Tuesday, April 22, 2008

• Pennsylvania's Primaries
• Kosovo Assessment by UN Security Council
• Sami Al-Arian's Family Torn Apart by Trial and Waiting
• Lord's Resistance Army Accused of Recruitment and Kidnapping During Peace Talks
• Earth Day's Panel on Electric Transport

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Pennsylvania's Primaries

Voters are heading to the polls in Pennsylvania, where roving election protection teams are monitoring the process and voting machine watchdogs are closely watching the system. Everyone is waiting to hear the results of this primary that could determine the fate of Hillary Clinton's campaign. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.

Kosovo Assessment by UN Security Council

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has told the Security Council that "overall progress" has been made in Kosovo. Tensions have remained high in the region since Kosovo unilaterally declared independence in February, and a flash point is looming over whether Kosovo Serbs will be able to vote in Serbian local and municipal elections in May. FSRN's Amy Miller reports from Belgrade, Serbia

Sami Al-Arian's Family Torn Apart by Trial and Waiting

After a long-awaited trial, a jury found former University of South Florida professor Dr. Sami Al-Arian not guilty on eight charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering and murder and to aid a US-designated terrorist group in the Palestinian territories in 2006. Due to one juror, the jury was deadlocked on the remaining nine charges in what was supposed to be one of the Bush administration's most high profile terrorism cases. Shortly after the trial ended, Dr. Al-Arian's wife and three of his children packed up and left their home in the United States half way across the world to Egypt, where they had hoped he would be at least deported to. But two years on, he is still being held in jail and his family has been left in limbo, torn apart by the trial. Aya Batrawy has more from Cairo, Egypt.

Lord's Resistance Army Accused of Recruitment and Kidnapping During Peace Talks

The governments of Congo, Sudan and the Central African Republic have been asked to join forces to free more than 350 people kidnapped by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army Rebels. The Ugandan government has been holding talks with the rebels – during which time Amnesty international says new abductions have taken place. The rebels refused to sign a final peace deal after two years of talks mediated by the semi autonomous government of South Sudan, and there are fears that the rebels where using the talks to buy time to recruit in preparation for war. Joshua Kyalimpa reports from Kampala.

Earth Day's Panel on Electric Transport

It's Earth Day, and car companies say that one way you can celebrate the planet is by driving electric cars. Automobile manufacturers and other industry leaders came together on Capitol Hill today to promote their new lines of vehicles which run on alternative energies. FSRN's Tanya Snyder has the story.