LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• 21 detenidos por presunto complot para derribar aviones de Gran Bretaña con destino a Estados Unidos
• Israel vota para ampliar invasión al Líbano
• Doce libaneses murieron en ataques israelíes
• Israel sufre su peor día de bajas militares
• Nasralá promete “cementerio” para soldados israelíes y acepta propuesta de los soldados
• Escasez de combustible empeora crisis humanitaria en el Líbano
• Miembro del Parlamento británico renuncia a cargo de defensa por guerra del Líbano
• Mueren 30 personas en ataque en Nayaf. Dos mil cadáveres llegaron a la morgue de Bagdad en julio
• Informe: Israel encarceló a 600 palestinos desde el secuestro de Shalit
• Rebeldes: 50 muertos y 200 heridos en bombardeo del gobierno
• Organismo de ayuda solicita investigación independiente de asesinatos de trabajadores
• Inundaciones en India desplazan a 4,5 millones de personas
• México comienza recuento parcial de votos en medio de permanentes protestas
• Primeros resultados demuestran que Kabila encabeza elecciones del Congo
• Principales demócratas apoyan a Lamont
• Informe: Gobierno de Bush ofrece ayuda a Lieberman
• Encuesta: 60% se opone a la guerra de Irak
• ABA censura a Bush por emitir declaraciones firmadas
• Activistas denuncian encubrimiento en Investigación del Departamento de Justicia del asesinato de Ojeda Ríos
• Wal Mart permite sindicatos en China
• Starbucks despide a organizador sindical de Ciudad de Nueva York
• Tribunal rechaza fallo de “Los Cinco de Cuba”
• Miles conmemoran el aniversario de la marcha emblemática de las mujeres sudafricanas

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Report Rules FBI Justified in Fatal Shooting of Puerto Rican Independence Leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios

  
  

  The Justice Department has ruled FBI agents were justified in the fatal shooting of Puerto Rican independence leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios. Rios was killed in September during a raid on his home. Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez discusses the ruling. [includes rush transcript]

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• Did BP Purposefully Allow its Alaska Pipeline to Corrode in Order to Shut it Down and Boost Oil Prices?

  
  

  North America’s largest oilfield remains shut down for a fourth day and it could remain shut down for several months. The oil company BP closed the oilfield on Sunday after discovering what it described as "unexpectedly severe corrosion" of the oil pipeline. Questions are now being raised about whether BP purposely allowed the pipeline to become corroded. We speak with longtime oil industry watchdog, Chuck Hamel. [includes rush transcript]

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• Lebanon Facing its Worst Environmental Disaster Ever: Oil Spill From Israeli Strike Still Untreated After One Month

  
  

  Scientists are scrambling to control what is being described as the worst environmental disaster ever to hit Lebanon. An Israeli attack on a power station last month has leaked 15,000 tons of oil into the Mediterranean. The spill has gone untreated for the past four weeks. We go to Beirut to speak with Lebanon’s environment minister and an environmental activist working in the area. [includes rush transcript]

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• Israeli Ambassador Grilled on Targeting of Civilians, Use of Cluster Bombs and Other War Crimes in Lebanon

  
  

  Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Daniel Ayalon, was questioned last Sunday in Washington DC as part of a press stakeout. Sam Husseini of the Institute for Public Accuracy was there to ask the tough questions. He grilled Ayalon on Israel’s targeting of civilians and use of cluster bombs in Lebanon, Israel’s nuclear arsenal and its lack of adherence to United Nations Security Council resolutions. [includes rush transcript]

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