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Today's lead stories:
Federal Government Responds to Hurricane
Possible Diseases from Toxic Waters in New Orleans
Unexpected Change in Strategy in Posada Carriles Case
Locked Out Media Workers Air "CBC Unplugged"
The Journey Home for GAM Prisoners
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Examines IndigenousIssues
in Oaxaca
FSRN Headlines
Israeli and Egyptian officers signed an agreement to deploy
lightly-armed Egyptian troops along the border of the Gaza
Strip, although ultimate control over the border will remain
in Israeli hands. Laila El-Haddad reports from Gaza.
One year ago was the siege on a school in Beslan, Russia
that ended with the death of 331 people, half of them children.
Family members grieved and expressed anger at Russia's President
Vladimir Putin, blaming him for the deaths for a poor rescue
plan. Putin offered a moment of silence at a city 300 miles
away. The school was attacked by Chechyna rebels who have
been seeking independence from Russia for a decade.
The US removed some export restrictions on six Indian civilian
nuclear and space facilities, signifying better relations.
From New Delhi Vinod K. Jose reports.
On their first full day on the road, Cindy Sheehan and fellow
anti war protestors are hoping to speak with lawmakers other
than the President. Katie Heim reports.
Today marks 8 years since the federal government has raised
the minimum wage. Darby Hickey reports.
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Federal Government Responds to Hurricane
(4:00)
Emergency rescue relief efforts continue in southern Louisiana
and Mississippi. The US Coast Guard announced that it has
rescued about 3,000 people today who have been trapped in
the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, although 2,000 more remain
in New Orleans as conditions grow dire with supplies of food
and drinking water diminishing. There are reports of isolated
incidents of people in the city breaking into abandoned stores
and taking everything from food and medicine to fire arms.
There are also reports of violence. This morning President
Bush called for the full prosecution of any of the people
who engage in such activities, regardless of motive. Mitch
Jeserich brings us this update on the federal government's
response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Possible Diseases from Toxic Waters in New Orleans
(3:52)
Desperate crowds of people are crammed shoulder to shoulder
against barricades waiting to be evacuated from the Superdome
in New Orleans, as the city marinates in a toxic soup. As
people arrive in Houston, they're being tested for diseases
from wading through the water. Others, unable to find assistance,
have resorted to sleeping in their cars. From KFPT in Houston,
Renee Feltz reports.
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Unexpected Change in Strategy in Posada Carriles
Case (2:41)
The immigration hearing for alleged terrorist Luis Posada
Carriles was brought to a sudden halt, when his defense team
decided to change strategies to get him to stay in the United
States and avoid his deportation to Venezuela. The defense
will apply for Posada Carriles' US citizenship instead of
seeking asylum. FSRN's Dolores M. Bernal was at the hearings
in El Paso, Texas.
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Locked Out Media Workers Air "CBC Unplugged"
(3:26)
Representatives from the Canadian Media Guild, the union
that represents media workers, and the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation or CBC, the country's public broadcaster, began
labor negotiations yesterday. The 2 sides met for the first
time since the CBC locked out about 90% of its workers over
2 weeks ago. The International Federation of Journalists,
meanwhile, is planning a worldwide Day of Action on September
12 in solidarity with the workers. To air their frustrations
about the dispute, a group of CBC employees have started to
broadcast worker-focused programming, that they're calling
CBC Unplugged. Alison Benjamin files this report.
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The Journey Home for GAM Prisoners (2:41)
Indonesia began freeing over 1,400 Free Aceh or GAM prisoners
yesterday as a result of the Helsinki Peace Agreement signed
on August 15 - while about 1,000 prisoners remain in jail.
Indonesia's government says they were not granted amnesty
because they are jailed not for their political activities
but for criminal activities, such as robbing and killing.
Most of the GAM prisoners are jailed in Java, including members
of Aceh peace negotiators who signed peace deals with Indonesia
in 2002. Another peace negotiator, Tengku Ibrahim Tiba, was
jailed in Aceh, and killed along with thousands of other prisoners
when the tsunami destroyed the jail that housed them on December
26. As FSRN's Meggy Margiyono reports from Jakarta, GAM prisoners
who were granted amnesty by the Indonesian government are
expressing happiness, but are also worried whether their families
survived the devastating tsunami.
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Examines
IndigenousIssues in Oaxaca (3:02)
An official on indigenous issues from the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights wrapped up a visit this week to
Oaxaca, Mexico. The state is home to the largest concentration
of indigenous people in the country - with 40% of the population
belonging to one of the region's 16 native groups. While many
of the cases presented to the commissioner dealt with longtime
issues, new and pending legislation are adding a new dimension
to the struggle for indigenous self-determination. Vladimir
Flores reports from Oaxaca.
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