Archive - Jan 16, 2008

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa addresses the crowd
Photo courtesy of Nelson F. Núñez Vergara; Indymedia Ireland, 2006

• Kenya: Protests Escalate
• Israel Pursues Peace Talks, Bombs Palestine
• Which Way Ecuador?
• Romney wins Michigan; NBC Bars Kucinich from Debate
• Senate Committee Explores the R-Word

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• Tapes of Millions of White House Emails "Recycled"
• Justice Dept Files Suit Against Border Wall Opponents
• Maritime Dispute Between Chile and Peru Heats Up
• British Private Schools May Lose Tax Breaks
• Inflation on the Rise

In Kenya, the ethnic violence that followed controversial presidential
elections is subsiding, but clashes between political protesters and
police are escalating. Today was the first of three days of mass
action, with the worst confrontations in the opposition stronghold of
Kisumu, where police reportedly shot three protesters, killing one.
And in the nation's capital, protests and police actions paralyzed
business. John Bwakali reports from Nairobi.

Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territories continued today,
bringing the Palestinian death toll since Monday to 23 people.
Meanwhile, Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams started
discussing core issues as part of the US-backed peace process. FSRN's
Ghassan Bannoura has the details.

Ecuador's left-wing president Raphael Correa delivered his first
state-of-the-union address yesterday. Correa won the presidency after
10 years of political turmoil, on promises to boost state oil income
and social spending, which he says will exceed foreign debt payments
for the first time this year. Juliette Beck takes a closer look at the
sometimes-diverging visions of development held by leaders of Correa's
political base.

A lot of campaign news today….Michigan held its primary last night and
Mitt Romney came out on top in Republican racewith 39% of the vote.
The win in his home state puts Romney in the lead. Romney's victory
speech sounded a lot like speeches from Democratic contenders calling
for change:

CUT: GUESS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN WASHINGTON? THEY'RE WORRYING
BECAUSE THE LOBBYISTS AND THE POLITICIANS REALIZE THAT AMERICA NOW
UNDERSTANDS THAT WASHINGTON IS NOW BROKEN AND WE'RE GOING TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

A joint Senate economic committee held hearings today to see what the

federal government can do to stimulate the economy. Members of the
committee described the nation as "teetering on the brink of a
recession." FSRN's Karen Miller has more.