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Today's lead stories:
Oil Executives Defend Record High Profits before Senate Committee
Palestinian Fighters Surrender to Israeli Forces
Iraqis Find it Difficult to Leave Country
Judge Will Require Google to Hand Over Data to Bush Administration
Haitian Interim Prime Minister Visits Canada Amidst Criticism
Teacher Back Classroom After Controversial Comment During
Lecture
City to Hold Off South Central Farmers Eviction
FSRN Headlines
Iraqi Massacre
Over 85 bodies, killed in execution style shootings, have
been found in Baghdad in the last day and a half. At least
27 bodies were stacked in a mass grave in a Shiite neighborhood.
Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr is calling for calm and says his Mehdi
Army would not retaliate. Some analysts are saying that only
the rapid formation of a unity Iraqi government could ebb
the hostility. So far that has been a difficult feat as the
new government has delayed the inaugural session since the
Dec. 15 elections were confirmed more than a month ago.
Milosovic To Be Buried In Serbia
Four days after Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
was found dead in his cell at the UN war crimes tribunal at
the Hague, Serbian leaders have paved the way for his burial
in Serbia. Jackson Allers has more from Montenegro.
Marko Milosevic, the son of former Yugoslav President, Slobodan
Milosevic, arrived today in the Netherlands to collect his
father's body; he accused The Hague of murder for not respecting
his father's request to be sent to Moscow for medical treatment
of hypertension. Milosevic's son was accompanied by a group
of Russian forensic experts. The Russian government contends
it does not trust the Dutch autopsy report. Milosevic died
of a heart attack on Saturday just months before a verdict
was due in his four-year trial for genocide and 66 counts
of war crimes inBosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. The former presidents
widow, Mira Markovic, was given clearance to attend the funeral
if it is held in Serbia. She is wanted on charges of state
abuse of power and has had a warrant for her arrest since
fleeing to Moscow in 2003. It is unclear whether the funeral
will be held in the Serbian capital of Belgrade or whether
it will be held in Moscow – something that is conditioned
on what Milosevic's son says is the safety of his mother.
Milosevic's old party, the Socialist Party of Serbia is pressuring
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and the Serbian
government to allow family members the right to visit his
grave after any funeral proceedings. Tensions within government
have been heightened recently due to status negotiations with
Kosovo. Serbian authorities have ruled out a state funeral
Train Heist in India
Maoist rebels in eastern India temporarily seized a train
and then set free its passengers. Binu Alex has more.
Maoists rebels in the Indian state of Jharkhand captured
a train yesterday and then fled the scene without harming
any passenger apparently to prove the point that they can
undertake such actions. The rebels freed the passengers after
almost 12 hours and left the area.n Jharkhand, 1,200 km south-east
of New Delhi is dominated by India's indigenous people, mostly
poor, though the region is rich in minerals and forest resources.
More than 6,000 people have died during the rebels' 20-year
fight for a communist state in the areas around Jharkhand.
A few of the three hundred passengers said the rebels told
them that their fight was against the establishment and therefore
would not harm them. Mine blasts, killing of para-military
forces and guerrilla fights are common in the area where the
government is now trying to mobilize self defense groups to
counter the Maoists.
Salvadoran Elections
In El Salvador, both major political parties are claiming
victory in Sunday's elections for the coveted Mayor's position
in the Capitol of San Salvador. With just over 80% of the
vote counted, Violeta Menjivar of the leftist FMLN is running
ahead of Rodrigo Samayoa of the right wing ARENA. However,
in Congressional elections, ARENA holds a slight lead over
FMLN that would, if it holds, give ARENA two more seats than
the FMLN. ARENA has not received enough votes to gain a Congressional
majority.
More Mad Cow
It has been confirmed that a third case of Mad Cow Disease
has been found in the US. This comes as the US is attempting
to ally international of US beef. Seelina Musuta reports from
Washington, DC.
It has been confirmed that a third case of Mad Cow Disease
has been found in the US. This comes as the US is attempting
to allay international fears over its beef export. Selina
Musuta reports from Washington, DC. We have affective safe
guards in the U.S. and remnant feed ban as well as srm removal
so we would not anticipate that it would affect trade. According
to a private veterinarian who killed the cow after it collapsed
on a Alabama farm, the cow is about 10 years old, making it
born before the United States banned all feed containing cattle
parts . No parts of the cow were introduced into the human
or animal food supply; however, since the cow lived on an
Alabama dairy farm for less than a year, the USDA will look
for the cow's farm of origin including an investigation to
find its calves and original herd.
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Oil Executives Defend Record High Profits before
Senate Committee (3:07)
Oil executives defended their record high profits before
a Senate Judiciary Committee today, saying that consumers
absorbed the increased costs of record oil and natural gas
prices, and that consolidation of the oil industry is necessary
to compete. Leigh Ann Caldwell has more from Capitol Hill.
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Palestinian Fighters Surrender to Israeli Forces
(3:11)
Six Palestinian fighters inside a West Bank prison in Jericho
have surrendered to Israeli forces, almost 10 hours after
Israeli troops laid siege to the compound Tuesday morning.
Laila El-Haddad has more from Gaza.
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Iraqis Find it Difficult to Leave Country (1:43)
Iraq is preparing for the Shiite holiday of Arbaeen in the
wake of attacks that killed at least 46 people in Baghdad's
Shiite enclave of Sadr City on Sunday. As the instability
in Iraq continues, residents are finding it increasingly difficult
to get out of the country, and in the case of at least one
member of the new Iraqi parliament, he’s not planning
on going back anytime soon. FSRN’s David Enders files
this report from Amman, Jordan.
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Judge Will Require Google to Hand Over Data to Bush
Administration (2:38)
The case that pitted Google against the U.S. Department
of Justice was heard today in federal court. The conflict
highlighted that the private information Google gathers from
it's users' daily web activity may no longer be entirely private,
but Google was pleased with the judges decision, since the
Department of Justice will recieve just a franction of what
it had initially sought from the internet giant. That data
may now be used as evidence in a much bigger case known as
the ACLU vs Gonzales, which is set to be heard later this
year. FSRN's Eric Klein has more:
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Haitian Interim Prime Minister Visits Canada Amidst
Criticism (3:07)
Haiti’s interim Prime Minister, Gerard Latortue, traveled
to Canada a few days ago to meet with high-level Canadian
officials. His visit included a stop in Ottawa on March 10
to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper behind
closed doors, and on March 11, Latortue met with Quebec’s
Premier Jean Charest at Charest’s office in Montreal.
Latortue was appointed Haiti’s Prime Minister after
the February 2004 coup d’etat against then-President
Jean-Bertrand Aristide – although his ascension to power
was in contravention of Haiti’s own constitution. FSRN’s
Aaron Lakoff has more.
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Teacher Back Classroom After Controversial Comment
During Lecture (2:37)
Jay Bennish, an Aurora, Colorado Geography teacher from
Overland High School, has returned to class after nearly two
weeks of close public scrutiny about comments he made during
a recent lecture. Maria Callier has more from Denver, Colorado.
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City to Hold Off South Central Farmers Eviction
(3:50)
Members and supporters of the nation’s largest urban
garden, The South Central Farm in Los Angeles, wrapped up
an eventful week, culminating in what organizers call a political
reprieve from imminent eviction. The farmers have been battling
what they call an illegal land sale of their farmland to developer
Ralph Horowitz, who intends to destroy the garden to make
way for a warehouse. KPFK's Kelly Barnes reports.
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