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Today's lead stories:
Democrats Propose Legislation to Curb High Gasoline Prices
Lawmakers Debate Use of Funds to Rebuild the Gulf Coast
Racial Tensions Growing in Delray Beach
Thousands of Filipinos Call for the Resignation of President
Arroyo
Zapatistas to Hit the "Other Campaign" Trail
Mexican Border Town Bulldozed At U.S. Governor's Request
FSRN Headlines
Hurricane Rita has become a category 4 hurricane as it inches
towards the Mexico or Texas or Louisiana coasts. Evacuation
efforts are underway in Galveston, Houston, and those left
in New Orleans. But as Renee Feltz reports from KPFT in Houston,
some people may not be able to leave.
Protests in an Indian north western province by indigenous
people or tribals as they are locally known are heading toward
a major showdown against the Indian government. Binu Alex
reports.
The largest armed group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region
has threatened to sabotage oil installations following the
arrest of its leader. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
Two Thai marines have been killed by Muslims in Southern
Thailand. Officials say the deaths are in retaliation for
the killings of two Muslim residents killed Tuesday night
at a local tea shop in the southernmost province. The region
has been plagued by nearly daily violence for the last 21
months. Hundreds of people have been killed there, and the
Thai government says Muslim separatists are behind the killings.
From Bangkok, Doualy Xaykouthao reports.
In San Bernadino County, California, police will begin looking
for undocumented immigrants in the county's jails and be able
to send them through deportation proceedings. The move was
approved by the County Board of Supervisors and is authorized
under a 1996 federal law. Proponents of the program say that
it will remove those committing crimes who are already in
the United States unlawfully. Critics say the provision will
further suppress the reporting of crimes for fear of one's
legal status and that it will blur the duties of local and
federal government.
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Democrats Propose Legislation to Curb High Gasoline
Prices (3:03)
As drivers continue to suffer high prices at the gas pump,
House Democratic leaders are proposing legislation to stop
price gouging. At the same time, analysts this morning testified
at a Senate hearing that, while some kind of state response
is advisable, the oil companies, they say, do not control
prices. Anastasia Gnezditskaia reports from Capitol Hill,
where lawmakers including California Representative Nancy
Pelosi talked about the rising cost of oil.
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Lawmakers Debate Use of Funds to Rebuild the Gulf
Coast (3:08)
As the full extent of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina
is revealed, the debate over how to rebuild the Gulf Coast
is taking center stage in Washington. Congress is considering
proposals from both Democrats and Republicans outlining how
the government will manage reconstruction funds. Some on capitol
hill are demanding the formation of an independent commission
to investigate possible cases of fraud. Other congressional
members are asking for budget cuts to pay for the rebuilding
efforts. From Capitol Hill, Selina Musuta reports on two of
these proposals.
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Racial Tensions Growing in Delray Beach
(4:06)
In Delray Beach, Florida, tensions between police and African
American communities have been growing all year, sparked by
the killing of 16 year old Jerrod Miller. Now police are calling
on a black county commissioner to resign, and community members
say they are struggling to organize so that they don't have
to live in fear of being shot. From WMNF radio in Tampa, Andrew
Stelzer has the story.
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Thousands of Filipinos Call for the Resignation of
President Arroyo (3:59)
Thousands rallied in the Philippines today to demand the
resignation of president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over allegations
of election fraud. The protests were timed to coincide with
the declaration of martial law in 1972 by late dictator Ferdinand
Marcos. While President Arroyo has vowed never to declare
martial law again, victims of the some of the country's darkest
years don't believe they will get justice under her administration.
Girlie Linao in Manila reports.
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Zapatistas to Hit the "Other Campaign"
Trail (1:59)
2,000 people from around Mexico traveled to La Garrucha
over the weekend in the heart of Zapatista territory to participate
in the First Plenary Session on the "Other Campaign",
initiated by the Zapatistas last month. Held as a popular
assembly or town hall, the Plenary brought to a close a series
of six meetings that the rebels have held with distinct sectors
of Mexican civil society. Subcomandante Marcos revealed the
plan that he, under the guise of Compañero Zero, would
tour throughout Mexico for six months to "test the waters"
for the Other Campaign, departing Zapatista territory in January
of 2006. Tim Russo reports from La Garrucha, Mexico.
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Mexican Border Town Bulldozed At U.S. Governor's
Request (3:02)
Residents of a US-Mexico border town may again encounter
the sound of bulldozers razing homes. At the behest of New
Mexico 's Governor Bill Richardson, the Mexican government
yesterday gave the green light to demolish the small rural
town known as Las Chepas in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
Richardson had asked the Governor of the Mexican state of
Chihuhua to bulldoze the town because it serves as a staging
area for border crossers. The town sits across the border
from New Mexico and has been a topic of hot debate in the
last couple of months. Meanwhile, the people of Las Chepas
have opposed Richardson's call to demolish their town. Correspondent
Dolores M. Bernal has more from the US-Mexico border.
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