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Today's lead stories:
Supreme Court Rules on Deportation
HRW Watch releases 15th annual World Reports
No WMD’s & Economic Situation Forces many into Corruption
in Iraq
Indonesia Moves to Eject all Foreigners from Aceh
Pro-independence Calls Intensify in Hawai’i
Protesting Lack of Affordable Housing in DC
FSRN Headlines
Tsunami Relief Efforts in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan local and international aid workers are engaged
in relief efforts around the clock. Ponniah Manikavasagam
reports from Vavuniya, Sri Lanka.
African Union Peace and Security Summit
African leaders are holding a security summit in an effort
to end some of the continent’s worst armed conflicts.
Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
Abu Ghraib Military Abuse Trial Continues
In the first trial related to the Abu Ghraib torture scandal,
the defense team of Charles Graner presented testimony hoping
to implicate others up the chain of command. From KPFT, Renee
Feltz reports
Indiana Governor Cancels Union Contracts
Indiana’s governor canceled the union contracts of almost
25-thousand state workers. Sevilla Mann reports from Richmond,
Indiana.
Strikes in Bolivia Over Fuel Prices and More
The political crisis in Bolivia is escalating as a general
strike by social justice activists and indigenous communities
continues in the country’s two major cities. Fueling
the uprisings is the presidential decree two weeks ago to
raise petrol taxes. President Carlos Mesa said that Bolivians
pay subsidized gas prices that they can ill afford and the
prior policy encouraged shortages due to smuggling of the
national resource. The activists are demanding sweeping reforms
reminiscent of the issues that brought Mesa to power 15-months
ago. President Mesa recently conceded to cancel a major water
privatization contract with a French-owned company. Community
activists said that the company was unable to provide drinking
water to all residents – about 800-thousand people,
mostly displaced peasants. Evo Morales, leader of the Movement
to Socialism, who came in a close second in the last Presidential
race, is calling for an immediate election for the presidency.
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Supreme Court Rules on Deportation - 3:54
A ruling by the Supreme Court could lead to the deportation
of tens of thousands of people to countries that do not want
them or to countries that have no recognized governments.
Human rights groups worry that the ruling could lead to the
deportation of thousands of Somalis back to Somalia where
they may be either harassed or abused. Mitch Jeserich has
more from Washington DC.
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HRW Watch releases 15th annual World Reports
- 2:30
In its fifteenth annual World Report released today, Human
Rights Watch highlights two developments of global concern:
the large-scale ethnic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan, and the
torture of detainees by US forces. Jenny Johnson reports.
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No WMD’s & Economic Situation Forces many
into Corruption in Iraq - 3:36
Guerillas today assassinated two representatives of Grand
Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, Iraq's senior Shiite cleric who
has drawn fire for giving his approval of the electoral process.
This comes as the Bush Administration has officially announced
its search for WMD’s is over and yielded nothing. And
as David Enders reports from Baghdad, the war that was supposed
to stop the use of these WMD’s has left a country where
chaos reigns and the economy continues to suffer.
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Indonesia Moves to Eject all Foreigners from Aceh
- 4:04
The Indonesian vice president today announced that all foreign
military involved in humanitarian operations in Aceh must
leave the province in three months to avoid the appearance
of a political intervention. The Indonesian authorities also
laid out restrictions on civilian humanitarian volunteers
working in the cities of Banda Aceh and Meulaboh, two of the
most-destroyed cities. The government says the intensification
of the armed clashes makes it too dangerous for foreign volunteers.
The Indonesian government also re-applied the restrictive
State of Civil Emergency procedures for humanitarian workers
and journalists who want to visit Aceh, a procedure that had
previously regulated foreign presence in Aceh but had been
suspended for two weeks after the tsunami. From Aceh Meggy
Margiyono has story.
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Pro-independence Calls Intensify in Hawai’i
- 3:46
In Hawai’i, Senator John Mc Cain’s opposition
to the Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition bill is meeting
with mixed reactions. Hawaiians supporting the bill through
state agencies like Office of Hawaiian Affairs, are working
with the Republican Governor, Linda Lingle to change McCain’s
mind. But McCain’s remarks have spurred criticism from
pro independence Hawaiians who are becoming more vocal about
the violations of international law by the United States and
the illegalities associated with the American presence in
Hawai’i. FSRN’s Anne Keala Kelly reports.
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Protesting Lack of Affordable Housing in DC
- 2:15
Across the United States low and moderate income households
are having a harder time finding affordable housing. In the
last five years rental rates in Washington DC have increased
four times faster than income levels, leading many out into
the streets to protest. Amna Kazmi from the DC Radio Coop
reports
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