• Democratic Primaries in North Carolina and Indiana
• House Moves Closer to Administration Subpoenas
• Gaza Fuel Crisis
• Food Crisis in Uganda
• Federal Government to Ease Drinking Water Regulations
• Mumia Abu-Jamal Commentary “The Politics of Denunciation”

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• Burmese Cyclone Death Toll Tops 22,000
• Eruption of Chilean Volcano Prompts Evacuation Order
• Soldier Suicides May Surpass Combat Fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Georgia to Execute 1st Death Row Inmate Since the Lifting of De-Facto Moratorium
• Extensive Camera Surveillance in UK Fails to Prevent or Solve Crime
• Attacks in Pakistan's Northwestern Frontier Province Blamed on Taliban Militants
• Farmers Rally in New Delhi Against Genetically Modified Crops and Seeds

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Voters in two states, North Carolina and Indiana, are the latest to throw their votes into the hotly contested Democratic presidential primary. With 187 delegates at stake – the largest of the remaining contests – both Clinton and Obama have vowed to take the fight through the last contest. FSRN's Tanya Snyder has more.

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A House panel moved one step closer to issuing subpoenas to Administration officials involved in formulating the US' policy on torture. The Democratic-led panel wants to hear from Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff - who the administration says is not obliged to testify. Meanwhile, former administration officials have already agreed to testify, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and former top Justice Department official John Yoo. Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.

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UN emergency food aid to the Gaza Strip will continue for at least another 20 days, after Israel agreed to deliver fuel to the organization yesterday once the agency made clear that fuel shortages would bring food deliveries to a halt. This is the second time in the past week that crucial humanitarian aid has been threatened because of the fuel crisis. Meanwhile, a meeting of key donor countries and the Quartet for Middle East peace process group will be held soon in London, to discuss ways to boost up the Palestinian economy, as Gaza Strip residents survive on a trickle of food, medicine, fuel and cooking gas. FSRN's Rami Almeghari is in Gaza.

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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is asking Ugandans not to stage protests over soaring food prices – and instead take advantage of the situation by churning out more produce for the world market. Museveni has recently been on the firing line with critics claiming failures by his government have caused food prices to skyrocket. FSRN's Emmanuel Okella reports that Museveni is now facing scathing attacks from the food desperate population who accuse him of trying to skirt around in the face of a major crisis that needs urgent solutions.

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