• Rev. Wright Sets the Record Straight
• Haitians Demand Ministry of Peasant Affairs
  
• Seattle City Council Addresses Local Food Security
  
• Remaining Ammunition Shells Haunt Kashmiri Locals
  
• The Effects of Nicaragua's Total Abortion Ban

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• VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN GAZA
  
• MORE DELAYS IN ZIMBABWE
  
• US SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS VOTER ID LAW
  
• 100 ARRESTED AS INDIANS PROTEST PORT
  
• TALIBAN RESCINDS CEASEFIRE IN PAKISTAN
  
• NIGERIAN OIL EXPORTS CUT IN HALF

Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who has become known as Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama's pastor, attempted to shed some light on the African American religious experience – one he says is much different than the white European church experience. He says the media fire storm around snippets of his passionate sermons are not an attack on him, and not an attack on Barack Obama, but an attack on Black churchgoing America. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.

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Haitian President Rene Preval announced his pick for Prime Minister Sunday: Erick Pierre will likely replace Jacques-Eduard Alexis, who stepped down earlier this month after massive food riots left half a dozen people dead and hundreds injured. Pierre's nomination will now go to Parliament – and will likely garner the votes needed to take the post. Meanwhile, more than 200 peasants gathered in a mountain village in Haiti last weekend to address the crippling food crises, and are demanded the creation of a Ministry of Peasant Affairs, as well as more investment in the long-neglected agricultural sector. Nick Whalen reports from Port-au-Prince.

Nicaragua's total abortion ban – even in cases of rape, incest, or when the fetus or woman's life is at risk – has had deep ramifications, according to women's groups in the second poorest country in the Western hemisphere. Since the ban was implemented in 2006, 82 women have died because they did not receive a life saving abortion. A more chilling effect however, may be the fact that some doctors have denied pregnant women medical services in fear that a resulting abortion may lead to their incarceration. Martin Markovits reports from Managua.
 

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A 15-year-old child in Kashmir recently lost his leg and hand after a live ammunition shell exploded while he dug a hole to collect rainwater for his family's garden. It's been eight months since the Indian army's largest ammunition depot in Indian administered Kashmir went up in flames – sending shells flying out into surrounding villages. The government claims the area has been sanitized, but stray bomblets continue to take their toll in neighboring towns. As FSRN's Shahnawaz Khan reports, despite the arrival of the farming season, locals are fearful to till their own land for fear of losing their lives.

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As food costs rise and global food insecurity deepens, a local government in the US is set to vote on an action plan which would identify programs and opportunities to promote local food system sustainability and security. Seattle's City Council is set to vote on a Local Food Action Initiative today: some of the initiative's recommendations, such as community gardens, are already making inroads in alleviating the food crisis; while others, such as improving methods for urban farmers to feed city dwellers, are in the planning stage. FSRN's Martha Baskin has the story.

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