LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Bush rechaza principales recomendaciones de Grupo de Estudio de Irak
• Baker contradice afirmación de Bush sobre recomendaciones de Irak
• Bush invoca atentados de 11 de septiembre al defender su rechazo al informe
• Bush y Blair se niegan a cambiar enfoque en el conflicto entre Israel y Palestina
• ONU lanza pedido sin precedentes de ayuda humanitaria a palestinos
• Primer Ministro israelí rechaza vinculación con Irak
• Grupo: Crisis de refugiados en Irak podría superar a Darfur
• Funeral de Litvinenko en Londres. Se informó que testigo está en coma.
• El gobierno demolerá 4.500 hogares en Nueva Orleáns, a pesar de las peticiones de los residentes
• Hewlett-Packard pagará 14.5 millones de dólares en caso de espionaje de la junta directiva
• Se dice que McCain contratará a productor de controvertidos anuncios agresivos como director de campaña
• Gobierno de Bush considera revocar normativa sobre el plomo
• Hay 134 periodistas encarcelados en todo el mundo
• Fiscales le piden al juez que impida que abogados de Padilla interroguen a funcionarios del Pentágono
• Prosecutors Ask Judge to Block Padilla Attorneys From Questioning Pentagon Officials

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Bush Dismisses Key Recommendations of Iraq Study Group Report

  
  

  President Bush on Thursday dismissed two of the Iraq Study Group report’s most fundamental recommendations: pulling back combat troops over the next 15 months and engaging in direct talks with Iran and Syria. He was speaking at a White House news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

  Escuche/Vea/Lea (en inglés)

• United States vs. George W. Bush et al: Former Federal Prosecutor Drafts Indictment Against the President

  
  

  A former federal prosecutor named Elizabeth de la Vega has drafted an indictment of President Bush, Vice President Cheney and other top officials for tricking the nation into war and for conspiracy to defraud the United States. [includes rush transcript]

  Escuche/Vea/Lea (en inglés)

• EXCLUSIVE...Former Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages Harmeet Singh Sooden and James Loney Remember Murdered Colleague Tom Fox and Explain Why They Forgive Their Captors

  
  

  In a national broadcast exclusive, we speak with James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, two of the three Christian Peacemaker Teams held hostage in Iraq for 118 days. They held a news conference in London today announcing they "unconditionally" forgive their captors. They have yet to decide whether to give evidence at the men’s trial, which is set for next year in Iraq. Singh Sooden and Loney discuss their ordeal and remember their murdered colleague, Tom Fox. [includes rush transcript]

  Escuche/Vea/Lea (en inglés)

• Milan Rai on Iraq Study Group Report: "What is on the Table is Continued Control at a Reduced Political and Military Cost"

  
  

  As President Bush meets with his closest adviser, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in Washington, we go to London to speak with British political analyst and antiwar activist, Milan Rai. He says of the Baker-Hamilton report, "What’s on the table is continued occupation and control. That is rejected by the Iraqi people, by the British people and the U.S. public as well." [includes rush transcript]

  Escuche/Vea/Lea (en inglés)