LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Bush y Ahmadinejad intercambian críticas en discursos de la Asamblea General
• Fuerzas Armadas tailandesas dan golpe de Estado
• Mueren 64 personas por violencia en Irak; número de estadounidenses heridos llega a 20.000
• Observadores jurídicos critican destitución de juez en juicio a Saddam
• Soldado británico admite haber cometido crimen de Guerra
• ONU: 350.000 bombas racimo sin explotar en Líbano
• CAIR: incidentes contra musulmanes aumentaron 30%
• Cantidad de arrestos por marihuana alcanza número histórico
• FBI triplica escuadrones anticorrupción en Capitol Hill
• Inspector General de EPA dice que organismo descuida barrios de bajos ingresos y de minorías
• FCC ordena investigación acerca de por qué se ocultaron estudios de consolidación de los medios
• HP consideró colocar espías en salas de prensa
• Departamento de Comercio omitió solicitud de entrevista a científico que vinculó actividad de huracanes con calentamiento global
• FCC Orders Investigation Into Buried Media Consolidation Studies
• HP Mulled Planting Spies in Newsrooms
• Commerce Dept. Ignored Interview Request For Scientist Who Linked Hurricane Activity to Global Warming

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• UN General Assembly Hears Bush, Ahmadinejad Trade Criticism

  
  

  Speaking from the same lectern within hours of each other, President Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traded criticism at the opening session of the UN General Assembly. This year’s agenda for 192 UN member states includes trying to promote Mideast peace, curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions, get UN peacekeepers into conflict-wracked Darfur, and promote democracy. We speak with UN specialist Phyllis Bennis. [includes rush transcript]

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• Thai Military Leaders Stage Military Coup

  
  

  In Thailand, military leaders have staged a bloodless coup, suspending the constitution and declaring martial law. We go to the capital Bangkok to get reaction on the ground. [includes rush transcript]

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• Why Did the FCC Bury Studies on Media Consolidation?

  
  

  The Federal Communications Commission has ordered an investigation into why two reports that called into question media consolidation were never released to the public. Both reports have come to light in just the last week. A former FCC lawyer says top agency officials ordered staff to destroy every last copy of one of the studies. [includes rush transcript]

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• One Day After Complete Exoneration, Maher Arar Yet to Receive Apology From Canada, US for Year-Long Imprisonment, Torture in Syrian Jail

  
  

  Canada and the US are refusing to apologize to Maher Arar despite his exoneration by a Canadian government inquiry. 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. Maher Arar joins us with his reaction. [includes rush transcript]

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