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Today's lead stories:
Problems Cited at the Polls
Progressive Anti-War Democrats Could Win Big in Connecticut
Congressional Races
Negative Campaigns Define New Mexico Congressional Race
Seattle's Longtime Republican House Seat in Jeopardy
Grassroots Movement to Increase Access to Non-citizen US Residents
Supreme Court to Hear Case Further Limiting of Abortion Rights
FSRN Headlines
PANAMA TO FILL SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT
Panama today won a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Panama was chosen as a compromise country after a deadlock
between Guatemala and Venezuela failed to produce a two-thirds
majority needed to fill the position. The term of the non-permanent
Security Council seat lasts 2 years.
PREPARING FOR NK NUKE NEGOTIATIONS
Officials from Washington DC are in East Asia this week to
discuss strategies with allies prior to nuclear negotiations
with North Korea. Jason Strother has the latest from Seoul.
ISRAELI ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM BEIT HANOUN
The Israeli army today ended it's siege on Beit Hanoun, re-positioning
its troops in outlying areas of the northern Gaza Strip. Rami
Almeghari reports from Gaza City.
BRITISH COURT SENTENCES CONFESSED PLOTTER
A man convicted of plotting terrorist attacks in the UK and
the US began serving a life sentence in Britain today. Thirty-four
year old Dhiren Barot pleaded guilty of conspiracy to murder.
A 2 year long police investigation concluded that Barot had
planned to kill thousands of people by coordinating a series
of bomb attacks at key locations in London, New York, Washington
DC, and Newark, New Jersey. His alleged co-horts will reportedly
face trial next year.
GUERRILLAS CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR MEXICO CITY BOMBINGS
Five supposed guerrilla groups have claimed responsibility
for a series of bomb blasts that rattled Mexico City yesterday.
Tim Russo has the story.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS
Voters across the US head to the polls today. To begin our
election coverage, Kristi Li Puma Herrera looks at the tight
race for a Virginia senate seat.
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Problems Cited at the Polls (2:00)
Thousands of monitors deployed to the polls are observing
the election process. With the precincts still open, observer's
early results are mixed, with some citing systemic problems
with the US voting system. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell reports
from Washington, DC.
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Progressive Anti-War Democrats Could Win Big in Connecticut
Congressional Races (4:17)
The little state of Connecticut is home this year to four
Congressional races of national significance, and the campaigning
has been furious, expensive, and dirty. In the best known
race, wealthy anti-war newcomer Ned Lamont beat three-term
Democratic Senator and Iraq war booster Joe Lieberman in the
party's primary in August. But Lieberman stayed in the race,
creating his own party to try to hold onto his seat, and is
leading in the polls. He has vowed to caucus with the Democrats
if he wins re-election. Meanwhile, in three races that could
help put the House in Democratic hands, the state's three
Republican incumbent Congress members are all facing tough
challenges from progressive Democrats. The state's two Democratic
members of Congress face no significant challenges. FSRN's
Melinda Tuhus has been following all these races and files
this round-up.
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Negative Campaigns Define New Mexico Congressional
Race (2:54)
New Mexico's first Congressional District is considered
a pivotal race for Democrats' efforts to gain control of the
House of Representatives. Republican Heather Wilson, Chair
of the House Intelligence Committee could lose her seat. The
race is targeted by the national parties as well as the national
special interest groups. Leslie Clarke reports, most of the
money spent by the organizations is going towards negative
campaigning.
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Seattle's Longtime Republican House Seat in Jeopardy
(3:33)
Meanwhile in Washington state, Democrats seeking to reclaim
the House, have 15 top priorities. One of them is the 8th
Congressional District in Seattle's Eastside suburbs. The
8th District has been held by Republicans since it was created
in 1980, but polls show that the race between Republican incumbent
Dave Reichert and Democratic challenger, Darcy Burner is in
a dead heat. Martha Baskin has our story.
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Grassroots Movement to Increase Access to Non-citizen
US Residents (3:36)
Most people are used to the idea that only US citizens can
vote in US elections. Legislators in several states and the
US House of Representatives have recently hammered out laws
to require voters to prove citizenship at the polls. Against
this tide to bar non-US citizens from voting, a coalition
in New York is campaigning to include non-citizens in the
electoral process. Yanmei Xie has the story.
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Supreme Court to Hear Case Further Limiting of Abortion
Rights (3:00)
Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two similar
challenges to the Federal Abortion Ban, also known as the
"Partial–Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003".
The ban, passed by Congress and signed by President Bush in
2003, would criminalize abortions as early as 12 to 15 weeks
of pregnancy that doctors say are safe and the best to protect
women's health. Nan McCurdy has more from Washington DC.
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