LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Bush: la Guerra de Irak “está desgastando la psiquis de nuestro país”
• Italia encabezará fuerza del Líbano únicamente si Israel detiene el combate
• Bush promete 230 millones de dólares en ayuda al Líbano
• El Líbano solicita que Israel ponga fin al bloqueo
• El Líbano considera presentar acusaciones de crímenes de guerra contra Israel
• Científico libanés: bomba israelí contenía materiales radiactivos
• Reservistas israelíes piden renuncia de Olmert
• Ataque israelí mata tres palestinos en Gaza
• Policía británica arresta a once personas en conspiración de atentado
• Estudiante libanés acusado de colocar bombas en Alemania
• Jueza retira acusación contra José Padilla
• Manifestantes ocupan doce emisoras de radio en Oaxaca, México
• Irán niega acceso a inspectores nucleares de la ONU
• Sri Lanka necesita ayuda humanitaria para 500.000 personas
• Senador Barack Obama viaja a Kenia
• 400 soldados de la UE se dirigen al Congo mientras la lucha continúa
• Teniente Watada acusado de tres delitos por resistirse a ir a la guerra
• Salario mínimo de California aumentará a ocho dólares la hora

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Grieving Relatives of Qana Massacre Emerge From the Rubble to Bury Their Dead

  
  

  Residents in southern Lebanon emerged from shelters over the weekend for a grim task: to bury their dead. The largest funeral took place in Qana where an Israeli airstrike on the town on July 30th killed 29 people–the majority of them women and children. We speak with longtime peace activist Kathy Kelly who attended the Qana funeral as well as a Michigan man who lost over 20 members of his family in the Israeli attack on the town. [includes rush transcript]

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• President Bush Admits Iraq Had No WMDs and 'Nothing' to Do With 9/11

  
  

  On Monday, President Bush admitted that the Iraq war is "straining the psyche of our country." But he vowed to stay the course. A reporter questioned him about why he opposed withdrawing US troops from Iraq. In his answer, Bush admitted that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and had "nothing" to do with 9/11. [includes rush transcript]

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• "I Fear God Much More Than I Fear Homeland Security"–Chicago Pastor on Why He is Allowing Mexican Mother to Stay in Church to Avoid Deportation

  
  

  A Mexican woman has taken refuge inside a Chicago church in an attempt to defy a government deportation order. Elvira Arellano has been living in the Adalberto United Methodist Church since last Tuesday — the day she was supposed to surrender to authorities. We go to Chicago to speak with Arellano from inside the church as well as the Rev. Walter Coleman, the pastor of the church. [includes rush transcript]

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• "Humiliated and Appalled," Virginia Student Calls for Apology From Sen. Allen for 'Macaca' Slur

  
  

  Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia ignited controversy last week when he singled out a student volunteer for his opponent’s campaign at a rally and referred to him as a "macaca." The man Allen was referring to was SR Sidarth, a Fairfax County native of Indian descent. The term "macaca" refers to a genus of monkey and is used as an ethnic slur. Sidarth joins us from Virginia to discuss the incident. [includes rush transcript]

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