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Today's lead stories:
Federal Court Effectively Stops Evictions in New Orleans
Abu Ali Convicted in for Conspiracy to Assassinate George
Bush
Luis Posada Carilles’ Benefactor Arrest In Miami
Toxic Waste Concern for Pakistan’s Quake Survivors
Musicians Gather to Celebrate Resistance at South Central
Community Farm
Tribes Gather on Thanksgiving to Counter Popular Notion of
the First Thanksgiving
FSRN Headlines
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR'S GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED
A LONDON NEWSPAPER TO STOP PUBLISHING ARTICLES ABOUT AN ABANDONED
U.S. PLAN TO ATTACK THE HEADQUARTERS OF ARAB SATELLITE TV
STATION AL JAZEERA. From London, Naomi Fowler reports:
In Chile, A judge has indicted former dictator Augusto Pinochet
on charges on charges of fraud, forgery, and corruption. From
Santiago, Jorge Garretón has more:
In the Chinese City of Harbin, nearly four million people
have had their water shut off as a massive chemical spill
approaches on the Songhua river. City Authorities initially
told residents the water was shut off for repairs. Yesterday
they admitted the shutoff was sparked by pollution concerns,
and warned residents to stay away from the river because because
the gases evaporating off it could be hazardous. The slow-moving
spill originates 240 miles upstream, where a November 13 explosion
on at a petrochemical plant killed at least five people and
forced the evacuation of 10,000 more. The principal concern
is benzene, a chemical that causes nerve damage, cancer and
leukemia. When last measured, benzene levels in the river
were still nearly 30 times higher than Chinese safety limits—Agence
France Press is reporting that the chemical spill has already
passed two large cities without government warnings or water
shutoffs—they have a combined population of nearly 3.5
million.
In Israel, the outgoing housing Minister has approved the
construction of more housing units in the occupied West Bank.Manar
Jibrin has more:
The State of Massachusetts has a brokered a deal with Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez to secure low-cost heating oil for the
State's poor. Citgo Petroleum, a company controlled by the
Venezuelan government, will supply more than 12 million gallons
of home heating oil at a cost 40 per cent below market prices.
The offer was seen as an attempt to embarrass the Bush administration,
which Chavez has accused of plotting to overthrow him.
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Federal Court Effectively Stops Evictions in New
Orleans
A settlement in Federal court yesterday effectively stopped
the mass evictions taking place in the New Orleans metropolitan
area. As part of a settlement, the Federal Emergency Management
Agency has agreed to deliver the addresses of tenant who have
been evacuated to local government officials so that they
send eviction notices by mail, and extend the time for eviction
hearings from 3 to 45 days. FSRN’s Christian Roselund
reports from New Orleans.
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Abu Ali Convicted in for Conspiracy to Assassinate
George Bush
As we reported yesterday, Jose Padilla, who has been incarcerated
for the past 3 years, was indicted on several charges –
but not any of which are based on his detention as an enemy
combatant. Padilla, a US-citizen, spent three years in an
army brig in South Carolina with very limited access to a
lawyer, and without any charges filed against him. Padilla’s
indictment is seen as a way for the Bush administration to
avoid possible embarrassment with the Supreme Court, which
ruled in 1994 that it was unconstitutional to hold US-citizen
Yaser Hamdi as an enemy combatant.
Meanwhile, a federal jury convicted 24 year old Falls Church,
Virginia native Ahmed Omar Abu Ali Tuesday on charges that
include conspiracy to assassinate the President and providing
support to al-Qaeda. FSRN’s Selina Musuta has more.
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Luis Posada Carilles’ Benefactor Arrest In
Miami
Cuban President Fidel Castro has called on the Bush administration
to make a statement on how Cuban American international terrorist
Luis Posada Carriles managed to enter the United States illegally.
Now, the man suspected by Cuba of arranging Posada Carriles’
trip to Miami has been arrested by the FBI. Joseph Mutti has
more from Havana.
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Toxic Waste Concern for Pakistan’s Quake Survivors
Pakistan says that International donors have pledged $5.4
billion to help the country recover from last month's devastating
earthquake. The pledges came largely as a result of an international
donor’s conference in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad
towards the weekend. Pakistan has assured its donors of transparency
in utilizing the funds, and representatives of most of the
donor countries visited the quake-hit areas of Pakistan before
meeting. The official death toll in the last month's devastating
quake has passed 75,000 people while the UN fears an outburst
of epidemics in the region. Shahnawaz Khan has more.
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Musicians Gather to Celebrate Resistance at South
Central Community Farm
At least 3,000 supporters gathered at the 14-acre South
Central Farmers space last night, to attend a free concert
featuring Chicano and Mexican musicians, organized in solidarity
with the 350 families who work vegetable and fruit plots on
the land – which is surrounded by South Central’s
train tracks and warehouses. A land dispute at 41st and Alameda
has pitting the farmers against lawyer and developer Ralph
Horowitz, who waiting to take final possession of the plot
that was once bought from him under eminent domain by the
city, but was sold back to him in 2003. Horowitz plans to
convert it to what farmers call another unnecessary warehouse
in an area that sorely lacks green space and is a vital community
space. People without Borders’ Kelly Barnes was files
this report.
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Tribes Gather on Thanksgiving to Counter Popular
Notion of the First Thanksgiving
Native Americans from tribes around the country are gathering
in Albuquerque, New Mexico Thanksgiving Day to honor all those
who have died as a result of violence. And, as FSRN’s
Leslie Clark reports, to reveal an alternative view of the
historical first thanksgiving.
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