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Free Speech Radio News lineup - Friday, November 09, 2001 |
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NORTHERN ALLIANCE TAKES KEY CITY (2:06) |
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As this program went to air, leaders of the CIA-backed |
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Northern Alliance claimed they took the key Afghan city |
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of Mazar e- Shareef. If true, it could prove to be a |
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pivitol turningpoint in the US war against Afghanistan. |
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Jeremy Scahill reports. |
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WHAT THE OFFENSIVE MEANS (1:16) |
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Free Speech Radio News Correspondent Fariba Nawa is in |
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Islamabaad. She explains the importance of Mazar e- |
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Shareef. |
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FAST TRACK OFF FAST TRACK? (2:51) |
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A vote is scheduled next week in Congress which may or |
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may not give sweeping trade negotiating authority known |
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as "fast-track" to the Bush administration.Last night, |
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House Republican leadership worked to shore up support |
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within its ranks for the presidential trade authority, |
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while many house democrats remain critical of the |
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measure.As Kata Mester reports, the GOP and the Bush |
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administration's assertion that fast-track authority will |
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help boost the economy during the war effort has not |
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quieted the criticism of past free trade agreements. |
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WTO MEETS IN REMOTE UNDEMOCRATIC COUNTRY (5:16) |
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The world trade organization began it's 4th ministerial |
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meeting today in Doha, Qatar.AFter the protests in |
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Seattle during the last ministerial, all member states |
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applying to host the next ministerial withdrew their |
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applications except for Qatar.Qatar is one of the few |
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states with the domestic authority and remoteness top |
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prevnet massive protests.The only dissent left in Qatar |
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is from the few Non-Governmental Organizations, or NGOs, |
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allowed to come.Thatcher Collins reports from Doha. |
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ABORTION AND ANTRAX (3) |
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More than 200 clinics and pro-choice organizations around |
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the country have received FedEx packageswith a powdery |
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substance inside. Some of the packages contained letters |
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signed by the Army of God, a an extreme anti-abortion |
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group. This comes a month after more than 150 abortion |
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clinics received similar letters through the mail. None |
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of those letters actually contained anthrax .... Aaron |
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Glantz repots. |
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INDIA, PAKISTAN MEET WITH BUSH BUT NOT EACH OTHER (5:10) |
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The leaders of India and Pakistan are both in the United |
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States to address the UN general assembly and to push |
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their respective agendas in meetings with President Bush. |
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Tension remains high between the 2 countries with daily |
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reports of cross border firing and hardline rhetoric on |
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both sides. More from Sputnik Kilambi in Delhi |
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Date Published: 2006-06-21 13:01:41 |
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