• Clinton Vows to Stick it Out
• Burma's Need for Aid Must Transcend Political Rhetoric
• Violence in Beirut over Lebanon's Internal Crisis
• Conflict Threatens Peace in the Caucus Region
• Demonstrations Against the Acquittal of Three Officers Found Innocent in Sean Bell Case
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• $195 Billion War Supplemental to Head to the Floor of Congress
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• Colombia Extradites Former Paramilitary Leader to US
• Former Political Prisoner Assassinated in El Salvador

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Pro-government and anti-government militias squared off in gun battles around Lebanon's capital Beirut today. The violence occurred after the country's largest union called for a demonstration today over a wage hike they contend wasn't high enough for the country's poor. Lebanon is experiencing its worst internal crisis since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war, and as FSRN's Jackson Allers reports from Beirut, the situation is predicted to worsen between the pro-government and anti-government camps as the two sides vie for power in a country that has been without a president half a year.

New, unconfirmed, figures put the number of dead from Burma's Cyclone Nargis this weekend as high as 100,000 – with at least one million people displaced, in need to water, food, and shelter. Aid has been slow to trickle in, due to the military-controlled government's delays in issuing visas and easing customs restrictions on much-needed supplies. Meanwhile, as aid agencies and western governments critique Burma's junta, it's the country's people that are paying the price. Anchor Aura Bogado spoke with Paul Donowitz, Campaign Coordinator for Earth Rights, about the situations on the ground, and the need for international leaders and organizations to shift the focus from critiquing Burma's brutal regime to helping those devastated by the cyclone.

After a big win in North Carolina and a narrow loss in Indiana for Barack Obama, calls are mounting for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race. But as FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports, Clinton vows to push on.

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In the wake of the acquittal of three police officers involved in the shooting that killed Sean Bell, supporters of Bell and his family demonstrated at six locations in New York today. FSRN's Rebecca Myles was at Police Plaza near NYPD headquarters.

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