Archive - Oct 29, 2007

• US Congress Considers Resolutions on Genocide in Darfur as Peace Talks Collapse
• Director of the IAEA Says There's No Proof of Nuclear Weapons in Iran
• SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Case of Prisoner's Stolen Korans
• Argentina Overwhelmingly Elects its First Female President
• Month-Long Land Rights March by Poor Farmers Reaches Indian Capitol
• Wildfires Don't Level the Field for Rich and Poor in San Diego
• Anti-War Protesters Hold Vigil Outside World Series Championship
• Huge Anti-War Rallies Launched in Boston and Across the US

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• Tension Along The Turkey-Iraq Border
• Somali Prime Minister Resigns
• Nigeria Raises Penalties For Gas Flaring
• Local Elections in Colombia
• Contractor Targeted by Anti-Abortion Group

Anti-Iran rhetoric from the White House has intensified over the
past weeks. The Bush Administration has reconfirmed that they consider
Iran a state sponsor of terrorism. Last, week Vice President Dick
Cheney warned that if Iran did not change course, it should be prepared
for "serious consequences." The United States has also levied the most
comprehensive sanctions against the country in nearly 30 years. Many
political observers consider these actions by the US government a
prelude to a new war with Iran.

Today the Supreme Court heard the oral arguments in the case of a
prisoner who says his prayer rug and two copies of his Koran were
stolen by guards. The justices will decide if he is able to sue the
government.

FSRN Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington.

A massive protest rally involving tens of thousands of India's
landless farmers has arrived in New Delhi. They have been marching to
the country's capitol for nearly a month. The rally called "Janadesh"
or "the peoples' verdict" began in the central Indian city of Gwalior
on October 2. The marchers claim their land is slowly being taken by
powerful development groups, displacing thousands.

Bismillah Geelani has more:

Argentina's first lady, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, was elected
president last night with 43% of the votes. She will take over the
reins from her husband as the first democratically-elected woman
president in Argentina's history. Fernandez received twice the votes of
her closest rival, another female candidate. Fernandez and her husband,
Nestor Kirchner, are considered the political power-couple of Argentina
–sometimes referred to as the "Clinton's of the South."

Marie Trigona reports from Buenos Aires.

Savage wildfires have devoured Southern California, devastating
entire neighborhoods and the sense of security of thousands of
residents. Over 360-thousand acres where burned, causing seven deaths
and the loss of 1 thousand, 589 homes.

Under the ochre sun and still-smoky air, the flames may have razed
homes, but it did level the great disparity between the have´s and the
have-not´s in San Diego County.

Mariana Martinez and Alonso Rivera file this report from San Diego.