Democracy Now Headlines- Tues. Feb. 17, 2009

DemocracyNow
February 17, 2009
Today's Headlines * Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan Soared in 2008 * Holbrooke: India, Pakistan Face Serious Threat * Layoff Notices for 20,000 California Workers Sent Out * Clinton Says Dont Blame Him for the Economic Crisis * Senior Military Officers Probed for Corruption in Iraq * Law Panel: US War on Terror Has Eroded Human Rights Worldwide * Newsweek: Report Will Blast Bush Lawyers on Torture Opinions * Israel Seizes 425 Acres in West Bank for New Settlement Homes * Trial of Khmer Rouge Leader Begins in Cambodia * UN Calls for Global Green New Deal * Scientists: Carbon Emissions Growing Faster than Projected * Two Arrested at Mountaintop Coal Removal Site in West Virginia * 400 Stations to Shut Off Analog Signals Tonight