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Democracy Now! Season 2011, Episode 197: Tuesday, October 04, 2011
2011/10/04 Headlines: Truck Bombing Kills at Least 70 in Somali Capital; Major Unions Throw Support Behind Occupy Wall Street Protest; Occupy Wall Street-Inspired Protests Spring Up Around the Country, World; Obama: Nation is Not Better Off than It was Four Years Ago; Report: Fannie Mae Aware of Dubious Foreclosure Practices as Early as 2003; Emails Reveal Cozy Relationship Between Pipeline Lobbyist, State Department; Obama Administration Backs Increased Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling; Alabama: Latino Students Disappear Due to New Far-Reaching Immigration Law; U.S. Lawmakers Confirm Blocking $200 Million in Aid to Palestine, amid U.N. Statehood Bid; Report: Syrian Protesters Abroad Systematically Monitored, Harassed on Behalf of Regime; Civil Rights Attorneys Request NYPD Turn Over Records on Secret Muslim Monitoring Program; Rick Perry Faces New Race Row over Support for Displaying Confederate Symbols; Mexican Officials Take Issue with Perry Suggestion to Send U.S. Troops over Border; Obama Pushes Forward on Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia, Panama; Texas: 1,000 Evacuated Following Fire at Chemical Plant Watch Democracy Now! Season 2011, Episode 197 Tuesday, October 04, 2011 in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Democracy Now! Season 2011, Episode 197 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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2011/01/03 Headlines: Palestinian Protester Dies After Israeli Tear Gas Attack; Report: More than 10,000 Died in 2010 in Afghanistan; U.S. Air Force to Deploy New Surveillance System in Afghanistan; Pakistan Faces Political Turmoil; 21 Christians Killed in Egyptian Church Bombing; WikiLeaks: U.S. Diplomats Helped Market Boeing Jets Overseas; Bank of America Prepares for Possible Disclosures by WikiLeaks; African Leaders Pressure Ivory Coast President to Cede Power; Dilma Rousseff Sworn in as Brazilian President; 3,100 Killed in Ciudad Juárez in 2010; Australian Floods Kill 10 People; Jerry Brown to be Sworn in as Governor of California; Arizona Suffers from Record Number of Foreclosures; RNC Members Turn Against Michael Steele; Judith Miller Criticizes WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange; Hong Kong Democracy Activist Szeto Wah Dies at 79
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
2011/01/04 Headlines: Pakistani Governor Assassinated in Islamabad; Rep. Issa to Big Business: What Regulations Should GOP Fight?; GOP House to Vote to Repeal Entire Healthcare Bill; JPMorgan Exec Considered for White House Chief of Staff; Schwarzenegger Reduces Sentence of Son of Former Assembly Speaker; Union & State Workers Come Under Increasing Attack; Survey: 61 Percent Support Higher Taxes on the Rich; Iran Offers Access to Nuclear Facilities; WikiLeaks: Israel is Preparing for "Major War" in Middle East; Obama Prepares to Defy Congress on Guantánamo Limitations; Goldman Sachs Invests $450 Million in Facebook; Psychologists Protest Army's Treatment of Bradley Manning
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
2011/01/05 Headlines: Republicans Set to Take Control of House; Slain Pakistani Governor Salmaan Taseer Buried; WikiLeaks: Israeli Blockade Meant to Keep Gaza on "Brink of Collapse"; DNA Evidence Frees Texas Prisoner After 30 Years; Healthcare Trade Association CEOs Pull in Millions; Texas Moves Toward Accepting Nuclear Waste; Navy Captain Relieved from Duty over Explicit Videos; Ex-U.S. Official Accuses Haiti Contractor of Shortchanging Him; Floods Threaten Australia's Great Barrier Reef; Netanyahu Calls for U.S. to Release Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard; Chávez Suggests Oliver Stone, Sean Penn or Noam Chomsky Be Named Ambassador; Son of Deposed Shah Commits Suicide; Puerto Rican National Sentenced for 1968 Plane Hijacking; Judy Bonds, Anti-Mountaintop Coal Remove Campaigner, Dies at 58
Thursday, January 06, 2011
2011/01/06 Headlines: U.S. to Send 1,400 More Marines to Afghanistan; Nancy Pelosi Passes House Speaker Gavel to John Boehner; Hedge Funds Spent $10 Million to Help GOP Win Election; Census: 48 Million Americans Now in Poverty; Global Food Prices Hit Record High; Gene Sperling Expected to be Tapped for Top Economic Post; Commission: Cost-Cutting Decisions Led to BP Spill; Amnesty Report: Sexual Violence Against Women on Rise in Haiti; Oxfam: Haiti is Still in Ruins a Year After Earthquake; U.N. Calls for 2,000 Troops for Ivory Coast; Pakistani Guards Questioned over Assassination of Governor; Sadr Returns to Iraq After Exile in Iran; Israel Considers Probe of Human Rights Groups; Brazilian Truth Commission Proposed
Friday, January 07, 2011
2011/01/07 Headlines: CBO: Repeal of Health Law Would Increase Deficit by $230 Billion; House GOP Kill Global Warming Committee; Puerto Rico and D.C. Lose House Voting Rights; Bill Introduced to Rewrite 14th Amendment; Boehner Pushes $100B in Cuts, Can't Name Any Programs to End; Pentagon Budget Continues to Grow Despite Budget Cuts; China OKs Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Joint Ventures; WikiLeaks: Israeli Corruption at Gaza Crossing Exposed; Israeli Troops Kill 65-Year-Old Man in Home Raid; Ex-Mossad Chief: Iran Nuclear Program Set Back Many Years; Sudan to Hold Referendum on Sunday; U.S. Places Sanctions on Ivory Coast Leader; U.S. Urged to Not Resume Deportations to Haiti; California Health Insurance Company Hikes Rates 59%; Two Die in Arizona After Budget Cuts End Organ Transplant Program; Helen Thomas Makes a Comeback
Monday, January 10, 2011
2011/01/10 Headlines: Rep. Giffords Survives Assassination Attempt in Tucson; Six Die; FBI: Evidence Indicates Gunman Plotted Giffords Shooting; Investigators Probe Arizona Gunman's Links to Hate Group; Tucson Sheriff Condemns Hateful Political Rhetoric; Incendiary Packages Mailed in Maryland and Washington, D.C.; DOJ Subpoenas Twitter for Info on WikiLeaks Accounts; Scott Sisters Freed After Serving 16 Years in Prison for $11 Robbery; Unemployment Rate Falls as More Drop Out of Labor Force; Wells Fargo & U.S. Bancorp Lose Landmark Foreclosure Court Case; Three Die in Algerian Food Riots; 23 Die After Tunisian Troops Fire on Demonstrators; Southern Sudan Begins Voting on Independence; Iran Claims Spy Network is Linked to Assassination of Nuclear Scientist; Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 11 Years in Jail; Basque Separatists Declare Permanent Ceasefire; 51 Killed in Mexican Drug Violence; 15 Decapitated in Acapulco; Accused Airliner Bomber, CIA Operative Faces Trial; Muslims Act as Human Shields for Coptic Christians in Egypt
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
2011/01/11 Headlines: Obama Heads to Tucson for Shooting Memorial; Giffords' Brother-in-Law Sends Message of Peace from Space; Lawmakers to Introduce Gun Control Legislation; Colorado Man Arrested for Threatening Sen. Bennet; Tom DeLay Sentenced to Three Years in Jail; Gates: North Korea is Becoming a "Direct Threat" to U.S.; Biden: U.S. Troops May Stay in Afghanistan After 2014; Ex-Mossad Head Criticized for Admitting Iran Does Not Pose Imminent Nuclear Threat; Israel Demolishes Palestinian Hotel to Build More Settlements; Death Toll in Tunisia Rises to 35; Schools Indefinitely Shut Down; 10 Dead, 78 Missing After Massive Floods in Australia; Lori Berenson Returns to Court in Peru; British Police Officer Exposed for Infiltrating Green Groups; Duke-Progress Merger Creates Nation's Largest Utility Company; WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Appears in London Court; Anti-Torture Activists Mark 9th Anniversary of Opening of Guantánamo
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
2011/01/12 Headlines: Doctors Expect Rep. Giffords to Survive Shooting; Loughner Family Releases Statement on Attack; Family Friend of Slain Girl Remains Hospitalized; Haiti Marks One Year Since Earthquake; Spill Commission Calls for Overhaul of Oil, Gas Regulation; WikiLeaks to Speed Up Release of U.S. Cables; Illinois Set to Abolish Death Penalty; Study: U.S.-Led Military Operations Cause $100M in Damages in Afghan Province; Secretary Clinton Makes Unannounced Visit to Yemen; Anti-Torture Activists Hold Gitmo Protest
Thursday, January 13, 2011
2011/01/13 Headlines: Thousands Mourn Arizona Shooting Victims; Giffords Opens Eyes for First Time; Police Stopped Suspect on Day of Shooting; House Reconvenes, Condemns Attack; Palin Dismisses Criticism as "Blood Libel"; Step-Daughters: 76-Year-Old Victim Saved Mother's Life; Arizona Bans Funeral Protests by Westboro Church; Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening Rep. McDermott; On Anniversary, Haiti Increases Earthquake Death Toll Estimate to 316,000; Bill Clinton Defends Reconstruction Commission Efforts; 10 Arrested at New York Solidarity March for Haiti; Lebanese Gov't Collapses After Hezbollah Withdraws Ministers; Women's Rights Activist Slain in Ciudad Juárez; 2010 Tied for Warmest on Record; Study: Number of Homeless Increased During Recession; Government Spy Infiltrated Antiwar Groups Before FBI Raids
Friday, January 14, 2011
2011/01/14 Headlines: Thousands Protest Tunisian President in Unprecedented Rally; Funeral Held for Youngest Arizona Shooting Victim; Doctors: Giffords Reaches "Major Milestone" in Recovery; Gun Show Near Arizona Shooting to Proceed; EPA Cancels Permit for West Virginia Coal Mine; Biden Affirms Pledge for Iraq Withdrawal; U.S. Plans for 8,000 Private Military Forces; U.S. Military Denies Manning Held in Solitary Confinement; U.N. Says Pro-Gbagbo Forces Attacking Its Vehicles; South Sudan Independence Vote Reaches Turnout Threshold; Clinton Urges Reform in Arab Countries, Defends Israeli Rejection of Peace Offers; Over 500 Die in Brazil Floods; Report: 2011 to Break Foreclosure Record; U.S. Citizen Held in Kuwait Claims Harsh FBI Interrogation; CDC Releases Report on Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Health
