Jueves 25 de Mayo de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Se espera que el Senado vote proyecto de ley de inmigración
• Vicepresidente iraquí pide establecer fecha de retirada previo a la reunión de Bush y Blair
• Mueren 38 personas en enfrentamientos entre milicias de Somalia
• Soldados australianos viajan a Timor Oriental
• Comandante de seguridad palestino vinculado a Abbas fue asesinado en Gaza
• Olmert: Estancamiento de negociaciones sobre actividades nucleares de Irán es “La Prueba de Nuestra Época”
• Weiner: palestinos de la ONU “deberían comenzar a empacar sus maletitas terroristas palestinas”
• Gigantes de telecomunicaciones afrontan protestas en todo el país
• Cheney podría declarar en caso de Valerie Plame
• Departamento de Justicia niega informe de investigación de Hastert
• Comienza juicio a ex funcionario del gobierno de Bush vinculado a Abramoff
• Sameeh Hammoudeh fue liberado y deportado a Ramallah

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Afghanistan in Turmoil: 330+ Killed in One Week, U.S. Bombing Raids Continue, Taliban Seizing Control in Southern Region

  
  

  In Afghanistan, more than 330 people have died over the past week in some of the heaviest fighting since the war began almost five years ago. Taliban have moved out of the mountains and seized large areas in the south. We speak with an Afghan human rights activist who was forced to flee the country because of his work documenting human rights abuses committed by U.S. forces. [includes rush transcript]

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• While Some See Compromise, Critics Say Senate Immigration Bill Punishes Undocumented Immigrants

  
  

  The Senate version of the immigration bill is expected to be voted on as early as today. While the bill is being hailed as a compromise solution to immigration, many immigrant advocates point to a number of adverse provisions in the bill that they say will actually bar millions from legalization and threaten their civil liberties. [includes rush transcript]

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• U.S. Court Rules Wrongfully-Held Detainee Khaled El-Masri Can’t Sue CIA For Kidnapping Him

  
  

  German citizen Khaled El-Masri tried to sue the CIA for wrongfully kidnapping and abusing him. But last week, a U.S. District Court dismissed the case on the grounds it would jeapordize state secrets. We’re speak El-Masri’s attorney, Ben Wizner of the ACLU. [includes rush transcript]

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• Special Memorial Day Preview...Fmr. British Navy Spokesman Lieutenant Commander Steve Tatham on Losing Arab Hearts and Minds

  
  

  We bring you a sneak preview of this upcoming Memorial Day on Democracy Now: An exclusive interview with British Lieutenant Commander Steve Tatham, the former head of the British Royal Navy’s Media Operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf during the Iraq war and author of "Losing Arab Hearts and Minds: The Coalition, Al Jazeera and Muslim Public Opinion." [includes rush transcript]

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