Lunes 7 de Mayo de 2007

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Pro-American Nicholas Sarkozy Wins French Election
• 150 Die Over Weekend in Iraq
• U.S. Helicopters Bomb Sadr City
• Six U.S. Troops & European Journalist Die in Diyala
• Bush Seeks to Send $500M of Arms to Iraq
• Survey: More than 1/3 of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Approve of Torture
• Al Qaeda’s al-Zawahiri Urges U.S. To Stay in Iraq
• U.S. Blocks UN Visit to Texas Immigration Prison
• Arizona Man Arrested for Threatening Cinco De Mayo Festival
• NRA Backs Gun Rights for Terrorism Suspects
• Israel Accused of Abusing and Torturing Palestinian Detainees
• Warren Buffet’s Fund Rejects Sudan Divestment Proposal
• Merck Criticizes Brazil’s Decision to Make Generic AIDS Drugs
• In Colombia, 105 Bodies Found in Mass Graves
• Three Leaders of Atenco Uprising Sentenced to 67 Years in Jail
• Kenya Plane Crash Kills 114, Including AP Reporter

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Documents Linked to Cuban Exile Luis Posada Carriles Highlighted Targets for Terrorism Including Cuban Airliner Downed in 1976

  
  

  Weeks after a U.S. judge released Posada Carriles on bail, Peter Kornbluh of the National Security Archive reveals that new evidence has surfaced linking Posada Carriles to a string of terrorist attacks. Posada Carriles goes on trial this week in Texas — for immigration fraud, not terrorism. [includes rush transcript]

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• "The Man of Two Havanas": Max Lesnik on His Transition From Cuban Revolutionary to Exile to Target of Terrorist Attacks by Anti-Castro Cuban Militants in Miami

  
  

  Max Lesnik joins us in the Firehouse studio with his daughter, Vivien Lesnik Weisman who directed the "The Man of Two Havanas." The film premiered this week at the Tribeca Film Festival. [includes rush transcript]

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• Right-Wing Nicolas Sarkozy Wins French Presidency, Thousands Protest in Streets of Paris

  
  

  In France, conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected to be the country’s new president. Sarkozy won a clear victory over Socialist rival Segolene Royal with 53% of the vote to her 47%. The estimated turnout of 84% was the highest in France in three decades. [includes rush transcript]

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