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Today's lead stories:
Lynne Stewart Planning Next Phase
Exclusive: High Ranking Paramilitary in Chiapas Speaks Out
Critics Denounce The Real I.D. Act
Nigeria May Use Military Force Against Togo
Iranian Expatriates Protest in Europe
FSRN Headlines
US Refuses to Meet with North Korea on Nuclear Program
The U.S. today announced its refusal to meet in bilateral
talks with North Korea on the country’s nuclear weapons
program. This comes after North Korea announced yesterday
it was pulling out of six party talks aimed at disarming the
country. The US, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia have
already met in three rounds of negotiations. North Korea said
it has nuclear weapons to defend themselves against a hostile
white house. According to John Wolfstal, Director for Non
Proliferation at the Carnegie Endownment for International
Peace, the US needs to show North Korea that it is serious
about reaching a settlement.
“I think that the US should use all avenues of negotiations,
which includes the sixparty talks, but also being serious
about using bilateral opportunities whether it be part of
the six parties or not.”
Whitehouse spokesperson Scott Mclellan said North Korea’s
nuclear programs is a regional problem and requires a multilateral
approach.
Andean Free Trade Negotiations Protested in Colombia
The 7th round of the Andean Free Trade negotiations ends today
in Cartagena, Colombia. The agreements will include the US,
Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, but were protested widely throughout
Colombia. Nicole Karsin has more.
Family Sues for Release US Detainee in Saudi Arabia
US Justice Department Lawyers today told a federal judge in
Washington, the US has no jurisdiction over the detention
of US citizen Ahmed Abu-Ali in Saudi Arabia. Ingrid Drake
from the DC Radio Co-op reports on Abu Ali's family fight
for due process.
NY Iraqi –American Convicted
Meanwhile, in upstate New York, a jury has convicted a prominent
Iraqi-born oncologist of fraud and money laundering. From
Syracuse, Catherine Komp reports.
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LYNNE STEWART PLANNING NEXT PHASE - 4:14
Attorney Lynne Stewart's guilty verdict sent shock waves
across the progressive community and has stirred debate among
the legal profession. And, as FSRN correspondent Leigh Ann
Caldwell reports from New York City, Lynne Stewart is planning
the next phase of legal proceedings.
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EXCLUSIVE: HIGH RANKING PARAMILITARY IN CHIAPAS SPEAKS
OUT - 4:16
Mexico's Secretary of State Santiago Creel made a statement
last week opening the doors for an in-depth investigation
into the Mexican military's participation in the formation
and training of Paramilitaries as a strategy to disintegrate
support for the Zapatista National Liberation Army (or EZLN
for its Spanish acronym) in Chiapas, from 1995 continuing
through today. Creel's statement contradicted the executive
branch's dismissal of a damaging report issued by the Fray
Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights center, released 10 years
to the day after ex-President Zedillo launched the February
9 1995 military offensive against the EZLN that ended the
peace negotiations. In this FSRN exclusive, Luz Ruiz and Tim
Russo bring you more.
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CRITICS DENOUNCE THE REAL I.D. ACT - 4:06
A late amendment to the anti immigration measure, passed
yesterday by the House of Representatives known as the Real
ID Act, gives the Department of Homeland Security the authority
to require all immigrants who are awaiting deportation hearings
to post bond. Currently about 13% of all immigrants who receive
deportation orders actually leave, and supporters of the amendment
say it would ensure all immigrants that are told to leave
to do so. But, as Mitch Jeserich reports, critics contend
that it would give broad deportation authority to bounty hunters
and jail bondsmen as critics compare it to the 1850 Fugitive
Slave Act.
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NIGERIA MAY USE MILITARY FORCE AGAINST TOGO
- 3:26
International pressure is mounting against the new leadership
in the West African State of Togo. After the death of President
Gnassingbe Eyadema, one of the world's longest serving rulers,
the military in the country handpicked his son to succeed
him. This has caused outrage with legislators in Nigeria asking
President Obasanjo to intervene militarily. Sam Olukoya reports
from Lagos.
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IRANIAN EXPATRIATES PROTEST IN EUROPE -
4:24
The struggle against the Iranian regime by expatriates took
on global proportions yesterday when the second European government
withdrew permission for a pro-democracy rally, which was to
be attended by around 40,000 Iranians in exile. Many are now
questioning just how viable free speech is in Europe. The
group National Council for Resistance of Iran call themselves
the third way since they oppose the current regime, as well
as any Western invasion of Iran and instead want Iranians
to choose their own future in their country. In Berlin, Naomi
Fowler has more.
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