Monday, January 17, 2011
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
2011/01/18 Headlines: Tunisian Leader Ousted in Mass Uprising; Protesters Denounce Old Guard in New Gov't; U.S. Plans to Move Arizona Shooting Trial; College Releases Loughner Video; Giffords' Recovery Improves, Upgraded to Serious; Shooting Victim Arrested for Threatening Tea Party Member; House to Vote on Healthcare Repeal; Poll: Support for Healthcare Repeal Drops; Study: 129 Million Americans Suffer Pre-Existing Medical Conditions; 56 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombing; South Sudan Referendum Expected to Back Independence; Prosecutors Issue Draft Indictments in Hariri Probe; Ex-Dictator "Baby Doc" Returns to Haiti; Former Banker Hands Offshore Account Data to WikiLeaks; Israel to Build 1,400 New Settlement Homes; Israeli Gov't to Probe Human Rights Groups; Blackwater-Linked Firm Awarded U.S. Contract in West Bank; 3 Arrested in MLK Day Protest at Tucson Military Base; Protesters Rally in Support of Manning, Targeted Activists; 1,000 Protest Confederate Flag in South Carolina; Maine Gov. Attends NAACP Event Following Snub; Priebus Elected New RNC Chair; Independent Journalist, Activist John Ross Dies
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
2011/01/19 Headlines: House-Controlled GOP to Vote on Healthcare Repeal; Chinese President Hu Visits U.S.; Protesters Hold White House Rally for Tibet; FBI Probes Attempted Bombing of <span class="caps">MLK Day Parade; FCC Approves Comcast Takeover of <span class="caps">NBC Universal; Internal Review Contradicts U.S. Claims on WikiLeaks; Switzerland Probes U.S. Spying Following WikiLeaks Disclosures; "Baby Doc" Charged in Haiti; Yemeni Journalist Denounces Imprisonment; Palestinian Authority Raises Palestinian Flag at D.C. Mission; Senators Lieberman, Conrad Won't Seek Re-Election
Thursday, January 20, 2011
2011/01/20 Headlines: Loughner Indicted on New Charges; Details of Shooting Video Released; Giffords to be Transferred to Houston Hospital; Report: Admin to Renew Gitmo Military Tribunals; House Votes to Repeal Healthcare Law; Protest for Tibetans, Uyghurs Held Outside White House; Suicides Rise Among National Guard, Reserve; Ex-Military Officers Resign Pentagon Advisory Posts Rather than Admit Private Ties; 15 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombings; Duvalier Sued for Human Rights Abuses in Haiti; Aristide Asks Haiti to Allow Return; Ivory Coast Talks Falter; U.N. Approves More Troops; Ohio Death Row Prisoners End Hunger Strike After Winning Demands; NYPD Used Anti-Muslim Video in Training Courses
Friday, January 21, 2011
2011/01/21 Headlines: Rep. Giffords to be Transferred to Houston Facility; Republican Lawmakers Call for Deeper Spending Cuts; Poll: Majority Support Cutting Military Spending over Medicare, Social Security; Obama Taps GE CEO for Economic Panel; Chinese President Hu Meets Senators in D.C.; 52 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombings; Tunisia Mourns Slain Protesters; New Gov't Approves Amnesty Law; Self-Immolations Continue in Egypt; Admin Confirms Opposition to Aristide Return; Duvalier Faces Rumors of Financial Motive in Return; U.S. Resumes Deportations to Haiti; Report: Blackwater Founder Behind Apartheid-Linked Firm's Somalia Bid; Probe: Mine Disaster Preventable, Massey Violated Key Regulations; FBI Arrests Dozens for Alleged Ties to Organized Crime; Criticizing Abortion Stance, Santorum Cites Obama's Ethnicity; U.S. Cancels "Virtual Fence" with Mexico; Verizon Sues to Block FCC Net Neutrality Regulations
Monday, January 24, 2011
2011/01/24 Headlines: Attorney: Manning Abuse Worsens; 2 Visitors Detained at Base; Fmr. Chicago Police Commander Sentenced to 4 ½ Years; Obama Unveils GE CEO as Top Economic Adviser; Rep. Giffords Transferred to Houston Rehab Hospital; Leaked Files Show PA Offered Israel East Jerusalem Annexation; Israeli Inquiry Clears Military, Gov't in Flotilla Attack; Thousands Protest U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan; Tunisian Police, Army Hold Solidarity Rally with Protesters; Anti-Gov't Protests Held in Yemen, Algeria; Duvalier Appeals for Public Support, Feels "Sadness" for Victims; Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Accused of Murdering Babies, Patient; Lax State Oversight Faulted; Drug Maker Stops Production of Anesthetic in Lethal Injections; Days After Comcast Takeover, Olbermann Leaves MSNBC
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
2011/01/25 Headlines: Not Guilty Plea Entered for Loughner; Report: U.S. Failing to Prove WikiLeaks-Manning Link; Obama to Deliver State of the Union Address; 35 Killed in Suicide Attack on Russian Airport; 22 Killed in Iraq Bombings; Palestinians Agreed to "Symbolic Return" of Refugees; Palestinian Leaders Call for Leak Probe; Palestinians Protest Al Jazeera in Ramallah; Turkish Panel Rejects Israeli Claims on Flotilla Raid; Peru Recognizes Palestinian State in Occupied Territories; Hezbollah-Backed Candidate Wins Support in Lebanon; Clinton Praises Mexico on Drug War; ACLU: "Unjustified Homicides" in U.S. Military Prisons; Illinois Appeals Court Rejects Emanuel's Mayoral Bid; Corporate Donations Surge to GOP; Vermont Measure Calls for Revoking Corporate Personhood
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
2011/01/26 Headlines: Obama Calls for Spending Freeze, Lower Corporate Taxes; Republicans, Tea Party Respond to Obama Address; Dems, Republicans Sit Together in Bipartisan Gesture; Anti-Gov't Protests Sweep Egypt; Public Gatherings Banned; Clinton: U.S. Backs Egyptian Gov't; Palestine Papers: PA, Israel Discussed Targeting Palestinian Militants; British Intelligence Aided Crackdown on Hamas; PA Negotiator Claims Palestine Papers Endangering His Life; U.N. Coordinator: Palestine Papers Underscore Palestinian Compromise, Israeli Intransigence; U.S. Deaths from Roadside Bombings Soar in Afghanistan; Suit by Families of Slain Blackwater Contractors Dismissed; Ex-Gitmo Prisoner Sentenced to Life Term; Indonesian Soldiers in Videotaped Torture Sentenced to Less than Year; Emanuel Wins Appeal, Back in Chicago Mayoral Race; Probe: Bush White House Violated Law on Campaigning
Thursday, January 27, 2011
2011/01/27 Headlines: Defying Gov't Ban, Egyptians Protest Mubarak; Clinton: Egypt Should Enact Reforms, Respect "Universal Rights"; Thousands Protest Saleh in Yemen; Tunisia Issues Arrest Warrant for Ben Ali; Arizona Judicial Emergency Could Delay Loughner Trial; Giffords Condition Improves; U.S. Deficit to Hit Record $1.5 Trillion; Financial Crisis Panel Recommends Prosecutions; Soldier Reaches Plea Deal in Afghan "Kill Team" Case; Préval Protégé to Exit Haiti Race; Thousands Protest U.S. Coca Stance in Bolivia; Palestine Papers: Palestinians Acceded to U.S. Demand for Goldstone Delay; Gay Rights Activist Slain in Uganda; Accused Penn. Teen is Youngest Person Ever to Face Life Term
Friday, January 28, 2011
2011/01/28 Headlines: Egyptian Protests Escalate Amidst Gov't Crackdown; U.S. Continues to Back Mubarak; Tens of Thousands Protest Yemeni Gov't; 48 Killed in Iraq Car Bombing; Inquiry: Financial Crisis "Avoidable," Causes Still Intact; Dems, GOP Overhaul Senate Rules; Journalist Tapped to Replace Gibbs at White House; Anti-Drone Activists Convicted for Nevada Protest; Jury Renders Verdict in Penn. Cover-up of Immigrant Beating Death; FBI Targets Alleged WikiLeaks Supporters in Cyberattack Case; Mandela Released from South African Hospital; Funeral Held for Slain LGBT Rights Activist in Uganda; Chile to Probe Allende's Death in U.S.-Backed Coup; New Ariz. Proposal Could Revoke U.S. Citizenship of Immigrant Children
Monday, January 31, 2011
2011/01/31 Headlines: Massive Protests in Egypt Enter Seventh Day; General Strike Called; ElBaradei Joins Street Protests, Calls for End of Mubarak Regime; Hillary Clinton Stresses "Orderly Transition" in Egypt; Israel Urges U.S. & Europe to Mute Criticism of Mubarak; New Egyptian VP Tied to CIA Extraordinary Rendition Program; Egypt Attempts to Silence Al Jazeera; Cuts Off Internet & Cell Phones; Protests Spread to Jordan, Yemen and Sudan; Sudanese Police Kill Student Protester; 99% of Southern Sudan Votes to Secede; California Man Arrested for Mosque Bomb Plot in Michigan; Report: Pakistan Now Has More Than 100 Nuclear Deployed Weapons; 25 Arrested at Protest Outside Koch Brothers Gathering; FBI Accused of Repeatedly Violating Law Post-9/11; Goldman Sachs Triples Salary for CEO; Alpha Natural Purchases Massey Energy to Form Coal Giant; Ohio Mother Jailed for Trying to Send Children to Better School; Brooklyn College Professor Dismissed For Views on Israel; Founder of Minutemen Vigilante Group on Trial for Murder
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
2011/02/01 Headlines: Egyptian Protests Enter Day 8: Millions Fill Streets to Oppose Mubarak; Looting Tied to Backers of Mubarak Regime; Egyptian VP Reaches Out to Opposition Groups; U.S. Refuses to Call for Mubarak’s Ouster; Jordananian King Dismisses Government; Tunisian Protesters Call for Torture Probe; Fed Judge Rules Healthcare Bill to be Unconstitutional; Haiti Offers Diplomatic Passport to Ousted President Aristide; Haitian Man Dies After Being Deported from U.S.; Huntsman Resigns from Ambassador Post, May Run in 2012 Election; Iran Demands American Hiker Return for Trial; Arizona Gun Advocates Push for Weakening Firearms Laws; Undercover Investigators Expose Gun Show Loophole; Brooklyn College Reinstates Ousted Teacher; Lacking Insurance, Father of Hip Hop Faces Medical Crisis
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
