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Today's lead stories:
Senate Votes Down Two Competing Immigration Amendments to
War Supplemental
Italy's Government in Deep Political Crisis
Humanitarian Workers Arrested and Deported in Indonesia
Mehmet Ali Talat Wins Elections in Northern Cyprus
Hope for Relatives of Disappeared Political Activists from
Chile's Dictatorship
Alternative "Tent University" Activists Met with
Police Violence
FSRN Headlines
New German Pope
The bells in St. Peter’s Square called the Catholic
faithful and curiosity seekers in Rome to hear the name of
the newly elected pope. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger from Germany
will hereafter be known as Pope Benedict XVI. Brought to Rome
to be the church’s enforcer of orthodoxy, he has shut
the door on any discussion about the ordination of women,
same sex marriage, or changing the rules of celibacy for priests.
In the speech he gave prior to opening the conclave in which
he was elected he warned of "a dictatorship of relativism…that
recognizes nothing definite and leaves only one's own ego
and one's own desires as the final measure."
Votes Waiver for Bolton
At deadline, at least one and possibly two Republicans are
wavering on the nomination of the next US ambassador to the
United Nations. Selina Musuta reports on the vote for John
Bolton from Capitol Hill.
Managuans Angry Over Bus Fare Hike
University students burned and destroyed three buses in Nicaragua,
angry over an increase in bus fares. Nan McCurdy has more
from Managua.
Accused 9/11 Perpetrator Pleads Guilty
The only person charged with attacking the U.S. on September
11th, Zacarias Mousaoui, announced his intention to plead
guilty. Victoria Jones reports from D.C.
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Senate Votes Down Two Competing Immigration Amendments
to War Supplemental (2:54)
Today the Senate voted down two competing amendments to
the Iraq and Afghanistan war supplemental that would have
created guest worker programs for migrant farm-workers. But
the amendments' defeats are only considered round one on the
national debate on migrant farm-workers and undocumented immigrants.
Mitch Jeserich reports from Capitol Hill.
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Italy's Government in Deep Political Crisis
(2:01)
The Italian government finds itself in a deep crisis. A
major split in the majority coalition has left Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi isolated, since many party members stand
at odds with Berlusconi's policies after major losses in recent
regional elections. Diletta Varlese has more.
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Humanitarian Workers Arrested and Deported in Indonesia
(3:21)
Indonesian human rights groups protested army, police and
immigrant officers Monday who arrested and deported four humanitarian
activists who spoke at a trauma healing workshop for tsunami
and conflict victims in Aceh. Authorities accused the four
activists from India, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong, of being associated
with the Free Aceh Movement or GAM. FSRN's Meggy Margiyono
has more.
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Mehmet Ali Talat Wins Elections in Northern Cyprus
(3:26)
Northern-Cypriot Prime Minister and the leader of the governing
Social Democratic Party, or CTP, Mehmet Ali Talat won Sunday's
presidential elections in the Turkish Republic of Northern
Cyprus by winning the required absolute majority. Ozhan Onder
has more.
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Hope for Relatives of Disappeared Political Activists
from Chile's Dictatorship (4:26)
Recent news concerning a colony in the South of Chile has
created hope for many living relatives of the country's disappeared.
Family members of the more than one thousand missing political
prisoners, detained during the 16 year military regime of
Augusto Pinochet, are hopeful that recent developments will
lead them to the bodies of their loved ones. Jesse Hardman
reports from Santiago.
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Alternative "Tent University" Activists
Met with Police Violence (3:15)
College students at campuses across the US have created
their own Tent University to protest federal government budget
priorities. The alternative universities, which house week-long,
24-hour liberated zones, offer skills shares and workshops
inside tents, which symbolize the displacement of higher education.
Actions this week are taking place at the University of Missouri
Kansas City, and at Rutgers, in New Jersey. Last night at
the University of California Santa Cruz, police violently
broke up the Tent University which students erected at the
school's main entrance. Vinny Lombardo reports.
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