LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Avión de pasajeros armenio se estrelló cerca de Rusia matando a 113 personas
• Republicanos descartan propuestas de reembolso por precio del combustible y de impuestos
• Mueren quince personas en atentado suicida con bombas en Fallujah
• Trabajador de ambulancia iraquí asesinado por contratistas de seguridad estadounidenses
• Liberan a ingenieros alemanes en Irak
• Berlusconi abandona intento de permanecer en el poder
• México despenaliza la posesión de pequeñas cantidades de droga a pesar de objeciones de Estados Unidos
• Teniente General Sánchez le dijo a soldados que debían “llegar a límites extremos” con los detenidos
• Gobierno de Bush criticado por indulgencia en marketing de alimentos y obesidad infantil
• Empresas de bebidas dejarán de vender refrescos en escuelas públicas
• Universidad Brandeis levanta exposición de arte de jóvenes palestinos

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Daughter of Sami Al-Arian Says Family "Devastated" by Father’s Continued Imprisonment, Blasts Media Coverage

  
  

  The case of Palestinian professor and activist Sami Al-Arian took another turn this week when a federal judge in Florida sentenced him to another year and a half in prison. We speak with his daughter, Laila Al-Arian, his attorney, Linda Moreno and journalist John Sugg who has been closely following the case. [includes rush transcript]

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• Sami Al-Arian Co-Defendant Sameeh Hammoudeh Remains in Jail Four Months After Being Acquitted of All Charges

  
  

  We look the case of one of Sami Al-Arian’s co-defendants, Sameeh Hammoudeh. Despite being acquitted in December of all the terrorism charges against him, he remains behind bars. Hammoudeh speaks to us from jail in Florida and we go to Ramallah to speak with his daughter, Weeam, who is waiting for him to be released and deported. [includes rush transcript]

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• Stephen Colbert’s Blistering Performance Mocking Bush and the Press Goes Ignored by the Media

  
  

  Stephen Colbert, the host of the Comedy Central fake news program "The Colbert Report" repeatedly mocked President Bush and the press for its failings in a blistering routine at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner Saturday night. We play his comments. [includes rush transcript]

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