Archive - Jun 15, 2009

• Unrest follows Iranian elections; opposition says they were rigged
• Palestinians angered over Israeli peace proposal
• Obama speaks to American Medical Association about ambitious health care reform
• Big news for border communities
• FSRN takes you inside Jakarta´s growing slums

• US Supreme Court says no new trial for Cuban 5
• Hundreds of detainees in Iraq go on hunger strike
• US citizen tells UAE high court “I wanted the beatings to stop”
• Venezuela picks up Millennium Challenge tab that US dropped
• Police beat protestors in Georgian capitol
• Nearly 40 killed in attack on aid flotilla in Sudan

Indonesia is one of the world´s most populous nations, and it´s economy is expected to grow by up to per cent this year.
High rises and expensive boutiques are a common sight in the capital city of Jakarta, but there are also millions of people living in slums.

The slums are growing as thousands migrate from Indonesia´s impoverished rural areas. And  they´re so crowded that in some cases you can find up to 15 people living in a small house.

FSRN´s Nathan Moore reads for our reporter Gabe Matthews, who visited one of Jakarta´s slums and sent us this report.

Today was a big day for border communities. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano signed a new cooperative agreement with Mexico on border security. And the Supreme Court had some important news for border residents fighting the construction of a fence through their lands. Tanya Snyder reports.

This week marks a pivotal point in the debate to reform health care. Congress will start unveiling their proposals. But the release of this legislation does not mean that consensus has been reached on Capitol Hill.

In a controversial foreign policy speech on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for the first time endorsed the creation of  a Palestinian state.

The White House praised these remarks as a sign of progress in the Middle East. But Netanyahu´s speech angered many Palestinians who say his conditions for a Palestinian state, are unacceptable.  Ghassan Bannoura reports.

In Iran today, hundreds of thousands defied a government order banning street protests and demonstrated in Tehran in support of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Crowds stretched for miles down city streets and some observers described the scene as the largest protest in 3 decades. Opposition candidate Mousavi, who filed a formal complaint contesting the election results, spoke from the roof of a car at the massive gathering in central Tehran.