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Today's lead stories:
Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Guantanamo Bay Prisoner
Rights
International Groups of Former Officials Call for Open Access
to Detainees
US Army Celebrates 230th Birthday
French Respond to Olympic Bid During Economic Slump
Activists Oppose Coal Fired Plant in Colorado
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: The Death of Pensions?
FSRN Headlines
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Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Guantanamo Bay
Prisoner Rights (4:10)
A military lawyer appointed to represent a Guantanamo Bay
detainee testified in Congress today that his client was forced
to plead guilty to an unspecified war crime in order to see
a lawyer. The testimony came as the Senate Judiciary Committee
held an open hearing on whether detainees being held at Guantanamo
Bay are being afforded their rights to due process. Washington
editor Mitch Jeserich was there and brings us this report.
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International Groups of Former Officials Call for
Open Access to Detainees (3:07)
Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark joined an international
group of former high-ranking officials calling on the US to
open access to detainees in the war on terror. Their focus
was the fate of Saddam Hussein. Jenny Johnson reports.
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US Army Celebrates 230th Birthday (2:51)
With recruitment levels down, the U.S. Army used the occasion
of its 230th birthday yesterday to host a media-savvy presentation,
and invited elected officials and groups of school children
to attend. But, as Chuck Rosina reports, many Boston-area
residents felt the celebration was planned to spread pro-war
propaganda.
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French Respond to Olympic Bid During Economic Slump
(3:51)
The International Olympic Committee has declared that the
host city of the 2012 Olympic Games is likely to be either
Paris or London. The final choice from five candidates, including
New York, will be announced in Singapore on July 6. All the
would-be hosts have launched massive campaigns to persuade
the committee, as well as their own citizens. But, as Tony
Cross reports from Paris- they haven't convinced everyone.
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Activists Oppose Coal Fired Plant in Colorado
(3:27)
One of the country's largest utility companies, Xcel Energy,
is proposing to build a multi million dollar coal fired plant
in Colorado. Although some environmental groups have signed
off on an agreement with the company, a number of people are
still opposed to the plant. Maeve Conran reports.
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Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: The Death of Pensions?
(3:21)
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