2011/02/02 Headlines: Mubarak Supporters Attack Protesters in Tahrir Square; Mubarak Refuses to Resign, Won't Seek Re-election; Millions March Against Mubarak on Tuesday; Obama: "Orderly Transition" in Egypt Must Begin "Now"; U.S. Lawmakers and Egyptian Officials Met 250+ Times in 2010; Yemeni President to Step Down in 2013; Extreme Weather: U.S. Gripped by Massive Winter Storm; Bill Introduced to Ban EPA from Regulating Greenhouse Gases; Senate Republicans Advocate Healthcare Repeal; Report: Iraqi Forces Operating Secret Prison in Baghdad; Deported Haitian Man Who Died Was Healthy Upon Leaving the U.S.; Specialist Recommended Bradley Manning Not Be Deployed to Iraq; Obama to Ratify New Disarmament Treaty; Sites for Democratic and Republican Conventions Chosen
Thursday, February 03, 2011
2011/02/03 Headlines: At Least Six Dead, Almost 1,000 Injured After Pro-Mubarak Forces Attack Protesters; Egypt’s PM Apologizes for Violence, Cell Phone Company Forced to Send Pro-Mubarak Text Messages; U.S. State Dept.: We Don’t Know Who Is Behind Cairo Violence; Protesters Urge U.S. to Call for Mubarak’s Ouster; Opposition Leaders Reject Call to Negotiate; Egyptian Government Cracks Down on Journalists, Anderson Cooper and Others Attacked; Tens of Thousands Protest in Yemen; Jordanians Protest Selection of New PM; 10 Journalists Arrested in Sudan; Palestinian Authority Shuts Down Pro-Egyptian Protest; Netanyahu: Israel Needs to Bolster Its Forces; Massive Cyclone Hits Australia; Wall Street Bankers Take in Record $135 Billion in Compensation; 43 Million Americans Now Receiving Food Stamps, a 14% Increase; Healthcare Repeal Defeated in Senate; Halliburton and Others Accused of Illegally Pumping Fuel into the Ground; Oil and Gas Industry Denounces Academy Award-Nominated Documentary; WikiLeaks Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Friday, February 04, 2011
2011/02/04 Headlines: Over a Million March in Day of Departure Rally in Egypt; Report: U.S. Considers Proposal for Mubarak to Resign Immediately; Pro-Mubarak Gangs Attack Scores of Journalists; Egyptian State TV Broadcaster Resigns in Protest; Algeria Promises to Lift State of Emergency; Tens of Thousands March in Yemen; Syrian Activists Plan Protest in Damascus; McCain Compares Arab Pro-Democracy Movement to a "Virus"; Under International Pressure, Haiti Announces Run-Off Candidates; Global Food Prices Hit Record High; Shell Oil Records $18.6 Billion Profit in 2010; Bernanke: Unemployment Rate Will Remain "Stubbornly" High; 20,000 Vets and Military Personnel Lose Homes in Foreclosure Crisis; Internal Documents: JPMorgan Chase Hid Doubts about Madoff; Afghan Man Dies at Guantánamo; Virginia to Ask Supreme Court to Review Healthcare Law; Census: New Orleans Lost 1/3 of Population Since 2000; 150 Students Arrested in Puerto Rico
Monday, February 07, 2011
2011/02/07 Headlines: Protests in Egypt Enter 14th Day as Gov't Meets with Opposition; U.S. Envoy: "Mubarak Must Stay in Office"; Al Jazeera Cairo Bureau Chief Arrested; Egyptian Authorities Acknowledge Detaining Google Exec; Facing Possible Torture Probe, Bush Cancels Swiss Trip; Jobless Rate Drops as 200,000 Unemployed Workers Drop Out of Labor Force; Unemployment Rate for Veterans Reaches New High; Corporate America Sends GOP Lawmakers a Wish List; Wife of Justice Thomas Forms Tea Party-linked Lobbying Firm; Trial Begins in Iran for Three Hikers; Thousands of Iraqis Protest Lack of Government Services; WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Returns to London Court; World Social Forum Opens in Senegal; Florida Man Stabbed After Saying He Was a Muslim; AOL Purchases Huffington Post for $315 Million
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
2011/02/08 Headlines: Egyptian Protests Continue Despite Further Concessions; Report: German Hospital Prepares for Mubarak's Arrival; Egypt: Google Executive and Online Activist Released from Detention; WikiLeaks Cables Reveal Extended Israeli Support of Egyptian Vice President; Coalition of Egyptian Attorneys Accuse Mubarak Family of Stealing State Money; Report: Taliban and al-Qaeda Are Not Ideological Allies; Crashed U.S. Drone Found in Yemen; WikiLeaks Founder Continues to Fight Extradition to Sweden; Guardian Journalist Expelled from Russia; Obama Reaches Out to Corporations in Chamber of Commerce Speech; Obama Advocates New Free Trade Deals; Democratic Leadership Council Suspends Operations; Congresswoman Steps Down to Head Center for Scholars; House to Vote on PATRIOT Act Extension; Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Can’t Legalize Drugs Because There is “Too Much Money in It”; Bloomberg: Obama Administration Not Concerned about Illegal Gun Trafficking; California Students Charged for Disrupting Israeli Ambassador’s Speech
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
2011/02/09 Headlines: Egyptian Protests Spread Following Record-Level Turnout; White House Urges End to Egyptian Gov't Crackdown; Obama Expected to Maintain U.S. Aid to Egyptian Regime; GOP Dealt Setback with Temporary <span class="caps">PATRIOT Act Defeat; Assange Attorneys Challenge Swedish Prosecutor to Testify; Wikileaks Docs: Despite No Evidence, Yemen Continued Jailing Alleged al-Quada Members at U.S. Behest; Blackwater Appeal to be Closed to Public; Pakistan Jails U.S. Consular Worker Over Shooting Deaths; Haiti Issues Passport to Aristide; ACLU Observer Alleges Beating at L.A. Prison
Thursday, February 10, 2011
2011/02/10 Headlines: Thousands of Striking Workers Join Egyptian Uprising; Report: Egyptian Army Detaining, Torturing Protesters; Freed Protest Organizer Wael Ghonim Rejects Mubarak Regime Talks; WikiLeaks Docs: Torture-Linked Egyptian Police Trained in U.S.; Investigators Failing to Link Manning to Assange; Firms Planned Attacks on WikiLeaks, Supporters; 27 Killed in Pakistan Suicide Bombing; Israel Destroys Palestinian Medicine Factory; Bernanke Warns of Lengthy Unemployment; GOP Proposes $74B in Funding Cuts; Heating Assistance Program Faces Funding Reduction; CIA Operatives Promoted Despite Roles in Deaths, Rendition; Gitmo Prisoner's Sentence Reduced from 14 Years to Two; Napolitano: Terror Threat Could Be Highest Since 9/11; Sen. Webb Won't Seek Re-Election; GOP Rep. Resigns over Leaked Emails; Justice Thomas Urged to Recuse Himself from Healthcare Law Cases; Doctors: Rep. Giffords Speaks for First Time Since Shooting; Keith Olbermann Joins Current TV
Friday, February 11, 2011
2011/02/11 Headlines: Record Protests Flood Egypt After Mubarak Refuses to Resign; Protests Held in Multiple Cities; Cairo Rallies Expand; Egyptian Military Backs Mubarak; Obama: Transition Prospects "Not Yet Clear"; Egyptian Blogger Freed from Jail; Iran Detains Opposition Leader Ahead of Protest; Pakistani Court Extends Jailing of U.S. Official Accused in Fatal Shootings; Obama Announces $18B Plan for Expanding Wireless Internet; Plot Exposed to Target Opponents of U.S. Chamber of Commerce; GOP Sen. Kyl to Retire; Paul Supporters Call Cheney "War Criminal" at CPAC
Monday, February 14, 2011
2011/02/14 Headlines: Egypt Celebrates Mubarak’s Resignation, Military Imposes Martial Law; Egyptian Military Takes Temporary Control, Bans Labor Union Meetings; Bahrain: Protesters Clash with Police; Yemeni Forces Use Tasers on Peaceful Protesters; Hundreds Arrested in Algerian Protests; Iran Places Opposition Leader Mousavi under House Arrest; Palestinian Prime Minister Disbands Cabinet; Obama Slashes Assistance for Working Poor and Needy in New Budget; Wisconsin Governor Threatens to Use National Guard Against State Workers; U.S. Considers Dissolving Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac; Italy: Hundreds of Thousands of Women Protest Prime Minister; Arrest Warrant Issued for Musharraf in Connection with Bhutto Assassination; U.S. Delays Talks with Pakistan Amid Diplomatic Dispute; Ron Paul Wins Straw Poll at Conservative Conference; Former Tom DeLay Aide Sentenced to 20 Months in Jail; Puerto Rican University President Resigns in Wake of Student Protests; Opponents of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Occupy Kentucky Governor’s Office
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
2011/02/15 Headlines: Iran: Security Forces Violently Crackdown on Protesters; Iranian Lawmakers Call for Execution of Opposition Leaders; Two Demonstrators Die in Bahrain Protests; U.S. Increases Aid to Yemen as Anti-Government Protests in Sana'a Intensify; Egyptian Military Urges End to Protests, Labor Strikes; Retired Judge Heads Up Egyptian Constitutional Committee; Egypt Requests States Freeze Mubarak’s Funds; Self-Immolation Protests Spread to Morocco; Syrian Blogger Sentenced to Five Years in Jail After Secret Trial; Chevron Ordered to Pay Ecuador $8.5 Billion for Environmental Damages; Italy’s Berlusconi to Stand Trial on Sex Charges; European Energy Companies Spied on Activist Groups; Israel to Build Army Base in East Jerusalem; House Votes to Extend Elements of PATRIOT Act; Shirley Sherrod Sues Conservative Blogger; Friend of Suspected WikiLeaks Source Alleges Torture; Clarence Thomas Connected to Tea Party Funders; Honduras: Plane Crash Kills 14; Two Campesino Leaders Murdered; Equatorial Guinean Author Enters Fifth Day of Hunger Strike; BP Executive Resigned over Safety Protocols Before Spill; Arizona Bill Would Require Hospitals Check Citizenship Status of Patients; Former Head of Vigilante Anti-Immigrant Group Convicted of Murder; Texas Refuses to Compensate Exonerated Death Row Prisoner
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
2011/02/16 Headlines: Pro-Democracy Protests Erupt in Libya; Unrest Continues in Bahrain, Iran, Yemen; Obama Suggests Mubarak Regime Didn't "Shoot, Beat, Arrest" Protesters; Egyptian Military Vows Democratic Transition in Six Months; Obama Admin Touts Internet Freedom While Targeting Twitter, WikiLeaks; Rep. Peter King Introduces Anti-WikiLeaks Espionage Bill; Boehner: "So Be It" If Federal Workers Lose Jobs Under Cuts; Argentina: U.S. Warplane Carried Unauthorized Weapons; Key Bush Admin "Source" Admits to Lying about Iraqi WMD; Veterans File Class Action Suit over Sexual Abuse in Military; CBS News Correspondent Hospitalized After Cairo Attack; World Bank: Rising Food Prices Push 44 Million Into Poverty; U.S. Customs Agent Slain in Mexico Attack; 15 Recipients Awarded Medal of Freedom; Thousands Protest Anti-Public Worker Bill in Wisconsin
