LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Investigación canadiense absuelve a Maher Arar y responsabiliza a Canadá y a Estados Unidos
• Sudán afronta creciente presión para aceptar fuerza de la Unión Africana prolongada en Darfur
• Grabación filtrada de Primer Ministro húngaro suscita protestas masivas
• Mueren once personas en atentado suicida contra Primer Ministro somalí
• Estados Unidos e Israel advierten a Abbas que no finalice acuerdo con Hamas
• Conferencia sobre minas terrestres solicita limitar bombas racimo
• Halliburton ofreció medalla a empleado para que renuncie a derechos legales
• Estudio revelado indica censura de FCC, por segunda semana consecutiva
• Halliburton Offered Employee Medal To Waive Legal Rights
• For Consecutive Week, Disclosed Study Indicates FCC Censorship

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• Canadian Inquiry Finds Torture Survivor Maher Arar Completely Innocent, Criticizes U.S. For 'Rendition' to Syria

  
  

  The Canadian government has acknowledged for the first time that one of the most well-known victims of CIA 'extraordinary rendition' is a completely innocent man. On Monday, a judge concluded a major investigation into the case of Maher Arar. The Syrian-born Canadian was detained nearly four years ago by U.S. authorities at JFK airport and was sent to Syria where he was jailed for a year and repeatedly tortured. We speak with Arar’s attorney, Maria LaHood. [includes rush transcript]

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• Attorneys Argue Senate Bills Would Allow for Lifelong Detention Without Trial, Torture Without Accountability

  
  

  As the debate on Capitol Hill continues over the Bush administration’s plan for the treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody, we take a look at what is not being discussed: how both proposed bills in the Senate strip away the right to habeas corpus and cut back the ability of rape survivors of to hold their perpetrators accountable. We speak with Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights. [includes rush transcript]

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• Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentlemen: Lieutenant Ehren Watada Charged Again for Refusing to Deploy to Iraq

  
  

  Lieutenant Ehren Watada, the first officer to publicly refuse to serve in Iraq, has been charged again by the military, this time for 'conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentlemen.' We speak with Watada about the latest charges. [includes rush transcript]

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• Business Owners, Workers Charge Israel Deliberately Targeted Lebanon’s Economy

  
  

  Business owners and factory workers in Lebanon are charging that Israel deliberately targeted the Lebanese economy in its month-long offensive. Democracy Now! producer Ana Nogueira files a report from Beirut on the long-lasting effects of the conflict on Lebanon’s economy. [includes rush transcript]

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