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Today's lead stories:
Lebanon Rejects UN Resolution
Analyst Says Resolution Not Feasible for Lebanon
Small Scale War Between Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan Government
Resumes
New Report Indicates Another Failure Under No Child Left Behind
Act
New Orleans Criminal Justice Reform Groups Say New Plans Fall
Short
Demonstrators Gather at Naval Base to Commemorate Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
Anti-Nuclear Weapons Demonstrators Camp Out at Livermore Lab
FSRN Headlines
PARTIAL RE-COUNT IN MEXICO
Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal has ruled to allow a partial
re-count of the votes from last month's very close presidential
race. Luz Ruiz has the story.
ISRAEL CONTINUES TO POUND PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
As Israeli forces expand their offensive into Lebanon, the
attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank continue.
The head of the Palestinian legislature was taken prisoner
by Israeli forces yesterday. An ongoing invasion of the Rafah
refugee camp that claimed 17 lives since last week. Saed Bannoura
reports.
MAHMOUDIYA RAPE AND MURDER CASE HEARING OPENS
A hearing into the case of the rape and murder of a 14 year
old Iraqi girl and the murder of her parents and 5 year old
sister has opened in a US military court in Baghdad. Five
US soldiers stationed at a checkpoint near the victims' home
have been named in connection with the crime. A local medic
who arrived at the crime scene gave gut-wrenching testimony
during the first day of the hearings. Investigators today
presented statements from a recent interview with one of the
accused. The soldier's sworn statements indicate that the
accused consumed alcohol prior to the attack and grilled chicken
wings after the rape and quadruple homicide.
ABUSES DURING VIETNAM WAR MORE PREVALENT THAN THOUGHT
Declassified Pentagon documents from the early 1970s show
that crimes committed by US soldiers against Vietnamese civilians
were more widespread than previously documented. Saturday's
edition of the Los Angeles Times features a report on the
once secret archive of some 9,000 pages that shows abuses
were documented in (quote) "every Army division that
operated in Vietnam". The case files show that the Army
did little to pursue cases of soldiers charged with abuses
in Vietnam. Only 14 military personnel received prison sentences
of the over 200 cases that were severe enough to provoke formal
charges. The lengthiest sentence went to an interrogator who
sexually abused a 13-year old girl. The interrogator spent
seven months in custody. Vietnam veteran Retired Brig. Gen.
John H. Johns, who served on the Pentagon task force that
assembled the archive, told the L.A. Times that he reversed
his position on keeping the documents secret after allegations
of abuse of civilians and prisoners in Iraq.
SDS CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
The Students for a Democratic Society - or SDS - wraps up
its first national convention in thirty-seven years today
in Chicago. W-O-R-T's Norm Stockwell files this report.
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Lebanon Rejects UN Resolution (2:20)
Lebanon has rejected a draft UN resolution proposed by the
U.S. and France that calls for a "full cessation of hostilities,"
while Israel said it would keep attacking Hezbollah until
an international force arrives to take over in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon claims that some amendments to make the draft more
acceptable to Beirut are needed, and the resolution must address
the concerns of the Lebanese people. Israel, backed by the
U.S., has insisted it must have the right to respond if Hezbollah
launches missiles against it. Danuta Szafraniec reports.
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Analyst Says Resolution Not Feasible for Lebanon
(2:22)
Ian Williams is the U.N. Correspondent for the Nation Magazine,
and author of the book, “The UN for Beginners”.
He spoke with Wake Up Call’s Deepa Fernandes this morning
about why parts of the UN’s Resolution isn’t feasible
for Lebanon.
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Small Scale War Between Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan
Government Resumes (4:06)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has expressed serious concern
over the escalating violence in Sri Lanka, calling on the
government and Tamil Tiger rebels to put an end to the fighting.
Norwegian peace envoy Jon Hanssen Bouer arrived in the country
and the Tamil Tigers have conditionally lifted their two-week
water blockade. Ponniah Manikavasagam reports from Sri Lanka,
where civilians and aid workers still seek refuge from the
fighting.
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New Report Indicates Another Failure Under No Child
Left Behind Act (3:25)
A federal oversight report reveals that students are not
receiving the tutoring services for which they are eligible.
The report faults schools, school districts, states and the
federal government for not providing required resources under
No Child Left Behind. DC Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.
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New Orleans Criminal Justice Reform Groups Say New
Plans Fall Short (2:04)
A committee called by New Orleans’s Mayor Ray Nagin
announced plans today to fix a number of problems in the city's
criminal justice system. While many of the issues identified
by the team of city and state officials pre-date last fall's
hurricane, criminal justice reform groups say that the changes
the committee is making are incomplete. Christian Roselund
has more from New Orleans.
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Demonstrators Gather at Naval Base to Commemorate
Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2:33)
On August 6, 1945, a U.S. Air Force bomber dropped an atom
bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, another bomb was
dropped on Nagasaki. More than 200,000 people died as a result
of the bombings and subsequent radiation. While the current
mayor of Hiroshima called for the demolition of all nuclear
weapons, cities around the world commemorated the devastation
in memorial services, speeches and peace demonstrations. One
demonstration took place this morning at the US Navy's Trident
submarine Base in Bangor, Washington. The base manages the
3rd largest collection of nuclear weapons in the country,
with approximately 1,760 nuclear warheads. At 5AM this morning,
members of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action sponsored
a nonviolent direct action marking the 61st anniversary of
the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since the mid-1970's
the group has engaged in civil disobedience to oppose the
Trident nuclear weapons system and attempt to shut the base
down. Each of the 24 D-5 missiles on a Trident submarine is
capable of carrying eight of the larger 455 kiloton W-88 warheads
(about 30 times the explosive force as the Hiroshima bomb).
Each of the base's older submarines is capable of launching
154 cruise missiles within a six minute period. Correspondent
Martha Baskin was at the base today… she spoke with
Producer Monica Lopez this morning.
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Anti-Nuclear Weapons Demonstrators Camp Out at Livermore
Lab (2:05)
About 30 anti-nuclear-weapons demonstrators camped out at
Livermore, California this weekend, and on Sunday morning,
Hiroshima Day, they joined more than 200 others at Livermore
Nuclear Weapons Lab to rally and march against nuclear weapons.
FSRN’s Ed Rippy spoke with some of the demonstrators.
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