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Today's lead stories:
2.5 Trillion Budget Proposal
Reaction to Israel-Palestine Ceasefire
Condoleeza Rice Visits Turkey
Election Aftermath in Iraq
Electronic Medical Records
Support for 35 Hour Work Week in France
FSRN Headlines
Senate Considers Restricting Consumer Rights
The U.S. Senate is now debating new legislation that seeks
to restrict consumers’ access to class action lawsuits.
From the D.C. radio co-op, Darby Hickey has more.
Guatemalan Court Says Abusers Exempt from Prosecution
A Guatemalan court ruled that former members of the military
charged with human rights abuses are exempt from prosecution.
Jill Replogle reports from Guatemala City.
Argentine Government Blocks Extradition
A Spanish court says Argentina’s government is using
political maneuvers to block extradition of human rights abusers.
Mat Goldin reports from Buenos Aires.
Nigerian Troops Protect Chevron-Texaco from Community Protestors
Troops have been deployed around Chevron-Texaco’s main
oil export facility in Nigeria. Two people were killed when
the military put down a protest at the facility. Sam Olukoya
reports from Lagos.
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2.5 TRILLION BUDGET PROPOSAL
Presenting the largest cuts to domestic spending since the
Reagan administration, the Bush administration today released
its 2.5 trillion dollar budget proposal for fiscal year 2006.
The administration claims the proposal will cut the deficit
in half over the next 5 year while it assumes the President's
tax cuts will be made permanent. Only the Pentagon and the
Homeland Security Department will see increases in funds.
Mitch Jeserich reports from Washington.
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REACTION TO ISRAEL-PALESTINE CEASEFIRE
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice announced today that
the US will provide 40 million dollars in aid to Palestinians
and will also appoint a US General to act as the Israel-Palestine
security coordinator. Aid money earmarked for jobs and infrastructure
will not go directly to the Palestinian Authority, but to
private relief groups. Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas
Abu Mazen and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon are set
to announce a ceasefire when the two meet fro a summit in
Egypt tomorrow. To understand the Palestinian response to
plans for a ceasefire, we're joined by Awad Duabies in Ramallah.
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CONDOLEEZA RICE VISITS TURKEY
As part of her tour to Europe and the Middle East, Condoleeza
Rice visited Turkey. Diplomatic relations between Turkey and
the US strained after Donald Rumsfeld declared that the cause
of the Sunni resistance in Iraq was the result of the Turkish
Parliament's refusal to use Turkish soil in the occupation
of Iraq. Rice met with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul,
to discuss the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk in detail. Ezgi
Saritas has more.
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ELECTION AFTERMATH IN IRAQ
As vote counting in Iraq continued today, so did the violence.
At least twelve people were killed in a suicide bombing at
a hospital in the northern city of Mosul and fifteen were
killed when a car bomb struck a police station in Baquba.
In Baghdad, a final tally for the January 30 elections was
expected, though it is almost certain the United Iraqi Alliance,
a coalition of Shiite politicians, would come out on top-
marking a concern for many. David Enders files this report
from Baghdad.
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ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
Over the last few weeks, President Bush has been more vocal
about the need for a national system of electronic medical
records. The infrastructure, which will take an estimated
10 years to build, will be constructed almost entirely by
the private sector. Ingrid Drake reports on some groups concerns
about civil rights and liberties of the new national information
system.
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SUPPORT FOR 35 HOUR WORK WEEK IN FRANCE
Over half a million workers demonstrated in 118 French towns
and cities on Saturday. They were opposing an attempt by the
right-wing government to change the law on the 35-hour work
week, which was introduced by the previous Socialist-led government.
Tony Cross reports from Paris.
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