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Today's lead stories:
Downing Street Memo Hearing on Capitol Hill
House of Reps Votes to Bar FBI from Searching Library and
Bookstore Records
Controversy over Proposed Religious Hatred Law in Britain
Women's Rights Violated in India
Congress Members Push for Moratorium on Human Subjects in
Pesticide Testing
Tough Choices over Urban Sprawl in Albuquerque
Farewell to Randi Zimmerman
FSRN Headlines
Sick and injured workers from the site of the World Trade
Center are appealing to Congress so that federal money set
aside for them will remain in New York rather than returned
to the government as requested by White House officials. Peter
Larkin reports from D.C.
European Union leaders are discussing some of their most
contentious issues at a summit in Brussels: the recently rejected
constitution and the next budget. Tony Cross has more.
The Mexican Supreme Court will allow the trial of two former
top government leaders for their alleged involvement in a
1971 massacre. Shannon Young reports from Oaxaca.
The Venezuelan government has formally requested that the
Bush administration extradite a fervent opponent of Fidel
Castro who is also wanted in the South American country for
allegedly bombing an airplane. Greg Wilpert reports from Caracas.
Panama’s President has agreed to a 90-day discussion
period to quell two weeks of protests in the country. Unions,
business leaders, and students have been protesting a plan
by President Martin Torrijos to expand the Panama Canal. However,
until the plan is complete, economists estimate that the middle
classes would pay as much as 25-percent in taxes. Leaders
of the protests say that the government should raise fees
on the very profitable canal before taxing the working people
of Panama.
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Downing Street Memo Hearing on Capitol Hill
A hearing on the Downing Street Memo was held on Capitol
Hill today. The memo was first leaked to the British press
in May. It dates eight months prior to the invasion of Iraq,
the minutes of a meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair and
his top advisors indicating the determination of the United
States to go to war with Iraq -- and that the only obstacle
was creating a context in which an invasion would be justified
in international law. Jenny Johnson reports from the hearing.
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House of Reps Votes to Bar FBI from Searching Library
and Bookstore Records
The US House of Representatives voted last night to bar
the FBI from searching library and bookstore records- reversing
a part of the Patriot Act. Mitch Jeserich has more.
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Controversy over Proposed Religious Hatred Law in
Britain
The British government is currently attempting to force
through a controversial religious hatred law, which criminalizes
speech, publication or performance likely to stir up religious
hatred. Opponents believe it may curtail free speech, damage
community relations and encourage a new climate of repression.
They add that the proposed law is too broad and too subjective,
and relies heavily on individual interpretation. From London,
Naomi Fowler reports.
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Women's Rights Violated in India
In India, a disturbing decision by a local village council
asking a father-in-law to marry his daughter-in-law -- whom
he raped, has once again brought to light women's rights in
an Islamic religion. Though women do register their complaints
against such crimes, justice is rarely seen. FSRN correspondent
Binu Alex has more.
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Congress Members Push for Moratorium on Human Subjects
in Pesticide Testing
Two members of Congress, Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative
Henry Waxman, are pushing the Bush administration to re-impose
a moratorium on human subjects in pesticide testing. They
say the tests harm individuals involved and will only benefit
the corporations that produce the chemicals. Darby Hickey
has more from DC.
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Tough Choices over Urban Sprawl in Albuquerque
The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, like many other cities
in the country, is facing difficult choices about how to manage
growth. One Albuquerque councilor is proposing a moratorium
on new housing construction on the Westside of the city as
a way to control sprawl in the area. As Leslie Clarke reports,
the idea is generating a strong reaction.
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Farewell to Randi Zimmerman
As we end our newscast today, we say farewell to headlines
editor Randi Zimmerman. Randi has been an amazing part of
our editorial team for the last four years, and we'll miss
her greatly. On behalf of the entire FSRN family, we want
to thank Randi for her years of service -- covering a broad
range of issues including labor, activism, trade, immigration,
civil rights and more. We take this opportunity to wish her
the best and close by listening to a sampling of Randi's coverage
of the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and their aftermaths.
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