Thursday, February 17, 2011
2011/02/17 Headlines: 4 Killed, Hundreds Wounded in Bahrain Crackdown; Libyan Forces Kill 5 Protesters; 2 Dead, 4 Wounded in Yemen Rallies; Violence Erupts at Funeral for Slain Iranian Protester; Hundreds Rally in Iraq Following Deadly Protest; Gates Warns on U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq; Report Ordered by Obama Warned of Mideast Unrest; Swiss Officials Uncover Alleged Mubarak Regime Funds; Police Withdrawn from Puerto Rico Campus; Somali Man Sentenced to 33 Years in U.S. Ship Captain Kidnapping; Over 10,000 Rally Against Wisconsin Anti-Public Sector Bill
Friday, February 18, 2011
2011/02/18 Headlines: Egyptians Mark Week Since Mubarak's Ouster; U.S. Pledges Aid for Egyptian Transition; Bahrainis Hold Funerals for Slain Pro-Democracy Protesters; Bahraini Gov't Calls Attack on Protesters "Proportional"; U.S. Raises "Concerns" over Bahraini Crackdown; Up to 50 Protesters Killed in Libya; Yemeni Protests Enter 2nd Week; Iraq Asks U.S. for $1 Billion in Damages; Congress Extends PATRIOT Act; Both Sides Challenge Chevron Ruling in Ecuador
Monday, February 21, 2011
2011/02/21 Headlines: 332 Reportedly Killed in Libyan Crackdown on Protests; Bahraini Protesters Occupy Key Public Square After Massacre; Senator Leahy Asks for Review of U.S. Aid to Bahrain; Yemeni President Vows Not to Quit; 12 Die in Protests; Pro-Democracy Protests Spread to Morocco; Sudan’s Bashir Won’t Seek Another Presidential Term; House OKs $61 Billion in Cuts; Planned Parenthood, CPB Targeted; 80,000 Rally in Wisconsin to Save Collective Bargaining Rights; Barclays Bank Targeted in Tax Protest; U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution Calling Israeli Settlements Illegal; NATO Forces Accused of Killing 64 Afghan Civilians; Report: U.S. Drone Strikes Killed Just Two "High-Value" Targets in 2010; Pennsylvania Judge Convicted in Kids-for-Cash Scheme; U.S. Denies Visa to Palestinian Activist; Indymedia Mali Radio Station Goes Live
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
2011/02/22 Headlines: U.N. Commissioner: Libyan Crackdown Amounts to Crime Against Humanity; Libyan Ambassador Accuses Gaddafi of Genocide; Obama Administration Criticized Over Response to Libyan Violence; U.S., Europe and Libya Relationship Strengthened through Corporate, Military Ties; Libya: Human Rights Watch Appeals to International Community for Response; Egyptian Prosecutor Freezes Former President’s Assets; Bahrain Releases Prisoners Amid Protests; Iran: Son of Opposition Leader Detained; Wisconsin Protests Continue as Governor Refuses Negotiation over Anti-Worker Bill; Billionaire Koch Brothers Helped Fund Wisconsin Governor Walker; American Detained in Pakistan is a CIA Operative Linked to Blackwater; U.S. News Outlets Knew about CIA Links, Kept Quiet at Government Request; Arrest Inflames U.S.-Pakistan Tensions; Gen. Petraeus Suggests Afghan Parents Intentionally Burned Children; Gulf Researchers Discover Dead Dolphins, Oil on Sea Floor; Detroit to Close Half of Public Schools, Privatize Services; Republican Funding Cuts Threaten Rural TV and Radio Stations; Chicago Set to Vote for New Mayor; New Zealand Earthquake Kills 65; <em>Democracy Now!’s</em> Juan Gonzalez Wins Second George Polk Award
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
2011/02/23 Headlines: Gaddafi Issues Defiant Address; Death Toll Remains Unknown; U.N. Security Council Calls on Libya to End Violence; 2 Killed in Yemen Protests; Tens of Thousands Rally in Bahrain; U.S. Ignored Human Rights Abuses in Bahrain; Report: Admin Reviews Weapons Sales, Military Aid; Thousands Protest Anti-Union Bill in Ohio; Indiana Dems Flee State; Hundreds Protest Teacher Layoffs in Idaho; Georgia Measure Calls for Investigating Miscarriages; Pirates Kill 4 U.S. Hostages Near Somalia; Citizen's Arrest Attempted on Israeli FM in Belgium; Emanuel Elected Chicago Mayor; FBI Sued for Spying on California Mosque
Thursday, February 24, 2011
2011/02/24 Headlines: Libyan Forces Escalate Attacks on Uprising; U.N. Human Rights Chief Condemns Libya for "Crimes Against Humanity"; British Court OKs Assange Extradition to Sweden; Report: U.S. Army Ordered Psy-Ops to Sway Lawmakers on Backing Afghan War; Pro-Labor Protests Continue in Wisconsin, Ohio; Walker Pranked by Koch Impersonator; Indiana Deputy Attorney General Fired for Backing Armed Attacks on Demonstrators; Admin Withdraws Support for DOMA; Soldier Faces Court-Martial for Killing of Afghan Civilian; Report: U.S. Extremist Groups on the Rise; 2 Sentenced to Jail Terms in Beating of Mexican Immigrant
Friday, February 25, 2011
2011/02/25 Headlines: U.N.: Thousands May Have Died in Libyan Crackdown; Protesters Plan Rally in Libyan Capital; U.N. Security Council, Rights Panel Holds Sessions on Libya; Wisconsin Assembly OKs Anti-Union Bill; Idaho Senate Advances Curbs on Teachers' Union; Thousands Join "Day of Rage" in Iraq; Pakistan Trial of CIA Operative Adjourns; Algeria Lifts State of Emergency; Foreign Student Arrested on Terror Charges; Indiana Senate OKs Anti-Immigrant Bill; Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in Hawaii, Advanced in Maryland
Monday, February 28, 2011
2011/02/28 Headlines: Anti-Gaddafi Forces Close in on Tripoli; U.N.: Over 100,000 Flee Libya; Gaddafi's Son: "Everything is Peaceful" in Libya; Security Council Backs Libya Sanctions, War Crimes Probe; Over 100,000 Rally in Madison; Thousands Join Nationwide Protests; Providence School Teachers Warned of Layoffs; Governors Push Changes to Medicaid; Afghan Civilian Killings at Record Level; Mubarak Faces Travel Ban, Asset Freeze; McCain Praises Egyptian Revolution; Thousands Protest in Bahrain, Opposition Leader Returns; Protests Force Resignation of Tunisian Interim PM; Yemen to Unveil New Unity Gov't Amidst Unrest; 6 Reported Killed in Oman Protests; "Inside Job" Wins Best Documentary at Oscars
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
2011/03/01 Headlines: Libyan Regime Attacks Rebel-Held Towns; U.S. Deploys Naval, Air Forces Near Libya; 100,000 Flee Libya, Death Toll Remains Unknown; Protests Shut Out of Wisconsin Capitol; Ohio Lawmakers to Vote on Anti-Union Bill; Obama Urges Support for Public Unions; Polls: Majority Supports Collective Bargaining; Walker Would Lose Election Re-Do; Report: GOP Budget Plan Would Eliminate 700,000 Jobs; Trial for Environmental Activist Opens in Utah; Massey Security Chief Charged with Obstructing Blast Probe; Gov't Issues First Gulf Deepwater Drilling Permit Since Moratorium; Immokalee Workers Launch 5-City Protest; Pro-Democracy Protests Spread to Oman Capital; 29 Killed in Iraq Clashes; 300 Arrested in Sweep Targeting Dissidents
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
2011/03/02 Headlines: Thousands Protest Anti-Union Bill in Ohio; Wisconsin Gov. Proposes Drastic Spending Cuts to Districts, Education; Gaddafi Forces Launch New Attacks; U.S. Warships Head Toward Libya; Venezuela Accuses U.S. of "War Mongering"; U.N. Votes to Suspend Libya from Human Rights Council; Yemenis Protest Saleh in Largest Protests to Date; Thousands Join Anti-Gov't Protests in Iran; Pakistani Minister Who Opposed Blasphemy Laws Slain; House Avoids Shutdown with Short-Term Budget Measure; Supreme Court Rejects Privacy Rights for Corporations in FOIA Cases; Report: Tax Cuts Could Cost 19 States $5.3 Billion; Untreated Radioactive Wastewater from Hydrofracking Dumped in Rivers, Streams; Dems Urge Probe of Firms Linked to Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, March 03, 2011
2011/03/03 Headlines: U.S. Attacks Kills 9 Afghan Boys; Manning Faces 22 Additional Charges in WikiLeaks Case; Ohio Senate Advances Anti-Union Bill; Absent Wisconsin Dems Threatened with Fines; Gaddafi Forces Attack Opposition Strongholds; U.S. Inserts ICC Exemption into U.N. Libya Measure; Israeli Diplomat Resigns over "Wrong" Foreign Policy; 2 U.S. Airmen Slain in Germany; Pennsylvania Cuts 40,000 from Low-Income Insurance Program; Supreme Court: Church Can Protest Military Funerals; Issa Staffer Fired for Sharing Reporters' Emails; Newburgh 4 Prisoner: Money Motivated Involvement with Informant; Charges Dropped for Silent Protest at Clinton Speech; Musicians Urged to Donate Gaddafi Payments
Friday, March 04, 2011
2011/03/04 Headlines: Fighting Continues in Libya; Checkpoints Expand in Tripoli; Obama Orders U.S. Military to be Prepared to Act in Libya; U.N.: Number of Refugees Leaving Libya Decreases; Egyptian Protesters Hail Selection of New Prime Minister; Four Protesters Die in Yemen; Saudi Protesters Demand Release of Shiite Leader; Thousands of Iraqis Protest in "Day of Regret"; Judge Orders Protesters to Leave Wisconsin Capitol; Lawyer: Bradley Manning Held Naked for Seven Hours; Assange: New Charges Against Manning "A Very Serious Matter"; Global Food Prices Hit New High; Seven Female Protesters Shot Dead in Ivory Coast; California Man Sues After FBI Places <span class="caps">GPS Device on Car; Hillary Clinton Praises Al Jazeera as "Real News"; UC Berkeley Students Take Over Administration Building
Monday, March 07, 2011
2011/03/07 Headlines: Libya: Gaddafi Mounts Counter-Offensive, Hundreds of Thousands Flee; U.S. Senators Support No-Fly Zone, Defense Secretary Expresses Concern; Saudi Arabia Bans Public Protests; Global Unrest Causes Rise in Oil Prices, U.S. Considers Tapping Reserves; As Unemployment Rate Falls, New Jobs Pay Less; White House Chief of Staff Avoids Calling for Wall Street Arrests; Thousands Continue Protests in Wisconsin; Budget Cuts and Threats to Unions Prompt Nationwide Protests; Karzai Rejects U.S. Apology for Killing Children as Hundreds Protest; Egyptian Protesters Overrun Secret Police Headquarters, Seize Evidence of Torture; Israeli Jets Level University Buildings in Gaza; Greece: Nearly 100 Hunger Strike Migrants Hospitalized; Forced Nudity Continues for WikiLeaks Suspect, Comparison Drawn to Abu Ghraib; China Begins Violent Crackdown on Dissidents and Journalists; Fatal Attack on California Sikhs May Have Been a Hate Crime; Religious Leaders Support Return of Aristide to Haiti; Natural Gas Companies Halt Operations Following Link to Earthquakes
