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Today's lead stories:
Administration Ally Scorns President Bush over Intelligence
Matters
India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile As Bush Pushes India-U.S.
Deal
Israel Continues Incursion into Gaza Strip
Pentagon Charges Four more Soldiers for Rape and Murder of
Iraqi Girl
New Act Forces Needy to Go Without Healthcare
FSRN Headlines
CHECHEN REBEL LEADER KILLED
Russian authorities today announced the killing of Chechen
rebel leader, Shamil Basayev. Federal Security chief Nikolai
Patrushev says Chechen rebels were planning attacks to coincide
with this week's Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg.
Russian authorities had categorized Basayev as their most
wanted man and had offered $10 million dollars for information
that could lead to his "neutralization".
FIGHTING RESUMES IN MOGADISHU
Intense fighting has once again erupted in the the Somali
capital of Mogadishu. Islamist militias and fighters allied
to the city's last remaining warlord have been trading artillery,
rocket, and machine gun fire since yesterday morning. Both
Reuters and the BBC report at least 60 deaths.
BATTLES IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan President Hamid Karzai convened an emergency meeting
yesterday with Afghan officials and representatives from the
US-led coalition forces, the United Nations, and NATO to discuss
the recent upsurge in violence. Coalition bombing in southern
Afghanistan reportedly killed some 40 suspected Taliban loyalists
today. Fighting over the weekend in Khandahar killed at least
20 people, including a Canadian soldier. Alison Benjamin reports
from Montreal.
CODE PINK ACTIONS
A two month fast to bring US troops home from Iraq, enters
its second week in cities across the nation. Anti-war group,
Code Pink Women for Peace, launched the hunger strike on July
4th in Washington D.C. with solidarity actions taking place
throughout the country. Martha Baskin reports from Seattle.
NEW TIMORESE PRIME MINISTER
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, was sworn in
today as East Timor's new prime minister. Ramos-Horta replaces
Mari Alkatiri, who resigned last month after a political showdown
with President Xanana Gusmao. The dismissal of hundreds of
disgruntled soldiers from the ranks of the Armed Forces by
former Prime Minister Alkatiri has been blamed for having
sparked the ongoing political crisis in the tiny island nation.
The appointment of Ramos-Horta, a well-known leader of East
Timor's independence movement, is seen as a attempt to unify
an increasingly divided population.
CONTESTED ELECTION IN MEXICO
Center-left candidate for the Mexican presidency, Andres Manuel
Lopez Obrador, has refused to concede after a polling station
tally re-count showed his defeat by half of a percentage point.
FSRN's Norman Stockwell reports.
TRADE DISAGREEMENTS
U.S. Trade Ambassador Susan Schwab has squelched any notion
that the U.S. is ready to "pull the plug" on faltering
global trade talks, hung up on agriculture. Washington correspondent
Matt Kaye reports.
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Administration Ally Scorns President Bush over Intelligence
Matters (4:29)
A lawsuit over the Bush Administration's warrant-less domestic
wiretapping program continued in a Michigan court house today.
Meanwhile, Congress continues to criticize the Administration
for not briefing lawmakers on intelligence matters. As Washington
Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports, the criticism is coming
from a key Bush supporter.
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India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile As Bush
Pushes India-U.S. Deal (4:18)
India test-fired, for the first time, a long range nuclear-capable
missile Sunday, just days after North Korea tested missiles
amid international uproar last week. The new missile failed
when it landed short of its target. India’s test happened
as President Bush continues to push Congress on a historic
nuclear deal with the country. U.S. corporate interests are
also throwing their weight behind the possible deal, with
the expectation they’ll reap financial benefits if chosen
to build nuclear reactors for India. Meanwhile, some observers
say that the U.S. is pushing the nuclear deal with India to
establish a strategic partner against China on the Asian continent.
From New Delhi Vinod K. Jose has more.
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Israel Continues Incursion into Gaza Strip
(4:09)
Israel continues to insist that "Operation Summer Rains"
is aimed at forcing Palestinian militants to release captured
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, and ending the firing of homemade
Qassam shells. Israel’s attacks have focused on infrastructure
and Palestinian Authority constructions, in addition to places
that the Israeli army says belong to resistance groups. Over
the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected Palestinian
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s call for a cease fire.
Manar Jibrin reports from Bethlehem.
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Pentagon Charges Four more Soldiers for Rape and
Murder of Iraqi Girl (3:54)
The Pentagon Sunday charged four more U.S. soldiers with
raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, and then killing the girl
and her relatives to cover it up. The charges come after ex-soldier
Steven Green’s arrest last week in North Carolina. Green
has pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and four counts
of murder. He was ordered held without bond on the charges,
which carry a possible death penalty. Aaron Glantz reports.
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New Act Forces Needy to Go Without Healthcare
(2:33)
Health clinics that receive money from the federal government
for some Medicaid programs will now need to prove the citizenship
of their clients in order to receive federal reimbursement,
due to the Federal Deficit Reduction Act, which went into
effect this month. The aim is to cut the federal costs of
providing services for undocumented immigrants living in the
country, but critics say the effect will be a decrease in
resources for already under-funded clinics that serve the
neediest. FSRN’s Patrik Angstrom Poore reports from
Portland, Oregon.
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