Democracy Now! Thursday, August 31, 2006 MP4

Democracy Now!, a daily independent newshour

* Headlines for August 31, 2006


* Shocking Lancet Study: 8,000 Murders, 35,000 Rapes and Sexual Assaults in Haiti During U.S.-Backed Coup Regime After Aristide Ouster


* Eyewitnesses Account: UN Forces Open Fire on Poor Haitian Neighborhood


* Women Recount Gang Rape, Abuse at Hearing Against Haitian Death Squad Leader Emmanuel Constant


* Public Outcry Forces Ohio to Delay Destruction of Presidential Ballots


* "I Am Not Willing To Kill Or Be Killed For Something I Don't Believe In" - AWOL Soldier Refuses to Return to Iraq