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Today's lead stories:
Senators Want To Keep Habeas Corpus
All US Intelligence Agencies Agree Iraq War Increased Terror
Federal Judge OK's Largest Class Action In US History
Hezbollah Rebuilds Lebanon
More Immigration Sweeps Mark Operation Return To Sender
Oaxacans March On Mexico City
FSRN Headlines
AFGHAN OFFICIAL FOR WOMEN'S AFFAIRS ASSASSINATED
The head of women's' affairs for the government of the southern
Afghan province of Kandahar was gunned down today as she left
her home. Safia Amajan had held her position in the provincial
government since the collapse of the Taliban regime in 2001.
Amajan was a vocal critic of the Taliban and its discriminatory
policies that prevented girls from attending schools and kept
women from holding jobs. NATO-led troops are currently battling
a resurgence of Taliban influence in southern Afghanistan.
No one has claimed responsibility for Amajan's murder.
EXTENDED AND INCREASED PRESENCE IN IRAQ
Army officials have told the Associated Press that the Pentagon
plans to extend the tours of duty for some 4,000 soldiers
currently serving in Iraq. This comes on the heels of last
weeks announcement that the US military may increase troops
levels in Iraq to 140,000.
DECLARATION OF PEACE WEEK CONTINUES
In the US, antiwar activists are holding protests throughout
the country under the banner of Declaration of Peace week.
Nan McCurdy has more from Washington DC.
VENEZUELAN DIPLOMAT DETAINED AT NEW YORK AIRPORT
Venezuela has filed a complaint with the United Nations after
custom officials detained its foreign minister at a New York
airport. Mitch Jeserich reports.
ROADLESS RULES APPEALED
An appeal has already been launched against last week's federal
court ruling reinstating the Clinton plan for Forest Service
management of roadless areas. Leigh Robartes has more.
HELICOPTER CRASH IN NEPAL
Authorities in Nepal today confirmed the deaths of all 24
passengers aboard a helicopter that vanished on Saturday in
a mountainous region in the east of the country. PC Dubey
has the story.
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Senators Want To Keep Habeas Corpus (04:15)
In their last week of work before they hit the campaign
trail, Congressional leaders hope to pass two pieces of legislation
the Bush Administration maintains are key to the war on terror.
… Legislation on the treatment and trials of detainees
and legislation that would legalize the Administration's secretive
domestic wiretapping program. But some Senators are concerned
about a provision of one of the measures, which would strip
detainees of the right to a habeas corpus petition, a right
that extends all the way back to the signing of the Magna
Carta, 800 years ago.. FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.
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All US Intelligence Agencies Agree Iraq War Increased
Terror (02:51)
Democrats on Capital Hill are hammering the Bush Administration
today after the New York Times published details of a secret
intelligence report that found the Iraq war has invigorated
Islamic radicalism and worsened the global terrorist threat,
said the assessment by American spy agencies demonstrated
that the Bush administration needed to devise a new strategy
for its handling of the war. The report was sponsored by every
major spy agency from the CIA to the Defense Intelligence
Agency. Yanmei Xie has more from Washington.
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Federal Judge OK's Largest Class Action In US History
(1:32)
A Federal Judge in New York gave his approval today for
the largest class action lawsuit in American history. Smokers
of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes are
suing tobacco companies, accusing them of fraud and are seeking
up to $200 billion in damages. … Cynthia Hallet, director
of the group Americans for Nonsmokers Rights, expects the
smokers to prevail. (CLIP) Cynthia Hallet is director of the
group Americans for Nonsmokers Rights. … Tobacco giants
Phillip Morris and RJ Reynolds have already said they'll appeal
the ruling.
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Hezbollah Rebuilds Lebanon (04:07)
More than 600 thousand Hezbollah supporters gathered in
the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday to celebrate what they
say was a victory against Israel. The celebration took place
more than 5 weeks after a UN brokered ceasefire ended Israel's
34-day attack on Lebanon. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses
were destroyed, and in his speech on Friday, Hezbollah leader
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah again asserted that he would help
Lebanon rebuild. Hezbollah, along with Lebanon's central government
and the West, are vying to gain the hearts and minds of the
thousands of Lebanese who lost their homes and business during
the Israeli bombing campaign. Despite the approval of a $70
million dollar World Bank reconstruction loan last week and
the more than $940 million raised for reconstruction at a
donors conference last month, Hezbollah is winning the initial
stage of this post-conflict `reconstruction battle. Jackson
Allers reports from Beirut.
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More Immigration Sweeps Mark Operation Return To
Sender (02:58)
The Senate is expected to vote this week on a proposal to
build 700 miles of fence along the US Mexico border. The measure,
which passed the House last week, would also set up a high-tech
security system along the border. President Bush has promised
to sign it into law if it passes. … At the same time,
the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Custom's
Enforcement service is continuing program called Operation
Return to Sender, begun in late May, and is rounding up and
deporting thousands of undocumented immigrants. ICE announced
that over 100 people were arrested in Southwest Florida over
the weekend. Earlier this month, ICE officials conducted sweeps
along California's Central Coast. Over the weekend, protesters
in Watsonville, California took to the streets to demand ICE
raids stop, and called for amnesty for those undocumented
people already living and working in the US . Vinny Lombardo
brings us sounds from the rally.
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Oaxacans March On Mexico City (3:32)
Four months deep into the political crisis in Oaxaca, Mexico
- the state's governor ordered all striking school teachers
back into their classrooms today. The teachers and other members
of the popular movement have effectively shut down the province
for months demanding the governor's resignation. Now, they're
marching 300 miles on foot from Oaxaca to Mexico City to urge
the Mexican Senate to remove Governor Ulises Ruiz from office.
Vladimir Flores reports.
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