Democracy Now! Monday, July 6, 2009

Today's Headlines

• Coup Regime Blocks Zelaya Return, Shoots Protesters
• Obama in Russia for Nuke Talks
• At Least 140 Killed in China Clashes
• Report: Health Industry Employing Hundreds of Ex-Gov. Officials
• Judge OKs GM Bankruptcy Sale
• Washington Post Cancels Sponsored Events With Journalists, Lobbyists, Lawmakers
• Palin to Resign Later This Month
• Biden Suggests U.S. Won’t Stop Israeli Attack on Iran
• U.S. Peace Activists Head to Gaza as Boat Delegation Deported
• 10 Killed in U.S. Drone Attack in Pakistan
• 2 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan

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  Honduran Coup Regime Blocks Ousted President Zelaya's Return; Troops Open Fire on Supporters at Airport Killing Two

  One week after a military coup in Honduras, soldiers and riot police blocked the airport runway Sunday evening preventing ousted President Manuel Zelaya from returning to the country. Heavily armed Honduran soldiers also used tear gas and machine guns to disperse an unarmed crowd of tens of thousands of people who had come from all over the country, despite military blockades, to wait at the airport and welcome back their ousted President. At least two people were reportedly killed and more wounded. We go to Tegucigalpa to speak with Andres Conteris, who was at the scene. [includes rush transcript]

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  John Pilger on Honduras, Iran, Gaza, the Corporate Media, Obama's Wars and Resisting the American Empire

  Award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, John Pilger, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on on Honduras, Iran, Gaza, the media, health care, and Obama’s wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pilger has has written close to a dozen books and made over 50 documentaries on a range of subjects including struggles around the world for a more just and peaceful society and against Western military and economic intervention. [Includes rush transcript]