LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Diplomático de la Unión Europea: Negociaciones nucleares con Irán muestran avances
• 600 prisioneros iraquíes fueron liberados
• Tres soldados británicos fueron absueltos de ahogamiento de adolescente iraquí
• Teniente del Ejército se niega a ser trasladado a Irak
• Pentágono se niega a documentar contusiones cerebrales graves de los soldados
• Sospechosos de terrorismo canadienses comparecen en audiencia para fijar fianza
• Ocho estados llevan a cabo elecciones primarias
• Investigación indica que catorce países europeos están involucrados en operaciones de la CIA
• Trabajadores sin tierra ocupan el Congreso brasileño en reclamo de reforma agraria
• ACLU solicita postergación de fusión de empresas de telecomunicaciones vinculadas a la NSA
• Specter postergará citaciones a ejecutivos de empresas de telecomunicaciones
• Departamento de Justicia dice que el gobierno puede procesar a periodistas por revelar información clasificada
• Gobernadora de Louisiana dice que firmará prohibición del aborto
• Activistas por la paz de Vermont interrumpen discurso de Negroponte
• El Senado votará sobre prohibición de matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo
• Nueva York cita registros del Pinnacle Group
• Documentos revelan que la CIA conocía el paradero de Eichmann

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Family of Unarmed Iraqi Killed by U.S. Forces Says Marines Had Asked Him to be Informant

  
  

  U.S. military investigators believe the killing of an unarmed Iraqi man in Hamandiya in April was planned by a group of Marines who shot him in the face and then planted a shovel and an AK-47 rifle at the scene. Friends of the victim told Knight Ridder that Marines had approached him several times asking him to be an U.S. informant. We go to Baghdad to speak with the bureau chief for Knight Ridder. [includes rush transcript]

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• Time Magazine: Military Investigators Place Officer in Charge During Haditha Massacre in 2 of the Houses Where Killings Took Place

  
  

  We speak with one the Time Magazine reporters who broke the story of an alleged massacre of 24 unarmed Iraqis by U.S. marines in Haditha last November. He reveals that military investigators have place the officer in charge of the unit that day–Sgt. Frank Wuterich–in at least two of the houses where the killings took place and that there may also be surveillance tape taken by a military drone that was operating in the area. [includes rush transcript]

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• How the Press Rolled Over for Bush: Media Critic Eric Boehlert Takes on the Corporate Media

  
  

  We speak with journalist Eric Boehlert about his new book, "Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush." In it he argues that the mainstream media essentially gave up its role as defenders of the public interest and instead succumbed to pressure from the Bush White House and the conservative right. [includes rush transcript]

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• Thomas Friedman on "Petropolitics", Iraq, Israel-Palestine and the "Excuse Makers"

  
  

  Three-time Pulitzer prize winner Thomas Friedman turns from print to the screen with the television news special "Addicted To Oil: Thomas Friedman Reporting." The program focuses on the politics of the US reliance on oil. We talk to Friedman about "petropolitics", as well as his views on Iraq, Israel-Palestine, and the people he calls the "Excuse Makers." [includes rush transcript]

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