DN!: Death Toll Reaches 80 as Lebanese Shell Palestinian Refugee Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 14:09:25 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 22, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Democracy Now Seeks Full-time Outreach Organizer We're looking to add an experienced organizer to our outreach team who is committed to making Democracy Now! a household name and bringing the program to new stations. visit http://democracynow.org/jobs.shtml for more information. TV News Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Death Toll Reaches 80 in Lebanon as Troops Shell Palestinian Refugee Camp in Battle with Fatah Al-Islam * Christian Science Monitor reporter Nicholas Blanford reports from outside the Nahr al-Bared camp on the deadliest internal violence in Lebanon since the civil war ended in 1990. We also speak with journalist Zaki Chehab who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1412223 * Zaki Chehab on "Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of the Militant Islamic Movement" * As Israel warns Hamas that none of its leaders are safe from assassination strikes, we talk to Zaki Chehab on the founding of Hamas and how Israel once directly backed the militant group in an attempt to counter Yasser Arafat. Zaki Chehab is the political editor of the London-based Al Hayat newspaper and the Arabic TV channel LBC. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1412230 * A Subversion of American Democracy? White House & Democratic Leadership Agree on Secret Trade Deal * Rick MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, and author of the book "The Selling of ³Free Trade: NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy," discusses what's been happening behind closed doors on Capitol Hill and why many environmentalists, AIDS activists, American labor unions, and social movements in Latin America oppose the deal. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1412233 * Headlines for May 22, 2007 * - Lebanese Army Continues To Shell Palestinian Refugee Camp - Report: Democrats To Fund War Without Timetable for Withdrawal - U.S. Considers Fallujah-Style Attack on Sadr City - Revealed: U.S. Plotted to Assassinate Moqtada Al-Sadr - Senate Pushes Back Vote on Immigration Proposal - U.S. Fights Global Warming Efforts Ahead of G8 Meeting - Financial Aid Directors at John Hopkins and Columbia Resign - UK Prosecutors Charge Ex-KGB Agent With Murder of Litvinenko Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/22/1412217 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, May 22, 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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