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
2011/03/08 Headlines: Obama Orders Guantánamo Tribunals to Resume; U.N.: 1 Million Trapped in Libya, Need Emergency Aid; Conflicting Reports Emerge over Gaddafi Offer to Step Down; Momentum Grows for No-Fly Zone over Libya; Report: U.S. Develops Secret Plan to Arm Libyan Rebels; Iraq Orders Closing of Political Offices Tied to Protests; 200 Jordanian Journalists Stage Protest; Egypt Orders Arrest of 47 State Security Officers; 2,000 Yemeni Prisoners Revolt; Activists Shut Down Bank of America Branch in D.C. in Tax Protest; Tom Cruise Cited for Dodging Property Taxes in Colorado; Video: Sen. Brown Seeks More Funds from David Koch; Hearings on Muslim Radicalization Decried as a New McCarthyism; Iraqi American Filmmaker Beaten in Iowa; U.S. Judge Sides with Chevron in Ecuador Case; 25 Die in Car Bombing in Pakistan; Report: 19,000 Private Security Personnel in Afghanistan; Israel May Seek Another $20 Billion in Military Aid from U.S.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
2011/03/09 Headlines: Libyan Gov't Claims Control of Rebel-Held Zawiyah; U.S., U.K. Agree on Military Options; Idaho Assembly OKs Bill to Curb Teachers' Unions; Pro-Worker Rallies Held in 6 States; Emails: Walker Offered Concessions on Anti-Union Bill; 2010 Deadliest Year for Civilians in Afghan War; Dozens Killed in Pakistan Bombings; Yemeni Police Attack Protesters in Sana'a; 11 Killed in Religious Clashes in Egypt; Amnesty: Video Shows Torture of Slain Egyptian Prisoners; International Women's Day Protests, Events Held Worldwide; Syrian Dissident, Attorney Released from Prison; ICJ Rules on Nicaragua, Costa Rica Dispute; Muslim Group Criticizes "Radicalization" Hearings; NPR Exec Resigns Following Right-Wing Video Sting
Thursday, March 10, 2011
2011/03/10 Headlines: Thousands Protest as Wisconsin GOP Advances Anti-Union Bill in State Senate; Clashes Continue in Libya; Toll for East Estimated at 400; BBC News Crew Detained, Beaten by Libyan Forces; Egyptian Protesters Attacked; ElBaradei Explores Presidential Bid; Yemeni President Proposes Referendum on New Constitution; Dalai Lama Steps Down as Tibet's Political Leader; Illinois Abolishes Death Penalty; NPR <span class="caps">CEO Resigns Over Video Controversy; Loughner Pleads Not Guilty, Hearing Set for May; Two-Thirds of States Have Cut Mental Health Services; Former U.S. Soldier Charged in Failed MLK Day Bombing; House Panel Orders Legal Defense of DOMA; Robert Scheer, City Limits Named Izzy Award Recipients
Friday, March 11, 2011
2011/03/11 Headlines: 8.9 Earthquake Triggers Devastating Tsunami in Japan; Walker to Sign Anti-Union Bill Following Assembly Passage; Thousands Rally Against Anti-Union Effort in Indiana; Dozens Protest Emergency Management Bill in Detroit; Gaddafi Forces Seize Momentum in Ongoing Clashes; Gates: NATO Planning for "All Military Options" in Libya; U.S. to Send Aid Team to Libya, Meet Opposition Leaders; Clinton to Visit Tunisia, Egypt; 2 Journalists Missing in Libya Following Arrests; Saudi Police Fire on Peaceful Demonstration; Yemenis Stage Massive Anti-Gov't Protest; Relative of Afghan President Killed in U.S. Raid; Rep. King Opens Hearings on Muslim "Radicalization" in U.S.; House Panel Votes to Bar EPA from Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Killing of U.S. Journalist Among Cases Reopened in Mexico
Monday, March 14, 2011
2011/03/14 Headlines: Japan: Estimated Death Toll Reaches 10,000 Amid Fears of Nuclear Meltdown; Wisconsin Sees Largest Protests Ever Following Passage of Anti-Union Bill; Gov. Walker Hopes Wisconsin Bill Will Inspire Legislation; Labor Protests Spread Throughout the Country; Libya: Pro-Gaddafi Forces Push Back Against Rebels; Gulf Nations Send Troops to Bahrain in Effort to Quell Protests; Yemen Security Forces Kill Peaceful Protesters; Jewish Settlers Murdered in West Bank; Israel Approves More Homes; U.S. Official Resigns After Criticizing Treatment of Bradley Manning; Judge: U.S. Gov’t May Access Twitter Info in WikiLeaks Investigation; Nuclear Crisis in Japan Sparks Global Protests; Unemployment Rate for Iraq, Afghanistan Vets Over 20 Percent; Arrest Made in Calif. Mosque Vandalism, Planned Parenthood Firebombing; Michele Bachmann Travels to New Hampshire, Confuses Basic U.S. History
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
2011/03/15 Headlines: Japan Faces Nuclear Crisis After Third Explosion at Plant; Radiation Leaks Force Over 70,000 to Evacuate; Thousands of Bodies Wash Up on Japan’s Shore; Germany Shuts Down Nuclear Reactors Following Japan Disaster; Bahrain Declares State of Emergency; Saudi Forces Arrive to Quell Protests; Libya: Pro-Gaddafi Forces Close in on Rebels as No-Fly Zone Debate Persists; Young People Lead Massive Protests in Palestine; Bradley Manning’s Father Speaks Out Against Son’s Treatment; Major Papers Join Former U.S. Spokesman in Decrying Manning’s Prison Conditions; Aristide to Return to Haiti Before Elections Despite U.S. Wishes; Wisconsin Dems Still Held in Contempt, Votes Not Counted or Recorded; Iowa Considers Bill to Criminalize Undercover Videos at Farms; Guatemalans Intentionally Infected with Diseases Sue U.S. Government; Sen. Al Franken: Violations of Net Neutrality Should Be a Crime; Survey: Many U.S. Millionaires Do Not Consider Themselves Rich
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
2011/03/16 Headlines: Japan Races to Cool Reactors as Radiation Fears Grow; Reactor Model Faulted for Safety Concerns; Quake, Tsunami Toll Tops 11,000; Bahraini Forces Attack Protesters in Manama; Egyptian Youth Groups Refuse to Meet Clinton over Mubarak Support; U.S. Air Strike Kills 2 Afghan Children; Petraeus Suggests Long-Term U.S. Military Presence; Gaddafi Forces Advance on Benghazi; Michigan Lawmakers Approve Emergency Management Bill; Hundreds Protest Anti-Teacher Bill in Tennessee; Uzbekistan Expels Human Rights Watch; Utah Enacts Anti-Immigrant Bill; Report: U.S. Deploys Drones in Mexico
Thursday, March 17, 2011
2011/03/17 Headlines: Japan Dumps Water on Reactor; Radiation Levels Rise; Deaths, Arrests in Bahraini Protest Crackdown; Thousands Protest as Michigan Enacts Emergency Management Laws; Wisconsin Prosecutor Challenges Anti-Worker Bill; Florida Advances Restrictions on Teachers; CIA Agent Accused of Murder Freed in Pakistan; Hundreds Protest Clinton in Tunisia; Clinton Visits Tahrir Square; Won't Stay on Past 2012; Palestinian Factions to Hold Unity Talks; Study: 800,000 to Contract Cholera in Haiti; EPA to Regulate Coal Power Plant Emissions; Former Chicago Police Commander Begins Prison Term
Friday, March 18, 2011
2011/03/18 Headlines: Japan Raises Nuclear Alert; Burying of Reactors Mulled; Up to 40 Pakistani Civilians Killed in U.S. Drone Strike; Pakistanis Protest Release of CIA Agent; Libya Declares Ceasefire After U.N. Authorizes No-Fly Zone; Bahrain Arrests Opposition Leaders, Clears Protest Encampment; Aristide Set for Haiti Return; House Passes Bill to De-Fund NPR; U.S. Denies Travel Visa to Afghan Activist; U.S. Develops Social Media Propaganda Software
Monday, March 21, 2011
2011/03/21 Headlines: Japanese Death Toll to Top 18,000; Food & Water Supplies Contaminated; U.S. & Allies Begin Bombing of Libya to Enforce No-Fly Zone; Yemeni Generals and Officials Defect After Killing of 35 Protesters; Thousands Protest in Syria; Egyptians Approve Constitutional Referendum; Leaked Photos Show U.S. Soldiers Posing with Dead Afghan Civilians; Over 130 Arrested at Iraq War and Bradley Manning Protests; Wisconsin Judge Blocks Union-Busting Bill; Israeli Military Intelligence Targets Foreign Activist Groups; Haitian Vote Held as Aristide Returns from Exile; U.N. Warns about Crimes Against Humanity in Ivory Coast; Thousands Protest in Senegal; Obama Kicks Off Latin American Tour; AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39 Billion; Newspaper Guild Calls for Boycott of Huffington Post
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
2011/03/22 Headlines: U.S. Warplane Goes Down in Libya as Air Campaign Enters Fourth Day; International Community Divided on Libya Intervention, Obama Defends Use of Force; Four Children Killed as Pro-Gaddafi Forces Continue Attacks; Obama Criticized for Failing to Consult Congress on Libya Attacks; Over a Dozen Journalists Unaccounted for in Libya; Storage Pool in Japan Nuclear Facility Nears Boiling Point; NRC Extends Vermont Nuclear Plant License by 20 Years; Earthquake-Prone Chile Signs Nuclear Plant Agreement with U.S.; Obama Praises Chilean History of Transition, No Apology for U.S.-Backed Dictatorship; Israel Launches Attacks on Gaza Injuring 20, Including 7 Children; U.N. Investigator Accuses Israel of “Ethnic Cleansing”; Former Israeli President to Serve Seven Years Following Rape Conviction; Ivory Coast: Thousands Offer to Join Army as Fears of Civil War Grow; Court OKs to Challenge Bush-Era Warrantless Wiretapping Amendment; First Deepwater Oil Exploration Project Approved Since BP Spill; FBI Ordered to Preserve Evidence in Judi Bari Bombing Case
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
2011/03/23 Headlines: Gaddafi Forces Attack Rebels Amidst U.S.-Led Strikes; Obama: U.S. to Scale Back Libya Role; Libyan Forces Release 3 Journalists; Japan Warns Residents over Radiation Levels in Food, Water; Saleh Warns of "Civil War" as Opposition Calls for Immediate Departure; U.S. Continues Muted Criticism of Yemeni Crackdown; Syrian Forces Killed 6 Protesters; Israel Warns of Gaza Assault, Kills 4 Palestinian Civilians; Obama Ends Latin America Tour, Visits Tomb of Slain Archbishop Romero; Federal Judge Rules Against Google Library Deal; South Dakota Enacts 72-Hour Wait for Abortions; Detroit Population Hits Lowest Point in 100 Years
