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Today's lead stories:
Supreme Court Decision May Impact New Environmental Laws on
Old Power Plants
Civil Liberties Groups Keep an Eye on Voter Suppression for
Midterm Elections
OAS Tells Washington to Butt Out of Nicaraguan Elections
Violence Continues in Iraq as PM Calls for an End to Sadr
City Blockade
Hundreds Demonstrate After Executed Death Row Inmates Are
Proven Innocent
South Korea Not Too Worried About North’s Nukes
FSRN Headlines
UPDATE FROM OAXACA
The situation on the ground in Oaxaca remains tense as federal
forces begin to patrol neighborhood streets in pick-up truck
convoys and takeover positions held by citizens calling for
the governor's removal. At deadline, neighborhood residents
and teachers had been forced from the facilities of CORTV
- the state-run television and radio facilities. An eyewitness
on the scene said that a shock group affiliated with the ruling
PRI party has begun to loot the equipment as federal police
watched on. Meanwhile, representatives of the Popular Assembly
of the People of Oaxaca have said they will not negotiate
with the Interior Secretary so long as federal troops occupy
the state capital and arbitrary detentions continue. A local
reporter who went missing yesterday morning has been released
from police custody. During his short time in prison, Daniel
Mota Figueroa says he encountered a number of people who have
been reported as disappeared.
BLOCKADES IN CHIAPAS
In other parts of Mexico, social organizations today began
a new campaign to protest the presence of troops in Oaxaca
by carrying out demonstrations and highway blockades. Luz
Ruiz reports from San Cristobal de las Casas.
FLORIDA LAWMAKER RESIGNS
A Florida Republican legislator has resigned after admitting
he left profane and racist messages to a fellow state lawmaker.
Mitch Perry reports from Tampa:
NEW BOMBING IN GAZA
The Israeli army launched a massive attack in the northern
and southern parts of the Gaza Strip today. FSRN's Rami Almeghari
has more.
JOURNALIST KILLED IN ISLAMABAD
A senior Pakistani journalist was murdered in the capital
Islamabad last night. FSRN correspondent Masror Hussain has
the story.
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Supreme Court Decision May Impact New Environmental
Laws on Old Power Plants
The Supreme Court heard a case on emission standards for
coal power plants today. The case, Duke Energy v. the Environmental
Protection Agency could impact how old plants comply to new
environmental regulations. FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell
reports.
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Civil Liberties Groups Keep an Eye on Voter Suppression
for Midterm Elections
This year's mid-term election, now less than one week away,
will be subject to the most changes in voting machines and
election laws yet. Leaders from several civil liberties groups
say they expect confusion and frustration at polls, as both
voters and poll workers have to adapt to these changes. And,
they add that they’re on the watch for dirty tricks
that are used to deceive or intimidate voters. Yanmei Xie
has more in Washington D.C.
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OAS Tells Washington to Butt Out of Nicaraguan Elections
The Organization of American States (OAS) election monitors
told Washington not to meddle in Nicaragua’s presidential
election, which polls indicate Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega
could likely win. As Nan McCurdy reports, this is the second
time in a month that the OAS has condemned U.S. intervention
in the Nicaraguan elections.
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Violence Continues in Iraq as PM Calls for an End
to Sadr City Blockade
At least 23 Iraqis, including 9 children, were killed Wednesday
when a suicide bomber attacked a wedding party. 8 more people
were found dead, including one man who lost his life when
a car bomb detonated in Baghdad’s central market, as
Iraqi police continue their search for 42 people kidnaped
near Balad, just north of the capital. Two U.S. soldiers were
killed, raising the number of U.S military personnel casualties
to 105, making October deadliest month for the U.S. military
since the start of the war. Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister
Nouri Al Maliki has ordered a stop to the week long blockade
on Sadr city. FSRN's Salam Talib has the story.
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Hundreds Demonstrate After Executed Death Row Inmates
Are Proven Innocent
Hundreds of Texans marched in their state capital this past
weekend to call attention to three death row prisoners who
were executed, and later found to be innocent. The issue of
innocence has changed the death penalty debate more than any
other issue. Renee Feltz has the story.
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South Korea Not Too Worried About North’s Nukes
North Korea has announced that it will return to the six
party talks, which aim at persuading the reclusive regime
to dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Meanwhile, Washington
insists that it will continue to protect its East Asian allies
until Kim Jong Il comes clean with his WMD. But as Jason Strother
reports, many South Koreans aren’t so worried about
the North’s nukes.
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