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Today's lead stories:
ACLU Sues CIA over Extraordinary Rendition
Supreme Court to Consider On-Campus Recruitment
Tom Delay to Stand Trial
Iraqi React to Saddam Hussein’s Trial
Renewable Energy Possible, Affordable and Necessary
Police Attack Italian Alps Residents Blocking Railway Construction
Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace Celebrated at Pacifica Radio
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FSRN Headlines
IRANIAN MILITARY PLANE CRASH
An Iranian military transport plane crashed into a 10-story
apartment building in Tehran today as it was trying to make
an emergency landing. At least 128 people were killed including
34 on the ground. The plane was carrying Iranian journalists
en route to cover military maneuvers in the south and was
returning to the airport after experiencing a technical problem.
AL-ARIAN TRIAL OVER – ACCUITALS AND A MISTRIAL
The Florida case of a former professor whose trial was considered
the first major test of the USA Patriot Act is over. Mitch
Perry reports from WMNF in Tampa.
ANTI-IMMIGRANT IN RUN OFF ELECTION FOR CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
Today, voters in Orange County California will choose their
representative for the 48th Congressional District in a run
off election featuring a candidate with an anti- immigrant
platform. Kelly Barnes has more from Los Angeles.
FORD STOPS ADVERTISING LUXURY CARS IN GAY PUBLICATIONS
Ford Motor Company says it was not giving in to pressure from
religious conservatives, when it decided to stop advertising
Jaguars and Land Rovers in gay publications. The automaker
announced today that the two luxury brands won't be placing
ads in places like The Advocate. Just last week, the American
Family Association called off a boycott it began in May. Ford
Spokesperson Mike Moran says the halt was "a business
decision" and had nothing to do with conservative Christian
boycotts.
BAGHDAD SUICIDE BOMBINGS
At least 43 people were killed and 73 injured today in two
suicide bombings in a police academy classroom in east Baghdad.
All those killed or wounded were police trainees or officers,
with the exception of one US contractor. Also today, in a
video aired by Al-Jazeera a group calling itself the Islamic
Army in Iraq claimed to have kidnapped a U.S. security consultant.
In the video, the group threatened to kill the hostage within
48 hours unless all prisoners in the country are released.
President Bush said today the U-S will try to free Americans
who are held captive in Iraq, but added that will not include
paying ransom.
CIVIL UNIONS IN UK
The Times of London began publishing notices of civl unions
for the first time yesterday as new legislation took effect
granting same sex couples the right to legally recognized
civil partnerships. From London, Naomi Fowler.
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ACLU Sues CIA over Extraordinary Rendition
(3:00)
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today
against the CIA and its alleged policies of extraordinary
rendition in transferring detainees to other countries for
interrogations. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a German
citizen who, the US admits, was wrongly abducted. Mitch Jeserich
reports from Washington.
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Supreme Court to Consider On-Campus Recruitment
(2:57)
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether or
not universities have a constitutional right to receive federal
funding while denying the military’s on-campus recruitment
efforts. The high court is reviewing a 2004 ruling by the
Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that found that current
funding legislation violates the First Amendment rights of
schools who protest the military's "don't ask, don't
tell" policy, a policy that bans openly gay and lesbian
people from serving in the military. Selina Musuta reports.
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Tom Delay to Stand Trial (2:15)
US House Majority Leader Tom Delay was ordered Monday to
stand trial on felony money laundering charges. From KPFT
in Houston, Renee Feltz reports.
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Iraqi React to Saddam Hussein’s Trial
(2:37)
Two suicide bombers detonated themselves at Baghdad’s
police academy today, killing at least 27 people and injuring
over 50. The bombing is the deadliest attack against Iraqi
security forces since February, when a car bomber killed 125
people. Meanwhile, the trial of Saddam Hussein continued today
in Baghdad with testimony centered on crimes allegedly committed
by Hussein following an assassination attempt against the
former president in 1982 in the village of Dujail. Iraqis
outside the country followed the proceedings live on television.
FSRN’s David Enders reports from Amman, Jordan.
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Renewable Energy Possible, Affordable and Necessary
(3:56)
With delegates from more than 180 nations holding crucial
Climate Talks this week in Montreal, the focus on greener,
more renewable energies is once again coming to the forefront
of discussions. Oil giant British Petroleum also announced
this week its plans to spend $8 billion on greener energies
such as wind and solar power, and a recent win by a Colorado
University Team in an international solar energy competition
shows how the switch to renewables such as solar power is
not only possible, but also affordable and increasingly necessary.
FSRN's Maeve Conran reports.
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Police Attack Italian Alps Residents Blocking Railway
Construction (3:20)
Local residents in a northwest Italian valley in the Alps
are blocking a major railway project financed by the European
Union, along with Italy and France. The new, high-speed train
would link Turin and Lyon, but residents say that since roads
and an existing railway already link the two cities, an additional
railroad will only cause environmental and health risks. To
block its construction, townspeople have been camping out
in 14-degree weather, but last night, hundreds of riot-clad
police officers stormed the protest site and beat demonstrators
as they slept in their tents. FSRN’s Diletta Varlese
reports.
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Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace Celebrated at Pacifica
Radio Archives (1:40)
35 years ago today, WBAI broadcast a reading of Leo Tolstoy’s
War and Peace, featuring the voices of prominent and everyday
people. The Pacifica Radio Archives, which houses tens of
thousands of archives, some of which FSRN uses regularly to
provide historical content, is celebrating this historic,
4½ day broadcast, and hosting a fundraiser to preserve
their legacy. The Archives has also recently recorded new
voices reading from War and Peace, echoing those voices from
35 years ago.
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