• Negroponte Grilled on Emergency Appropriation Request
• OAS Condemns Colombia's Incursion into Ecuador
• Plan to Import 20,000 Tons of Nuclear Waste into the US Criticized
• Kenya's Power Sharing Tested in Parliament
• Less Than 5 Percent of Government Contracts Go To Women

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Negroponte Grilled on Emergency Appropriation Request

Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte testified before the State and Foreign Operation Subcommittee, to ask for the balance of a 7 billion dollar emergency appropriation request the Bush administration made last year. The money would go to Afghanistan, Sudan, Pakistan, North Korea, Mexico and the Palestinian Authority – with the majority of the funds going to Iraq. At today's hearing, members grilled Negroponte on the plans for the money. FSRN's Karen Miller has more

OAS Condemns Colombia's Incursion into Ecuador

The Organization of American States is condemning Colombia for launching a raid on Ecuador that resulted in the killing of FARC's number two leader Raúl Reyes. The operation has triggered a major diplomatic crisis in South America. FSRN's Jorge Garretón reports from Santiago, Chile.

Plan to Import 20,000 Tons of Nuclear Waste into the US Criticized

Utah-based EnergySolutions is trying to get permission to ship twenty thousand tons of radioactive waste from Italy into the US. The plan has stirred up public outrage and concern on Capitol Hill – and the agency charged with licensing the company has extended the public comment period due to overwhelming requests. Yanmei Xie has the story.

Kenya's Power Sharing Tested in Parliament

After former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan managed to broker a peace deal in Kenya between President Kibaki and Prime Minister designate Raila Odinga, the focus turned on Kenya's parliament to ensure that the peace accord was translated into relevant constitutional amendments. Today's official opening of Kenya's 10th parliament has ushered in the next phase of the search for peace in Kenya. FSRN's John Bwakali reports from Nairobi.

Less Than 5 Percent of Government Contracts Go To Women

The number of female owned small businesses has grown substantially in the past two decades, but it is still hard for those women to get federal contracts. Currently, more than 95 percent of all government contracts go to male owned businesses. FSRN Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington on the fight female small business owners are having with the US government.