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Today's lead stories:
A Look At John Roberts' Record on Civil Rights
Ugandan Government Shuts Down Dissident Radio Station and
Arrest Radio Host
Idaho Residents Stand Against Plutonium-238
Seniors Confused Over Changes to Medicare
Native Americans Affected by New Energy Bill
FSRN Headlines
Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addressed the
nation today in an attempt to counter murmurings that he is
connected to the bribery scheme with in his government. Natalia
Viana has more from Sao Paulo.
For the first time, President Bush saw the war protestors
outside his Texas ranch today. His fifteen-car motorcade drove
past on his way to a bbq that is expected to raise 2 million
dollars for the Republican Party. As KPFT's Katie Heim reports,
the number of protestors is growing.
Powerful republican Lobbyist Jack Abramhoff has been indicted
on fraud and conspiracy charges. From WMNF in Tampa, Andrew
Stelzer has more.
New York City began releasing oral histories and written
logs today of calls about the attacks of the World Trade Center
in September of 2001. Rebecca Myles reports from WBAI in New
York.
After a roller coaster ride filled with uncertainty, an elderly
couple from Afghanistan will be deported tomorrow. Sonali
Kohaktar has more from KPFK in LA.
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A Look At John Roberts' Record on Civil Rights
(4:03)
Newly released documents on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts
reveal that he was as an active participant in the Reagan
administration's views on civil rights. Roberts argued against
school busing as one way to combat segregation, and against
the expansion of the Voting Rights Act. Roberts also argued
that undocumented immigrant children did not have the right
to a public education. Some civil rights activists are expressing
serious concern over Robert's nomination to the country's
highest court, as Roberts began in a Reagan administration
that many consider to be the first to start rolling back hard
won victories achieved by the civil rights movement. Mitch
Jeserich reports from Washington.
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Ugandan Government Shuts Down Dissident Radio Station
and Arrest Radio Host (3:52)
A radio host in Uganda has been arrested by the police,
accused of abusing President Yoweri Museveni and hosting a
program that offends regional security. The arrest of Andrew
Mwenda comes after the closure of K FM, taken off the air
by The Broadcasting Council, Uganda's censoring organization.
Mwenda hosted a program called The Tonight Talk Show on K
FM, a private radio station owned by Monitor publications
which also owns the Daily Monitor newspaper. Joshua Kyalimpa
reports from Kampala.
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Idaho Residents Stand Against Plutonium-238
(3:55)
In Idaho, most of the 700 people who testified at recent
public hearings were against a Department of Energy plan to
produce plutonium-238 in the state. With the military running
low on plutonium-238, the DOE is proposing to begin producing
the highly radioactive substance at the Idaho National Laboratory,
upwind from Yellowstone National Park. Some critics say it
would be better to produce the plutonium elsewhere while others
question the wisdom of producing any plutonium at all. Leigh
Robartes reports.
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Seniors Confused Over Changes to Medicare
(4:22)
Many states across the country have begun educational campaigns
to inform seniors about new changes to their Medicare prescription
drug plan. It's been two years ago since President Bush signed
the Modernization to Medicare Act, which will provide seniors
with private drug prescription plans. Dolores M. Bernal reports
from New Mexico, where seniors are confused by all the new
changes to Medicare.
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Native Americans Affected by New Energy Bill
(3:57)
The newly signed National Energy Bill has come under intense
criticism in the past few days. Critics of the bill say there
are too many giveaways to the extraction industry while short
changing renewable energy programs and environmental protections.
As Leslie Clark reports, Title 5 of the Energy Bill - known
as the Indian Energy Title, is coming under similar critique.
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