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Today's lead stories:
Hizbolla More Popular than Ever in Lebanon; Iran continues
with Nuclear Program Despite UN Deadline; California Taking
the Lead in the U.S. to Cut Back Greenhouse Gasses; Chilean
Mining Workers on 25th Day of Strike; Tragic Landslides in
Nepal; Kashmir Famalies Demand Information of the Disappeared
FSRN Headlines
BUSH PROMOTES IRAQ WAR
President Bush launched a new, nationwide publicity today
campaign promoting the war in Iraq. His first stop was Salt
Lake City.
AWOL SOLDIER TURNS HIMSELF IN
22-year old Army Specialist Mark Wilkerson. Wilkerson, who
had been AWOL for more than 18 months, turned himself in to
authorities at Fort Hood. The Colorado Springs native served
in the 720th Military Police Battalion in Iraq from March
2003-March 2004. He made the decision to refuse redeployment
on moral grounds, and went AWOL when his request for Conscientious
Objector status was denied by the Army late in 2004.
CANADA CONSIDERS SENDING TROOPS TO LEBANON
Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres said today his country only
pull its troops out of Southern Lebanon when 5,000 United
Nations troops are stationed there. The UN has been having
trouble assembling such a force. In Canada, Stefan Christoff
reports, opposition parties are calling for the deployment
of more than 1,000 Canadian troops.
ISRAEL DEMOLISHES, BUILDS NEW SETTLEMENTS
Israel tore down part of the Matityahu settlement in the West
Bank today. Elsewhere, Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian
land are due to expand, with an Israeli court order ruling
that Israeli authorities should allow settlement growth. Saed
Bannoura reports from the West Bank.
GMO GRASS SPREADS THROUGHOUT OREGON
And finally, a new study indicates genetically modified grass
has spread beyond the confines of an Oregon golf course where
was been planted. The study, by the University of California
at Riverside, centered on a species called Creeping Bentgrass,
engineered to be resistant to the toxic herbicide Roundup.
The researchers reported that the GMO grass could affect the
pesticide resistance of as many as a dozen local grass species,
causing unknown ramifications in the wild. … Activists
like Mark Des Marets with the Portland-based group Northwest
Resistance to Genetic Engineering says this has already been
proven – and the real issue is what the government plans
to do about it.
Features
Iran continues with Nuclear Program Despite UN Deadline
(4:09)
Iran continues its nuclear enrichment program beyond a United
Nations Imposed deadline the International Atomic Energy Agency
Confirms. The United States' response is stern, urging quick
action. They urge sanctions. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.
California Taking Lead to Fight Greenhouse Gases
(3:10)
The state of California in coalition with 11 other states
as well as environmental groups have filed their opening briefs
in supreme court today that would begin a legal battle against
the U. S. Environment Protection Agency to urge the Agency
to take action to curb greenhouse gases. Also in California,
legislative leaders have announced a breakthrough deal with
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger over a global warming bill.
The compromise language will make California the first state
in the nation to impose a cap on all greenhouse gas emissions.
It also puts Schwarzenegger at odds with Republicans in the
state legislature and the Bush administration, a move that
may bolster his chances of reelection. Brian Edwards-Tiekert
has more.
Chilean Mining Workers on 25th Day of Strike (3:16)
In Chile, more than 2,000 mining workers are on their 25th
day of strike at world's largest private copper mine, La Escondida,
owned by the Anglo-Australian mining conglomerate BHP Billiton.
From Santiago Jorge Garretón has more.
Kashmir Demands Information of the Disappeared (2:46)
The conflict in Indian administered Kashmir has left a legacy
of enforced disappearances OF people who were allegedly picked
by the Indian security forces and never accounted for. The
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons Kashmir or the
APDP says more than 10000 have been subjected to enforced
disappearances since 1989 when the . This week commemorating
the International day of disappeared the APDP renewed its
demand of information about the whereabouts of Kashmir's disappeared.
Shahnawaz Khan reports.
Tragic Landslide in Nepal (3:03)
In Nepal, thousands of people have turned homeless and threatened
with hunger and diseases as several villages been swept away
by on the worst landslides ever in Nepal's western mountainous
districts. The landslide is a result of deforestation throughout
the country. Despite the government's promise of aid, none
has reached the survivors, but UNICEF, Catholic Relief Service,
and Caritas Nepal International have begun relieve work. PC
Dubey has more.
Hizbolla Still Holding Strong (3:56)
UN Secretary Kofi Annan is in Syria today urging the country
to not support Hizbolla. With support for Hizbollah stronger
than ever, what comes next? David Enders filed this report
before leaving Beirut.
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