Thursday, March 24, 2011
2011/03/24 Headlines: Civilian Toll Mounts in Libya; Gaddafi Forces Attack Misurata; Japan Faces Water Fears over Radiation; Death Toll Rises in Syrian Crackdown; Israeli Strikes Hit Gaza After Bombing in Jerusalem; Obama Admin Takes Differing Stance on Killings of Israeli, Palestinian Civilians; Saleh Adopts Sweeping Emergency Powers to Quell Protests; U.S. Soldier Sentenced to 24 Years for Afghan Killings; Appeals Court Maintains California Gay Marriage Ban; Lesbian Couple Wins Halt to Deportation Effort; GOP Measure Would Deny Food Stamps for Striking Employees; Civil Rights Attorney Leonard Weinglass Dies at 78
Friday, March 25, 2011
2011/03/25 Headlines: Japan Toll Passes 10,000; Leak at Reactor Core Probed; Quarter of U.S. Nuclear Plants Fail to Report Defects; NATO to Enforce Libya No-Fly Zone; U.N.: Libya in Breach of Ceasefire; Libyan Rebels Seek International Military Aid; Gaddafi Regime: Civilian Casualties in U.S.-Led Air Strikes; Syria Gov't Pledges Reforms, But Protests Grow; Hundreds of Thousands Rally in Yemen; Protesters Launch Tent Camp in Jordan; 2 Afghan Civilians Killed in U.S. Attack; Wisconsin State Supreme Court to Rule on Anti-Union Bill Challenge; Indiana Prosecutor Resigns for Advising Staged Attack; Restrictive Voter ID Bills Advance in Ohio, Texas; Thousands Protest Georgia Immigration Bill; U.S. Reverses Visa Denial to Afghan Activist
Monday, March 28, 2011
2011/03/28 Headlines: Radiation at Japan Nuclear Plant Reaches New High; Greenpeace Urges Japan Government to Extend Evacuation Zone; Green Party Claims Major Win in Germany, Poised for Showdown to Close Nuclear Reactors; Anti-Nuclear Activists Commemorate 32nd Anniversary of Three Mile Island Disaster; Libya: Momentum Shifts in Rebels’ Favor as Allied Air Strikes Persist; Pro-Gaddafi Forces Accused of Using Rape as War Strategy; Talks in Yemen Collapse as U.S. Expresses Concern over Terrorist Threat; Yemen: Ammunition Factory Explodes in Deadly Blast; Syria Deploys Army Following Deadly Protest Clashes, Journalists Missing; Egypt to Lift Emergency Laws Before Election, Anti-Striking Law Draws Criticism; London: Hundreds of Thousands Protest Austerity Cuts; Solidarity Protest in Los Angeles Draws Thousands; Wisconsin Residents Unsure If Anti-Union Law Is in Effect; New York Slashes Budget for Education and Healthcare, Cuts Taxes on Rich; China, Iran, N. Korea, Yemen, U.S. Remain World’s Most Frequent Executioners; 1 Million Flee Ivory Coast as Country Verges on Civil War; TV Stations Fined for Airing Corporate-Sponsored Fake News; Former Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro Dies at 75
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
2011/03/29 Headlines: President Obama Defends Military Intervention in Libya; Obama Neglects Libyan Rebels’ Reliance on Firepower by Allied Forces; Clinton Meets with Libya Opposition Leader, U.S. Sending Envoy to Benghazi; Japan on "High Alert" as Plutonium Found in Soil, Radiation Worse than Three Mile Island; Researchers: Japan Radiation Leak 160,000 Times Larger than Three Mile Island; Japan Considers Nationalizing Tokyo Electric Power; U.S. Army Further Apologizes for New "Kill Team" Photos; Pakistan to Compensate Families of U.S. Drone Strike Victims; Ousted U.S. Government Spokesman Does Not Regret Manning Treatment Comments; Former Egyptian President Mubarak under House Arrest; Ouattara-Backed Forces Attack Town as Ivory Coast Conflict Intensifies; Sen. Bernie Sanders Denounces Corporate Tax Dodgers; Michigan Slashes Unemployment Benefits as Other States Follow Lead; Indiana: Democratic Lawmakers Return Following GOP Concessions on Anti-Union Bill; Wisconsin: Hearing Today to Determine Whether Anti-Union Bill Is In Effect; U.S. Senator DeMint Hopes Federal Employees Lose Collective Bargaining Rights; Supreme Court to Hear Mass Class Action Lawsuit from Female Walmart Employees; Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal of Georgia Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis; Sprint Urges Regulators to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Buyout; Anti-Nuclear Activists Head to Prison for Entering Naval Base
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
2011/03/30 Headlines: Gaddafi Forces Advance on Ras Lanuf; NATO Agrees to Continue Air Raids in Libya; Obama: U.S. Could Arm Libyan Rebels; NATO Commander: Troops Could Enter Libya; Libyan Woman Who Accused Gaddafi's Forces of Rape Remains Missing Following Arrest; Japan to Decommission 4 Stricken Reactors; 53 Killed in Iraq Attack; U.S. Forces Deployed; Assad Accepts Resignation of Syrian Government; Wisconsin Judge Reissues Order Freezing Anti-Union Law; Ohio House to Vote on Anti-Union Bill; Supreme Court Hears Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Case; U.S. to Accept Green Card Bids from Same-Sex Couples; Gbagbo Forces Accused of Mass Killings in Abidjan; BP Execs Could Face Manslaughter Charges
Thursday, March 31, 2011
2011/03/31 Headlines: CIA Operating in Libya; Obama Authorized Rebel Arms Shipments; Libyan Foreign Minister Resigns Post; Gaddafi Troops Advance on Rebels; Libyan Infant Killed in U.S.-Led Air Strike; Former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister to Rep Libya at U.N.; U.N. Urges Japan to Widen Evacuation Zone; Ohio House Approves Anti-Union Bill; Walker Gov. Officials Defy Court Injunction to Implement Anti-Union Law; New York Assembly Approves Budget Amidst Protests; Obama Energy Plan Calls for Reducing Oil Imports, Affirms Nuclear Use; Assad Orders Review of Emergency Law, Blames "Foreign Conspiracy" for Unrest; Reuters Journalists Missing in Syria; Relatives, Friends of Detained Egyptian American in Syria Stage Cairo Protest; U.N. Backs Sanctions on Gbagbo; Egypt to Hold November Elections; Carter Calls for End to Cuba Embargo, Release of Prisoners; Organic Farmers, Dealers Sue Agri-Giant Monsanto over Patents
Friday, April 01, 2011
2011/04/01 Headlines: Reports: Dozens of Civilian Casualties in Gaddafi, Western Attacks; U.S.: Despite Losses, Gaddafi Forces Remain Intact; Report: CIA Operatives Were in Libya Before Presidential Order; More Officials Leave Gaddafi Regime; U.N.: "Dramatic" Humanitarian Situation in Libya; Ohio Enacts Anti-Union Law, Opponents Seek Referendum; Wisconsin GOP Won't Enforce Anti-Union Law Following Injunction; NH, OK Lawmakers Advance Anti-Union Bills; Maine GOP Seeks Undoing of Child Labor Protections; GOP: No Deal Reached in Budget Showdown; USAID: <span class="caps">GOP Budget Cuts Would Kill 70,000 Children Worldwide; Residents Near Damaged Japanese Power Plant Told to Prepare for Lengthy Displacement; Gbagbo, Ouattara Forces Clash in Abidjan; Saleh Withdraws Offer to Step Down Amidst Ongoing Protests; 6 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Whistleblower Sues California Nuclear Plant over Firing
Monday, April 04, 2011
2011/04/04 Headlines: Japan to Release 11,000 Tons of Radioactive Water into Ocean; 800 Killed in Ivory Coast Town amid Humanitarian Crisis; Protests Spread in Afghanistan Following Koran Burning, Seven U.N. Employees Killed; Dozens Killed in Pakistan Shrine Bombing; Yemen Security Forces Kill 12 as U.S. Shifts Position to Support Presidential Ouster; Libya: Gaddafi Regime May Be Seeking Exit from Military Conflict; Syria Security Forces Kill 15, Egyptian American Released from Captivity; BP Seeks to Resume Offshore Drilling Amid Manslaughter Investigation; Owners of Exploded Oil Rig Award Executives for Safety Achievements; National Unemployment Rate Falls as People Leave Labor Force; President Obama Launches Re-Election Campaign; Famous Chinese Dissident Artist Goes Missing; Human Rights Group Says Thousands Missing in Mexico Since 2006; Over 1,000 Labor Rallies Planned on Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
2011/04/05 Headlines: 9/11 Suspects to be Tried Before Military Commission; GOP Proposes Sweeping Changes to Medicare & Medicaid; Ivory Coast: Opposition and U.N. Forces Close in on Presidential Palace; Libyan Americans Investigated by FBI; Libya Rebels Reject Prospect of Colonel Gaddafi’s Son Taking Power; Libya Rebels Prepare to Export Oil to Raise War Funds; Thousands Protest in Yemen, Two Die in State Crackdown; Israel President Peres Visits Washington amid Construction of Illegal Settlements; Juliano Mer-Khamis of the Jenin Freedom Theatre Murdered in West Bank; Michel Martelly Wins Haiti Presidential Election; Authorities Investigate Massive Private Information Breach; Wisconsin Residents Cast Votes in Contested State Supreme Court Race; Wisconsin Gov. Walker Criticized for Hiring Son of Campaign Backer; Labor Rallies Sweep Nation Marking Anniversary of Martin Luther King Assassination; Thousands March on Offices of Anti-Union Koch Industries
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
2011/04/06 Headlines: Radioactive Water Leak Plugged at Fukushima Plant; Tokyo Electric Power Proposed New Nuclear Reactors at Fukushima After Disaster; Libyan Rebels Criticize NATO Mission; Ouattara Forces Enter Gbagbo Residence; ICC Prosecutor Calls for Ivory Coast War Crimes Probe; Budget Talks at Impasse as Shutdown Looms; GOP Calls for $5.8T in Budget Cuts, Lower Taxes for Corporations and Top Earners; Wisconsin Holds Key Judicial Vote; GOP May Renew Anti-Union Legislation; U.S. Accused of Killing 6 Afghan Civilians; Saleh Forces Fire on Protesters; U.S. Calls for "Quick" Transition; Syrian Death Toll Rises to 173; Ecuador Expels U.S. Ambassador over WikiLeaks Cables; Petraeus in Rumored Bid to Head CIA; DNC Chair Taps Rep. Wasserman Shultz as New Chair; Supreme Court Stays Texas Execution; Texas Measure Would Force Schools to Promote Heterosexual Lifestyle; Study: African Americans Worse Off than in 2010
Thursday, April 07, 2011
