Archive - Dec 2006

Headlines (5:00)

FSRN’s Year in Review
2006 has been a year filled with victories and disappointments, from millions stomping their feet for immigrant rights to the cost of war raging on in Iraq. Today, FSRN takes time to look back at the Year in Review, highlighting some of the most important stories that shaped our world.

A Year of Inaction - The Iraq War in D.C. (6:00)

Immigrants Rising - On the Streets and at the Ballot Box (4:00)

New Orleans, Strife and Rebuilding (4:15)

Oaxaca Mexico, A Year of Struggle (6:20)

HEADLINES

• Islamists Leave Mogadishu
• FDA Poised to Approve Milk and Meat From Cloned Animals
• Ford Criticizes Iraq Policy Posthumously
• Controversy Over Planned Auto Plant in India
• Argentine Supreme Court Ruling on Banking Scandal

FEATURES

• Ethiopian Forces Take Mogadishu
• Poverty and Petrol a Fatal Mix in Nigeria
• As Polar Bears Face Extinction, Bush Administration Faces Climate Change
• Two Years Later, Tsunami Victims Face New Challenges
• James Brown's Last Tour

Headlines (4:20)
EARTHQUAKE IN TAIWAN
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake killed two people in Taiwan yesterday. Damage to an underwater cable has affected telephone communications and internet services in the country. The earthquake came two years to the day after a massive tsunami killed more than 200,000 in southern Asia.

LEGAL CHALLENGES TO RENTING BAN IN DALLAS SUBURB
A Texas suburb plans to fine landlords $500 a day for renting to undocumented immigrants... but a new lawsuit by civil rights groups may stop the plan from going into effect. Renee Feltz reports:

The environmental, economic and social costs of relying on gas guzzling, non-fuel efficient cars was first recognized in the 1960's. Join us today as we take a look at Cars, Global Warming and Solutions for Change, produced by Martha Baskin.

It’s been a year of serious political violence in the Middle East – and
FSRN’s David Enders has been reporting from three countries fighting
wars that are closely related, yet fraught with unique local issues.
Join us today as we look at some of the year’s major developments in
the Middle East.

Headlines (6:00)
PENTAGON TO SEND SOLDIERS WITH PTSD BACK INTO COMBAT
The Pentagon announced new regulations on mental illness today, saying the military won't send soldiers into combat if they are bipolar or psychotic, but that soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder may be sent to the front. The military estimates that 12 percent of soldiers who served in Iraq suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Symptoms include frequent flashbacks an inability to sleep, work, or enjoy things that were formerly pleasurable. Often solders who suffer from PTSD have difficult driving or flying or being in other kinds of confined spaces.

NUCLEAR TALKS FAIL IN BEIJING

Headlines (5:30)
SOMALIA ON THE VERGE OF WAR
Heavy fighting rages in Somalia for the second day running between Islamist fighters and government forces allegedly backed by Ethiopian troops around Baidoa, the seat of the transitional government of Somalia. Abdurahman Warsameh reports from Mogadishu.

Headlines (5:30)
SOMALIA ON THE VERGE OF WAR
Heavy fighting rages in Somalia for the second day running between
Islamist fighters and government forces allegedly backed by Ethiopian
troops around Baidoa, the seat of the transitional government of
Somalia. Abdurahman Warsameh reports from Mogadishu.