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The call comes as Somalis at a time residents living along the border face starvation. Somali government forces recently seized control of the region from al Shabab militants. Now the rebels have blocked delivery trucks from reaching the towns. Mohammed Ali Nur is the Somali ambassador to Kenya. He says the humanitarian crisis is becoming more dire by the day.
“We want international aid organizations from the Kenya side to go into Somalia through the border towns in the control of the government; it will be easy for them to go through from hereso that aid goes to the people.”
Southern Somalia is the most affected region and virtually no aid is reaching communities. aid groups have been unable to work in the area after being banned by al Shabab. Mohammed Yusuf, FSRN, Nairobi.
Voters in Wisconsin went to the polls in droves today where there’s one statewide contest with huge significance for Governor Scott Walker's recent labor busting legislation. Molly Stentz from W-O-R-T in Madison has more.
Election officials predict that the City of Madison will see a record 60% turnout by the end of the day. Voters are fired up about the Supreme Court race. The conservative majority on the court hinges on one judge, and that’s the judge that’s up for election today. Many protestors who’ve been at the State Capitol over the past two months have focused their attention on trying to unseat this Judge, Judge Prosser. They fear a conservative Supreme Court will allow the Governor’s legislation to proceed and public employees will lose much of their collective bargaining rights. Several lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the law are currently working their way through the lower courts. Despite new restrictions on freedom of speech at the State Capitol, members of The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign held a citizens vigil today to deplore the influence of money in elections. Beverly Speer:
“Money is not speech, corporations are not people, elections are not auctions and public offices are not commodities to be bought and sold.”
Also on the ballot in Madison and Dane County were two advisory referenda to amend the US Constitution and declare that corporations are not people. Two local taxicab companies have offered free rides to the polls. Molly Stentz, FSRN, Madison.
