• Iraq's Security Issue is Only Part of the Problem
• On The Campaign Trail
• California's Dwindling Salmon Population
• Protection for Tijuana Estuary
• Plan to Increase North Korea's Per Capita

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• FCC Auctions Off Wireless Airwaves for $19.6 Billion
• UT System Reaches Settlement with DHS Over Border Fence
• Woman Dies After Deportation to Ghana from UK Hospital

Clinton and Obama made stops in Indiana and West Virginia today, while still duking it out about what to do with Florida and Michigan's delegates. Meanwhile, Republican nominee John McCain is dealing with battles of his own: on the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, protesters gathered at his Arizona office – and critics are questioning his foreign policy experience after McCain incorrectly said Iran was backing al-Qa'eda in Iraq. FSRN Karen Miller has more from DC.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that his country has triumphed over terrorism and must now do the same in the international arena – this despite continuing violence, including a female suicide bomber who claimed the lives of 43 people, injuring 73 others Monday. Al-Maliki is urging strength and unification, one day after Iraq's presidential council agreed to a move to prepare for provincial elections by autumn – which is seen as a measure to reduce sectarian divisions. But In Baghdad's quiet Shama'iya District, residents do not complain of security or sectarianism. Instead, they're concerned with the simpler elements of life—sewage systems, clean water, and the basic necessities to get by.

California's salmon may have extra protections this year, due to all time low populations. In response to several lawsuits pushing for enforcement of state law and enhanced protections for salmon, state agencies are responding to court mandates that they address dwindling Chinook salmon populations in the Sacramento San Joaquin delta. But environmentalists say more is needed to bring back salmon populations. Beginning in April, recreational Chinook salmon fishing will be banned along federal waters in California and most of Oregon's coast, and a ban on commercial fishing is likely to follow. But environmentalists say more is needed to bring back salmon populations. FSRN's Christina Aanestad reports.

South Korea's new President says he will not tolerate a nuclear-armed North Korea. Lee Myung Bak also wants Pyongyang to address its human rights record. But as FSRN's Jason Strother reports from Seoul, despite his tough talk, Lee recently announced a plan to help North Korea get out of poverty.

The Tijuana River Estuary is home to six endangered species, and it is one of the few salt marshes remaining in Southern California, where more than 90% of wetland habitat has been lost to development. This unique and fragile ecosystem is threatened by pollution and trash coming from Terrazas de San Bernardo, a community of squatters on the Mexican side of the estuary. San Bernardo's 10,000 residents live in makeshift dwellings without running water or electricity. The unsanitary conditions worsen every rain season, when mudslides carry trash and untreated waste water right thru the Estuary into the open sea.