DN!: Colom Upsets Gen. Molina in Guatemala Run-Off//Musharraf's Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 16:25:35 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST November 6, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Calling all San Francisco-Bay Area volunteers: We could use your enthusiasm to assist us in spreading the word about Democracy Now! at the San Francisco Green Festival. Volunteers will sell DN! merchandise, talk to people about the importance of independent media, and generally be the DN! presence at the event. Let me know if you're available for a shift (or two). If you don't already have one, you'll get a free t-shirt. *Show Hours * Friday ­ 2pm ­ 8pm Saturday ­ 10am ­ 8pm Sunday ­ 11am ­ 6pm *Venue Name and Address* San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center 635 8th St (at Brannan St) San Francisco, CA 94103 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Guatemala's Indigenous Countryside Drives Election Victory Over Atrocity-Linked General * In an upset victory, Alvaro Colom, who ran on an anti-poverty platform, beat the hard-line retired General Otto Perez Molina with close to 53 percent of the vote. We get reaction from Guatemalan American writer Francisco Goldman. His new book ³The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?² implicates the defeated Perez Molina in the 1998 murder of beloved Guatemalan human rights activist Bishop Juan Gerardi. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1623225 * Thousands Arrested in Pakistan Defying Musharraf¹s Crackdown * Thousands of lawyers, human rights activists and journalists were tear-gassed, beaten and arrested Monday for protesting what they describe as nothing short of martial law. We go to Pakistan to speak with journalist Farzana Fiaz. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1623229 * New PBS Documentary Gives Voice to Victims of U.S. ³Extraordinary Rendition² * As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to vote today on the nomination of retired judge Michael Mukasey to be attorney general, a new PBS documentary features interviews with victims of extraordinary rendition speaking for the first time on US television. We speak to investigative journalist Stephen Grey. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1623242 * Headlines for November 6, 2007 * - Thousands Arrested in Pakistan Protest Crackdown - Bush Promises Intel Sharing on Kurds With Turkey - Activists Stage Waterboarding Outside Justice Dept. - Displaced Iraqis Quadruple Since U.S. Surge - Israel: Peace Talks at End of Month - Record Number of Detainees in U.S. Immigration Jails - Contractor Guilty in Bribery Trial Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1622229 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, November 6, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1844237 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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