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Bush Inaugurated Today
Costing nearly $40 million dollars, today is the most
expensive Presidential inauguration in the nation?s
history, and comes at a time when the U.S. Is facing the
largest spending deficit in its history. President bush?s
inaugural address made references to his plans to reform
social security, raised the possibility of more foreign
interventions, and used religious language to justify
u.s. policy abroad. (AUDIO) A poll of 21 countries
published yesterday by the BBC shows that much of the
world fears the next four years?nearly 60% of those
surveyed said they expect bush to have a negative impact
on peace and security. Today?s inauguration was also the
most secure in the nation?s history, blocking off 100
blocks of the nation?s capital, and employing
antiaircraft batteries, fighter jet patrols, and at least
13,000 security personnel. Thousands of protesters were
spread thoughout the city and, as darby hickey reports,
some met with violence at the hands of police.
British Gov. To Deport Terror Suspects
The British government has announced its plans to send
foreigners held as terror suspects back to their
countries of origin, where they may face torture or
execution. The move is viewed by some as an attempt to
avoid conceding that the British government does not have
enough evidence to bring the detainees to trial. From
London, Naomi Fowler has more.
Thousands of French Workers Strike
In France, hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers
struck today, closing schools, stopping trains, and
backing up the mail. They?re fighting budget cuts and
stagnant wages?observers say if the protests escalate,
they may threaten the stability of the center-right
chiracgovernment. Tony Cross has more from Paris.
Indonesian Tsunami
Indonesia has increased its estimated death toll from the
asian tsunami by 70,000 bringing the total dead to more
than 220,000. Meanwhile, an Indonesian General said that
in the two weeks since the disaster occurred, his troops
have killed 120 separatist rebels in the hard-hit
province of Aceh. The Free Aceh Movement has accused the
military of using the tsunami to step up attacks on rebel
forces; the military has accused the rebels of stealing
aid supplies. Meanwhile us defence secretary Paul
Wolfowitz called for a political solution to the conflict
in Aceh, and argued that if Indonesia?s military tries to
sabotage peace talks, it should be ?pushed to get out of
the way.?
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Inauguration Report(3:37)
In his inaugural address on Capitol Hill, President Bush
said that it is now the role of the US military and
diplomatic efforts to promote "freedom" and "Democracy"
around the world.The President also said he would further
freedom within the United States by turning the country
into an ownership society.Mitch Jeserich reports.
DC Protests Inauguration(4:36)
As the Presidential Inauguration unfolded today,
protestors showed their discontent with the Bush
administration by demonstrating and holding direct
actions around the District of Columbia. Dolores M.
Bernal brings us this report.
Texans Protest Bush?s Inauguration(2:00)
University and High School students in Houston answered a
call to 'inaugurate yourself.' Renee Feltz has more.
Kurds Will Vote from ?Home? in Iraqi Election(3:10)
Just hours before Bush's inauguration, a suicide truck
bomb exploded outside Australia's embassy in Baghdad.The
bombing, together with attacks on other Iraqi security
targets killed at least 26 people. According to press
accounts, Bush responded by calling Iraq's interim
President and Prime Minister and urging them not to
flinch from the timetable to hold the vote at the end of
the month. Tensions are high across Iraq in advance of
the election -- including in the oil rich Northern City
of Kirkuk, where 100,000 Kurds forced out of the city
under Saddam Hussein this week won the right to vote in
their old district. Aaron Glantz reports.
Poor Women Fear Term 2 of Bush(3:55)
In President Bush?s first term when the Department of
Health and Human Services was lead by Tommy Thompson, a
controversial strategy of using federal welfare dollars
to promote marriage as a way out of poverty was
implemented. By providing cash grants as an incentive for
low income women to marry, critics charge that the system
was forcing women into unsafe situations. Now as Congress
is poised to confirm Mike Leavitt as the head of HHS, as
Sarah Olson reports, many are afraid that the second Bush
term will see further attacks on low income women.
Mexican Prison Crackdown(2:45)
Although visitation rights are being slowly restored,
many of the over 530 prisoners in one of Mexico's largest
maximum security prisons remain incommunicado after
military and federal agents took control of the facility
in a surprise raid last Friday morning. The Federal
Secretary of Public Security stated that a number of
powerful drug lords housed in La Palma were continuing to
run their operations from their prison cells as well as
directing a cartel war along the U.S./Mexico border. But
as Vladimir Flores reports, drug traffickers were not the
only prisoners subject to a crackdown.
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