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Today's lead stories:
Mayor Says New Orleans Will Never be the Same Again
Black Leaders Outraged at Inadequate Hurricane Relief Efforts
Thousands of People Trapped in New Orleans Hospital
Houston Now Overwhelmed by Evacuees
Violence Against Lower-Caste Dalits in New Delhi
California Seante is the First to Pass Same-Sex Marriage Bill
New Bill Seeks to Stop Exploitative Child Farm Labor
FSRN Headlines
Paris police evicted 140 African immigrants from two buildings
in response to two fires which killed 24 immigrants and left
many more homeless. Housing and immigrants' rights activists
called for protests this weekend. Tony Cross reports from
Paris.
18,000 machinists for Boeing Company went on strike, it's
their first against the aerospace giant in a decade. Martha
Baskin has more.
US oil companies bought 20 ship-loads of European gasoline
to relieve gas shortages from Hurricane Katrina. It sent the
wholesale price on the Rotterdam spot market soaring to a
record of more than $100 a barrel. From London, Naomi Fowler
reports:
The Argentine President deployed hundreds of police officers
and national border guards throughout the city of Buenos Aires
to prevent protestors from blocking streets. Thousands marched
from Garrahan children’s hospital to Plaza de Mayo to
continue their plight for wage hikes. Marie Trigona reports
from Buenos Aires.
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Mayor Says New Orleans Will Never be the Same Again
(lead :58) (actulaity: 58)
New Orleans will never be the same again --- that's what
Mayor's Ray Nagin said last night in an interview with WWL
Radio's Garl and Robinette. Desperation is growing among the
countless residents, many who are still waiting on rooftops,
basics like water and food continue to diminish, utilities
such as gas and electricity are nowhere to be found, and generators
have run out of power after days of use. Gas lines have broken
and are causing explosions and fires, armed residents have
exchanged gunfire with police, and dead bodies are now floating
in New Orleans flood waters. The Army Corps of Engineers is
still considering how to start the task of draining the flood
waters from the city, and say the job will certainly take
weeks if not months - since most of the city is below sea
level. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was interviewed by WWL's
Garl and Robinette. Nagin expressed his frustration at insufficient
relief efforts.
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Black Leaders Outraged at Inadequate Hurricane Relief
Efforts (3:14)
President Bush will sign a $10.5 billion emergency supplemental
request for the areas stricken by Hurricane Katrina tonight,
nearly a week after the Hurricane touched ground. The request
was approved by Congress today during a special session -but
the Bush administration is coming under increasing criticism
over the handling of the disaster. With much of the population
stranded in New Orleans being older, disabled, people of color
and the poor, the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP, andother
groups slammed the President and corporate America for what
the groups call an inadequate response. Mitch Jeserich reports
from Capitol Hill.
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Thousands of People Trapped in New Orleans Hospital
(3:16)
We now go to New Orleans to hear from two physicians based
out of Charity Hospital-currently the Level 1 Trauma Center
for the city. Dr. Arwen Adams is an MD who evacuated from
New Orleans and is currently in Tennessee. Adams raises questions
about how hospitals were prioritized for evacuation. [CUT
0:35] Dr. Roderick Bennet is an Emergency Physician who hasn't
left the hospital since Monday. He spoke with F-S-R-N's Christian
Roselund this morning and described the level of care medical
personnel are able to provide to patients... and the status
of evacuations.
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Houston Now Overwhelmed by Evacuees (4:05)
Emergency aid providers in Houston seem overwhelmed by the
thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors that continue to
arrive by the bus load. From KPFT, Renee Feltz reports.
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Violence Against Lower-Caste Dalits in New Delhi
(3:06)
Upper caste villagers belonging to the Jat community in
Gohana villagenear Delhi burnt down 60 Dalit, or lower caste
houses. 5000 lower caste people migrated overnight fearing
more attacks. Though no causalites have been reported yet,
a large number of Dalits are still missing even two days after
the incident. Today, Protestors participated in a state wide
shutdown. Vinod K. Jose files this report.
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California Seante is the First to Pass Same-Sex Marriage
Bill (2:35)
In a landmark vote, the California State Senate has passed
a bill to legalize gay marriage in the state. The Massachusetts
Supreme Court ordered that state to start issuing marriage
licenses to same-sex couples last year, but California is
on an uphill battle to approve marriage equality by a vote
of the legislature. Christopher Martinez reports.
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New Bill Seeks to Stop Exploitative Child Farm Labor
(2:09)
A survey released this week in Washington, DC could build
support for a bill introduced last month by California Representative
Lucille Roybal-Allard. Her bill was originally prompted by
reports of childrenworking 80 hours a week on farms, missing
months of school due tomigrant farm work, high drop out rates,
and even injuries and deaths tochild farm workers in California.
Selina Musuta reports from DC.
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