Iraqi National Guardsman, while in Baghdad, a car bomb
exploded on the airport road while attempting to ram a US
military patrol. Yesterday morning a force of over 5,000 mostly
US soldiers launched an invasion of three cities south of
Baghdad. The military aggression which included tanks, Bradley
fighting vehicles and Humvees lay siege to the small cities
of Latifiya, Jabella and Mahawil, all of which are located
between 30 and 50 miles south of the capital. Four governorates
in southern Iraq are now threatening to boycott the elections
scheduled precariously for January 30th. The governorates,
which include over 5 million Iraqis, have stated they will
not participate in the elections if the military operations
continue. Salam Talib, a correspondent for Free Speech Radio
News, was born in a village which is included in the siege
which is now underway, he produced this report with Dahr Jamail.
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Venezuelan Govt. almost done with assassination investigation
Yesterday morning, a shoot-out between police and a suspect
in last Thursday’s assassination of one of the country’s
lead prosecutors, took place near one of the busiest plazas
of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. The shooting resulted
in the death of a police officer and of the suspect. Venezuelan
officials now say that the investigation into last week’s
assassination is nearly complete. Greg Wilpert has more on
the story from Caracas, Venezuela.
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Palestinians prepare for elections
Yesterday the World Bank published a report stating that
conditions in the Occupied Territories are critical with nearly
50 percent of Palestinians living below the poverty line,
and 16 percent not even able to afford basic necessities.
The report cites Israeli security measures as the main cause
of economic hardship in the territories. And in the aftermath
of PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat’s death, Palestinians
are preparing for national elections, as FSRN correspondent
in Ramallah Awad Duaibes reports.
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Dumpster Diving for the Presidency
The electoral votes in Florida and Ohio remain in question,
despite the Kerry concession. With little time left for recounts,
third party and citizen activist efforts have demanded investigation
into a variety of lost votes and launched the largest Freedom
of Information Act in the nation’s history. While Green
Party Presidential candidate David Cobb has filed a federal
suit to allow a an Ohio recount to begin as soon as possible,
the Black Box Voting team have found Florida ballots and poll
tapes in trash bags. Geoff Brady has more.
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