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Today's lead stories:
North Korea Agrees To Halt Nuclear Program
Afghanistan Holds Elections, Awaits Results
High Gas Prices Impact Rural America
Grassroots Groups Offer Assistance In Nola
United Farm Workers Union Turns 40
New Haven Hears Testimony From Residents With And Without
Documents
FSRN Headlines
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NORTH KOREA AGREES TO HALT NUCLEAR PROGRAM
(3:45)
After months of trying, the United States and North Korea
have both signed onto a joint statement issued in Bejing by
the 6 nation negotiations aimed at halting Pyongyang's nuclear
program. In the statement the North Koreans said they will
stop their nuclear program in exchange for aid and the assurance
that the US would not invade it. The statement is just a first
step and implementation of the goals could prove to be contentious.
Mitch Jeserich reports from Washington.
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AFGHANISTAN HOLDS ELECTIONS, AWAITS RESULTS
(3:20)
Afghanistan’s legislative and provincial assembly
elections yesterday failed to muster the enthusiasm that last
year’s vote for the presidency aroused. Turnout was
lower throughout the country and in some parts of the south,
where Taliban fighters are active, it’s reported to
have been very low indeed. The results for the lower house
of parliament, the wolesi jirga, will not be known until mid-October,
thanks to the difficulty of getting all the votes to counting
centers in a war-ravaged, mountainous country. But as Tony
Cross reports from Kabul, the campaign has given some idea
of what the new body may look like.
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HIGH GAS PRICES IMPACT RURAL AMERICA (3:53)
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has asked
the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the continued
rising price of gasoline at the pump. South Dakota Senator
Tim Johnson recently requested a special committee hearing
on the issue in response to concerns over the economic impact
of soaring gas prices on those living in rural America. FSRN
correspondent Jim Kent reports from South Dakota.
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GRASSROOTS GROUPS OFFER ASSISTANCE IN NOLA
(4:02)
New Orleans is under a dusk to dawn curfew, with near constant
helicopter flyovers. Military, police, and private security
patrol the streets. Twice daily, low-flying helicopters drop
pesticides to kill mosquitoes, which have grown in numbers
after the floods. The Algiers neighborhood on the west bank
of the Mississippi River did not flood after Hurricane Katrina
passed through, and some residents who fled prior to the disaster
are starting to return. Meanwhile, grassroots activists from
around the US are converging in the area to provide relief,
and to help rebuild their infrastructure. FSRN's Vinny Lombardo
has more.
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UNITED FARM WORKERS UNION TURNS 40 (2:16)
This weekend, United Farm Workers members– along with
500 of their closest friends and colleagues – gathered
at the UFW headquarters in Delano, California to commemorate
the 40th anniversary of one of the most successful boycotts
of the 20th century-- the Delano grape boycott of 1965. FSRN’s
Leilani Albano has more.
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NEW HAVEN HEARS TESTIMONY FROM RESIDENTS WITH AND
WITHOUT DOCUMENTS (2:35)
A Connecticut city held a hearing last week to promote the
rights of both documented and undocumented immigrants. Melinda
Tuhus reports from New Haven.
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