DN!: Super Tuesday II//With US Assistance, Colombian Troops Attack and Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:02:26 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST March 4, 2008 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! has immediate job openings for: TV Producer/Editor For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Super Tuesday II: Today's Primaries and Caucuses Could Decide the Democratic Nominee; We Get Reports from Texas, Ohio and Vermont * Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne Slater, Harvey Wasserman of FreePress.org in Ohio and journalist David Goodman of Vermont discuss today¹s vote. In Texas, Slater explains the state¹s complex voting system and why the Clinton campaign is pressuring the Democratic Party not to release partial results from tonight¹s caucus. In Ohio, voter integrity activists have secured new victories in their attempt to prevent more stolen elections. And in Vermont, town meeting members in Brattleboro vote on whether to ³indict² President Bush and Dick Cheney. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/4/super_tuesday_ii_todays_primaries * With US Assistance, Colombian Troops Attack and Kill 20 FARC Rebels Inside Ecuador * Tensions are high in the Andes following a Colombian military attack in neighboring Ecuador. A leading commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia‹FARC‹and twenty other fighters were killed Saturday when Colombian troops crossed the Ecuadorian border in a pre-dawn raid. On Monday, both Ecuador and Venezuela rushed troops to their borders with Colombia and said they would cut their diplomatic ties with Bogota. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/4/with_us_assistance_colombia * Headlines for March 4, 2008 * Voters Head to Polls in Texas, Ohio, Vermont & Rhode Island McCain Could Secure GOP Nomination Tonight Memo: Obama¹s Critique of NAFTA is ³Political Positioning² Rice Accuses Hamas of Trying to Stop Peace Process Death Toll in Gaza Reaches 118 Report: Democrats Set to OK Telecom Immunity Bush to Veto Bill Outlawing CIA Use of Waterboarding Pentagon Confirms US Missiles Targeted Somalia Oil Prices Reach New High; Warren Buffett Says US Is in Recession Sami Al-Arian Begins New Hunger Strike US to Deport Man Acquitted During Terror Trial Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/4/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, February 4, 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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