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Today's lead stories:
DR-CAFTA Poised to Pass in the House of Representatives
Historic Split in AFL-CIO
Lebanese Government Emerges Out of Economic Crises
Guatemalan Community Displaced by Chixoy Dam Seek Reparations
Compton's Overwhelming Murder Rate
Anti-Abortion Activists Come to San Francisco
FSRN Headlines
At least three groups have claimed responsibility for the
bombings in Egypt, non have yet been confirmed. Paul Schemm
has more, from Cairo.
The six party talks on nuclear disarmament began today with
progress, after a year long hiatus. Severine Bordon reports
from Beijing.
Following protests by human rights group the UN has violated
has decided to investigate the killings of innocent civilians
by its peacekeeping troops in Haiti earlier this month. Haider
Rizvi has more from the UN.
More protests erupted on streets outside the Indian capital
and in parliament today after policemen beat up hundreds of
protesting Honda workers. Vinod Jose has more from Gurgaon.
An Italian court has issued an arrest warrant for 6 more
CIA operatives for the detention and removal of an Islamic
radical. FSRN's Manuela Aldabe reports.
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DR-CAFTA Poised to Pass in the House of Representatives
(3:36)
After the Bush administration promised new incentives for
US textile companies in the southern states, several key Republican
House lawmakers have changed their position and now say they
support the Dominican Republic Central American Free Trade
Agreement. This shift in position has many on Capitol Hill
believing that the House may pass the controversial free trade
agreement by the end of the week. The Senate has already approved
it. Mitch Jeserich reports.
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Historic Split in AFL-CIO (3:35)
The leaders of two of the AFL-CIO's largest unions, the
Teamsters and the Service Employees, announced that they are
pulling out of the labor federation on the eve of the AFL's
50th anniversary celebration in Chicago. The split is sharpening
divisions among unions at a time that many say the labor movement
needs unity rather than dissension. Chris Geovanis reports.
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Lebanese Government Emerges Out of Economic Crises
(3:39)
It has been one month since Lebanon's 2005 Parliamentary
elections saw the anti-Syrian "opposition" coalition
lead by Saad Hariri, son of the assassinated former Prime
Minister, win a majority of seats. This past week, politicians
announced the government's formation, after a long delay in
the shadow of a serious economic crisis. Stefan Christoff
and Mohammed Shublaq report from Beirut.
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Guatemalan Community Displaced by Chixoy Dam Seek
Reparations (2:20)
In Guatemala, a local Human Rights group is investigating
allegations of a clandestine prison, being operated by local
security forces. Huehuetenango Governor Mauro Guzmán
has requested a formal investigation into the armed group,
which also stands accused of coercing residents to serve with
the forces or pay a heavy fine. Meanwhile, El Periodico, one
of Guatemala's major newspapers, apologized for unfair coverage
concerning demonstrations for reparations for communities
affected by the Chixoy Dam. 3,400 people, mostly Maya-Achí,
were displaced by the Dam and never compensated. Community
members have now come to Washington, DC to persuade World
Bank officials to create a negotiation process that will lead
to reparations. Selina Musuta reports from Washington, DC.
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Compton's Overwhelming Murder Rate (3:34)
The City of Compton has seen 44 murders this year alone,
most of them gang-related. The killings add up to more than
all of last year's murders put together, and echo the 1990s,
when homicides averaged at about 80 per year. Compton residents
and community leaders are trying to make sense of the violence.
From KPFK in LA, FSRN's Sister Charlene Muhammad reports.
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Anti-Abortion Activists Come to San Francisco
(4:04)
Hot on the heels of the nomination of John Roberts to the
Supreme Court, a little known evangelical group calling itself
Crusade for Life made a stop in the San Francisco bay area
to protest outside of women's health clinics. San Francisco
feminist activists organized in force to call attention to
the erosion to women's access to abortion, from attacks on
clinics around the country, to legislation limiting when,
where and how women can access abortions. FSRN's Sarah Olson
reports.
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