Martes 30 de Mayo de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Investigación militar: Infantes de marina mataron a 24 iraquíes en masacre de Haditha
• Mueren dos periodistas de la CBS en atentados con bombas en Irak
• Número de muertos por terremoto en Indonesia supera los 5.400
• Protestas letales contra Estados Unidos en Kabul, Afganistán
• 75 detenidos realizan huelga de hambre en Guantánamo
• Departamento de Justicia pide a tribunales que desestimen demandas contra espionaje de la NSA
• El Senado confirma al general Hayden como director de la CIA
• Informe: Gonzáles y Mueller amenazaron con renunciar por debate acerca de allanamiento del FBI
• El Pentágono quiere misil de alcance mundial para bombardear cualquier parte del mundo
• Gobierno dictatorial de Birmania prolonga el arresto domiciliario de Aung San Suu Kyi
• Álvaro Uribe es reelecto como Presidente de Colombia
• Policía de Moscú arresta a cien personas en primera marcha del orgullo gay de la ciudad
• Fuerzas Armadas cancelan prueba nuclear con bomba de 700 toneladas en Nevada
• La superestrella del reggae Desmond Dekker muere a los 64 años

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Haditha Massacre: Was it an Isolated Event and Did the Military Try to Cover it Up?

  
  

  An internal military investigation has found that U.S. marines killed as many as 24 Iraqis–including women and children–in the city of Haditha last November and then tried to cover it up. We speak with an attorney and researcher at Human Rights Watch, an independent journalist who spent months unembedded in Iraq and we go to Baghdad to speak with the bureau chief for Knight Ridder. [includes rush transcript]

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• East Timor Declares State Of Emergency As Violence Spreads

  
  

  As President Xanana Gusmao assumes emergency powers we speak with Jose Luis Guterres, East Timor’s ambassador to the United States and United Nations, and Charlie Scheiner, co-founder of East Timor Action Network, both of whom have just returned from East Timor. [includes rush transcript]

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• Earthquake Death Toll Tops 5,400 in Indonesia; 200,000 Left Homeless

  
  

  The death toll from a weekend earthquake in Indonesia has topped 5,400. More than 20,000 people were injured in the disaster and as many as 200,000 people have been left homeless, many without shelter or food. We go to Java to speak with an officer with the United Nations Children’s Fund. [includes rush transcript]

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