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Today's lead stories:
More Violence in Iraq
Supreme Court Hears Medical Marijuana Case
Immigrants Workers in Court Today
140th Anniversary of Sand Creek Massacre
Mariachi’s 24 Hour Protest in LA
Farmland Loss Mounts in Colorado
FSRN Headlines
US Supreme Court Silent on Gay Marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the Massachusetts
state law allowing same sex marriage without comment. The
Massachusetts Supreme Court voted by a narrow margin to mandate
such marriages late last year. Since May of this year, more
than 3-thousand gay and lesbian couples have married in Massachusetts.
At that time, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to interfere
with the issuance of marriage licenses. Next year, Massachusetts’s
voters may have the opportunity to decide whether the state
will offer civil unions instead of marriage to same sex couples.
More Objections to OH Vote
In Ohio, more people are organizing objections to the U.S.
presidential elections. Evan Davis has more from Columbus.
Ukrainian Protests Over Elections
Mass demonstrations in the Ukrainian capitol of Kiev continued
today where the fairness of the Presidential elections last
week is still in question. Today, the outgoing president pleaded
for a new poll in front of the nation’s Supreme Court
-- set to decide the election in a few weeks. U.S. and European
election observers declared the results fraudulent. David
Kotz, Professor at the University of Massachusetts, specializing
in the economics of the former Soviet Union, said that the
U.S. role in the Ukrainian elections is hypocritical at best.
(ACTUALITY :21) U.S. officials have supported pro-Western
candidate Victor Yushenko who lost by the official count.
Current Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, heavily supported
by the Russian leadership, was declared the winner last week.
Professor Kotz said there was election fraud on both sides.
Tamil Tigers Reach the Limit
Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers leaders say they have reached the
limit with government officials over the stalled peace process.
Ponniah Manikavasagam reports from Vavuniya.
Activists Say Stop Spending Taxes on War
Peace activists gathered in front of a federal building in
Chicago protesting the use of U.S. tax dollars to fund ongoing
war and violence around the globe. Johnny Hap of WZRD reports.
CUT FOR TIME:
AL Recount on Segregationist Amendment
Alabama officials are engaged in a mandatory recount of the
vote for an amendment that seeks to eliminate language from
the state constitution mandating schools for “whites
and colored children.” On November 2nd the amendment
was defeated but the vote was so close that an automatic recount
was required. Some analysts say the likely defeat would occur
because another provision of the amendment would do away with
the guarantee for a right to a public education – leading
opponents of the measure to characterize it is as a guarantee
to raise taxes.
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More Violence in Iraq (3:46)
The NY based Center for Constitutional Rights will tomorrow
file war crimes charges against Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld, former Central Intelligence Agency chief George
Tenet and eight other officials stemming from the Abu Ghraib
torture. The case will be filed in Germany at the Federal
Prosecutors Office. Meanwhile Rumsfeld today rejected calls
from some members of Congress to increase the numbers of troops
stationed in Iraq. And as FSRN correspondents Dahr Jamail
and Salam Talib report, while the US is claiming the ends
of its actions in Fallujah justify the destroyed city, violence
continues throughout the country.
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Supreme Court Hears Medical Marijuana Case
(4:01)
Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments as to whether
the federal government may prosecute and raid the homes of
people who use medical marijuana in the 10 states that allow
such usage. Mitch Jeserich reports.
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Immigrants Workers in Court Today (3:48)
Today more than a dozen immigrant workers arrested on misdemeanor
loitering charges are in court in Northern Virginia. And as
Darby Hickey reports, their case is at the center of a growing
national movement against police harassment and the arrests
of immigrant day laborers.
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140th Anniversary of Sand Creek Massacre
(2:12)
Today is the 140th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre,
which saw more than150 Native American Dheyenne and Arapahoe
slaughtered by federal troops at Sand Creek Colorado. Under
the command of Col. John Chivington, the troops attacked a
peaceful encampment of mostly elders, women and children.
The descendents of those killed at Sand Creek held a memorial
service at the weekend in Colorado. Maeve Conran reports.
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Mariachi’s 24 Hour Protest in LA (3:47)
As so-called renovation projects throughout Los Angeles
are moving in higher income residents, long-term residents
and their crucial cultural landmarks are being ignored. Musicians
in and around Mariachi Plaza say they have been subjected
to a campaign of intimidation and abuse for the past several
months, and are holding 24-hour performances to bring attention
to their plight. Aura Bogado has more.
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Farmland Loss Mounts in Colorado (3:20)
Colorado is one of the top states in the nation for loss
of farmland. This week the state will lose yet another 20
acres of farm as Naropa University, a Buddhist inspired institution
in boulder, sells the land to developers. FSRN's Courtney
Smith brings us to the farm and the community around it.
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