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Today's lead stories:
Senate May Consider Bill to Prohibit “Enemy Combatants”
from Federal Courts
House and Senate Consider Budget Reconciliation
Immigrant Laborers in New Orleans
Public Support Keep Public Kitchen Open in New Orleans
Iran’s Nuclear Talks
International Day against Fascism and Anti-Semitism
Muhammad Ali Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
FSRN Headlines
BALI BOMBER
Indonesian police have confirmed that South-East Asia's most
wanted terrorist suspect was killed an a raid yesterday. Meggy
Margiyono sends this report from Jakarta.
Although results are not back from the DNA test, Indonesian
police say that one of two bodies found at the scene of yesterday's
standoff is that of Dr. Azahari Husin. Dr. Azahari is a Malaysian
university lecturer and reportedly a member of Al Qaeda in
South-East Asia. Dr. Azahari is a suspect in a series of suicide
bombings in Bali, the Hotel JW Marriot in Jakarta, and the
Australian Embassy in Jakarta. Indonesian police say that
after Dr. Azahari's death, they will now focus attention on
hunting Nurdin Moh Top, who is thought to have helped Dr.
Azahari plan a series of terror attacks in Indonesia. However,
police say that the terro threat is not over, as Dr. Azahari
reportedly recruited and trained some 200 young Indonesian
Muslims to commit terror attacks. In Jakarta I am Meggy Margiyono
reporting for FSRN.
AMMAN BOMBINGS
The al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist organisation has claimed responsibility
for the suicide attacks that killed at least 56 people and
wounded over 100 in the Jordanian capital last night. Oula
Al-Farawati reports from Amman.
Al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the Amman bombings in
a statement posted on a website used by militant groups. The
statement, which has yet to be authenticated, said Amman was
targeted because it is the "backyard" for US operations.
The claim was signed in the name of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,
the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi is originally from
a city near Amman. Suicide bombers targeted three hotels in
the Jordanian capital. The Grand Hyatt, Radisson and Days
Inn hotels were said to be popular with foreigners and many
of the guests were involved in the reconstruction of Iraq.
Four Iraqis have been arrested in connection with the bombings.
In Amman, Jordan: This is Oula al-Farawati reporting for FSRN.
UK TERROR LEGISLATION
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair continues to defend his anti-terror
legislation after a crushing defeat yesterday in the House
of Commons. Helen Kelly has more.
MPs dealt a blow to Tony Blair's much-vaunted anti-terror
reforms yesterday, by defeating a proposal to give police
the power to detain terrorist suspects without charge for
up to 90 days. Nearly 50 MPs from Blair's own party voted
against the measure. However, the Commons did agree to extend
the time limit on detentions to 28 days. The vote marked Mr
Blair's first major parliamentary defeat in more than eight
years in power and has raised questions over his ability to
lead the party. After meeting with cabinet members today,
Mr Blair said he will continue to push ahead with his reform
agenda. Helen Kelly, reporting from London for Free Speech
Radio News.
PINOCHET RULING
Psychiatrists have concluded that Chile's aging former dictator,
Augusto Pinochet, is fit to stand trial, In Santiago, FSRN's
Jorge Garretón has the story:
Yesterday a team of psychiatrists and doctors found Pinochet
fit to stand trial in the so-called Operation Colombo human
rights case. Pinochet is charged with the murder cover up
and disappearance of 15 opponents and orchestrating the disappearance
and cover up of the murder of a total of 119 opponents. Operation
Colombo was a so-called security service maneuver that killed
119 political opponents, but was made to appear as though
it was a internal power struggle. The bodies were later disposed
in Argentina and Brazil with the help of the dictatorships
in those two countries. Fake news stories were also planted
in one time publications in Argentina and Brazil that were
later picked up by the heavily censored Chilean press that
reported the 119 "killed each other like rats."
Yesterday's ruling gives the go ahead for Pinochet's prosecution.
The same psychiatric report will likely be used in the illicit
enrichment Riggs Bank case currently underway against Pinochet.
