Viernes 6 de Enero de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Sharon sometido a segunda cirugía cerebral de emergencia
• Robertson y Ahmadinejad sugieren que Sharon lo tenía merecido
• Informe: Estados Unidos planea prisión como la de Guantánamo en Afganistán
• Atacante suicida mata a 10 personas durante visita de embajador estadounidense
• Padilla comparece en Miami luego de que la Suprema Corte anulara fallo
• Más de 120 personas mueren en el peor momento de violencia en Irak en los últimos cuatro meses
• Informe: Teniente General Sánchez renunciaría a fin de año
• Bush se reúne con ex Secretarios de Defensa y de Estado sobre Irak
• Gobernador de Virginia ordena examen de ADN de convicto ejecutado
• México reclama que se investigue asesinato en la frontera
• Residentes del 9º distrito se oponen a demoliciones planeadas en Nueva Orleáns

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Human Rights Watch Calls on Bush to Cut Aid To Israel Over Expansion of Illegal Settlements

  
  

  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed to the operating room Friday morning for his second emergency surgery after a medical scan revealed fresh bleeding in the brain. We speak with Human Rights Watch, which is calling for the United States to cut back its multi-billion dollar foreign aid to Israel. [includes rush transcript]

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• An Imperial President? Bush Claims Right To Ignore New Law Banning Torture

  
  

  Five years after President Bush joked, "If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator," we look at the growing controversy over presidential power and how it relates to many of today’s biggest stories: the Senate ban on torture, the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, domestic surveillance and the jailing of U.S. citizens as enemy combatants. Earlier this week three influential Republicans Senators condemned Bush for claiming he has the authority to ignore a new law banning the torture of prisoners during interrogations. [includes rush transcript]

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• Juan Gonzalez reports on the New York City Transit Strike; Union Fought Off City Attempts to Redo Pension Plan

  
  

  Last month, 33,000 New York City transit workers went on strike, shutting down the country’s largest public transportation system for the first time in 25 years. Pension plan demands were a central issue in the negotiations. Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez discusses the results of the negotiations and how they can impact workers nationwide. [includes rush transcript]

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