2011/04/07 Headlines: NATO Widens Air Assault; Rebels Advance on Brega; U.S. Dismisses Gaddafi Letter to Obama; Hundreds Feared Dead After Boat Carrying Migrants Capsizes; Japan Could Widen Evacuation Zone; Reports: Gbagbo Forces Number Less than 1,000; Leaked Docs Show U.S. Regulators Doubt Nuclear Safety; Dems, GOP Claim Progress in Budget Talks; Wisconsin Judicial Challenger Claims Victory; Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Yemen; Afghan Official Says Talks Underway with Taliban; Gates Meets Saudi King Abdullah; Mexicans Protest Drug Violence Nationwide; Mass Graves Found; Israel Bombs Northern Gaza, Wounds Civilians; U.S. Resumes Deportations to Haiti
Friday, April 08, 2011
2011/04/08 Headlines: Libyan Rebels Killed in NATO Attack; Foreign Journalists Detained in Libya; Aftershock Hits Japan; Radioactive Water Leaks at Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant; U.N. Warns of Mounting Ivory Coast Toll; GOP, Dems Narrow Budget Differences as Deadline Looms; Activists Decry Budget Cuts in Overnight Protest at Washington State Capitol; Incumbent Retakes Lead in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race; Thousands Rally for Reproductive Health in D.C.; Gates Talks Extended U.S. Occupation in Iraq; Israeli Military Kills 4 in Gaza, Arrests 100+ Women in West Bank Sweep; Palestinians Mourn Slain Arab-Israeli Actor and Activist; Thousands Rally in Egypt for Mubarak Prosecution; U.S., Colombia Agree to Labor Rights Provisions for Trade Deal; New York School Chief Resigns After Rocky Tenure
Monday, April 11, 2011
2011/04/11 Headlines: One Month After Quake, Japan Expands Evacuation Zone, Tens of Thousands Dead, Missing; President Obama to Announce Deficit Plan, Healthcare Cuts, Tax Increases for Wealthy; Lawmakers Reach Budget Deal, $38 Billion Cut; Libya: NATO Increases Attacks on Gaddafi Forces, African Leaders Seek Peace Deal; Syrian Security Forces Clash with Protesters, Dozens Killed; Egypt Army Soldiers Attack Tahrir Square Killing Two Protesters; Bahrain: Police Raid Home of Prominent Human Rights Activist; United Arab Emirates Detains Three Activists; Ivory Coast: Helicopters Strike Gbagbo Residence, Ouattara Forces Accused of Atrocities; Israel Cracks Down on Gaza, 19 Killed; Iraqis Protest After U.S. Official Suggests Troops Could Remain in Country; U.S. Admits Running Secret Jails in Afghanistan; Worldwide Military Spending Reaches Record High; Leftist Wins First Round of Peru Presidential Elections; Indian Activist Ends Hunger Strike, Government Moves to Enact Anti-Corruption Bill; Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Headed for Recount amid Calls for Investigation; Thousands Protest Washington State Budget Plan; Dozens Arrested at White House School of the Americas Protest
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
2011/04/12 Headlines: Radiation from Japan Nuclear Crisis “Could Eventually Exceed Chernobyl”; Ivory Coast Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo Arrested; Libyan Rebels Reject African Ceasefire Proposal, France Calls for More Air Strikes; Egyptian Military Court Sentences Blogger to Three Years in Prison; 117 Syrian Protesters Detained on Monday; U.S. Servicemen Killed by Drone Strike in Afghanistan; Pakistan Calls on CIA, Special Operations Forces to Scale Back Mission; Obama Budget Targets Education, Labor, Health Programs; Washington, D.C. Mayor Arrested After Protesting Budget Proposal; Mitt Romney Announces Presidential Exploratory Committee; Court Upholds Ban on Elements of Arizona Immigration Law; Study: Natural Gas Drilling May Contribute More to Global Warming than Coal; U.S. Military Blocks U.N. Official from Seeing Bradley Manning; Israel: Netanyahu Considers Withdrawal from West Bank; Associated Press Plans Nationwide Rallies Against Benefits Cuts
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
2011/04/13 Headlines: Japan Claims Radiation Levels Decreasing; Fukushima Residents Protest TEPCO; Egypt Detains Mubarak, Sons in Corruption Probe; Rebels Attend Libya Meeting in Qatar; Obama to Unveil Deficit Plan; Protests Continue in Yemen; 7 Killed in Clashes; Obama to Address Mideast Popular Uprisings; Detained Blogger Dies in Bahrain; Syrian Forces Raid Village, Arrest 200; Ivory Coast Generals Back Ouattara; Mass Grave Toll Grows in Mexico; Allende Family Requests Exhumation; Kansas Enacts New Abortion Restrictions
Thursday, April 14, 2011
2011/04/14 Headlines: Obama Unveils Deficit Reduction Plan; Lawmakers Fast to Oppose Budget Cuts; 23 Killed in Libyan Gov't Attack in Misurata; U.S. Continues Major Role in Libya Campaign; Pakistan Protests U.S. Drone Strikes; Regulators, Lenders Reach Deal on Foreclosure Cases; Senate Panel Cites Goldman for Securities Push; Thousands Protest Budget Cuts, Labor Curbs in Michigan; Wisconsin Teachers Suspended for Walkout; Syrian Protesters Block Road for Prisoners' Release; 6 Killed amid Massive Yemen Protests; U.N.: Palestinian Authority Ready for Palestinian State; Uruguayan Senate Votes to Annul Amnesty Law
Friday, April 15, 2011
2011/04/15 Headlines: Congress Approves Budget Deal; CBO Cites Lower Savings; U.S., Allies Vow Libya Campaign Until Gaddafi's Ouster; Italian Peace Activist Slain in Gaza; Gaza Inquiry Panelists Challenge Chair's Recantation; Victims' Relatives Demand Extradition of Cuban Militant; Activists Denied Entry at BP Shareholders Meeting; Mass Graves Found in Iraq; Challenge to Wisconsin Anti-Union Law Dismissed; Walker Admits No Fiscal Benefit to Anti-Union Provision; Indian Activist Binayak Sen Ordered Freed on Bail
Monday, April 18, 2011
2011/04/18 Headlines: Gaddafi Forces Accused of Firing Cluster Bombs; 17 Reportedly Killed in Attack on Misurata; TEPCO Seeks 9 Months to Repair Plant; Clinton Visits Japan; House Approves GOP Spending Bill; Report: Walker to Propose Emergency Management Bill; Michigan Emergency Managers Target Elected Officials, Teachers; Bid to Repeal Ohio Anti-Worker Law Approved; Study: Dangerous Chemicals Used in Natural Gas Fracking; Georgia Approves Anti-Immigrant Law; 13 Killed in Syria Crackdown on Protests; Cables: U.S. Funded Syrian Opposition; Yemeni Forces Fire on Demonstrators; Study: U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan Killed 957 in 2010; Slain Italian Peace Activist Honored in Occupied Territories; Cuba Marks 50th Anniversary of Bay of Pigs; Castro Backs Term Limits; Texas Psychologist Barred from Death Row Evaluations; OECD: U.S. Has Highest Incarceration Rate, 9th Worst on Social Spending; 43 Killed in Hundreds of U.S. Tornadoes
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
2011/04/19 Headlines: E.U. Considers Sending Ground Troops into Libya; Tear Gas Grenades Thrown into Home of Bahraini Activist; Exposed: Link Between British Oil Firms and Invasion of Iraq; Supreme Court Rejects Appeal from Uyghurs at Guantánamo; WikiLeaks: U.S. Tried to Stymie U.N. Probe of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza; Fidel Castro Steps Down from Party Leadership; Michigan City Takeover Plan Criticized as Attack on Democracy; U.S. Firms Shipped Millions of Jobs Overseas in 2000s; Income for Nation's Wealthy Soars as Tax Rate Falls; Nuclear Plant Protester Killed in India; Jonathan Reelected in Nigeria; Deadly Rioting in North; Ex-General Linked to Abu Ghraib Abuses Considers Senate Run; Pentagon Probe Clears McChrystal; Magazine Defends Reporting; 21 Arrested at Interior Department Sit-In; Thousands of Climate Activists Protest Outside White House; Obama to Climate Activists: "Push the Envelope"; Obama Admin & Power Companies Aim to Block Global Warming Lawsuit; Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Online Series on Wall Street
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
2011/04/20 Headlines: France, Britain Plan to Send Troops to Libya; Syria Ends Emergency Rule amid Violent Crackdown; Japan Considers Banning Residents from Area Near Damaged Nuclear Plant; Plans to Build New Nuclear Reactors in Texas Abandoned; Bradley Manning Moved to Ft. Leavenworth Prison; Obama Backs Lifting Cap on Social Security Taxes; Michigan Pension Boards Sue Governor Rick Snyder over New Law; Human Rights Watch: International Community Ignores Saudi Crackdown on Dissidents; Report: 846 Egyptian Civilians Killed in Uprising; Yemen: U.N. Fails to Agree to Act amid Continuing Violence; Two Militants Suspected in Italian Activist Murder Killed in Hamas Raid; U.S. Approves First Offshore Wind Farm; Three Texas Kindergarten Students Hurt in Gun Accident
Thursday, April 21, 2011
2011/04/21 Headlines: Obama Administration Announces $25 Million in Aid to Libyan Rebels; United Nations Urges Caution in Libya Mission; Libya Mortar Attacks Kill 10 Civilians, Including 2 Photojournalists; Bahrain Begins Secret Military Trial Against Human Rights Activist; Iraqi Cleric Denounces Ban on Public Gatherings as "Un-Democratic"; Egypt to Remove Mubarak Name from Public Places; U.N. Warns World to Prepare for More Nuclear Accidents; Thousands of Gallons of Toxic Fluid Released in Natural Gas Well Blowout; Labor Board Rules Boeing Moved Plant to Retaliate Against Union Workers; BP Sues Owner of Failed Rig to Win Back Money; IPhone Designed to Secretly Track Location of Users; President Obama Holds Town Hall at Facebook Headquarters; Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Calls for Statewide Election Recount; Australia Asylum Seekers Set Fire to Immigration Detention Center
Friday, April 22, 2011
2011/04/22 Headlines: U.S. Deploys Armed Drones to Libya; Admiral Mullen: Conflict in Libya at a "Stalemate"; U.S. & Iraq in Secret Talks to Keep 10,000 U.S. Troops in Iraq; Curfew Imposed in Mosul After Two Weeks of Protests; Syrian Protests Call for Downfall of Regime; Bahrain Detains at Least 32 Doctors; U.S. Drone Strike Kills 25 in Pakistan; Suspects in Pakistani Rape Case Freed; Martelly Calls for Rebuilding of Haitian Army; Israeli Academics Call for Creation of Palestinian State; Obama Orders Federal Probe of Gas Prices; Chesapeake Energy Suspends Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania; Sen. Ensign of Nevada to Resign; Supporters of Bradley Manning Disrupt Obama Speech
