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Today's lead stories:
Pentagon Rejects Call for Timeline for Withdrawal from Iraq
House Considers Funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Newspaper Workers In Oaxaca City Remain Trapped in Building
Asylum Seeker Deportations in the UK
Mumia Abul Jamal Commentary: A Little Matter of History
FSRN Headlines
The Supreme Court released a decision today that would allow
cities to seize private property for business development.
Sue Kim reports from DC.
Edgar Ray Killan was sentenced to 60 years in prison. The
former Ku Klux Klan member was convicted Tuesday of three
counts of manslaughter for killing three civil rights activists
in 1964. The 80 year old Killan received the maximum sentence,
20 years per conviction. The defense said they will appeal
the decision.
An International Red Cross aid worker was shot in Aceh today,
causing the group to suspend aid relief in the Tsunami devastated
region. Meggy Margiyono reports from Jakarta.
A United Nations human rights group says that they have evidence
that torture is taking place at Guantanamo Bay. They have
not specifically said what torturous acts have taken place,
they say they have received much of their evidence from de-classified
U.S. documents. And they criticize the United States for not
letting them enter the detention center to investigate. The
International Red Cross has been given permission to investigate
but does not make it's findings public. The UN human rights
group would be obligated to publicly release it's report.
The accusations of bribery in the Brazilian government has
not escaped speculation. Natalia Viana has this story from
Brazil.
The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico might join the list of
states and municipalities that require voters to show identification
at the polls. Leslie Clark reports from Albuquerque.
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Pentagon Rejects Call for Timeline for Withdrawal
from Iraq (4:00)
Nearly 50 people have been killed in Iraq due to a spree
of car bombings around Baghdad in a 24 hour period. This morning
two car bombings in a Baghdad shopping district killed 15
people and wounded 28. Another 23 people died as 3 car bombs
struck a predominately Shiite community in Baghdad. Meanwhile
in Washington, the Pentagon's top leaders and Generals testified
to a Congressional committee insisting that Iraq was not a
quagmire and rejected calls for a timeline for a withdrawal
from Iraq. Mitch Jeserich reports.
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House Considers Funds for the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (3:39)
Today the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved
an amendment that restores 100 million dollars to the Corporate
for Public Broadcasting that was previously proposed to be
cut. The amendment was sponsored by Democratic Representative
David Obey of Wisconsin. However, on Friday, the House will
consider another amendment that would cut 40 billion dollars
to the CPB. Darby Hickey has more from Washington.
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Newspaper Workers In Oaxaca City Remain Trapped in
Building (3:46)
A stand-off between Oaxaca's best-selling newspaper, called
Noticias, and a crowd posing as strikers continues. Thirty-one
workers remain trapped inside of the newspaper's building.
Noticias staffer, Octavio Velez comments on their situation
from the inside. [ AUDIO CUT ] As reported on Monday, in order
to continue publishing the newspaper, it has become necessary
to print each day's edition in another city. As the situation
intensifies, hundreds demonstrated yesterday in solidarity.
Shannon Young and Vladimir Flores file this report from Oaxaca
City.
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Asylum Seeker Deportations in the UK (4:16)
The British government has announced another Immigration,
Asylum and Nationality Bill this week - even as it's being
strongly attacked over its current treatment of asylum seekers.
Organizations like the Council of Europe, the United Nations
Commissioner for Refugees, and Amnesty International say the
detention of those seeking asylum in Britain and the deportation
of rejected asylum seekers back to conflict zones is a serious
breach of their human rights. From London, Naomi Fowler reports.
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Mumia Abul Jamal Commentary: A Little Matter of History
(3:31)
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