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Today's lead stories:
In Seatle, South Korean Farmers and Their U.S. Allies Protest
Free Trade Talks; America Marks 9/11; 9-11 Families Speak
Out Against 9-11 Commission; Ground Zero: Immigrant Workers
Mark 9-11; Blair Gets Booed In Lebanon; White Zimbabwean Farmers
Head To Nigeria
Headlines (4:33)
NATIONAL UNITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN FATAH AND HAMAS
The Palestinian President and Prime Minister have agreed in
principle to form a coalition government in the coming days.
Manar Jibrin reports.
CALLS FOR RESIGNATION OF TAIWANESE PRESIDENT
Tens of thousands of Taiwanese protesters hit the streets
of Taipei this weekend to demand the resignation of President
Chen Shui-bian. The president is accused of corruption. Chen
Shui-bian has refused to step down. His term in office ends
in 2008.
TOXIC MESS IN IVORY COAST
Ivory Coast health officials say that the public health crisis
caused by toxic waste dumped in open sites around the city
of Abidjan seems to be letting up. A Panamanian-registered
ship dropped off hundreds of tons of toxic sludge in the West
African nation late last month. Noxious fumes from chemicals,
including hydrogen sulphide, have caused the deaths of six
people and forced 9 thousand to seek medical treatment. The
scandal provoked the resignation of the Ivorian Prime Minister's
cabinet last week. French scientists are working to identify
the components of the waste by the end of the week.
U.N. HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICIAL ON L.R.A. AMNESTY
The United Nations has called on Uganda's Lords Resistance
Army to release all children and women held in its captivity.
The rebels are participating in ongoing peace talks with the
government of Uganda. Emmanuel Okella reports from Kampala.
SUMMIT OF NON-ALIGNED NATIONS OPENS IN HAVANA
Representatives from over 100 developing nations are in Havana
for the summit of Non-Aligned Nations. J. Jacobson has the
story.
Features
America Marks 9/11 (4:11)
In the five years since that attack on the United States,
the Bush administration has invaded Afghanistan and Iraq,
and detained thousands at Abu Ghraib prison and at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba. The Bush Administration has also implemented new
domestic security rules and spy programs have been implemented
-- all with the stated goal of making Americans safer. …But
today, on this fifth anniversary of 9-11, as we somberly remember
this day of death and destruction in the United States, many
are also promoting a message of peace. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell
reports.
9-11 Families Speak Out Against 9-11 Commission (2:10)
Five years after the attacks, family members of 911 victims
say they still have questions about what happened at the World
Trade Center and the Pentagon … Some victims families
say they're not satisfied with the findings of the official
9/11 Commission. From Washington, FSRN's Yanmei Xie reports,
those families say one investigation is not enough.
Immigrant Workers Mark 9-11 (3:49)
In New York, ceremonies to mark the 9/11 attacks are taking
place at Ground Zero. Last night, George Bush traveled to
Lower Manhattan, meeting with firefighters, who arrived at
the site after the planes hit the towers. … Less remarked
upon were the stories who worked in and around the World Trade
Center every day. Experts estimate that between 3,000 and
10,000 Ground Zero workers were immigrants, of which half
-- between 1,500 and 5,000 -- were in the country without
papers. Many of them, either died or suffered irreversible
health issues. Danuta Szafraniecz reports from New York.
Blair Gets Booed In Lebanon (3:34)
2,00 Lebanese protested against British Prime Minister Tony
Blair today, accusing him of backing Israel's 34-day attack
on Lebanon. Several Lebanese cabinet minister's refused to
meet the British leader. The country's most senior Shi'ite
cleric, Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah called Blair
a killer of children; women and the elderly should be declared
persona non grata rather than welcomed in Beirut. …
Blair is on a whistle-stop tour of the Middle East. Before
visiting Beirut today, he stopped in Jerusalem and Ramallah.
From Ramallah Irris Makler reports.
Farmers, Trade Unionists Protest Free Trade Talks (2:43)
A third round of free trade talks between the U.S. and South
Korea deadlocked ended in deadlock over the weekend. .. Throughout
the four days of negotiations in Seattle, farmers, workers,
and activists from South Korea and the U.S protested in the
streets. From Seattle, Miae Kim has the story.
White Zimbabwean Farmers Head To Nigeria (3:00)
Nigeria has invited more Zimbabwean white farmers in order
to boost its agricultural output. Nigerian authorities are
impressed about the success of the first set of white Zimbabwean
farmers who began farming two years ago in Nigeria's Kwara
State. Nigeria is inviting the white farmers because of their
skills and expertise in mechanized farming. But there are
fears that Nigeria's attempt to globalize agriculture could
hurt the country's peasant farmers. Sam Olukoya reports from
Lagos.
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