Democracy Now Headlines-Wed. Feb. 11. 2009

DemocracyNow
February 11, 2009
Today's Headlines * Senate Approves $819 Billion Stimulus Plan * Geithner Proposes Spending $2.5 Trillion to Aid Banks, Unfreeze Credit Markets * Wal-Mart, General Motors Announce Layoffs * Livni and Netanyahu Both Claim Victory in Israeli Election * Ahmadinejad: Iran Ready for Talks with US * Pakistan Releases Nuclear Scientist AQ Khan * Taliban Attacks Afghan Justice Ministry in Kabul; 19 Killed * Tsvangirai Sworn In as Zimbabwean Prime Minister * Obama Urged Not to Pick Tenn. Gov. Bredesen to Head HHS * Report: 54 Million Americans Will Have No Health Insurance in 2019 * Salazar Slows Down Plan to Expand Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling * Gates Orders Review of Ban on Photographing Flag-Draped Coffins * Hundreds of TV Stations Plan to Stop Analog Broadcasts Next Week * German-Egyptian Activist Freed in Cairo * Guy Chichester, Clamshell Alliance Co-Founder, 1935-2009