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Today's lead stories:
Tsumani Refugee Crisis Escalates ~ Report from Aceh
Madras Treats Trauma Victims from Tsunami
Peace Deal Signed in Senegal
New Mexico Vote Recount?
Florida’s Provisional Ballot Controversy
Tenants Victory in Buenos Aires, Argentina
FSRN Headlines
109th Congress/Powell in Asia
The 109th U.S. Congress opened today by swearing in its newest
members. The Senate also sent a message of sympathy to the
people of Asia who have suffered such devastating losses after
an earthquake and subsequent tsunami took the lives of more
than 120-thousand people. Secretary of State Colin Powell
is now traveling in the region. However, since Powell is leaving
the post, President Bush has assigned his brother, Florida
Governor Jeb Bush to spearhead U.S. relief efforts in Asia.(We’ll
have more on living with the devastation from the tsunami
coming up.)
Military Leaders Say Pull AG Nomination
Former U.S. military leaders are asking the Bush administration
to reconsider the nomination of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney
General over letters Gonzales wrote that approve the use of
torture. Adam Sharon reports from D.C.
Pinochet's Lawyers Request Rejected
Chile's former Dictator Augusto Pinochet will face charges
on human rights violations now that the Supreme Court tossed
a defense appeal to dismiss the charges. Jorge Garreton has
more from Santiago.
Governor of Baghdad Killed
The governor of the Baghdad province was killed today in just
one of a series of attacks against the U.S. installed interim
government. David Enders reports from Baghdad.
More Palestinians Killed, Elections Approach
At least seven Palestinians were killed this morning during
an Israeli military invasion in the Gaza strip. According
to doctors in a local hospital, all of them were under 18.
From occupied Gaza, Mohammed Omar has more.
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Tsumani Refugee Crisis Escalates ~ Report from Aceh
(2:55)
The Tsunami death toll in Aceh today rose to 90,000 with
over one million people internally displaced. Refugees are
everywhere across Aceh and even though humanitarian aid is
now flowing into Indonesia, volunteers are facing difficulties
in distributing the aid. From Aceh, Meggy Margiyono has the
story.
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Madras Treats Trauma Victims from Tsunami
(2:50)
The Tsunami has virtually disappeared India’s Andaman
and Nicobar archipelago islands, while rescue efforts in the
southern city of Madras are slow. But as our correspondent
Binu Alex reports, while the aid is flowing into the affected
areas, experts say survivors will suffer the trauma from the
tsunami for a long time to come.
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Peace Deal Signed in Senegal (3:26)
Senegal's government has signed a peace deal with the Movement
of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC), possibly ending
one of West Africa's longest-running wars. Thousands of people
cheered as the interior minister and rebel leader signed their
names to a cease-fire pact. However many more fear that this
will just be another one of the many agreements have been
signed over the years with no particular action taken by either
party. But this agreement does bring some hope for peace in
the Casamance, the region known as the bread basket of Sengal.
From Senegal, FSRN’s Ndiaga Seck reports.
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New Mexico Vote Recount? (3:22)
Today, David Cobb, Green Party US Presidential candidate,
and his legal team called for a recount in New Mexico. This
comes as New Mexico’s Secretary of State's office recently
released a report finding numerous errors and discrepancies
with the counting and reporting of New Mexico's presidential
vote. This is only one in a series of actions taking place
across the US that may threaten the swearing in of George
W. Bush for his second term as President. Ingrid Drake from
the DC Radio Co-op reports.
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Florida’s Provisional Ballot Controversy
(3:08)
In 2001, Congress created the provisional ballot to help
people who showed up on election day and were not on the voting
rolls, so that they could still vote and have their problems
fixed later. But an analysis of this year’s election
in Florida has found that two-thirds of the provisional ballots
in that state were rejected. From Tampa, FSRN’s Andrew
Stelzer reports.
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Tenants Victory in Buenos Aires, Argentina
(3:42)
In Buenos Aires, hundreds of people are being violently
evicted by the state from abandoned factories and houses each
week. Over the past few years, tenants have formed a popular
assembly to resist these evictions. And one such group, the
Tenants Center of Buenos Aires (CIBA using its Spanish acronym),
has just won the right to permanently take 18 houses from
the state. FSRN correspondent Aura Bogado has more.
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