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Today's lead stories:
Rally Against Social Service Cuts
Interview With Iraq's Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
Onondaga Nation Files Land Rights Lawsuit
Native Hawaiians Losing Their Land
Media Crackdown in the Philippines
Labor Activists Organizing Cintas Employees
FSRN Headlines
100's of Thousand of Lebanese Rally in Beruit
Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets today
in a continuation of the two campaigns seeking to oust or
keep the Syrian military within their borders. In Beruit,
Mohammed Shublaq has more.
Guatemalans Strike Over Signing of CAFTA
Guatemalans began a nationwide strike as a follow up to the
protests over the signing of a so-called free trade agreement
with the United States and other Latin American nations. Jill
Replogle reports from Guatemala City.
US Gov't Can't Send Gitmo Prisoners to Yemen
A federal judge in New York said the U.S. government must
stop their plan to send prisoners being held at the naval
base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Yemen because they may be
tortured. Leigh Ann Caldwell explains from New York.
Social Security Privatization Will Especially Hurt Blacks
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus said that the Bush
administration’s intention to privatize social security
is a bad idea that is even worse for African Americans. Shirley
Chang has more from D.C.
Israeli Gov't Promises to Shut Down More Settlements
The Israeli government voted to shut down 24 more illegal
settlements in the occupied West Bank as the United Nations
Secretary General said that Palestinians should be compensated
for their losses. From the International Middle East Media
Center, Manar Jabreen has more.
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RALLY AGAINST SOCIAL SERVICE CUTS (4:01)
Demonstrators rallied today outside the US Capitol against
cuts insocial services for the poor as both the Senate and
the House take upthe 2006 budget resolution. Mitch Jeserich
has more.
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INTERVIEW WITH IRAQ'S ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM
(3:08)
At least 6 people were killed in Iraq yesterday in two separate
attacks-including the chief engineer for the Baghdad International
Airport, aswell as two American security contractors. As the
violence continues,talks for a final agreement between Shiite
and Kurdish leaders hasstalled, weakening expectations for
the formation of a new governmentjust two days before the
newly-elected national assembly meets for thefirst time on
Wednesday. David Enders interviews Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim,leader
of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq,
one ofthe two main parties in the United Iraqi Alliance, which
holds themajority of seats in the assembly.
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ONONDAGA NATION FILES LAND RIGHTS LAWSUIT
(3:02)
A New York tribe has filed the largest land rights lawsuit
in thestate's history. The Onondaga Nation is seeking title
to some 4,000square miles of ancestral territory, stretching
from the Pennsylvaniaborder up to Canada- and including the
city of Syracuse. But unlike manytribes that seek gaming rights
as a central part of their settlement,the Onondaga Nation
wants better environmental protections in New York,and the
clean-up of dozens of Superfund sites. From Syracuse, FSRN'sCatherine
Komp has more.
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NATIVE HAWAIIANS LOSING THEIR LAND (3:00)
During the past two weeks Honolulu Police have been sweeping
hundreds of homeless people from the beach parks and roadsides
of Oahu. In Mokule'ia on the North Shore, clearing the homeless
is due, in part, to the military's plans to station a Stryker
Brigade in Hawai'i. Last week, a Hawaiian family of four who
has been homeless for 15 years and defiant in the face of
state pressure to assimilate and live in public housing, was
arrested. As Anne Keala Kelly reports, the issue of Hawaiian
homelessness is more about freedom for Hawaiians than it is
about homes.
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MEDIA CRACKDOWN IN THE PHILIPPINES (3:27)
After an attempted jailbreak in Manila early Monday morning,
a group of suspected Abu Sayyaf prisoners took over a wing
of their prisonresulting in a day-long standoff. The skirmish
has resulted in at leasttwo prisoners and three guards shot
dead. Believed to have led theescape attempt are two Abu Sayyaf
members currently on trial for thekidnapping of a group of
tourists in 2001.In mid-February the group took responsibility
for the Valentine's Day bombings that killed a dozen andinjured
hundreds more. In their wake, in early March the Philippine
Armed Forces publicly complained to the national government
about domestic media giving airtime to groups suspected of
terrorist activities. On Wednesday, the Philippine National
Telecommunications Commission confirmed that it had already
started monitoring media broadcasts for such content, warning
that it would revoke permits oforganizations that give "bandits
and terrorists" airtime. From Manila, FSRN's Carey Biron
reports.
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LABOR ACTIVISTS ORGANIZING CINTAS EMPLOYEES
(2:39)
Connecticut labor activists are targeting the largest industrial
laundry corporation in the U.S. for practices they say endanger
its workers andthreaten the water quality of a nearby river.
UNITE HERE!, a merger of two unions representing half-a-million
hospitality, textile and laundryworkers, is conducting a national
campaign to organize the 28,000 Cintas employees -- only 700
of whom currently belong to a union. Melinda Tuhus reports
from New Haven.
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