Democracy Now! Monday, August 11, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Russia-Georgia Fighting Enters Fourth Day
• Fighting Occurs One Month After US Military Exercise in Georgia
• Iraqi FM: “Very Clear Timeline” of US Troop Withdrawal Needed
• Clinton Adviser Urged Attacks on Obama as Being Un-American
• Bolivia’s Evo Morales Victorious in Recall Election
• Two Pro-Tibet Protesters Arrested at Olympics
• 48 Arrested in Burma Marking 20th Anniversary of Uprising
• India Agrees to Help Bhopal Survivors
• Negotiator: Palestinians May Demand One-State Solution
• Edwards Admits to Affair with Campaign Aide
• McCain Obtained Marriage License with Cindy While Still Married to First Wife
• Save the Peaks Condemn Court Ruling on Ski Resort on Sacred Mountain in Arizona
• Cindy Sheehan to Appear on November Ballot vs. Nancy Pelosi

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  Mahmoud Darwish, Poet Laureate of the Palestinians, 1941-2008

  Three days of mourning have been declared in the West Bank and Gaza to mark the death of Mahmoud Darwish, the Poet Laureate of the Palestinians. Darwish was considered one of the most important Arab poets, a towering literary figure for over four decades. The poetry of Mahmoud Darwish is well known and loved across the Arab world by people from all walks of life. [includes rush transcript]

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  Up to 2,000 Killed as Russia-Georgia Fighting Enters Fourth Day

  After four days of heavy fighting, Russian tanks are now approaching central Georgian cities away from the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russian officials say Georgia provoked the assault by attacking South Ossetia late last week, causing heavy civilian casualties. NATO’s Secretary General and President Bush have both condemned Russia’s “disproportionate” use of force in Georgia.