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Today's lead stories:
Perchlorate Safe in Drinking Water?
Massive Mobilizations in Bolivia
Why Palestinians Voted for Mahmoud Abbas
Bush Nominates New Homeland Security Secretary
DC Police Preparing for Inauguration
Sudan Peace Deal Signed!
SNCC leader James Forman Dies
FSRN Headlines
More Recovery for Tsunami Nations
Scientists and environmentalists are following the aftermath
of the tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia and killed more
than 150-thousand people two weeks ago. Representatives from
the United Nations Environment Program and the Nature Conservancy
are concerned that the loss of mangroves and coral reefs,
both already threatened by human development, may make feeding
the people of nine nations tougher. And, financial recovery
for a main local industry may be equally difficult.
Britons to Be Released from Gitmo
The four remaining Britons held at Guantánamo Bay are
to be released within the next few weeks. From London, Naomi
Fowler reports.
U.S. House Creates Doomsday Plan
Without fanfare, the U.S. House of Representatives passed
a measure that would allow them to do the bidding of the people
with only a hand full of members in case of an emergency.
Stephanie Edgerly reports from D.C.
Abu Ghraib Torture Trial
In the first trial related to the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal,
today a former prisoner testified against his alleged “primary
torturer.” From KFPT, Renee Feltz reports.
Oneida Nation in SC Over Taxes
The Oneida Nation is facing off against an upstate New York
town in the U.S. Supreme Court over whether they have to pay
taxes to the local municipality on native land. Amanda Holmes
explains.
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Perchlorate Safe in Drinking Water? (3:28)
The Natural Resources Defense Council is charging the Pentagon
and defense contractors, such as Lockheed Martin, of manipulating
a recently released report by the National Academy of Science
that says higher levels of the rocket fuel ingredient perchlorate
is considered to be safe in drinking water. Mitch Jeserich
reports.
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Massive Mobilizations in Bolivia (3:59)
In Bolivia, mobilizations began yesterday, in some places
paralyzing major streets, to demand the reversal of a presidential
decree which effectively caused domestic gasoline and diesel
prices to jump. Vladimir Flores and Gissel Gonzalez have the
story.
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Why Palestinians Voted for Mahmoud Abbas
(4:02)
Israeli and Palestinian officials announced today that newly
elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon plan to meet very soon for a peace summit.
This comes a day after Abbas claimed victory after a majority
of Palestinians voted for him. Tony Cross reports.
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Bush Nominates New Homeland Security Secretary
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President Bush today nominated Judge Michael Chertoff to
be the Secretary of Homeland Security. Critics have charged
that as assistant attorney general under outgoing Justice
Department chief John D. Ashcroft, Chertoff has run roughshod
over civil liberties while helping to craft the Bush administration's
early strategy in the war on terrorism.
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DC Police Preparing for Inauguration (2:21)
With just over a week until President Bush’s inauguration,
DC and federal police are meeting daily to finalize security
plans that they have been working on for more than 8 months.
Anti-Bush protesters are worried that first amendment rights
on inauguration day could be trampled. Selina Musuta of the
dc radio co-op reports from Washington, DC.
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Sudan Peace Deal Signed! (4:49)
In the Kenyan capitol, Nairobi, hundreds of spectators gathered
at the major stadium to watch Sudanese Vice President Ali
Osman Mohammed Taha and John Garang, chairman of the Sudan
People's Liberation Army, endorse a peace deal that in effect
brings to an end Africa’s longest war. Joshua Kyalimpa
reports.
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SNCC leader James Forman Dies (2:04)
Civil rights activist James Forman died today. Born in Chicago
in 1928 and raised in Mississippi, Forman is credited with
giving the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
its firm organizational base. More recently he was the author
of Self-Determination: An Examination of the Question and
Its Application to the African-American People. Forman has
been active in the fight to gain statehood for the District
of Columbia. Freedom musician, civil rights activist and ex-secretary
of SNCC Matt Jones fought alongside Forman, he speaks with
Deepa Fernandes.
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