For FSRN this is Jorge Garretón in Santiago.
JOURNALISTS STRIKE IN ITALY
The Italian National Trade Union of Journalists is winding
down their 48 hour strike tonight. Diletta Varlese has the
details.
(Italian TV audio)
This television news anchor reads a statement at the beginning
of a truncated newscast, explaining that a labor conflict
has compelled thousands of journalists throughout the country
to go on strike. Italian print and broadcast journalists are
ending their 2-day strike tonight without a solution to their
demands. The journalists are demanding a new contract with
language to deal with issues such as job security, maternity
leave, and sick time. Their most recently negotiated contract
expired two years ago. This is the second strike of media
workers in two months. A committee of the National Trade Union
of Journalists will meet with regional press associations
to on November 17th to formulate a platform for future mobilizations.
For FSRN, Diletta Varlese, Italy.
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Senate May Consider Bill to Prohibit “Enemy
Combatants” from Federal Courts (3:21)
The Senate is likely to consider a measure tonight that
would prohibit the right of a habeas corpus petition to detainees
at Guantanamo Bay, and others who the US has deemed enemy
combatants. Lawyers for GTMO detainees worry that if the proposal
becomes law, several of their cases that are already in the
federal courts, could be thrown out. Mitch Jeserich reports
from Washington.
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House and Senate Consider Budget Reconciliation
(1:56)
In a victory for some environmentalists and Alaskan indigenous
groups, the House Republican leadership has stripped out a
provision in the budget reconciliation bill that would have
opened up oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(ANWR). But, the battle’s not over yet, as the Senate
has passed an ANWR provision in its budget bill. And both
the Senate and House will still have to hammer out a single
bill.
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Immigrant Laborers in New Orleans (3:56)
Labor officials estimate that undocumented immigrants are
the largest group being employed in the rebuilding of New
Orleans, and that these workers’ rights are being routinely
and systematically violated. Christian Roselund reports from
New Orleans.
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Public Support Keep Public Kitchen Open in New Orleans
(2:33)
A massive show of public support including a rally, march
and call-in campaign has temporarily staved off the eviction
of the "Welcome Home Kitchen" in Washington Square
Park in New Orleans – the only kitchen erving fresh,
nutritious meals to the people of New Orleans east of Canal
Street. Jenka Soderberg reports.
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Iran’s Nuclear Talks (3:34)
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, has
called for the resumption of nuclear talks in a letter he
sent on Sunday to the Foreign Ministers of Britain, France
and Germany. Iran has threatened to take its case to the UN
Security Council if diplomatic talks fail. Free Speech Radio
News Iranian affairs correspondent Saeedeh Jamshidi has more.
[top]
International Day against Fascism and Anti-Semitism
(2:55)
Berlin has hosted about 180 young people, along with experts
from 40 European nations for the past 3 days, to develop a
political declaration and action plan for the EU to address
racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia. The conference titled
“European Youth in Action for Diversity and Tolerance",
was opened in the Centrum Judaicum synagogue in Berlin, a
symbolic gesture, in part commemorating the terrible Reichs
Pogrom Nacht, or as the Nazis labeled it, Reich Kristall Nacht,
where Jewish people were persecuted and synagogues and businesses
destroyed on November 9, 1938. In remembering the past, as
well as acknowledging current racist attacks across the EU,
young people created a political declaration and action plan
to combat racism which was presented to EU policymakers yesterday.
Cinnamon Nippard has more from Berlin.
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Muhammad Ali Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
(1:19)
Muhammad Ali has been awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, by George
Bush. After a well-established international boxing career,
Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967 during the
height of the war in Vietnam, for refusing to serve there
on conscientious grounds. His license was revoked, making
it impossible for him to continue boxing, and his passport
was also taken away so he was unable to travel. One way that
Muhammad Ali was able to make ends meet was by touring the
college circuit. In July of 1967, Ali was interviewed at UCLA
by WBAI’s Julius Lester.
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