Democracy Now - 18 aug 2010

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Headlines for Aug 18, 2010

- UN: 40% of Pakistan Aid Appeal Received
- Haiti Reconstruction Commission Approves $1.6B for Rebuilding Projects
- France Rejects Call to Repay Haiti \"Independence Debt\"
- Colombian Court: US Military Base Deal Unconstitutional
- Blackwater Owner Prince Moves to Abu Dhabi
- Scientists: Oil Contaminating Vital Gulf Habitat
- 68 Killed in Iraq Bombings
- Blagojevich Convicted on One Count in Corruption Trial
- Murray, Rossi Win Washington St. Primaries
- News Corp. Donates $1M to Republican Governors Association
- Dr. Laura to End Radio Show After N-Word Tirade


Special reports

- As GOP and Some Top Dems Unite in Opposing N.Y. Islamic Community Center, a Roundtable Discussion With Mother of 9/11 Victim, Rabbi, Muslim Lawmaker and Islamic Scholar

We spend the hour on the controversy around the proposed construction of an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, which has turned into a national issue. Opposition to the center first started among fringe, right-wing blogs but has swept into the mainstream, with some Democrats including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid coming out against it. Republicans have vowed to make the controversy a campaign issue in the Fall. We host a roundtable with four guests: Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress; Rabbi Irwin Kula of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership; Islamic scholar John Esposito of Georgetown University; and Talat Hamdani, whose son Salman died on 9/11 in the attacks on the World Trade Center.


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