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Today's lead stories:
Democratic Progressives Set Post Election Agenda
Bush Will Seek Senate Confirmation for Ambassador Bolton
Democratic Majority May Not Prompt Changes in Iraq War
Ohio Candidate Insists on Full Vote Count
11 Years Anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Execution: Shell
Oil Moves to Return to Ogoni Land
Texas Death Row Inmates End Nearly Four Month Strike
Ontario’s Coalition Against Poverty Demonstrates to
Secure Housing for the Poor
FSRN Headlines
PALESTINIAN PM OFFERS TO STEP DOWN
Just two days after an Israeli attack in Gaza killed 18 civilians,
the Palestinian Prime Minister has announced that he would
be willing to step down if his resignation would lead to the
lifting of the economic embargo. Saed Bannoura reports from
Beit Sahour:
NUN SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN RWANDAN GENOCIDE (cut for time)
A Catholic nun has begun serving a 30 year prison sentence
for her participation in the Rwandan genocide. A Rwandan traditional
court found Theophister Mukakibibi guilty of collaborating
with Hutu militiamen to kill ethnic Tutsis. She is not the
first member of the church hierarchy convicted of having a
role in the killings, although she is the first nun to be
sentenced by a traditional court. Nearly one in ten Rwandans
are suspected of having a role in the 100 day genocide that
killed more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994.
COLOMBIAN SENATOR ARRESTED FOR PARAMILITARY TIES
A Colombian court has ordered the arrest of three congressmen
for their alleged involvement with outlawed paramilitary groups.
Mike Ceaser reports from Bogota.
GUILTY PLEAS IN "GREEN SCARE" CASE
The last four defendants in the Pacific Northwest "Green
Scare" case yesterday changed their pleas to guilty and
agreed to drop their subpoena demanding NSA surveillance data
on their indictments. Lisa Loving reports from Portland.
LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE DEGREES FOR PERUVIAN JOURNALISTS
A controversial bill in Peru's parliament could prevent journalists
from practicing their profession for lack of a college degree.
Pamela Cueva reports from Lima.
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Democratic Progressives Set Post Election Agenda
(4:00)
The crop of newly elected officials will expand the representation
of progressives. The newly elected Congress will likely add
8 new members to the Congressional Progressive Caucus - that’s
nearly 1/3 of Congressional Democrats. And two of the most
liberal House members were just elected to the Senate. Washington
Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell has more.
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Bush Will Seek Senate Confirmation for Ambassador
Bolton
President Bush will still push for the confirmation of John
Bolton to be Ambassador to the United Nations. In a press
briefing with reporters, White House Press Secretary Tony
Snow said the President believes Bolton has been successful
at the UN and deserves to be confirmed by the Senate. But
Republican Lincoln Chaffee of Rhode Island said yesterday
he will block Bolton from passing through both the Foreign
Relations Committee and the Senate. Chaffee said “the
American people sent a clear message of dissatisfaction with
the foreign policy approach of the Bush Administration. To
confirm Mr. Bolton to UN Ambassador would fly in the face
of the clear consensus this country is calling for.”
Senator Chaffee, the most moderate member of the Senate who
opposes the war in Iraq, just lost his seat to Democrat Sheldon
Whitehouse.
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Democratic Majority May Not Prompt Changes in Iraq
War (3:25)
Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate and the
resignation of Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense will
not necessarily mean major changes for the war in Iraq, analysts
say. That’s primarily because it’s the President
and not Congress that supervises the armed forces and runs
the war. FSRN’s Aaron Glantz reports.
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Ohio Candidate Insists on Full Vote Count
(2:45)
With thousands of eligible voters being forced to vote provisionally,
one race may still be too close to call: in Ohio’s 15th
Congressional District, Democratic challenger Mary Jo Kilroy
is launching an aggressive effort to ensure that all the votes
in Ohio are counter before she concedes the race to Republican
incumbent Debra Pryce. Allison Raaum reports.
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11 Years Anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s Execution:
Shell Oil Moves to Return to Ogoni Land (3:10)
Today marks the eleven year anniversary of the execution
of playwright and minority rights activist Ken Saro-wiwa –
who was killed along with eight others from his Ogoni ethnic
group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. The nine men
were violently executed by the Nigerian military in the heat
of their campaign against environmental pollution caused by
the Anglo Dutch oil company, Royal Dutch Shell on Ogoni land.
Saro-Wiwa’s activities forced Shell to vacate Ogoni
land 13 years ago. But now, with support from the Nigerian
government, Shell wants to resume oil production in the area.
The Nigerian government says it wants to clean up the polluted
land with the involvement of the United Nations, a move seen
as the first step to Shell’s return. But the Ogonis
are questioning the sincerity of both the Nigerian government
and the oil company. Sam Olukoya reports from Port Harcourt.
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Texas Death Row Inmates End Nearly Four Month Strike
(4:00)
A hunger strike on Texas Death Row ended this week, after
a nearly month-long effort to improve conditions prisoners
say are inhumane. FSRN's Renee Feltz was there and spoke to
some of the striking inmates.
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Ontario’s Coalition Against Poverty Demonstrates
to Secure Housing for the Poor (2:25)
On the four year anniversary of a historic squat eviction
in Toronto, Canada, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
held a demonstration to reclaim abandoned buildings for poor
and homeless people in the city. CKUT’s Aaron Lakoff
reports from Toronto.
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