• What Congress Didn't Do This Week
• Gitmo Prison Cell Replica on the National Mall
• Threats to India-US Nuclear Deal
• International Whaling Commission Wraps Meeting in Chile
• Two Public Housing Advocates Charged with Acts of Terrorism

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What Congress Didn't Do This Week

All week lawmakers on Capital Hill were in a rush to tie up pending legislation and other work before their Fourth of July break. The House was able to check many items off their list: an expanded version of the Americans with Disabilities Act and energy legislation, to name a few. But across the building, over in the Senate, there wasn't as much success. And for others, blocking legislation was the goal. Joining Producer Monica Lopez to talk about this busy week in Washington is FSRN's Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell.

GITMO Prison Cell Replica on the National Mal

A life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica is making a stop in the nation's capital. Visitors on the National Mall can walk inside the cell and get a small taste of what it's like to be a Guantanamo prisoner – complete with a steel toilet, fluorescent lighting and a sliding metal door. Its part of an Amnesty International campaign to increase public awareness and pressure the Bush Administration to shut the detention facility down. FSRN's Karen Miller went to the cell and got some reactions from those who visited.

Threats to India-US Nuclear Deal

The stand-off between India's ruling Congress party and its leftist allies over the India-US nuclear deal is again threatening the stability of the coalition government. The Congress party wants to finalize the deal while the leftists say they will withdraw support if the government went ahead. The Communists say the nuclear deal with the US is a threat to India's independent foreign policy. FSRN's Bismillah Geelani has more.

International Whaling Commission Wraps Meeting in Chile

The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission wraps up in Santiago, Chile today – where a proposal by Greenland to catch 10 hunchbacks was denied. Greenland says their indigenous Inuit communities have a nutritional and cultural need for the whale meat, but their request was opposed by EU countries, which vote together. Greenland says it will make a similar request next year. In more news from the Whaling Commission meeting, it appears that for the first time several pro-conservation and pro-hunt nations may be close to reaching a compromise on the commercial whale hunt. From Santiago, Chile FSRN's Jorge Garretón explains.

Two Public Housing Advocates Charged with Acts of Terrorism

Two women arrested in New Orleans in December have been charged with an act of terrorism – as a result of using lockdown devises to chain themselves to a public housing window and fire escape, in direct action against housing demolition. Joy Kohler and Jamie "Bork" Loughner are set to be tried next month. If convicted, they face up to five years each. But their supporters are heading to the Orleans Parish Court tomorrow, demanding charges be dropped. FSRN spoke with Jay Arena, he is an activists with Group C3, Hands off Iberville.