LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• ONU desestima carta iraní a Bush por considerarla una táctica
• Renuncia Dusty Foggo, tercer funcionario al mando de la CIA
• Alto colaborador republicano de la Cámara de Representantes se declara culpable en escándalo de Abramoff
• Acusación de Rove en caso de filtración de la CIA sigue siendo una posibilidad
• Grupo calcula que 109 periodistas iraquíes murieron durante la guerra
• Coordinador de ayuda de la ONU Jan Egeland: la situación en Darfur se está deteriorando
• La ONU investigará informes que sostienen que trabajadores de ayuda explotan sexualmente a niñas en Liberia
• Candidato presidencial sudafricano absuelto de cargos de violación

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Chicago’s Abu Ghraib: UN Committee Against Torture Hears Report on How Police Tortured Over 135 African-American Men Inside Chicago Jails

  
  

  For nearly two decades a part of the city’s jails known as Area 2 was the epicenter for what has been described as the systematic torture of dozens of African-American males by Chicago police officers. In total, more than 135 people say they were subjected to abuse including having guns forced into their mouths, bags places over their heads, and electric shocks inflicted to their genitals. Four men have been released from death row after government investigators concluded torture led to their wrongful convictions. [includes rush transcript]

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• LA Times Baghdad Bureau Chief: "[More People] Are Dying Violently Now Than At Any Time Since The U.S.-Led Invasion"

  
  

  Borzou Daragahi reports from Baghdad on the latest political developments and the rising violence in Iraq. In the latest bloodshed out of Iraq, more than 30 people were killed in separate bombings and shootings Monday, including at least a dozen men apparently taken to Sunni neighborhoods of Baghdad and killed execution-style. [includes rush transcript]

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• Ken Silverstein on CIA Chief Porter Goss’ Abrupt Resignation & The Duke Cunningham Bribery Scandal

  
  

  Kyle "Dusty" Foggo — Goss’s top aide and the CIA’s third highest official — resigned Monday as the agency’s Executive Director. Foggo has been under internal review for his links to the bribery scandal that sent Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham to jail. [includes rush transcript]

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