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Today's lead stories:
Report Condemns US Intelligence on WMD
Elections in Zimbabwe
Protesters Target Big Investment Firms in Social Security
Debate
Filipino Hunger Strike for Peace and Justice
More on Detainee Abuse and Kidnappings
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: The Targeting of Journalists
FSRN Headlines
Resistance to Bolton Nomination Growing
George W. Bush’s nomination for the next U.S. ambassador
to the United Nations is facing growing resistance. For the
first time, Senate Democrats on the Foreign Relations committee
may unite and vote against a diplomatic nominee, in this case,
John Bolton. If any Republicans join in, the nomination will
be rejected. Human rights and disarmament activists are heavily
targeting moderate Republicans on the committee like Lincoln
Chaffee of Rhode Island, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, and Richard
Lugar of Indiana. They say John Bolton’s record of strong
statements for unilateralism and US domination of the UN makes
him a poor choice as ambassador to the international body.
Senate committee hearings for the Bolton nomination begin
on April 7th.
Protests Against Wolfowitz at World Bank
Executive Directors of the World Bank have unanimously appointed
Paul Wolfowitz to run the organization. Earlier today, protestors
gathered at the bank headquarters to object to the nomination.
Greg Gorman reports from D.C.
Venezuela to Receive New Weapons from Spain
Venezuela will receive updated weaponry from Spain. Greg Wilpert
has more from Caracas.
AIDS Sufferers in Guatemala Protest Trade Agreement
Guatemalan AIDS sufferers and their advocates are protesting
a pending a new trade deal that they say will make receiving
treatment financially impossible. Catherine Elton has more
from Guatemala City.
Academic Freedom Challenged at Columbia University
Columbia University officials took a step towards resolving
contention around academic freedom and accusations of anti-Semitism.
Nell Geiser reports from New York.
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Report Condemns US Intelligence on WMD (1:55)
The Presidential appointed Commission to investigate the
erroneous claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction
released its final report today. It says that the error has
damaged the US’s credibility and that it will take years
to repair it.
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Elections in Zimbabwe (4:09)
The polls have closed in the African country of Zimbabwe
following a day of voting without any of the violence seen
in the last two elections. The elections, which represent
the first test of electoral reform introduced last year, will
chose new members to Zimbabwe’s parliament. Most of
the candidates come from either President Robert Mugabe’s
ruling party the Zanu-PF and the main opposition party called
the Movement for Democratic Change.
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Protesters Target Big Investment Firms in Social
Security Debate (3:55)
Workers in over 60 cities and towns across the US held rallies
to protest against President Bush's proposal to privatize
Social Security. In Washington DC demonstrators took to the
streets and marched to the offices of Charles Schwab and Wachovia
to speak out against the role that big investment firms are
playing in the debate. Delores M Bernal was there and she
brings us this report.
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Filipino Hunger Strike for Peace and Justice
(4:09)
On Wednesday in Manila a group of labor leaders and community
organizers, together with two Congressional members, started
a three-day fast in front of the Philippine House of Representatives.
The groups says at least 34 members and leaders of the progressive
movement have been killed in the country in the last three
months. The group contends that the violence has been perpetrated
by the Philippine military, with the full knowledge of President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. FSRN’s Carey Biron was at the
House of Representatives and filed this report.
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More on Detainee Abuse and Kidnappings (4:08)
A US military court today found Captain Rogelio Maynulet,
who killed a wounded Iraqi man last year, guilty of assault
with the intent to commit voluntary manslaughter. The conviction
carries a maximum ten year penalty. Meanwhile, the battle
over the legal status of so called enemy combatants held in
Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay continues. Jenny Johnson
brings us the latest on these developments.
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Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: The Targeting of Journalists
(2:22)
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