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Today's lead stories:
Senators May Filibuster Patriot Reauthorization Act
Republican Leadership Agreed on Budget Reconciliation
Anti-Torture Bill Sponsored
Energy Profiteering in New Orleans
Vietnamese Government to Quintuple School Tuition
Housing Demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa
Urbana-Champaign BarnRaising
FSRN Headlines
STRANDED PASSENGERS CROSS LoC IN KASHIMIR
The line of control in Kashmir opened briefly today to permit
24 people to cross over. Shahnawaz Khan has more.
WEST BANK ASSASSINATIONS
As steps are taken to improve freedom of movement in the Gaza
Strip, violence continues in the West Bank. Manar Jibrin has
the latest.
ITALIAN STUDENTS PROTEST
Thousand of students demonstrated today in more than 80 Italian
cities in opposition to reforms to the public education system.
SALVADORAN STUDENTS OCCUPY UES
Students and teachers continue to occupy the University of
El Salvador after barricading themselves inside of the school
over the weekend. They are denouncing a 25 million dollar
loan from the InterAmerican Development Bank that they say
will open to door to the privatization of the university and
increase tuition. The University of El Salvador is the only
public university system in the country.
NICARAGUANS PREPARE GAS SPILL LAWSUIT
Victims of a gasoline spill in Nicaragua are preparing to
sue Texaco in U. S. courts. Nan McCurdy has more from Managua.
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Senators May Filibuster Patriot Reauthorization
Act (3:50)
A Senate-House Conference Committee last night reached an
agreement of the Patriot Act Reauthorization bill that will
either extend or make permanent 16 of the most controversial
measures of the Act. However, several Senators are threatening
to filibuster the measure as the final product has stripped
out most provisions meant to increase oversight on how the
Patriot Act is used by law enforcement. Mitch Jeserich reports
from Capitol Hill.
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Republican Leadership Agreed on Budget Reconciliation
(1:26)
The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives
has announced an agreement on the budget reconciliation bill
that will cut about 50 billion dollars to programs for the
poor. The GOP leadership calls it a good step towards tackling
the country’s mammoth budget deficit. But with the GOP
also proposing 70 billion dollars in tax cuts, Democratic
Representative Gregory Meeks of New York says the math doesn’t
add up.
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Anti-Torture Bill Sponsored (2:30)
Congressman Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania, an influential
Democrat who strongly supported the Iraq war, announced the
introduction of a bill today that would call on the President
to pull troops out of Iraq as soon as possible. Murtha, who
has been working with Republican Senator John McCain to explicitly
condemn the use of torture by US troops, says withdrawing
from Iraq would be best for the US and for Iraqis. Darby Hickey
has more from Capitol Hill.
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Energy Profiteering in New Orleans (2:43)
The National Resources Defense Council has conducted tests
in New Orleans which indicate airborne mold levels are posing
a serious health risk to the city’s residents. The tests
corroborate concerns that federal officials are ignoring the
areas health safety threats. Meanwhile, the utility company
that supplies power to New Orleans has finally given a timeline
for restoring service to most parts of the Cresent City. However,
after two-and-a-half months, many residents in the poorer
neighborhoods in town have already been forced to leave. Christian
Roselund reports from New Orleans.
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Vietnamese Government to Quintuple School Tuition
(3:50)
The Vietnamese government announced this month that it’s
planning to quintuple college and secondary school fees over
the next five years. Monthly tuition at public university
will be $60 a month, more than the monthly income of most
Vietnamese and double that of the country’s rural families.
Private schools will also be encouraged. FSRN’s Ngoc
Nguyen and Aaron Glantz have more from Hanoi.
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Housing Demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa
(2:41)
Eleven years after the end of apartheid, millions of poor
and working people are still waiting for decent housing in
South Africa. It's estimated that in Cape Town alone, half
a million live in shacks. FSRN’s Terna Gyuse reports
from the Boys Town squatter camp.
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Urbana-Champaign BarnRaising (2:47)
Through the grassroots efforts of small community groups
in the 90s, the Federal Communications Commission, in January
2000, opened up the airwaves to individuals and groups who
wanted to provide local radio through a service called low
power FM, or LPFM. Unlike full powered radio stations, which
operate at a 6,000 minimum wattage and cost up to $2.3 million
to build and maintain in their first year, LPFMs refer to
100 watt community based, non commercial radio stations that
cover a 3 to 7 mile radius. The same year that the FCC allowed
Low Power FM service, Congress closed the application window
for LPFM and the window has not been opened since. Many stations
that received their license are just getting on the air because
of the bureaucratic barriers set up for LPFM service. Selina
Musuta reports from Urbana-Champaign Illinois, where a new
LPFM station that just went on-air, using radio and community
wireless to provide access to technology to the public.
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