LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Bush retira afirmación sobre bombas enviadas por gobierno iraní
• Bush se niega a negociar con Irán
• Embajador suizo: Ofrecimiento de paz de Irán provino del más alto nivel
• Bush deja abierto perdón para Libby
• Doce republicanos apoyan medida no vinculante contra aumento de soldados en Irak
• Estados Unidos permitirá el ingreso de siete mil refugiados iraquíes
• Parlamento de la Unión Europea censura a miembros por cooperación con vuelos de la CIA
• Suiza investigará vuelo de Abu Omar
• Empresa petrolera paga 200 millones de dólares por derrame en Costa de Marfil
• Mozambique solicita ayuda tras inundaciones
• Máxima fiscal ambiental de Departamento de Justicia compró casa de vacaciones con ejecutivo de empresa energética y principal lobbista
• Senador Bill Nelson presenta proyecto para prohibir votación sin papeleta
• Franken será candidato al Senado de Estados Unidos
• Estados Unidos está en el lugar 20 de 21 en informe de bienestar del niño de UNICEF
• Estudiantes realizan huelga nacional contra guerra de Irak

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• "Vulture Fund" Company Seeks $40 Million Payment from Zambia on $4 Million Debt

  
  

  "Vulture fund" companies buy up the debt of poor countries at cheap prices, and then demand payments much higher than the original amount of the debt, often taking poor countries to court when they cannot afford to repay. Investigative journalist Greg Palast reports on one company trying to collect $40 million from the government of Zambia after buying its debt for $4 million. [includes rush transcript]

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• 300,000 Rally in Lebanon on 2nd Anniversary of Slaying of Killing of Ex-PM Rafik Hariri

  
  

  An estimated 300,000 demonstrators rallied in Beirut Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. The rally came one day after a pair of bus bombings killed three people and wounded at least 20. We go to Lebanon to speak with columnist and author Rami Khouri. [includes rush transcript]

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• "Shut Up and Sing": Dixie Chicks’ Big Grammy Win Caps Comeback From Backlash Over Anti-War Stance

  
  

  Perhaps no musical act has paid a bigger price for speaking out against war than the Dixie Chicks, the biggest selling female music group of all time and the big winners at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. They have been largely blacklisted since the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003. That’s when the group’s lead singer–Natalie Maines–said the group was against the war and ashamed that the President Bush is from Texas. Barbara Kopple joins us to talk about her new documentary, "Shut Up & Sing", which chronicles the period since. [includes rush transcript]

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