DN!: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus//Torture, Due Process Mar 9/11 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:39:42 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST February 12, 2008 = = = = = = = = = February 20 DN! Gala: Help Us Build Our New Home SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES NOW AVAILABLE - JOIN WILLIE NELSON, DANNY GLOVER, AMY GOODMAN AND MANY OTHERS AT THIS GALA DINNER/CONCERT/RECEPTION! http://www.democracynow.org/get_involved/donate/willie = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! has immediate job openings for: TV Producer/Editor For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Torture, Due Process Concerns Mar Capital Case Against Alleged 9/11 Conspirators * The Pentagon is seeking the death penalty for six prisoners at Guantanamo Bay for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks. But questions are being raised about evidence obtained through torture and the legitimacy of the military commissions used to try the suspects. We speak to Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents hundreds of Guantanamo prisoners, including one of the accused. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/12/torture_due_process_denial * Discovery Channel Accused of Political Censorship for Dropping Oscar-Nominated Doc on U.S. Torture * Days after its Academy Award nomination, the documentary Taxi to the Dark Side was dropped by the Discovery Channel over concerns it was ³controversial.² The film investigates some of the most egregious abuses associated with the so-called ³war on terror,² including the US torture of prisoners. We get reaction from filmmaker Alex Gibney. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/12/discovery_channel_accused_of * Nobel Laureate and "Banker to the Poor" Muhammad Yunus on Micro-Lending, Its Critics and the Bush Administration's Negative Impact on Global Poverty * Muhammad Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering a microcredit program that helps hundreds of thousands of impoverished Bangladeshis‹mostly women‹by providing small unsecured loans, which are then repaid. He is author of the new book Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/12/nobel_laureate_and_banker_to * Headlines for February 12, 2008 * Gates Backs Stalling Limited Troop Withdrawals 2 Journalists Kidnapped in Iraq Pentagon Seeks Death Penalty in 9/11 Cases Obama Expected to Sweep ³Potomac Primary² East Timorese Leader Expected to Recover U.S. Marine Accused of Rape in Japan Israel to Build 1,000 New Settlement Homes Venezuela Threatens Oil Cutoff After Exxon Wins Asset Freeze Insurance Giant Asks Doctors to Help Deny Medical Coverage 4 Accused of Spying for China Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Takeover Bid Rep. Lantos Dies at 80 Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/12/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, February 12, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es 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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