Part One 

Obama and McCain  – Where do they stand on Guantanamo?

• Senate Moves to Deal with Housing Crisis
• Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity
• Amnesty Blasts European Governments for Aiding CIA Secret Rendition Program
• Czech Anti-Missile Demonstrations
• Small-Scale Farmers Strategize their Future

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• Planet Near Tipping Point: NASA Expert
• Lightening Storm Sparks Hundreds of Fires Across Northern California
• Bombing at Sadr City Council Office
• Hamas-Israeli Ceasefire in Jeopardy?
• Argentine Farmers Lift Blockade for Talks

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As the humanitarian crisis in Darfur grows steadily worse in its sixth year, some in a Senate subcommittee on Human Rights examine what the United States can do to help prosecute crimes against humanity. Tanya Snyder has the story.

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Some 1,000 farmers from 25 countries are meeting in Jakarta demanding greater land rights for small-scale farmers. The week-long conference is organized by LaVia Campesina, which represents millions of farm workers around the world. They argue the current global food crisis is a result of food market liberalization and say the solution is to empower small-scale farmers with incentives, subsidies and land ownership. Rebecca Henschke reports from Jakarta.

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The Senate voted today to move on a bill that would provide $300 billion in aid for federal housing administration loans to bailout struggling homeowners, create increased regulation for mortgage companies and give grants for states to take over foreclosed homes. FSRN's Karen Miller has more.

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