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Today's lead stories:
Senator McCain Meets with Whitehouse on War Detainees
Sunni Minority and the Iraq Conflict
Black Market for Blood in Iraq
Freed Detainee Witnessed Systemic Abuse
New Law in India Allows for Deportation of Millions of Muslims
Schwarzenegger Guts Labor Research Center
FSRN Headlines
A federal appeals court ruled today that war crime tribunals
could try cases for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The
decision is a win for the Bush Administration's anti-terrorism
policy. Today's ruling overturned a ruling last year that
said President Bush overstepped the limits of the Constitution
and violated the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners
of war.
Thailand has approved an emergency decree empowering the
country's prime minister with expanded but questionable authority.
The reason, to combat escalating violence in muslim violated
provinces. FSRN's Doualy Xaykaothao has more, from Bangkok.
Both the peace agreement and the tsunami aid agreement between
the Sri Lankan government and the rebel Tamil Tigers is on
the verge of collapse. Ponnia Manikavasagam, in Sri Lanka
reports.
Tens of thousands of Peruvians are protesting negotiations
for a free trade agreement with the United States. Kristy
Li Puma Herrera has more from Lima.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he is sure that Al
Qaida is associated with the London bombings. The investigation
has moved beyond London to Egypt and Pakistan. In Egypt, Magdy
el-Nashar, a 33 year old doctoral student studying in Leeds
was arrested for allegedly building the bombs. In Pakistan,
investigations began into the travels of Shehzad Tanweer,
one of the suicide bombers.
One of Britain's leading muslim scholars was denied entry
to the United States, without explanation. Rebecca Myles files
this report from WBAI in New York.
Internal investigations at the National Institutes of Health
have found 44 of the agency's medical researchers violated
conflict of interest rules by their relationships with private
companies. Ingrid Drake has more from Washington, DC
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Senator McCain Meets with Whitehouse on War Detainees
(3:54)
After meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney, Republican
Senator John McCain tells Free Speech Radio News that the
White House does not support Congressional efforts to set
parameters for detainees being held in Iraq, Afghanistan and
Guantanamo Bay. Mitch Jeserich reports from Capitol Hill.
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Sunni Minority and the Iraq Conflict (3:09)
In Iraq today, eight people were killed in an explosion
in central Baghdad as US troops battled guerillas in Samarra,
an hour north of the capital. Amidst ongoing violence, the
country's Sunni Arab minority continues to complain of discrimination
by a government led by religious Shiite Political parties.
In Baghdad, David Enders has more.
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Black Market for Blood in Iraq (3:10)
The death toll in Iraq is mounting in one of the deadliest
weeks this month. A speeding car bomb exploded in Baghdad
yesterday, killing 27 Iraqis, 18 of them children, and wounding
at least 70, including a newborn. Another 8 people were killed
in the city of Ramadi; and in Kirkuk, 3 were killed and another
3 were wounded. As the numbers of people who are dead, dying
or wounded in Iraq climbs, fresh blood has become a precious
commodity. Eliana Kaya has the story.
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Freed Detainee Witnessed Systemic Abuse (2:31)
We bring you the final installment of our three part series
on former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg today. Begg
was kidnapped and detained in Pakistan in 2001 and was imprisoned
without charge or trial. He spent three years as a detainee,
first at Bagram Air Base and then at Guantanamo. He was released
in January of this year, partly due to advocacy work done
in his behalf by the human rights group Caged Prisoners. In
this excerpt, Moazzam explains to Wake Up Call's Deepa Fernandes
how he witnessed the desecration of the Koran by US soldiers.
[Audio] That was the voice of Moazzam Begg who was released
in January of this year after three years as a prisoner at
Bagram prison in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. If
you want to hear more of this exclusive interview conducted
by Deepa Fernandes and Pratap Chatterjee for WBAI New York's
Wake Up Call, you can visit their website at www.wakeupcallradio.org
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New Law in India Allows for Deportation of Millions
of Muslims (2:48)
The Indian Supreme Court's judgment this week striking down
the "Illegal Migrants Act, 1983" will be detrimental
to the interests of millions of Bangladeshis in India, especially
in the north eastern state of Assam. The All Assam Students
Union launched a bloody campaign in the 70s to push Bangladeshis
back to their land. Indigenous people who feared they would
be reduced to a minority in their own land massacred thousands
of Bangladeshis, including women and children, across the
State. FSRN Correspondent Binu Alex has more.
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Schwarzenegger Guts Labor Research Center
(2:22)
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to
veto nearly $4 million in this year's budget from funding
for the University of California's Labor Research Center is
eliciting anger among labor groups and Democrats across the
state. The cut will reportedly eliminate about 70 percent
of the center's funding. Max Pringle reports.
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