DN!: Posada Carriles Released on Bail//Humanitarian Aid for Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:41:48 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST April 23, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Immediate Opening: Part-Time TV Director http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml TV News Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Cuban Militant Posada Carriles Released From New Mexico Jail * A new phase has opened in a case that highlights a major gap in how the U.S. and many others view international terrorism. Luis Posada Carriles walked out of a New Mexico jail last week, free on bail. Posada was being held on immigration charges but many want to see him tried for terrorism in connection with the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/1350205 * No More Deaths: Humanitarian Group Provides Life-Saving Aid to Immigrants Crossing Border * One of the biggest issues surrounding immigration in the Southwest has been the plight of undocumented workers crossing the borders. At least 182 people died trying to cross through the Arizona desert last year. We speak with Shanti Sellz and Daniel Strauss, student volunteers with No More Deaths, a humanitarian group that provides aid to immigrants crossing the Arizona-Mexico border. In 2005, they were arrested and charged with two felonies for helping three undocumented immigrants get urgently needed medical care. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/1350213 * Rev. John Fife Continues Immigrant Humanitarian Work 25+ Years After Launching Sanctuary Movement * A new movement is growing across the country to provide sanctuary to immigrants in response to the rise in deportations and work raids by the federal government. The growing network is being spearheaded by the Reverend John Fife, the founder of the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/1350219 * Irish Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Shot With Rubber Bullet by Israeli Military at Nonviolent Protest * Israeli troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas at a non-violent protest against the separation wall near the West Bank village of Bilin. Several protesters were injured including the Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire who was shot with a rubber bullet. She joins us on the line from Ireland. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/1350224 * Headlines for April 23, 2007 * - U.S. Plans to Wall Off 10 Neighborhoods in Baghdad - Israel Kills Eight Palestinians, Including 17-Year-Old Girl - Memorial Services Held For Victims of Virginia Tech Killing - Vermont Senate Backs Impeachment of Bush & Cheney - Legitimacy of Nigeria's Election Questioned - 219 Killed In Somalia Over Past Week - 42 Former World Bank Execs Urge Wolfowitz To Resign - Jailed Chinese Activist Sues Yahoo In Human Rights Case - Climate Change Causes Australia's Worst Drought On Record Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/23/1349255 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Monday, April 23, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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