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Today's lead stories:
More than 300 Dead in Baghdad Violence
Policymakers Debate Iraq Policy
Ceasefire in Gaza
Leftist Economist Beats Banana Tycoon in Ecuador
Oaxaca Standoff Continues
NYPD Fires 50 Shots into Unarmed Black Groom
FSRN Headlines
BUSH GOES TO THE BALTICS
President Bush arrives in Estonia today ahead of a two-day
NATO summit this week in Riga, Latvia. His agenda there will
include pressing alliance members to increase defense spending.
The White House claims many U.S. allies are ill equipped for
modern military operations. While the U.S. spends about 3.7
percent of its gross domestic product on defense, most member
countries spend less than 2 percent. Despite U.S. pressure,
some NATO allies have continued to cut overall spending. Nicholas
Burns, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, defends
increased spending claiming that the NATO efforts to combat
the Taliban have been largely successful.
Burns added that President Bush will call for increased NATO
pending on systems and capabilities that he deems absolutely
necessary for success on the modern battlefield and in modern
peacekeeping.
WALMART GOES TO INDIA
US big box giant Wal-Mart enters the Indian retail market.
Vinod Jose reports from New Delhi.
SUPREME COURT UPDATE
The Supreme Court today refused to take up a number of key
cases including the issue of school choice in Maine, whether
Rhode Island authorities can enforce state law on an Indian
reservation and the matter of a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated
law professor who wants the U.S. government to expunge his
FBI file. The Justices also refused to hear the case of an
asylum seeker found to have engaged in terrorist activities.
The Court also ruled today against The New York Times, refusing
to block the government from reviewing the phone records of
two Times reporters in a leak investigation of a terrorism-funding
probe. They did hear oral arguments however, in Ledbetter
v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc., a case that will
determine whether an employee can complain about the amount
of a current paycheck based on intentionally discriminatory
decisions made more than 180 days before she filed her Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission charge. Nan McCurdy has
more from the Supreme Court.
URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA GO TO THE HAGUE
Uruguayan Vice President Rodolfo Nin Novoa announced on Monday
that his government is taking the Argentine government to
the International Court of Justice in the Hague to stop road
blockages created by protesters demonstrating against the
construction of pulp mills along the international border.
Asli Pelit reports from Montevideo.
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More than 300 Dead in Baghdad Violence
(2:58)
A US Air Force F-16 fighter-jet went down in Western Iraq
today. The Arabic satellite network al-Jazeera reports local
residents said the jet was shot-down. Another Iraqi witness
told the Associated Press he saw the jet flying erratically
before it nose-dived and exploded in a farm field. The Pentagon
says the pilot is missing. The crash comes amid rising sectarian
violence that killed more than 300 people in Baghdad over
the weekend. Salam Talib and David Enders report on what daily
life is like in today's Baghdad.
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Policymakers Debate Iraq Policy (3:35)
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Tehran today for
a meeting with Iranain President Mahmoud Ahmedinijad. Iran's
President has been trying to arrange a summit involving Iran,
Iraq and Syria. Iran has also volunteered to help the US in
Iraq provided the Bush Administration changes what Iran calls
its "bullying" policies. In Washington, meanwhile,
FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports a change in policy
may be in offing.
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Ceasefire in Gaza (3:28)
A ceasefire in Gaza between the Israeli military and Palestinians
has entered its second day. On Sunday, Israeli troops pulled
out of Gaza ending – at least temporarily -- a five-month
offensive that has killed more than 400 Palestinians including
at least 74 Palestinians under the age of 18. Thousands of
Palestinian security officers are now patrolling the northern
Gaza Strip to prevent militant groups from firing homemade
rockets into southern Israel. FSRN's Rami Almeghari has more
from Gaza City.
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Leftist Economist Beats Banana Tycoon in Ecuador
(3:25)
Ecuadorian economist Rafael Correa is poised to join the
ranks of left-wing South American leaders. Election returns
show Correa with twice as many votes as his banana tycoon
opponent. When he's sworn in Correa will join left-leaning
leaders in Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela.
Dilatta Valese reports.
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Oaxaca Standoff Continues (3:50)
In the Southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, the police have
detained at least 160 members of APPO, the Popular Assembly
of the Peoples' of Oaxaca. On Saturday, organizers said 100,000
protesters marched in Oaxaca to call on the state's governor
resign. Dozens of people were injured after clashes broke
out between the police and protesters. There were unconfirmed
reports of several deaths as well. The conflict in Oaxaca
is now into it sixth month with the only clear move towards
a resolution being an increased presence of federal paramilitary
police. Tim Russo has more from Oaxaca.
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NYPD Fires 50 Shots into Unarmed Black Groom
(2:40)
Community members in the New York are calling for the resignation
of New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly after NYPD undercover
officers fired over fifty shots in killing an unarmed African
American man on his wedding day. Hanna George and James Williams
report.
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