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Today's lead stories:
The Militarization of New Orleans
A Look at Latin American Immigrants in the U.S. Gulf Region
GOP Congress Members Announce Support for Tax Cuts and Loosening
EPA Regulations
Boeing Workers Continue Strike
Hawaiians Protest Military Bases on Native Lands
Tony Blair Under Fire for Deportation of Foreign Nationals
FSRN Headlines
The California state assembly voted last night to pass a
landmark bill legalizing same sex marriage. Christopher Martinez
has more from Sacramento.
Louisiana Mayor Roy Nagin reissued an order for the forced
evacuation up to 10,000 residents remaining in New Orleans.
No forced evacuations have been reported. Floodwaters are
slowly draining in the city, but protecting the area from
spreading disease, toxic water and explosions are still big
concerns. A water born bacterial infection may have already
killed 4 people in Texas and Missisippi.
Meanwhile, both the Federal Communications Commission and
officials at the Astrodome gave the go ahead today for a microradio
station to be set up to assist survivors. Renee Feltz has
more from Houston.
We’ll have more on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
later in the newscast.
Former Palestinian security chief Moussa Arafat, has been
assassinated in Gaza by a group of armed men. His son was
kidnapped. Laila Al Haddad has more from Gaza city.
Amnesty International published a report today claiming legal
agreements between an ExxonMobil-led consortium and the governments
of Chad and Cameroon undermine human rights in the region.
Anastasia Gnezditskaia has more.
And in the Phillipines today, more than 25 thousand protestors
marched on Manila calling for the resignation of President
Gloria Arroyo. Just one day after congress tossed aside calls
for impeachment, protestors continue with claims that Arroyo
rigged last years elections and is perpetrating human rights
violations in the country. The opposition vows to keep up
the movement while the Arroyo denies any wrong doing.
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The Militarization of New Orleans (2:39)
As much of New Orleans remains flooded, Mayor Ray Nagin
is calling for the forced evacuation people that still remain
in their homes. Although residents wish to stay and thereby
avoid vague prospects in another city, Nagin says the waters
are filled with waste, oil and decaying - possibly disease
filled bodies. Meanwhile, authorities are also arresting suspected
looters today, and placing them in a detention center. Leigh
Ann Caldwell is at that detention center in New Orleans and
joins us.
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A Look at Latin American Immigrants in the U.S. Gulf
Region (2:56)
Immigrant families from Central America and Mexico have
also been affected by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Many of them still remain in New Orleans, while others have
been receiving aid from their respective country consulates
at relocation areas. FSRN's Dolores M. Bernal reports from
New Orleans.
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GOP Congress Members Announce Support for Tax Cuts
and Loosening EPA Regulations (3:56)
As Congress prepares new legislation to fund the future
reconstruction of New Orleans and other areas of the US South
struck by Hurricane Katrina, Republican Congressional leaders
today sidestepped questions as to whether low income evacuees
would be guaranteed housing at the same price they were paying
before the hurricane hit after the reconstruction is over.
However, the GOP lead Congress was firm in its support for
a new round of tax cuts as well as the suspension of EPA regulations
concerning gasoline. Mitch Jeserich reports from Capitol Hill.
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Boeing Workers Continue Strike (4:30)
It is now day 7 of a strike by Boeing's largest union, the
International Association of Machinists - and the two sides
remain at impasse. With an estimated 40% of the Boeing planes
already manufactured outside the US, the 18,000 US based machinists
are in a fight for their livelihoods. Martha Baskin has the
story.
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Hawaiians Protest Military Bases on Native Lands
(2:23)
Hundreds of people gathered over Labor Day weekend to protest
the Army's plans to bring a Stryker Brigade to the Hawaiian
Islands and the land grab to accommodate the training and
housing needs for the thousands of new military personnel
and family. As FSRN's Anne Keala Kelly reports, the event
highlighted Hawaiian cultural practices and resistance to
militarization.
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Tony Blair Under Fire for Deportation of Foreign
Nationals (4:15)
Tony Blair is being accused of "showing all the arrogance
of King Charles" in attempting to force through new anti-terrorism
laws which breach international law and the European Convention
on Human Rights. The new laws follow a pattern of using immigration
law rather than criminal law to deport those that security
services suspect of terrorist offenses. FSRN's Naomi Fowler
attended a demonstration in London calling for justice and
a fair trial for foreign nationals who, after four years,
have never been charged or brought to trial and are now facing
deportation.
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