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Today's lead stories:
Bush Pushes Anti-Terror Laws
Native Americans Sue to Stop Ski Resort
Feds Detain, Deport California Immigrants
Land Mines Block Aid Workers in Senegal
Ann Richards Dies at 73
FSRN Headlines
PYONGTAEK
South Korean protesters were in front of the White House today
as President Bush met with the president of South Korea. This
week, rice farmers in Pyongtaek, South Korea have been evicted
from their homes and land to make way for the expansion of
a US military base. The base's expansion will force about
200 mostly elderly rice farmers to leave their rich agricultural
land. Construction plans include military buildings, as well
as lodging, golf courses and other recreational facilities
in the fields emptied of local residents. Chow-Chun Hoh, representative
of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in Seoul spoke
with Washington reporter Yanmei Xie today. He says many of
the rices farmers have already moved once in their lives to
make room for US military base. Thousands of South Korean
police began to forcibly remove people from the land and demolish
homes two days ago.
POLAND TO SEND MORE TROOPS
The government of Poland has agreed to send 1000 new troops
to Afghanistan. The offer follows an appeal to NATO member
nations to send re-enforcements. The new contingent should
be joining the 100 Polish soldiers already on the ground in
Afghanistan by February.
UK MP RESIGNS
In Britain, after the damaging spate of recent resignations
by eight government ministers, Tony Blair today faces another
former cabinet minister publicly condemning his government
and resigning as a Member of Parliament. From London, Naomi
Fowler reports:
SHOOTING RAMPAGE IN MONTREAL
A college in downtown Montreal was the scene of a deadly shooting
rampage yesterday. Stefan Christoff reports.
DETROIT TEACHERS END STRIKE
Public school teachers in Detroit were back in their classrooms
today. Members of the Detroit Federation of teacher voted
yesterday to end their two-week strike while the union decides
on whether to accept a new contract. The teachers began their
strike on August 28th in protest of the school district's
plans to cut their wages by more than 5 percent and increase
co-pays on health benefits. The three year contract pending
approval by the union membership freezes wages for one year,
with very small raises in the 2nd and 3rd years. Teachers
hired before 1992 will also have to start paying for part
of their health insurance.
DISGRUNTLED INFORMANT
A New York Police Department informant whose testimony helped
convict an anti-terror case is complaining of mistreatment
to Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton. Rebecca Myles reports from
New York.
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Bush Pushes Anti-Terror Laws (4:15)
President Bush made a special trip to the House of Representatives
today to push Republican lawmakers to support a new package
of anti-terror legislation. … Among other things, Bush
wants to create secret military tribunals to try inmates currently
incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay. He also wants Congress to
strip the right of detainees to challenge their detention.
Leigh Ann Caldwell reports from Washington.
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Native Americans Sue to Stop Ski Resort (3:30)
A legal battle between Native Americans and a ski resort
in Arizona culminated at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
in San Francisco today. The Arizona snowbowl ski resort has
plans to use reclaimed waste water to make artificial snow
outside Flagstaff, an area that's sacred to Native American
tribes. FSRN's Christina Aanestad was at the court-house this
morning and filed this report.
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Feds Detain, Deport California Immigrants
(4:09)
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series
of pre-dawn raids last week along California's Central Coast.
The government dubbed the raids "Operation Return to
Sender." One-hundred-seven people were rounded up in
the sweeps. This week, religious leaders and social justice
activists responded, taking aim at the raids and federal immigration
policy. From Santa Cruz, Vinny Lombard reports.
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Land Mines Block Aid Workers in Senegal
(3:00)
Fighting between the Senegalese military and hardliner rebels
from the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC),
have caused thousands of Senegalese living to flee to Gambia
over the last month. Ndiaga Seck reports from Senegal, aid
agencies are reluctant to help the refugees because the area
is full of land mines
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Ann Richards Dies at 73 (4:30)
Former Texas Governor Anne Richards died of cancer at her
home in Austin yesterday. She was 73. As Governor from 1990
to 1994, she proclaimed a "New Texas" and appointed
record numbers of women and minorities. She supported gay
rights, instituted ethics reforms and set up new programs
for prison inmates addicted to drugs or alcohol. She also
vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed
handguns. Host Aaron Glantz has this obituary.
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