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Today's lead stories:
House Passes Final Version of War Supplemental
Legislation to make Head Start Funds More Difficult to Get
Mumbai Government Cracks Down on Poorest Residents
Increasing Israeli Settler Attacks on Palestinian Communities
in the West Bank
Academic Bill of Rights Shot Down in Colorado
Holocaust Remembrance Day
FSRN Headlines
WHO Follows Polio Outbreak in Indonesia
The World Health Organization is investigating a recent outbreak
of polio in Indonesia that has now infected four children.
From Jakarta, Meggy Margiyono reports.
Elections in Palestine
Palestinian authorities officially say that they are disappointed
the Israeli government is freezing the handover of West Bank
towns to Palestinian security control. Israeli officials justify
the action by claiming the Palestinian Authority refuses to
disarm militants. The Israeli Director of Military Intelligence,
Aharon Ze’evi, said that the P.A. is gradually reining
in militants and has collected weapons in Jericho. Hundreds
of thousands of Palestinians are set to vote today on what
many are calling a referendum on the strength of groups like
Hamas and Fatah. Manar Jibreen with the Independent Middle
East Media Center reports.
Arrests at Multiple Demonstrations in Egypt
Hundreds have been arrested in Egypt after multiple protests
for greater democracy. Paul Schemm reports from Cairo.
AIDS Activists March on White House
Thousands marched in front of the White House today calling
for the Bush administration to do more for people living with
HIV and AIDS. Grace Chough reports from D.C.
Mexican Presidential Candidate Charges Dropped
The Mexican government has formally dropped the charges against
the leading Presidential candidate. Mexico City Mayor Andrés
Manuel López Obrador consistently called the charges
against him politically motivated. Current President Vicente
Fox and Obrador are scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss
a smoother political transition.
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House Passes Final Version of War Supplemental
Today the House of Representatives passed the final version
of President Bush's $82-billion war supplemental request for
the continuing presence of the US Military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The passage comes as a US Inspector General reports that the
US cannot account for $100-million for Iraqi reconstruction.
The controversial anti-immigration measure known as the Real
ID Act was added to the supplemental request. The Act, among
other things, would prohibit states from issuing drivers licenses
to undocumented immigrants, although a controversial provision
to allow bounty hunters to capture undocumented immigrants
was stripped out of the bill. Mitch Jeserich reports.
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Legislation to make Head Start Funds More Difficult
to Get
House Republicans introduced legislation today that would
make it more difficult for agencies to receive funding for
Head Start programs. Republicans argue that widespread mismanagement
of Head Start funds make reform necessary. However, the legislation
will make it easier for faith-based organizations to receive
funds for their Head Start programs. Dolores M. Bernal has
more from the Capitol.
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Mumbai Government Cracks Down on Poorest Residents
In Mumbai, India, about 60% of the city's 12 million people
live in shanties. Many of these illegal structures are developed
by slumlords with tacit support from political leaders. Earlier
this year, the government started a demolition drive to remove
these shanties. With more than 300,000 people facing demolition
and with no land available in the near vicinity, the political
parties are set to face angry and irritated voters in the
coming Municipal elections. FSRN correspondent, Binu Alex
reports from Mumbai.
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Increasing Israeli Settler Attacks on Palestinian
Communities in the West Bank
This summer, Israel plans to forcibly remove thousands of
Israeli settlers from the occupied Gaza Strip as part of its
disengagement plan. Meanwhile, settler attacks on Palestinian
communities in the West Bank are escalating. Last month, residents
of Tuwani, a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank
region of Hebron, reported that Israeli settlers from the
nearby Ma'on settlement spread poison in grazing pastures
of sheep owned by local Palestinians. Since then, 28 sheep
have died and 80 are sick from the poisoning. From Tuwani,
Marcelle Hopkins and Manar Jibrin file this report.
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Academic Bill of Rights Shot Down in Colorado
The debate over academic freedom continues in Colorado,
as an academic bill of rights was killed in the Colorado House
of Representatives yesterday. Maeve Conran reports.
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
It is Holocaust Remembrance Day, which honors the up to
12 million Jews, Poles, Roma, homosexuals and disabled people
who were massacred by the Nazis. After The Third Reich came
into power in Germany in 1938, it became nearly impossible
for Jews and other persecuted groups to leave the country.
In 1961, German refugee Edith Hoffman spoke with Byron Bryant
at Pacifica's KPFA about life in Germany after the time Hitler
became Chancellor in 1933.
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