Jueves 12 de Octubre de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Resumen de la Hora de DN! 12 de Octubre 2006

  Co-autor de estudio médico que calcula 650.000 iraquíes muertos defiende su
  investigación ante la desestimación de la Casa Blanca

• ¿Ocultó el Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) cifras indicando que 1 de cada 4 veteranos estadounidenses en Irak o Afganistán resultaron discapacitados a raíz de su servicio?
• Prisioneros de Nueva Jersey amenazan con huelga de hambre por condiciones
  similares a “Abu-Ghraib”
• Abu Ghraib en casa: nuevo informe de “Human Rights Watch” afirma que
  EE.UU. utiliza perros para aterrorizar a prisioneros
• 11 Killed in Raid on Iraq TV Station
• Media Rights Group Calls on Iraq to Release Detained Journalist
• Bush Admin Rejects North Korea Direct Talks
• 5 Killed in Israeli Raid on Gaza Strip
• Report: Israel Used Dangerous Experimental Weapon in Gaza Attacks
• UN: Israeli Checkpoints Increase 40% in West Bank
• US Citizen Charged With Treason Over Al-Qaeda Ties
• Padilla Accuses Jailers of Torture, Drugging
• Leading Economists Call for Minimum Wage Hike
• Poll: 30% of African Americans Confident Votes Will be Counted
• Bush Admin Tightens Enforcement of Cuban Embargo
• Justice Dept. Approves AT&T-BellSouth Merger

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Co-Author of Medical Study Estimating 650,000 Iraqi Deaths Defends Research in the Face of White House Dismissal

  
  

  The White House is dismissing the findings of a medical study that says 650,000 people have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion. The study was conducted by American and Iraqi researchers and published in the prestigious British medical journal, The Lancet. We’re joined by the report’s co-author, epidemiologist Les Roberts. [includes rush transcript]

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• Did VA Hide Figures Showing 1 in 4 US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Disabled From Service?

  
  

  Newly released documents reveal that more than 150,000 soldiers who left the military after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have been at least partly disabled as a result of service–this translates to one in four veterans. What’s more, it appears the Department of Veterans’ Affairs was trying to hide the figures. We speak with Paul Sullivan of Veterans for America. [includes rush transcript]

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• New Jersey Prisoners Threaten Hunger Over "Abu-Ghraib-like" Conditions

  
  

  As many as fourteen hundred prisoners at New Jersey State Prison are threatening to begin a hunger strike today to protest prison conditions. Last week the prisoners complained in a letter that conditions inside were "reminiscent of Abu Ghraib." [includes rush transcript]

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• Abu Ghraib at Home: New Human Rights Watch Report Says US Using Dogs to Terrify Prisoners

  
  

  A new report from Human Rights Watch reveals that five U.S. state prison systems — Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, South Dakota, and Utah — authorize the use of large unmuzzled dogs to terrify and even attack prisoners to extract them from their cells. According to Human Rights Watch, no other country in the world authorizes the use of dogs to attack prisoners who will not voluntarily leave their cells. [includes rush transcript]

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