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SHIITE MOSQUE ATTACKED IN BAGHDAD
A double suicide bombing at Shiite mosque in northern
Baghdad today killed at least seventy people. David
Enders reports.
The bombing came a day after a bombing in Najaf, near one
of the holiest shrines in Shiite Islam, that killed ten
people and was at least the third bombing of a Shiite
mosque this week. The mosque belonged to the Supreme
Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, one of the
country's two main Shiite parties. The mosque bombings
have both further exacerbated sectarian tensions but have
also prompted strong anti-American rhetoric from Shiites,
increasingly eager to take over security
responsibilities, saying that the US has failed in it's
duties to secure Iraqi cities. In Baghdad, I'm David
Enders reporting for FSRN.
STRIKE CONTINUES IN NEPAL
In Nepal, a 4-day general strike called by the country's
sidelined
political parties continued
into its second day today. The strike is in protest of
King
Gyanendra's autocratic rule. The
King took total control of Nepal's political system in
February 2005
in what many refer to as
a "palace coup". Police have detained hundreds in
Kathmandu since the
strike began
yesterday. Pro-democracy activists are calling for massive
demonstrations tomorrow.
CALLS FOR FURTHER POLITICAL CHANGE IN THAILAND
Opponents to Thailand's Prime Minister Shinawatra
continue to mobilize
to press for
political change. Severine Bardon reports from Bangkok.
Twenty-thousand people gathered tonight in the heart of
Bangkok, in a
cheerful atmosphere
filled of music and entertainment. They came to celebrate
what they
consider a victory
over Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who announced he
would not
pursue another term
as Prime minister, despite his party's victory in
Sunday's elections.
Leaders of the People's
Alliance of Democracy, a loose association of opposition
personalities
which organised the
previous demonstrations, came on stage to celebrate with
their
militants, but also to
announce their next battle plans. Thailand's opposition
is not yet
fully convinced that
Thaksin will abandon his political influence. And the
alliance is now
pressing for a
constitutional reform that would include more checks and
balances on
the prime minister's
powers. Thailand's political crises is not over yet,
since further
elections must be held
before the Parliament can gather and eventually choose a
new prime
minister who could lead
the necessary reforms. For Free Speech Radio News, I'm
Severine Bardon
in Bangkok.
WHO RELEASES REPORT TO MARK WORLD HEALTH DAY
A World Health Organization report released today has
found that
fifty-seven countries have
critical shortages of health workers. Most affected are
countries in
sub-Saharan Africa,
where 36 nations are experiencing chronic shortfalls in
health care
staff. According to the
report, sub-Saharan Africa has 11% of the world's
population and 24%
of the global burden
of disease but only 3% of the world's health workers.
EU SUSPENDS AID TO PA
Two Israeli air strikes in Southern Gaza killed 6 people
today,
including 2 children. This
afternoon, the US State Department announced the
suspension of
hundreds of millions of
dollars of aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.
This comes just
after the European
Union implemented a similar measure. Laila El-Haddad has
more from Gaza.
The EU Commission said it had halted all payments to the
Palestinian
government because
the new cabinet had not yet recognized Israel's right to
exist or
renounced the use of arms.
Hamas on Friday condemned the decision as collective
punishment,
saying it would only
increase the suffering of the Palestinian people and
"provide a cover
for the Israeli
occupation." Government officials also said the move
would make Hamas
more popular and
spoke of a double-standard since Israel, the largest
recipient of US
aid, has not yet
recognized Palestinian rights. The shortage of funds have
forced the
new government to
delay paying salaries to employees, including some 50,
000 armed
security forces. The new
Hamas government has inherited an authority that is more
than $1.3
billion in debt. Since
they swept to power in democratic elections in January,
the Israeli
government has imposed
a prolonged closure on Gaza that has led to food
shortages and
withheld some $ 50 million
in monthly tax revenues. The International Relations
Committee of the
US House of
Representatives yesterday passed a bill that would bar
almost all aid
to the PA. The World
Bank recently warned that as a result of the sanctions,
the
Palestinian Authority faces
imminent collapse, something that could lead to more
violence and
chaos, unless a
long-term funding plan is developed by the US-led quartet.
STUDENT ACTIVISM IN LOS ANGELES
In the US, students continue mobilizing around pending
immigration
legislation currently
under debate in the Senate. 40 students from Wilson High
School went
to the Los Angeles
Unified School District Board meeting last night, to make
three
demands. Students want the
Board to make a resolution against HR4437; to declare all
schools in
the district "safe
zones" for all students, regardless of immigration
status; and to urge
the board to stop the
use of punitive measures like school lockdowns. Alex
Ramirez is a
17-year-old student.
(Alex sound)
The Board is still considering the demands.
PROTESTS IN ECUADOR AGAINST TRADE AGREEMENT
Protests against a proposed bi-lateral free trade
agreement between
the United States and
Ecuador have left one student dead and two others injured
by live
ammunition in the city of
Cuenca in southern Ecuador. Yesterday's deadly protest
was part of a
series of actions
carried out this week in Ecuador to pressure the
government to pull
out of the free trade
negotiations. Indigenous organizations playing a key role
in the
protests say that dozens of
activists have been arrested in recent days. President
Alfredo Palacio
declared a state of
exception on March 21st in various parts of the country
where
mobilizations have been
most intense. Organizations opposed to the free trade
agreement say it
compromises
national sovereignty and will have a devastating impact
on domestic
agriculture.
Features
Bush Doesn't Deny CIA Leak (2:52)
The White House today declined to challenge the
assertions that President Bush authorized the leak of the
identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame to the public,
Valerie Plame is the wife of Ambassador Joe Wilson who
provided evidence suggesting that Saddam Hussein never
tried to buy uranium from Niger so to build a nuclear
weapon. Court documents show that former Chief of Staff
for the Vice President Scooter Libby, who has been
indicted for obstructing the investigation of the leak,
has said the President Bush gave his final authorization
for the lead. Free Speech Radio News spoke with the
ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee John
Conyers of Detroit about the leak.
Senate Falters on Immigration (3:43)
Meanwhile in the Senate, a so called compromise bill on
immigration failed to receive enough votes for passage
today. Selina Musuta has more from Capitol Hill.
Iraqi Reconstruction Expo (3:03)
In Jordan an Iraq reconstruction expo in Amman, Jordan is
underway in which participants say very little progress
has been made on the reconstruction of the chaos-stricken
country. Oula Farawati has more.
CA Lawsuit to Stop Electronic Voting Machines (3:27)
A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN TO STOP THE USE OF DEIBOLD ELECTRONIC
VOTING MACHINES IN CALIFORNIA AFTER A STATE REPORT ON THE
VOTING MACHINES IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS SECURITY FLAWS IN THE
SYSTEM. FSRN'S CHRISTINA AANESTAD REPORTS.
Universal Healthcare in Massachusetts (2:23)
The Ma. Legislators passed a bill earlier this week aimed
at bringing
health care coverage to all of the state's residence. On
paper at least, it
sounds like a lofty goal, but achieving it becomes
another matter. From
Boston, Chuck Rosina has more.
Economic Talks in Africa (4:42)
The warring nations around Africa's Great Lakes region,
as well as the United Nations and the African Union, are
meeting in Kampala in an attempt to work out economic
deals that could lead to a greater peace among the
nations. The great lakes region has the largest natural
resource base that attracts foreign attention and became
a theatre of cold war fighting between the East and west
in the 1950s. This wealth has until now served
multinational mining companies and the warlords, but not
the Congolese people. Joshua Kyalimpa reports.
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