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Today's lead stories:
French Voters Reject EU Referendum
New Security Plan in Iraq as Attacks Continue
Bikers Protests Government Treatment of Veterans
Washington Voters Attempt to Block New Radioactive Waste Shipments
On-Going War Increases Number of Homeless Children in Uganda
Teachers End Strike in Oaxaca City, Mexico
FSRN Headlines
The Enron accounting firm charged with shredding documents
has been absolved of wrong doing by the US Supreme Court.
Peter Larkin reports from D.C.
Immigrant rights activists are marching across the desert
to highlight the arduous plight of those who attempt to reach
the US. Amanda Shauger reports from Tuscon.
Tens of thousands of protestors in Bolivia are still calling
for the nationalization of their energy reserves. Luis Gomez
reports from La Paz.
Israeli police in the occupied West Bank faced off with demonstrators
trying to halt the production of the separation wall. Manar
Jibreen with the International Middle East Media Center reports.
A bankruptcy judge is expected to rule on whether United
Airlines workers will keep any part of their contract. Doug
Cunningham reports from Workers Independent News.
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French Voters Reject EU Referendum (3:26)
French voters rejected the proposed draft of the EU constitution.
Nearly 55% of them voted no for a variety of reasons- among
them, the vote is seen as blow to President's Jacques Chirac's
support of the Constitution. After the vote, Chirac named
a new government, appointing Dominique De Villepin as prime
minister. After ten years in power, Chirac has not been able
to restore hope amongst French people who have faced 10% unemployment
for nearly 20 years. Residents expressed a persistent fear
over the economy that they believe the new constitution would
not solve. Raphaël Krafft reports from Paris.
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New Security Plan in Iraq as Attacks Continue
(2:37)
The new security plan of the Iraqi ministry of the interior
and the ministry of defense is to surround Baghdad with 40,000
troops from the police and Iraqi national guard. This latest
development creates a new security situation on the ground
in Iraq. We spoke with Muaad Hamdaani a journalist in Baghdad
who writes for the Arabic language website "Iraq for
All News"
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Bikers Protests Government Treatment of Veterans
(4:04)
Thousands of bikers, many who are veterans, went to Washington
D.C. this Memorial Day Weekend, to protest the government's
treatment of returning veterans of war and of military personnel
captured oversees. They called on George Bush to reclassify
two missing US soldiers in Iraq, Sergeant Matt Maupin and
Captain Scott Speicher as Missing in Action and Prisoner of
War. Currently, they are designated as Missing-Captured, which
has no standing with the Geneva Accord protection concerning
prisoners of war. Mitch Jeserich reports from Washington.
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Washington Voters Attempt to Block New Radioactive
Waste Shipments (3:27)
The US government is suing Washington State over an initiative
that would prevent new nuclear waste from entering the state.
The initiative was passed in November 2004 with 69 percent
voter support. Initiative 297 would prohibit the US Department
of Energy from shipping radioactive waste from other states
to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, already considered to
be the most contaminated place in the western Hemisphere.
Ben Tabor reports.
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On-Going War Increases Number of Homeless Children
in Uganda (2:37)
According to a new report, the number of children taking
refuge on the streets of war-ravaged northern Uganda has gone
up from 30,000 to 40,000 during last month. The report, compiled
by UNICEF with other civil society organizations in the region,
say renewed fighting forced more children to flee attacks
and abduction by the Lord's Resistance Army. FSRN's Joshua
Kyalimpa reports, from Uganda.
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Teachers End Strike in Oaxaca City, Mexico
(2:24)
In Mexico, after nearly a week of occupying key streets
in downtown Oaxaca City, public school teachers ended their
strike over the weekend. However, the teachers say their occupation
of the airwaves will continue. In Oaxaca City, Vladimir Flores
has the story.
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