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2/28
John Negroponte Testifies on Capitol Hill; Senate Judiciary
Committee Holds Hearing on NSA Spy Program; A Look at Sectarian
Violence in Iraq: We Speak with Dr. Sami Zubaida; Iraq Investigates
Possible Human Cases of Bird Flu Spreading in Iraq; Hamas
Urged to End Corruption and Lawlessness; Unemployment: One
of Many Post-Hurricane Issues; Mardi Gras in New Orleans;
2/27
State Governors Meet with Bush over Funding Reductions; House
Democrats Demand Investigation into NSA Spying; Ugandan Opposition
Opposes Election Results; Sri Lankan Peace Talk End in Tension;
Curfew Lifted In Baghdad after One Week of Sectarian Violence;
Public Meeting Addresses Islamaphobia in Australia; Canadian
Haitians Demonstrate to Oppose Troops in Haiti;
2/24
Philippines on a State of Emergency; Immigration Debate Heats
Up As Bush Extends the TPS Program for Central-American Immigrants;
Congressman Calls to Bring Troops Home; Justice Found in Anti-Muslim
Violence in India; Groups Says EPA Ignoring Health Risks for
New Orleans Residents; African Americans Debate Black History
Month;
2/23
Debate over Dubai-Owned Port Security Continues; Sunni Arabs
Attacked After Shia Mosque Attack; European Parliament Committee
Beings “Extraordinary Rendition” Hearings; Kashmir
Rocked by Distinct Protests; New Orleans Lawyers Sue FEMA
for Inadequate Assistance; Opposition to Chilean Gold Mining
Project;
2/22
Uproar over UAE Controlling Ports Continues on Capitol Hill;
Critics Say Politicians Using Port Issue to Demonize Arabs;
2 Day Sri Lankan Peace Talks Begin Today; Housing Authority
of New Orleans Creates New Rules; Solidarity Groups Weigh
In On Move to Suspend Funding to Palestine; Biodisel Production
Alternative to Oil Addiction;
2/21
Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case; Two Cases Could Roll
Back the Clean Water Act; Report Issues State of Minority
Voters; Michael Morales Executed Delayed in California; Report
Condemns France’s Human Rights Abuses; Palestinians
Face Travel Restrictions; Local Enforcement to Control Pirate
Radio;
2/20
Palestinian Legislative Council Meets Amidst Economic and
Political Chaos; Budget Cuts to Impact Native American Programs;
Native Americans Weigh In on Indian Trust Management; March
for Migrants Caravan Converges on US Capitol; US Cities Seeking
Energy Aid from Venezuela;
2/17
House and Senate Differ on Presidential Oversight Investigation;
Russ Feingold Withdraws Patriot Act Reauthorization Act Block;
Bush’s Budget Contains Effort to Further Privatize Public
Lands; Australian Immigration Officials Questioned Over Asylum
Seekers Detention; Thousands of Doctors Continue to Strike
in Nicaragua; Royal Nepalese Coup Suppresses Press Freedoms;
2/16
United Nations Allegees Human Rights Violations at Guantanamo
Bay; Congress Continues to Slam Hurricane Katrina Response
Failure; Biloxi, Mississippi: The Forgotten Survivors of Hurricane
Katrina; Peltier’s Lawyers Ask for Re-Trial; Study on
Logging Causes Nationwide Backlash; Exxon-Mobil Breaks Revenue
Records, But Niger Delta Communities Getting Poorer;
2/15
Feingold Attempts to Block Patriot Act; Rangel Re-Introduces
Draft Legislation; DHS Budget to Increase Despite Hurricane
Katrina Response Failure; Undocumented Immigrants in New Orleans
Build Relationships with Small Contractors; São Paulo’s
MSTC Garnering Public Attention to Housing Crisis; South African
Shack Dwellers Protest Lack of Service Deliveries;
2/14
Low Income Residents Left Out In the Cold; Nepalis in India
Rally for People’s War; A Look at Iraq’s Internal
Politics; Civil Libertarians Say Telecommunications Spying
Infringes on Constitutional Rights; Santa Cruz Police Surveilance
Internal Report Released; Native Women in Canada Call for
Action Against Violence;
2/13
Chertoff Announces Plans to Reform FEMA; Homeless in New Orleans:
Judge Paves Way for Mass Hotel Evictions; Haitians in the
Diaspora Reflect on Canadian Role in Their Nation’s
Destabilization; New Yoricans Denounce FBI Raids in Puerto
Rico; No Child Left Behind Negatively Affecting Native American
Children; Hyatt Hotel Housekeepers Protest New Rule;
2/10
Michael Brown Accuses DHS for Hurricane Katrina Response Failure;
Civil Libertarians Weary of Senate’s Agreement on Patriot
Act; Subcomandante Marcos Visits Political Prisoners in Oaxaca;
Community Leaders Address Root Causes of Prison Violence;
Demonstrations Against Winter Olympics; Former Senegalese
PM Released from Prison;
2/9
Senators Calling for Focus on Renewable Energy; Guantanamo
Bay Detainees Still Being Force Fed; Rahul Mahajan: Cartoons
and “Free Speech”; UN Working Group Closes Without
Consensus; People Power Brewing the Philippines; WTO Rules
in Biotech Crops and Products; Longer School Days at New York
Public Schools;
2/8
Lobbying Reforms Hit Capitol Hill; Katrina Survivors March
in Washington; Ashoura Festival: Test for Iraqi Security Forces;
Paper Pulp Mill Scandal Threatening Uruguay-Argentina Diplomatic
Relations; People Power Brewing the Philippines; Local Activists
in New York Call for Resolution on Darfur Genocide;
2/7
Donald Rumsfeld Says Military Spending Should Be Increased;
Senate to Decide on Controversial Asbestos Bill Vote; Haitian
Voters Head to the Polls; Mass Protests in France Against
New Contract for Young Workers; "Clean, Safe" Plutonium
Reprocessing?; The Fate of the South Central Farmers;
2/6
Attorney General Defends Eavesdropping to Skeptical Senate
Judiciary Committee; President Bush Proposes $2.8-trillion
Budget to Congress; The Case Against Internet Wire Tapping;
Jordanian Reactions to Prophet Mohammed Cartoon Depiction;
Orange County Activist Pursuing First Amendment Civil Case;
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: Free Leonard Peltier;
2/3
Gaza
Closure Affecting Commerce in Palestine and Israel; World's
Oceans in Dire Straits; New Orleans Teachers Demanding City
and State Open More Public Schools; Indigenous People's Conference
Reconvenes in Geneva; "March for Migrants" Caravan
Kicks of in San Diego/Tijuana; FSRN Exclusive One-on-One Interview
with Subcomandante Marcos: Part 3;
2/2
Senate
Considers Tax Cut Provisions; John Negroponte Testifies that
Wire Tapping is Essential to Security; Emergency Meeting Considers
Iran’s Nuclear Activities; A Look at US-India Bilateral
Relations; Los Angeles City Council Petitioned for Immigrant
Rights; FSRN Exclusive One-on-One Interview with Subcomandante
Marcos: Part 2;
2/1
Democrats
and Demonstrators Respond to Bush’s State of the Union;
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Testifies Before US Senate Subcommittee;
FSRN Exclusive One-on-One Interview with Subcomandante Marcos:
Part 1; Native Americans May Be Negatively Affected by “Smoke”
Ban; Environmental Activists Indicted on Arson Charges; One
Year Anniversary of Nepal’s King Gyanendra’s Complete
Takeover;
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