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Today's lead stories:
Palestinians Hopes and Anxieties Over Israeli Pullout
Bush Makes More Controversial Nominations
California Faces Drinking Water Crisis
Consumers Worry over Rising Inflation and Gas Prices
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: The Mama & The War President
FSRN Headlines
Leaked documents have shed new light on how Brazilian immigrant
Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by plain clothes officers,
one day after the failed London bombings in July. Helen Kelly
has more from London.
Chile's military dictatorship era constitution is a thing
of the past. Congress approved major constitutional reforms
removing undemocratic provisions left over by former dictator
Augusto Pinochet. Jorge Garretón has more from Santiago.
Series of explosions rocked 50 cities of Bangladesh including
Dhaka today. Binu Alex has more.
Thousands are expected to participate in vigils across the
United States tonight to show solidarity with war protestor
CIndy Sheehan. Organized by MoveonPac dot org, more than 1300
people will host events at their homes or at public spaces.
Chuck Fazio of Alexandria Virginia, just outside of Washington
DC, is hosting a vigil in his backyard. 250 people have confirmed
their attendance.
(AUDIO 20 seconds)
Cindy Sheehan finishes day 11, as hundreds of supporters
join her outside President Bush's Texas ranch. Sheehan is
asking for a reason to why U.S. troops remain in Iraq.
The World Food Program has increased its emergency food aid
to Mali in an effort to prevent a food crisis similar to that
of neighboring Niger. Sam Olukoya reports.
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Palestinians Hopes and Anxieties Over Israeli Pullout
(3:35)
Violence is escalating in the Gaza Strip as Israeli soldiers
remove Jewish settlements in the Occupied Territories. Police
arrested a man who was driving Palestinian workers, but then
grabbed a gun from a security guard and shot at the passengers,
killing all three. Meanwhile, 300 young people broke out of
the Kfar Darom settlements, set a Palestinian shed on fire
and threw cinder blocks before they were halted by settlement
leaders. As Laila El-Haddad reports from Gaza, many Palestinians
are greeting Israel's disengagement in the region with a mix
of high hopes and anxiety.
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Bush Makes More Controversial Nominations
(3:55)
President Bush nominated a top executive from giant military
contractor Northrop Grumman to serve as Secretary of the Navy.
Nominee Donald Winter is currently the Vice President of Northrop
Grumman, which builds many of the Navy's warships and receives
billions of dollars to build other weapons. In another controversial
pick, Bush also nominated Michael Wynne as Secretary of the
Air Force. Wynne was one of several people who were blamed
by a Pentagon inspector general for a failed 23.5 billion
dollar deal Boeing, which many lawmakers call the most significant
case of contract abuse in decades. Mitch Jeserich reports
from Washington.
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California Faces Drinking Water Crisis (3:40)
According to a new report issued by a Bay Area network of
over sixty grassroots and intermediary organizations, California,
home of the world's sixth largest economy, is facing a drinking
water crisis. The report focuses on water management, water
quality, and indigenous issues. As FSRN correspondent Carolyn
Crane finds, the report makes a case that people of color
and low income residents are bearing the brunt of the crisis.
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Consumers Worry over Rising Inflation and Gas Prices
(3:22)
The recent spike in oil prices to over $60 dollars a barrel
has started to cause negative reaction amongst consumers due
to higher inflation. Experts' opinions differ: some say it
is a result of a deliberate manipulation by oil companies,
while others link it to a rising demand in India and China.
Anastasia Gnezditskaia has more.
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Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: The Mama & The War
President (4:06)
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