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Today's lead stories:
Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami Resigns
One Year Anniversary of Coup in Haiti Met With Violence
As Violence Continues in Iraq, al-Jaafari Speaks
Resigned Togo President Gnassingbe Will Run for Election
Bankruptcy Bill in Senate Benefits Credit Card Companies
Students Rally Against Global AIDS Crisis
FSRN Headlines
Israeli Government Developing Palestinian Territory
The Israeli government has approved a new route for the separation
wall and plans to expand settlements in the occupied West
Bank, even as government officials claim they will finally
leave the Gaza Strip. Manar Jibreen reports from the International
Middle East Media Center.
Vets Rally for DU Testing and Accountability
Veterans for Peace activists rallied at the local Veteran’s
Affairs Center calling on the government to provide proper
testing of soldiers who may have been adversely affected by
US made depleted uranium weaponry. Melinda Tuhus reports from
New Haven.
Native Americans Object to Judicial Nominee
Native American tribes organized an objection to a Bush administration
judicial nominee for the first time in their history. Stephanie
Edgerly reports from D.C.
Immokalee Workers Take-On Taco Bell for Workers' Rights
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has started another tour
for economic justice and human rights for farm workers by
targeting one of the countries largest fast food giants. Andrew
Stelzer reports from the tour now in Florida.
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SYRIAN PRIME MINISTER OMAR KARAMI RESIGNS
(2:00)
Syrian-backed Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami has resigned
amid mass protests and the threat of a no-confidence vote
from the Parliament. Protestors have filled Beirut's streets
since the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri,
calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister, as well
as the President and the immediate withdrawal of the nearly
15,000 Syrian troops in Lebanon. However, Hariri's recent
assaination and Karami's resignation today has people in neighboring
Jordan claiming that current events in Lebanon are part of
plan by the US and Israel to gain more footing in the Arab
world. Joining us to talk about the situation is Tujan Faizal,
former Jordanian Parliamentarian and Political Analyst.
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ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF COUP IN HAITI MET WITH VIOLENCE
(4:28)
In Haiti, police killed at least one and injured others
after firing into a crowd of several hundred unarmed demonstrators
today who were marching through the Port-au-Prince neighborhood
of Bel Air in commemoration of the one year anniversary of
exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's ouster. Witnesses
say one other person was killed and a worker at the morgue
confirmed a police ambulance delivered two bodies shortly
after the shootings. A UN Brazilian peacekeeper said that
police dressed in desert camouflage had killed the man-- 26-year-old
Stanley Blot. He also reported that police had fired in the
direction of the UN troops. Firing shots into the air, officers
identified in Blot's killing surrounded the body so a police
ambulance could take him away. Residents of Bel Air yelled
at the police and pleaded with Brazilian peacekeepers to stop
them, as bodies taken away by police officers are sometimes
never seen again. The demonstration in Bel Air was the biggest
in the neighborhood since September 30, when gunfire disrupted
another pro-Aristide march, unleashing a wave of violence
committed by police officers, pro-Aristide gangs, anti-Aristide
gangs and purely criminal gangs. One year after U.S. Marines
whisked Haiti's former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide into
exile in Africa, Haitians are expressing rising discontent
with the interim government that has replaced him. Aristide's
supporters from poor urban areas continue to call for his
return and even some of his enemies are demanding the prime
minister's resignation. Meanwhile, promises of international
aid have fallen short and a nine-month-old UN peacekeeping
mission has been ridiculed for failing to stop crime or prevent
human rights abuses. Reed Lindsay reports from Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
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AS VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN IRAQ, AL-JAAFARI SPEAKS
(2:47)
A suicide car bomber struck a medical clinic in Hilla, 60
miles south of Baghdad today, killing at least 115 and wounding
at least 132. Another car bomb in nearby Musayyib killed at
least one police officer. Iraq's insurgency shows no signs
of halting, and even the man who is likely to be the next
prime minister has few specific ideas for how to end it. David
Enders interviews Ibrahim Al-Jaafari in Baghdad.
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RESIGNED TOGO PRESIDENT GNASSINGBE WILL RUN FOR ELECTION
(3:05)
Local and international pressure has forced Togo's interim
president to step down. Faure Gnassingbe, who was handpicked
as interim president by the Togolese military after his father's
death, said he quit the post in the national interest. Gnassingbe
however says he will contest presidential elections slated
for April. But, as leaders of five African countries led by
Nigeria meet in Togo to discuss the elections there are fears
that the military in Togo will influence them. Sam Olukoya
reports from Lagos.
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BANKRUPTCY BILL IN SENATE BENEFITS CREDIT CARD COMPANIES
(4:00)
A bill taken up by the U.S. Senate today would make it tougher
for people to erase debt by filing for bankruptcy. The bill
is backed by banking and credit card industries who say it
would benefit the average consumer who ends up paying for
other people's bankruptcy claims within their own credit card
bills. But consumer rights groups call the legislation a handout
to the financial industry, noting that the bill does not address
aggressive marketing schemes by credit card companies and
that half of the people who file for bankruptcy are facing
expensive medical charges. Mitch Jeserich reports.
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STUDENTS RALLY AGAINST GLOBAL AIDS CRISIS
(2:25)
Over the weekend a broad coalition of students came together
in Washington DC to protest the global AIDS crisis. The DC
Radio Coop brings us the voices of some of the people working
to fight AIDS and HIV, both locally and across the globe.
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