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Today's lead stories:
John Bolton Questioned over Harsh Treatment of Analyst
John Negroponte Faces Senate Intelligence Committee
Jury Selection Underway in "Pepper Spray by Q-Tip"
Case
US District Judge Denies Request for Leonard Peltier FBI Memo
Resisting the War Tax
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: The Bi-Partisan War Against Poor
Folks
FSRN Headlines
8 States File Suit Against EPA
The state of Wisconsin joins eight other states in their lawsuit
against the Environmental Protection Agency’s mercury
standards. JoAnne Powers from WORT in Madison has the story.
Workers Wages Decrease Relative to Inflation
U.S. workers’ wages have fallen relative to inflation
for the first time in a decade. From the Worker’s Independent
News Service, Doug Cunningham has more.
US Trade Deficit All Time High
The U.S. trade deficit has hit an all time high while China’s
trade surplus continues to rise. David Koppel reports from
D.C.
Deadlock in OAS Leader Election
The nations of America deadlocked when trying to elect a leader
to the Organization of American States. Tim Russo reports
from San Cristbal.
Palestinian Authority Trying to Disarm Militants
The Palestinian Authority is working towards disarming extremists
even as the occupying Israeli force continues their insurgency.
Minar Jibreen with the International Middle East Media Center
reports.
Marburg Virus Threatens Africans
More than 200 people are reportedly dead from the Marburg
virus, a deadly haemorrhagic fever. World Health Organization
officials urge early detection and isolation of the virus.
90-percent of the deaths so far have been reported in Angola.
Government officials there launched a massive informational
campaign hoping to stop the virus before it spreads beyond
the eight provinces already infected. Angolan, Congolese and
Namibian health officials are carefully watching people crossing
the border. The Minister of Health in Namibia has posted a
doctor at the main international airport to handle travelers
who show symptoms. The highly contagious disease is easily
spread through bodily fluids like sweat, saliva, and blood.
There is no known cure or vaccine.
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John Bolton Questioned over Harsh Treatment of Analyst
(2:37)
As nominee for US Representative at the United Nations,
John Bolton's infamous temper was investigated by the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. Testimony and questions attempted
to find meaning in Bolton's berating of an analyst regarding
intelligence on Cuba's suspected biological weapons program.
Jenny Johnson reports.
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John Negroponte Faces Senate Intelligence Committee
(3:26)
John Negroponte, a Bush nominee for the position of National
Director of Intelligence, faced his own confirmation hearing
this time by the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Washington
Post revealed today that Negroponte, while serving as ambassador
to Honduras, armed and financed Nicaraguan Contras to overthrow
the Sandinista government. Selina Musuta reports from the
hearing.
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Jury Selection Underway in "Pepper Spray by
Q-Tip" Case (3:27)
Jury selection begins today in the case of Lundberg vs.
County of Humboldt, also known as the Pepper Spray Q-Tip Case.
In 1997, several anti-logging protestors staged three separate
civil disobedience sit-ins in the Eureka area of California,
to protests against the logging of ancient redwood forest
by MaxAm Pacific Lumber. When the Headwaters Forest Campaign
demonstrators refused to evacuate, Eureka Police and Humboldt
County Sheriffs Department applied pepper spray directly into
the protestor's eyes by using q-tips, causing temporary blindness
and trauma. Karen Pickett is a long time Earth First organizer
and part of the Head Waters Forest campaign. She joins us
today from the Federal Courthouse in San Francisco, where
jury selection is underway.
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US District Judge Denies Request for Leonard Peltier
FBI Memo (2:23)
American Indian Movement member Leonard Peltier was arrested
25 years ago in Canada by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
at the Smallboy's Reserve in southwest Alberta. He was extradited
to the US and tried in the murder of two FBI officers at a
shootout at the Pine Ridge Reservation. Although a prosecution
witness re-canted her story, saying she was coerced by the
FBI to give false testimony, Peltier was convicted and given
two life sentences. Now, Peltier's attorney, Michael Kuzma,
says he will appeal a US District Judge's recent ruling that
denies a request to obtain FBI files regarding the case. Under
the Freedom of Information Act, Peltier's attorneys are interested
in obtaining a 1975 FBI memo that indicates there may have
been a government informant near Peltier's defense team- information
which could aid in his release. Robin Carneen has more.
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Resisting the War Tax (4:45)
It's estimated that as many as 10,000 people are resisting
paying their portion of the "war tax" from their
annual income. With tax day, April 15, just around the corner,
Martha Baskin takes a look at this element of the anti-war
movement.
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Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: The Bi-Partisan War Against
Poor Folks (2:50)
And now, from his cell on Pennsylvania's Death Row, Mumia
Abu Jamal talks about the on-going bi-partisan war against
poor and working people, and how the new bankruptcy bill is
just the latest victory for big business.
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