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Today's lead stories:
House Debates War in Iraq as US Troop Death Tool Reaches 2,500
Senate Votes on Amendments Affecting Relations with Iran
Public School Teachers Return to Encampment in Oaxaca City’s
Center
A Look at Repressive Tactics Ahead of Mexican Elections
Push to Use DDT in Sub Saharan Africa to Control Malaria
FSRN Headlines
SRI LANKA
A blast from a land mine killed at least 62 people in a crowded
bus today in Sri Lanka. The government blamed the Tamil Tiger
rebels for the deaths, something the group denies. Shortly
after the bus explosion, the Sri Lankan air force began aerial
bombardment in the northern part of the country. Today was
the bloodiest day in Sri Lanka since a cease-fire came into
effect four years ago.
PEACE TALKS IN NEPAL
Nepal's government and Maoists rebels held a second round
of peace talks today. PC Dubey has the details.
ARRESTED AWOL SOLDIER RETURNED TO BASE
A US soldier, who was arrested on Sunday at her mother's home
in Eugene, Oregon has been transferred to her unit stationed
at Fort Lewis in Washington State. Mark Taylor Canfield reports.
VOTE ON EASING CUBAN TRADE RESTRICTIONS
The US House of Representatives has again voted to end an
administration requirement that Cuba pay in advance for U.S.
farm goods. Matt Kaye reports from Washington DC.
JANITORS FOR JUSTICE
The Janitors for Justice Campaign of the Service Employees
International Union has organized 225,000 cleaning workers
across the U.S. Now, to commemorate Justice for Janitors Day
on June 15 and to go public with an ongoing organizing drive,
about 600 janitors and their supporters from several cities
converged this week in New Haven, Connecticut. Melinda Tuhus
reports.
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House Debates War in Iraq as US Troop Death Tool
Reaches 2,500 (4:29)
The death toll of US troops in Iraq has reached 2,500 -
and the number of US troops injured has surpassed 18,000.
The Pentagon’s numbers come on the day that the House
of Representatives is debating necessity of that war. Democrats
are sighting the war’s pitfalls while Republicans are
defending the initial invasion. Washington Editor Leigh Ann
Caldwell brings us more from that debate.
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Senate Votes on Amendments Affecting Relations with
Iran (2:58)
The U.S. Senate voted on two amendments to the Defense Appropriations
bill today. Senators rejected an amendment introduced by Rick
Santorum which calls for sanctions on Iran and provides financial
support to pro-democracy groups there. They voted in amendment
introduced by Joseph Biden that opts for diplomatic means
to resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran. FSRN's Anastasia
Gnezditskaia reports.
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Public School Teachers Return to Encampment in Oaxaca
City’s Center (3:31)
Public school teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico have rebounded
from the brutal crackdown against their protest encampment
yesterday, mobilizing today along with various sectors of
the Oaxacan population. At least 5,000 people have made their
way back to Oaxaca City and are once again re-building their
tent city. FSRN’s Vladimir Flores reports.
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A Look at Repressive Tactics Ahead of Mexican Elections
(4:32)
Ted Lewis is the Human Rights Director for Global Exchange.
Lewis has just returned to the US from a pre-elections observation
trip to Mexico. He spoke with FSRN producer Monica Lopez about
the potential effects of recent repressive operations in Mexico
on the upcoming Presidential elections.
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Push to Use DDT in Sub Saharan Africa to Control
Malaria (4:20)
Countries in Sub Saharan Africa are still locked up over
the debate on whether the pesticide DDT should be used to
control malaria, which is currently one of the largest killers,
especially among children, in the region. Malaria affects
between 300 and 500 million people every year. The World Health
Organization estimates that around 2 million people die of
the infectious disease every year. 90% of these deaths occur
in sub Saharan Africa, mostly to children under the age of
5. In Uganda, a pilot project of spraying DDT has started
in one of the districts, amid vigorous criticisms by environmentalists
and other anti-DDT advocates. As Emmanuel Okella reports from
Kampala, Uganda preparations are in final stages to spray
DDT across the country.
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