Martes 4 de Abril de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Renunciará ex líder de la mayoría republicana, Tom DeLay
• Mueren nueve soldados estadounidenses en el día en que se registraron más bajas en el año
• Sunitas de las milicias protegerán los barrios
• Estados Unidos no alcanza meta de construir 142 clínicas de salud en Irak
• Se presentan nuevos cargos contra Saddam Hussein
• Corte Suprema decide no actuar en el caso de José Padilla
• Jurado: Moussaoui puede ser condenado a pena de muerte
• Presidente liberiano, Charles Taylor, se declara inocente de crímenes de guerra
• Sudán impide viaje humanitario de la ONU a Darfur
• Informe: Abramoff intentó hacer lobby a favor de Sudán
• Níger prohíbe que la BBC informe acerca de crisis alimentaria en el país
• ExxonMobil encabeza ranking de la revista Fortune de las 500 empresas más grandes de Estados Unidos
• Gobierno haitiano fue exhortado a reabrir la investigación del asesinato de Jean Dominique
• Haitian Government Urged to Reopen Probe Into Killing of Jean Dominique

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• The Hammer Leaving Congress: DeLay Announces Resignation Amid Controversy

  
  

  Republican Congressman Tom Delay has announced he is resigning and will give up his House seat within the next few months. The former House Majority Leader has been one of the most powerful–and controversial–Republicans on Capitol Hill. We speak with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D–TX) about DeLay’s resignation. [includes rush transcript]

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• Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Immigration is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time

  
  

  On Capitol Hill, heated debate continues over immigration reform. We speak with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D–TX) who has submitted an immigration bill in Congress that would allow for legal permanent residency for undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for the past five years, would double the cap for family visas and would increase the number of work visas. [includes rush transcript]

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• Cynthia McKinney Accuses Capitol Police of Racial Profiling

  
  

  Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has complained she was the victim of racial profiling that led to a run-in with a Capitol police officer last week. Prosecutors are now reviewing whether to bring charges against her. We speak with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee about the incident and we look at when several members of the Georgia General Assembly were denied entry to Coretta Scott King’s funeral in February. [includes rush transcript]

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• FBI Whistleblower Colleen Rowley Warns Zacarias Moussaoui Trial May Mark Last Time Bush Administration Use Courts to Try Terror Suspects

  
  

  Although a jury ruled Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty on Monday, Rowley says administration officials may stop using criminal courts for future cases. "If you don’t deal with them in the criminal court then you are allowed to go around all criminal procedure and the Constitution," she said. [includes rush transcript]

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• Former Liberian President Charles Taylor Pleads Not Guilty Before UN-backed War Crimes Tribunal In Sierra Leone

  
  

  Taylor appeared before the war tribunal on Monday a week after he was apprehended. This marks the first time a former African leader will be tried on African soil for crimes against humanity. We speak to Corinne Dufka of Human Rights Watch. [includes rush transcript]

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• Duke University Rape Case Raises Issues of Race and Class in Durham

  
  

  We look at the latest in the Duke University rape case. A black female student from North Carolina Central University says she was beaten, raped and choked by three white members of Duke’s Lacrosse team last month. The case is stirring racial and class tensions in North Carolina. [includes rush transcript]

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