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Today's lead stories:
Roberts Hearing, Inside
Roberts Hearing, Outside
Katrina Evacuees Blast FEMA
9-11 Four Years Later
Herndon Day Labor Center Opposed
FSRN Headlines
For the first time in 38 years, the last Israeli soldiers
left the Gaza Strip earlier this morning. And Palestinians
got their first glimpses of what lay inside the fortified
territory. Laila El-Haddad reports from Gaza.
Hard-line Protestants in Norther Ireland blocked the streets
during this evening's rush hour - increasing the possibility
that a third day of riots could erupt between the protestors
and Irish police and British troops. During the last two days
of riots, bullets and rocks injured 50 police. Police and
government officials blame The Ulster Defense Association
and the Ulster Volunteer Force for leading in the riots.
Peter Hain, Britain's Northern Ireland secretary, had this
to say in an interview with Sky news:
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The riots began when Norther Ireland outlawed a parade by
the Orangemen near a hard line Catholic area of West Belfast
One day after he won overwhelmingly, the special parliamentary
elections, Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi said he will move
forward on his plans to privatize the postal system, the major
aspect to revamping his economic policy. His Liberal Democratic
Party won a majority of the 480 Parliament seats, the first
time in 15 years, which solidifies his popularity with voters
and should give him the votes to overhaul Japan Post, which
holds 3 trillion dollars in assets.
A passenger plain was taken hostage in Bogota, Columbia,
carrying 24 passengers. Chip Mitchell has more on this developing
story.
The UN will begin it's 3 day world summit to advance its
world agenda on poverty reduction, security, and terrorism
this week, but the meeting is in danger of falling apart.
Haider Rizvi has more from the UN.
Violence against human rights workers continues to increase
in Guatemala. Jill Replogle reports from Guatemala
Around 300 Aceh Monitoring Mission today arrive in Aceh and
begin observing the decommissioning of rebel weapons and the
withdrawal of government troops. The mission members consist
of civilians and Thailand troops. While GAM members today
march to Aceh Capital Banda Aceh to celebrate ceasefire. From
Jakarta Meggy Margiyono reports the development of Aceh peace
process.
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Roberts Hearing, Inside (3:44)
Supreme Court nominee John Roberts appeared before the Senate
Judiciary committee today, accompanied by his wife and their
two young children. with opening statements, the 18 senators
on the committee staked out their positions on Roberts' nomination
in the role of judges in contemporary US society. Darby HIckey
reports from Capitol Hill
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Roberts Hearing, Outside (2:11)
Meanwhile, protestors from both side of the political spectrum
gathered outside the hearing. Correspondent Ryme Kakhouda
reports:
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Katrina Evacuees Blast FEMA (3:24)
Nearly 150 people crowded into north Houston church this
weekend for a town hall meeting which discussed the continuing
unmet needs of Katrina survivors. Roughly half of the attendees
were the evacuees themselves. Syria Boyd reports from Houston.
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9-11 Four Years Later
This weekend marked the 4 year anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.
today we hear from commemorations in the Untied States, as
well as from Jordan, where Arab reflected on how those events
forever changed their lives. In Oregon, various communities
joined the second annual global Portland festival on Sunday
to commemorate the anniversary. The event was held to bring
the cities diverse communities under one banner, "Hope
Begins when fear ends." with world music, dance, workshops,
and forums. FSRN's Miae Kim reports. (1:24)
In commemoration of the September 11th attacks on the US,
the new haven peace community staged a dramatic reading last
night in a local theater based on the blood "What I heard
about Iraq." Melinda Tuhus reports. (1:46)
The Arab world remembered the attacks on 9-11 with sadness,
anger, and self-accountability. As Oula Farawati reports from
Jordon, many Arabs feel the attacks have changed the Arab
world forever. (2:37)
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Herndon Day Labor Center Opposed (3:50)
As farm towns-turned-suburbs grapple with demographic changes,
day laborers, many of whom are Latin American immigrants have
become beacons of controversy. The DC metropolitan area includes
some areas in which day laborers have been arrested and deported,
while local government in other areas have cooperated with
the laborers to build supportive worker centers. Fueled by
the area's construction boom, the presence of day laborers
in Herndon, VA led the town council to vote 5-2 last month
to approve a new center to get workers off the street. Now,
conservative watch dog groups has sued the city for allegedly
supporting undocumented immigration. FSRN's Kristy Li Puma
Herrera and Darby Hickey report.
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