Lunes 13 de Noviembre de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Demócratas piden que comience la retirada de soldados de Irak
• Senador McCain pide que se envíen más soldados a Irak
• Murieron 159 personas el domingo en Irak en “excepcional” día de violencia
• Bush se reunirá con asesores del Grupo de Estudio de Irak
• Brigadas enteras de la Guardia Nacional son enviadas nuevamente a Irak
• Pelosi apoya candidatura de Murtha para convertirse en líder de la mayoría de la Cámara de Representantes
• Senador Feingold dice que no se postulará a la presidencia en 2008
• Número de muertos en Afganistán se cuadriplica
• Estados Unidos veta resolución de la ONU sobre ataque israelí contra Gaza
• Liga Árabe levantará bloqueo palestino
• Ataque aéreo israelí mata a adolescente palestino de 16 años
• Se informó que se logró acuerdo sobre nuevo Primer Ministro palestino
• Coalición lanza campaña a favor de juicio político
• ONU exhorta a Estados Unidos a levantar bloqueo contra Cuba
• Activistas antinucleares impiden paso de tren que trasladaba desechos nucleares
• Se está construyendo monumento a Martin Luther King en National Mall
• Ellen Willis, feminista y periodista pionera, murió a los 64 años

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• U.S. Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Attack on Gaza, Arab League Lifts Financial Blockade

  
  

  The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel’s recent attack on the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun that killed at least 19 Palestinian civilians and left dozens wounded. In response, the Arab League announced it would lift the financial blockade on the Palestinians in defiance of the U.S. We go to Ramallah to speak with Diana Butto, the former legal adviser to the PLO. [includes rush transcript]

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• Darfur Diaries: Filmmakers Return From Sudan to Bring Stories of Oppression and Survival

  
  

  The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Friday called for the disarming of government-backed militias in Darfur. We speak with three young filmmakers about their journey into Darfur where they interviewed refugees living in camps in the harshest of conditions and produced the documentary, "Darfur Diaries." [includes rush transcript]

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• Amy Goodman Recounts the East Timor Massacre 15 Years Ago

  
  

  This weekend marked the 15th anniversary of the massacre at the Santa Cruz cemetery in East Timor. On November 12th, 1991, Indonesian troops opened fire on a crowd of several thousand unarmed Timorese civilians gathered in Dili. At least 271 people were killed. Journalists Amy Goodman and Allan Nairn witnessed and survived the massacre. We play an excerpt of their award-winning documentary, "Massacre: The Story of East Timor." [includes rush transcript]

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• 15 Years After East Timor Massacre, Calls for Accountability Continue

  
  

  On the fifteenth anniversary of the massacre of over 270 East Timorese civilians by the Indonesian military, calls for justice and accountability continue for its victims and their families. We speak with John Miller, the National Coordinator of the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network, and Shirley Shackleton, Indonesian soldiers killed her husband Greg and his Australian-based TV crew in the lead up to the 1975 invasion. [includes rush transcript]

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