Martes 3 de Octubre de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Corea del Norte planea llevar a cabo prueba nuclear
• Conservadores piden renuncia de Hastert, el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes
• Departamento de Estado confirma que Tenet informó a Rice sobre la amenaza de Al-Qaeda dos meses antes de los atentados del 11 de septiembre
• Grupo de juristas impugna Ley de Comisiones Militares
• Bill Frist: Estados Unidos quizá nunca gane la guerra en Afganistán
• Vicente Fox advierte que podría recurrir al uso de la fuerza para reprimir levantamiento de Oaxaca
• Presidente electo de México exhorta a Bush a vetar ley de la frontera
• Diplomático surcoreano reemplazará a Kofi Annan en la ONU
• Colegio de Abogados de Beirut exige que Israel sea juzgado por crímenes
• Se exhorta al gobierno militar tailandés a que reestablezca derechos
• Mueren cinco niñas en tiroteo de escuela amish
• FCC realiza audiencia pública sobre propiedad de los medios en Los Ángeles

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Calls Increase for Hastert to Resign Over Foley Scandal

  
  

  Calls are increasing for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign over his handling of the Mark Foley scandal. We speak with a reporter at The Hill newspaper about the political fallout and the ABC News producer who first obtained the sexually explicit Internet messages Foley sent to underage male congressional pages. [includes rush transcript]

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• First Member of SHAC 7 Heads to Jail for Three Year Sentence

  
  

  We look at one of the country’s most controversial cases involving the prosecution of activists for animal rights. Earlier this year, six people were convicted for their role in a campaign to stop animal testing by the British scientific firm Huntingdon Life Sciences. The activists are with a group called Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, or SHAC. We speak with Andrew Stepanian, one of the convicted members of the SHAC 7 on the day he heads to prison for a three-year sentence. [includes rush transcript]

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• War Resister Darrell Anderson Returns From Canada to Face Possible Charges

  
  

  Specialist Darrell Anderson came back from Iraq nearly two years ago with a Purple Heart and an order for a second deployment. Instead, he fled to Canada where he’s been until this week. Specialist Anderson returned to the United States where he could face charges. He’ll be turning himself in to the military later today. He joins us on the line from Lexington, Kentucky. [includes rush transcript]

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