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Today's lead stories:
World Bank and IMF Meet in Washington to Consider Debt Relief
Demonstrations on Tax Day
Colombia's Proposed Amnesty Legislation Faces Many Hurdles
Students Join Striking Campus Workers
Hate Crimes at University of Colorado
Oregonians Consider Long Term Effects of Californians Moving
North
FSRN Headlines
The United Nation’s Human Rights Commission has voted
to condemn a number of countries for violations of its’
principles. In Geneva, the 53-member nation group passed a
resolution condemning the lack of democratic reform by the
military junta in Burma. They also condemned the Israeli occupation
of Palestinian territories and the construction of additional
settlements in the West Bank. Continuing a 6-year tradition,
the United States also put forth and secured approval of a
condemnation of Cuba’s human rights record. This year,
the Cuban government countered with a resolution proposal
against the U.S. Joseph Mutti has more from Havana.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas charges that the Israeli
government has overstepped their bounds and violated the truce
after the military killed an activist in Nablus. Minar Jibreen
reports from the International Middle East Media Center.
Some local D.C. residents protested the first night of major
league baseball in nation’s capitol declaring that the
city’s funding priorities negatively impacts those who
live around the stadium. Selina Musuta of the D.C. Radio Coop
reports from RFK stadium.
Turkey’s military attacked and killed 21 Kurds near
the Iraqi border. Supported by U.S. made helicopters, it was
the largest attack since the 5-year-old ceasefire. Kurdish
officials said the Turkish government was ignoring the ceasefire
and called it off in June. According to the Associated Press,
Turkish intelligence has received reports of Kurdish rebels
blocking the border between Turkey and Iraq. 12-million Kurds
live in Turkey, half of them in the south. They have been
officially asking for their own homeland since 1984.
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World Bank and IMF Meet in Washington to Consider
Debt Relief (4:35)
The IMF and the World Bank began their semi annual meeting
in Washington DC today. The last time they met, they agreed
in principal that all impoverished nations must have their
debt cancelled. However, the richest countries are deadlocked
over how to approach debt relief, and global activists worry
that Finance Ministers will emerge from this weekend's meeting
without making progress on a proposal to cancel the debts.
As usual, accompanying the meetings are anti-corporate globalization
demonstrations that are planned to take place throughout the
weekend. Mitch Jeserich reports.
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Demonstrations on Tax Day (2:34)
As the US government collects an estimated $987-billion
from individual tax payers, some held demonstrations at government
offices throughout the day. Ingrid Drake from the DC Radio
Co-op brings us this Tax Day report from Washington, D.C.
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Colombia's Proposed Amnesty Legislation Faces Many
Hurdles (3:42)
In Colombia, The law of "Truth, Reparation and Justice"
seems to represent three major stumbling blocks for the Colombian
government, the paramilitaries as well as the victims from
the 41-year-old conflict. This week, Colombian lawmakers dealt
a blow to President Alvaro Uribe's effort to remove one of
the most brutal forces from Colombia's battlefields. Niki
Karsin reports from Bogotá
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Students Join Striking Campus Workers (3:02)
Hundreds of UCLA students walked out of classes yesterday,
in solidarity with 7,000 UC union workers from Oakland to
Orange County, as negotiations for a new contract remains
in a stalemate. From KPFK in LA, Page Getz reports.
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Hate Crimes at University of Colorado (3:22)
The University of Colorado at Boulder is reeling from a
recent spate of racist incidents which have outraged students,
the CU administration, as well as the National Association
of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Historically,
CU has had few African Americans- the highest rate of enrollment
was in the early 1990s when 2% of the student body was black.
Today, there are 1.6% African American students or less than
500 out of a total student body of 29,352. Maria Callier has
the story from Boulder, Colorado.
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Oregonians Consider Long Term Effects of Californians
Moving North (2:44)
According to recent statistics from Oregon's Department
of Motor Vehicles, migration from California to Oregon is
slowing down. Some Oregonians have long felt that the Californian
migration is causing too much development and pushing out
locals, but now, after seeing some long-term effects of the
new comers, Oregonians might consider a slow-down bad news.
Sierra Jenkins files this report.
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