Democracy Now! Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Today's Headlines

• Costa Rica to Broker Talks Between Ousted Honduran President and Coup Regime
• Thousands of Chinese Forces Enter Restive City
• Gitmo Prisoners Could Remain Incarcerated Even If Found Innocent
• Admin Officials Give Diverging Stance on Admissibility of Coerced Testimony
• Obama Rejects Biden Comments on Backing Israeli Attack
• Nobel Laureates Call for Release of Iranian Prisoners
• Franken Joins U.S. Senate, Co-Sponsors EFCA
• Obama Defends Commitment to Public Health Option
• Health Industry Wins Concessions in Health Care Reform Deals
• South Carolina GOP Censures Sanford
• D.C. Gay Marriage Measure Takes Effect
• Study: Despite Federal Aid, Banks Ignoring Struggling Homeowners
• Churchill Denied Bid to Return to University of Colorado

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  World Leaders, Protesters Gather in Italy for G-8; Global Financial Crisis & Climate Change Top Agenda

  President Obama arrived in Italy from Moscow this morning where leaders from eight of the world’s richest nations are gathering in the town of L’Aquila, for the annual Group of Eight summit. The three-day meeting is expected see high-level talks on the global economic crisis, climate change, food security and Iran. Protesters are also gathering for the G-8. We speak with Loretta Napoleoni, author of “Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality.” [includes rush transcript]

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  Declassified Docs Implicate Indonesian President Yudhoyono in Coverup of 2002 Murders of American Teachers in West Papua

  In Indonesia, exit polls show incumbent president Yudhoyono, has a clear lead in the country’s second direct presidential election since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship over a decade ago. Newly declassified documents implicate Yudhoyono in the cover-up of the Indonesian military’s role in the 2002 murders of two Americans and an Indonesian in West Papua. We speak a Papuan human rights activist who worked with the Indonesian police and FBI to investigate the murders. She now lives in exile in Australia and in a Democracy Now! exclusive is speaking out on the investigations for the first time. We also speak with cultural anthropologist, Eben Kirksey, and with John Miller of the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network.

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  Fmr. Congressmember Cynthia McKinney Back in U.S. After Being Detained and Deported from Israel

  Former Congressmember Cynthia McKinney arrived back in the United States Tuesday following her deportation from Israel. McKinney was one of 21 activists seized by the Israeli military in international waters last week as they tried to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. We speak with McKiney and with filmmaker Adam Shapiro who was detained and deported as well.[includes rush transcript]