Archive - Apr 2007

Headlines
SCOTUS RULES AGAINST DETAINEES AGAIN

Headlines (5:20)
SAUDI ANTI-TERROR STING
Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested 172 suspected militants for allegedly planning to carry out attacks against oil facilities, military installations, and public figures. Saudi authorities say some of the men had been sent abroad to learn how to fly airplanes in order to carry out the attacks.

AL QAEDA SUSPECT TRANSFERRED TO GUANTANAMO

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SOMALI PM DECLARES "VICTORY" IN MOGADISHU
Somalia's interim Prime Minister has declared victory in the battle for control over the capital city, Mogadishu. Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi claimed that the city would be completely secured by tomorrow...but political observers and diplomats are not so sure. Today's announcement comes after 9 days of heavy fighting killed hundreds of civilians and forced residents to abandon entire sections of the city. The United Nations estimates that 340,000 people have fled Mogadishu since early February.

SECURITY INCIDENTS IN BAGHDAD

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ECUADOR'S HIGH COURT JUSTICES FIRED
All nine of Ecuador's Supreme Court judges have been fired for trying
to reinstate opposition lawmakers removed from Congress two weeks ago.
Quito correspondent Joseph Mutti files this report.

Headlines(5:53)

CHINESE RUN ETHIOPIAN OILFIELD ATTACKED

The government of Ethiopia has blamed rebels backed by rival neighbor
Eritrea for a raid on an oilfield today which claimed the lives of 74
workers. China's state-run energy company manages the oil field and 9
Chinese nationals were killed along with 65 Ethiopian staffers.
Ethiopia's military is reportedly in pursuit of gunmen who kidnapped
survivors of the massacre. Eritrea has denied involvement in the
attack. The incident comes amidst ongoing fears that Ethiopian
involvement in the conflict in Somalia could escalate into a regional
war in the Horn of Africa.

TAMIL TIGERS LAUNCH ANOTHER AIR RAID

Headlines (5:00)
US/RUSSIAN TALKS ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD
American and Russian defense secretaries met in Moscow today to
discuss the Pentagon's controversial plans for a missile defense
shield in Eastern Europe. Elise Hugus reports.

Headlines (5:20)
DOJ REQUESTS THAT DC COURT DISMISS GUANTANAMO CASES
The Department of Justice has requested that the US District Court for
the District of Columbia dismiss all pending cases brought by
detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. The request comes after a federal
appeals court ruled that the Military Commissions Act does not violate
the US Constitution. All of the pending cases were based on the writ
of habeas corpus - an 800 year old cornerstone of Western judicial
systems that permits a person to challenge his or her detention. The
Military Commissions Act stripped that right from foreign nationals.
To date, no Guantanamo detainee has been able to challenge his
detention in a civilian court.