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Today's lead stories:
Budget Delays in Congress
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Stripped of Rights in Federal Court
Brazil’s Human Rights Abuses Questioned at the United
Nations
Ireland Remembers the Ogoni 9
Nigerians Commemorate Murders of Ogoni Activists
DC Community Responds to Redskin-NRA Fundraising Event
Aboriginal Activists Expose History of Colonization
FSRN Headlines
MASS GRAVE DISCOVERED IN NAMIBIA
A mass grave, thought to date back to the Apartheid era, has
been uncovered in Namibia. Na'eem Jeenah reports from Johannesburg.
COMMEMORATION OF ARAFAT'S DEATH
Palestinians REMEMBER Yasser Arafat TODAY, ONE YEAR AFTER
HIS death. Manar Jibrin reports.
PUBLIC GATHERINGS BANNED IN PARIS
Paris police have banned public gatherings tomorrow, although
calm is returning to France after a 2 weeks of urban violence.
NOLA AID WORKERS ALLEDGE HARRASSMENT
New Orleans relief workers with the Common Ground collective
are denouncing the latest incident in what they say is a pattern
of police harrassment. Christian Roselund reports from New
Orleans.
GMO PERMITS IN MEXICO
Mexico's Secretary of Agriculture has granted permission to
plant experimental fields of genetically-modified corn in
the northern part of the country. Vladimir Flores reports
from Oaxaca.
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Budget Delays in Congress
The House of Representatives postponed a vote on the budget
reconciliation bill yesterday afternoon because the GOP leadership
could not muster up enough support from its own members to
cut $59 billion aimed mostly at programs for the poor. The
proposal would make significant reductions to student loans,
Medicaid and food stamps. The Republican leadership says it
will attempt to pass the bill again next week.
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Guantanamo Bay Detainees Stripped of Rights in Federal
Court (4:08)
Meanwhile, the Senate voted last night to strip detainees
held at Guantanamo Bay and other areas around the world from
the right to challenge their cases in a federal court. Some
150 cases currently in the judicial system, and one is in
the Supreme Court - all those cases may be null and void if
the measure passed by the Senate last night becomes law. The
White House has already signaled its support for it. Mitch
Jeserich reports from Capitol Hill.
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Brazil’s Human Rights Abuses Questioned at
the United Nations (2:58)
The United Nations has presented several critiques to the
Brazilian government related to several cases of human rights
abuses committed in that country. Amnesty International has
presented a document citing cases reported to the UN, which
Brazilian authorities are now being asked to clarify to a
human rights committee in Geneva. Toya Mileno and Karine Batista
report from Brazil.
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Ireland Remembers the Ogoni 9 (1:40)
With the recent release of the five men arrested in the
west of Ireland for protesting against Shell Oil's illegally-constructed
pipeline, Irish and Nigerian citizens joined together in a
silent procession in commemoration of the nine Ogoni men,
including Ken Saro-Wiwa, who were executed in 1995 for protesting
against Shell's activities in Nigeria. From Galway, Ireland,
Rachel Ingersoll has more.
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Nigerians Commemorate Murders of Ogoni Activists
(2:18)
Aside from commemorations in Ireland, thousands of people
held rallies throughout Nigeria's Niger Delta region to mark
the tenth anniversary of the execution of the minority rights
activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed along with 8 other
Ogoni ethnic activists for their activities against Anglo
Dutch owned Shell Oil. Sam Olukoya reports from Port Harcourt.
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DC Community Responds to Redskin-NRA Fundraising
Event (3:24)
Handgun violence injured or kills a Washington DC resident
nearly once every other day. As mothers of murder victims
and youth groups hold candlelight vigils and embark on violence
prevention efforts, the National Rifle Association, or NRA,
has been lobbying the US Congress to weaken gun control laws
in the District. Ingrid Drake reports from DC on the local
community's response to the Washington Redskins football team’s
recent decision to partner with the NRA for a fundraising
shooting event.
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Aboriginal Activists Expose History of Colonization
(4:07)
According to its official website, the Commonwealth Games
takes place every four years in celebration of the shared
values, traditions and the language of the Commonwealth. The
Commonwealth’s language is obviously English, but what
are its shared values and traditions? As athletes from Commonwealth
countries prepare for the Games - to be held in March next
year - Aboriginal activists in Melbourne, Australia and their
supporters are preparing to expose exactly what it is they
believe the Commonwealth represents. Rachel Maher reports.
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