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Today's lead stories:
Some Israeli Settlers in the Gaza Strip Vow to Stay
Protests from Sikhs and Opposition in India
The Case of Afzal Guru
FBI's Expanded Powers: The Joint Terrorism Task Forces
Workers in Connecticut Garner Community Support
Remembering the Watts Riots
FSRN Headlines
Ten foreign nationals were arrested this morning in Britain.
The British government says they are a 'threat to national
security' and is looking to deport them. But it is prevented
by international law from deporting people to places where
they may be subjected to torture or the death penalty. From
London, Naomi Fowler reports:
As investigations continue into 2 bombings in the Southern
Philippine town of Zambaoanga on Monday that injured 30 people,
the national security advisor is calling for a review of laws
to allow more foreign assistance to fight what he describes
as terrorist attacks. Girlie Linau in Manila reports.
Iran rejected a resolution by the International Atomic Energy
Agency, which urged that country to stop its uranium enrichment
process. An Iran diplomat said the vote is "a vote of
no confidence in the agency." Iran is allowing the IAEA
to monitor its nuclear activities at the Isfahan plant and
maintains that their nuclear program is for civil purposes.
The IAEA resolution, pushed by the US, Germany, France, and
Great Britain, asks Iran to stop its conversion process and
replace the UN seals.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is traveling to other South
American nations to secure business and political ties with
in the region. Meanwhile, he continues to deplore the United
States. Mat Goldin has more from Buenos Aires.
The Chinese government is cracking down on those who allow
the operation of illegal mines. This comes as efforts are
failing to rescue 120 people trapped in an illegal mine, the
second such incident this year. Severine Bardon has more from
Beijing.
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Some Israeli Settlers in the Gaza Strip Vow to Stay
(3:29)
Israel's withdrawal from Gaza beings next week and some
Jewish settlers are already moving out in order to avoid being
forced out by Israeli soldiers. But others, like those in
the Kfar Darom settlement -- one of the first slated for removal,
plan to remain until the bitter end. Irris Makler reports
from Kfar Darom.
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Protests from Sikhs and Opposition in India
(3:25)
An Indian government inquiry that has accused some Congress
party leaders of involvement in anti-Sikh riots in 1984 has
triggered protests from opposition groups and the minority
Sikh community. The riots, which killed more than 3000 Sikhs,
followed the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Gandhi's Sikh body guards shot her to avenge her decision
to send troops to flush out Sikh separatists from the Golden
Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, in the north Indian city
of Amritsar. But the Indian government was a mute spectator
in the carnage following her death. Two members of the Indian
Parliament resigned this week over the Commission's report,
and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has now issued an apology
to the Sikh community. Vinod K. Jose spoke to some of the
survivors of the massacre.
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The Case of Afzal Guru (2:03)
A strike took place in Indian administered Kashmir this
week to protest the death sentence handed down by the Indian
Supreme Court to a Kashmiri man named Afzal Guru. Afzal is
accused of involvement in an attack on the Indian Parliament
four years ago. From Kashmir Shahnawaz Khan has more.
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FBI's Expanded Powers: The Joint Terrorism Task Forces
(2:30)
The FBI has expanded its power to conduct surveillance by
forming the Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF), which it operates
with the help of local police departments. The JTTF give local
law enforcement agencies access to federal law enforcement
files which they use to spy on activists and other individuals.
These task forces already have a track record for intimidating
innocent individuals and spying on free speech protected activities.
The Colorado Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union
claims that the FBI is investigating and harassing nonviolent
activists, wasting taxpayers' money by doing so, and is posing
a threat to the freedom of expression. Maria Callier has more
from Denver, Colorado.
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Workers in Connecticut Garner Community Support
(4:04)
Workers at Connecticut's second largest nursing home are
in the 11th day of a lock-out, after they failed to reach
an agreement with the national chain that runs the facility.
Labor and community groups, including unions on both sides
of the AFL-CIO split are now rallying in support of the workers.
Melinda Tuhus reports from Hamden, Connecticut.
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Remembering the Watts Riots (2:21)
And finally, today marks the 40th anniversary of the Watts
Riots. 4 decades after continued police brutality, severe
poverty, and lack of educational opportunities sparked an
uprising in Watts, many of them same conditions persist. Here
in Los Angeles, the newly formed Latino and African American
Leadership Alliance will hold a Unity Walk tonight, highlighting
the memory of 13-year old Devin Brown and 19-month-old toddler
Susie Peña, two children killed at the hands of the
LAPD. We end our program today with archival sounds from the
Pacifica Radio Archives, featuring reporting from both KPFA
in Berkeley and KPFK in Los Angeles, about the Watts Riots
40 years ago.
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