Monday, April 25, 2011
2011/04/25 Headlines: WikiLeaks Documents Reveal Over 150 Innocent Men Knowingly Held at Guantánamo; Yemen President Accepts Plan to Step Down, Security Forces Continue Crackdown; Syria Deploys Troops and Tanks in Continuing Crackdown, 20 Killed, Border Sealed; NATO Bombs Gaddafi Compound Injuring Dozens, U.S. Senators Call for Escalation of Mission; Iraq: Thousands Protest Extended U.S. Occupation; U.S. Federal Court Reinstates Case Against Blackwater Guards in Iraq Massacre; 500 Prisoners Escape Prison in Afghanistan; Japan: Damaged Nuclear Plant Released More Radioactive Material than Previously Estimated; Thousands Call for Nuclear Moratorium; Eleven Women Arrested in Vermont Nuclear Plant Protest; Pakistan: NATO Supply Route Blocked by Drone Strike Protesters; Dozens Arrested in U.S. Anti-Drone Protest; Human Rights Groups Estimate 500 Killed, 65,000 Displaced in Nigeria; Rep. Markey Calls for Probe into iPhone Location Tracking Technology; Obama: WikiLeaks Suspect Broke Law, Dismisses Similarity to Daniel Ellsberg; Bluegrass Singer Hazel Dickens Dies at 75
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
2011/04/26 Headlines: Syrian Security Forces Kill 23; Detain 500; Italy Plans to Bomb Libya as Gaddafi Forces Continue to Shell Besieged City of Misurata; NATO Forces Kill Senior al-Qaeda Leader; Taliban Claims Responsibility for Afghanistan Prison Break; U.N.: Sri Lanka Committed War Crimes in 2009 Assault; White House Criticizes News Organizations for Release of Guantánamo Files; Rising Food Prices Could Push 60 Million Asians into Extreme Poverty; Amnesty Criticizes Plan to Demolish Slum Homes in Brazil for Olympics; Ron Paul Forms Exploratory Committee; Barbour Won’t Run in 2012; Arizona, South Dakota to be Sued over Secret Union Elections Law; iPhone Users Sue Apple over Secret Tracking Technology; Texas City Residents Ordered to Stay Inside After Oil Refineries Lose Power; Immigrant Rights Group Calls on New York Governor to Extend Pardon Panel; Law Firm Backs Out from Defending Defense of Marriage Act; Activists Call on Prince William, Kate Middleton to Support Gay Marriage
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
2011/04/27 Headlines: Eight NATO Troops Killed by Afghan Air Force Pilot; Pakistan Discourages Afghan President from Partnering with United States; Panetta to be Next Defense Secretary, Gen. Petraeus to Head CIA; NATO Plans to Escalate Libya Strikes on Gaddafi Facilities; Russian Condemns NATO Attack of Gaddafi’s Compound; Syria Crackdown Continues as Government Deploys Thousands of Police, Tanks; Obama Meets With UAE Crown Prince Despite Human Rights Criticisms; Rep. Ryan Faces Angry Constituents in Wisconsin over Plan to Privatize Medicare; Report: Major Banks Profited from Bailout; BP Reports $7 Billion Profit amid Rising Gas Prices; Vermont Senate OKs Single-Payer Healthcare System; Justice Dept. Drops Investigation of Domestic Wiretapping Whistleblower; Guantánamo Doctors, Psychologists Concealed Evidence of Harm, Torture; Guantánamo Attorneys Barred from Accessing, Discussing WikiLeaks Files; Oklahoma Bill: Manufacturing Hashish Could Land You Life in Prison; Tucson Ethnic Studies Students Shut Down School Board Meeting; Massive Internet Hack Targets 77 Million Sony PlayStation Users
Thursday, April 28, 2011
2011/04/28 Headlines: Storms Kill 178 in Southern U.S.; Palestinian Factions Reach Unity Deal; NATO Strike Kills 12 Libyan Rebels; Syrian Forces Raid Daraa; U.N. Resolution Fails; 12 Reported Dead as Yemen Forces Attack Protest; Bahrain Protesters Sentenced to Death; Tibetans Elect New Political Leader; White House Releases Obama's Birth Certificate; Trump: "Very Proud of Myself" for Obama Birth Certificate Disclosure; Obama Addresses Wall Street Donors; Indiana, Florida Lawmakers OK Anti-Abortion Bills; Supreme Court Strikes Blow to Class Actions
Friday, April 29, 2011
2011/04/29 Headlines: Storm Toll Nears 300; State of Emergency Declared in Alabama; Tunisian, Gaddafi Forces Clash in Border Town; Obama Unveils New Picks for Military, CIA; Carter: U.S. Denial of Aid to North Korea a "Human Rights Violation"; Palestinian Civilians Wounded in Israeli Attack on Gaza; Egypt to Unseal Rafah Border Crossing; Exxon, Shell See Profit Hikes; Venezuela Unveils Oil Windfall Tax; Bradley Manning Cleared for End to Solitary Confinement; California Gov. Brown Cancels New Death Row at San Quentin; Massachusetts House Advances Collective Bargaining Curbs on Public Workers; FTC Unveils Voluntary Guidelines for Children's Food Products; Rutgers Students End Sit-In Protesting Tuition Hike
Monday, May 02, 2011
2011/05/02 Headlines: U.S. Forces Kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan; Eleven People Killed as Taliban Announces Spring Offensive in Afghanistan; Libya: Son of Gaddafi Killed in NATO Strike, Preschool for Down Syndrome Children Bombed; Scores Killed in Syrian Security Crackdown, Hundreds Arrested in House Raids; Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh Refuses to Sign Resignation Deal; Israel Withholds $90 Million in Tax Revenue Owed to Palestinian Authority; Left-Leaning Party Threatens Conservative Power in Canadian Election; U.S. Tornado Death Toll Tops 350; Thousands Call for Immigrant and Labor Rights in Nationwide May Day Protests; Egypt Celebrates International Workers’ Day for First Time Since 1952; San Francisco Newspaper Accuses Obama Administration of Intimidation; Militant Cuban Exile Orlando Bosch Dies at 84
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
2011/05/03 Headlines: Obama Urged to Rethink Pakistan Following Assassination of bin Laden; Turkish Prime Minister Calls for Gaddafi to Step Down; Syrian Intellectuals, Activists Go into Hiding as Security Forces Crack Down; AFL-<span class="caps">CIO Urges Obama Administration to Suspend Pact with Bahrain; United Arab Emirates Shuts Down Teachers’ Association Board of Directors; Ousted Egyptian President Faces Potential Death Penalty; Egypt Activists Call for Social Reforms; Palestinian Factions Sign Deal, Israel Withholds Millions in Funds as Punishment; Canada: Conservative Party Wins Parliament Majority, NDP Becomes Opposition Party; Japan Parents Deliver Radioactive Playground Dirt to Protest High Radiation Levels; U.K. Police Arrest Five on Terror Suspicion Near Nuke Plant; Google Offices Raided in South Korea; Sony Reports Second Information Breach, 25 Million More Customers’ Information Hacked; 360 People Missing Following Alabama Tornadoes, Scientists Link Storms to Global Warming; Honduras Drops Charges against Ousted President Zelaya; Vermont Protesters Rally to Support Single-Payer Healthcare; Vandals Deface Maine Mosque; Correction: Leonard Weinglass Memorial Service, Friday May 13
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
2011/05/04 Headlines: U.S.: Bin Laden Unarmed in Deadly Raid; Pakistan Criticizes U.S. Raid; Bush Rejects Obama Invite to Ground Zero; U.N.: 40,000 Flee Western Mountains in Libya; ICC Prosecutor Claims Evidence of War Crimes by Gaddafi Forces; Palestinian Factions Sign Unity Deal in Egypt; 9 Killed in Iraq Bombing; Bahrain to Try Medical Workers who Treated Injured Protesters; Report: 200,000 Political Prisoners in North Korea Camps; BP to Pay $25M to Settle Alaska Spill Charges; Firm Accused of Spying on Customers with Leased Computer; Groups File Suit over Utah Immigration Law; Report: Global Warming Threatens Dramatic Sea Rise
Thursday, May 05, 2011
2011/05/05 Headlines: Obama: U.S. Won't Release Bin Laden Photos; Pakistan Claims It Warned CIA of Bin Laden Compound; American Indian Groups Seek U.S. Apology for Labeling Bin Laden "Geronimo"; Gaddafi Forces Attack Aid Ship; ICC Prosecutor Unveils Plan for Libya Warrants; Obama Admin to Propose Lower Corporate Tax Rate; U.S. House OKs Anti-Abortion Bill; Illinois Drops Out of "Secure Communities" Program; Palestinian Factions Sign Unity Deal in Egypt; Israel: Unity Deal a "Blow to Peace"; Syria Extends Crackdown to Damascus Suburb; Thousands Protest Saleh in Yemen; Workers Re-Enter Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan; Ashcroft Hired as Blackwater "Ethics" Director
Friday, May 06, 2011
2011/05/06 Headlines: Pakistan Military Threatens to Review U.S. Ties; 8 Killed in U.S. Drone Attack in Pakistan; U.S.: Bin Laden Plotted Rail Attack on 9/11 Anniversary; Obama Visits Ground Zero, Firefighters; U.N.: Libyan Food System Faces Collapse; International Loans Approved for Libyan Rebels; Syrian Forces Fire on Protesters After Mass Arrests; Vermont House Approves Single-Payer Healthcare Bill; N.H. Lawmakers Advance Anti-Union Bill; House OKs Resumption of Offshore Drilling Leases; SEC Subpoenas JPMorgan in Mortgage Probe; Obama Urges Activism on Immigration Reform; Mexicans Stage Marches to Protest Drug War; Scientists Detail Global Warming Dangers to Sea Levels; Arizona School Board Postpones Ethnic Studies Vote; CUNY Trustees Deny Honorary Degree to Playwright over Israel-Palestine Views
Monday, May 09, 2011
2011/05/09 Headlines: U.S. Targets American-Born Cleric in Assassination Attempt in Yemen; Obama: Bin Laden Had “Support Network” Inside Pakistan; Name of CIA Station Chief in Islamabad Leaked to Pakistani Press; Syria President Deploys Tanks in Third Largest City amid Sweeping Dissident Arrests; Bahrain Authorities Bulldoze Shiite Mosques in Nationwide Crackdown; Boat of African Migrants Fleeing Libya Left to Die by NATO, European Units; Human Rights Group Accuses Libyan Government in Attacks on Civilians; Salafist Muslims Attack Coptic Christians in Cairo; 12 Killed, Nearly 200 Wounded; National Unemployment Rises, Florida Governor Scott Slashes Unemployment Benefits; CEOs Received Massive Pay Increases in 2010; President Obama Pushes Congress to Eliminate Tax Breaks for Oil Producers; Mining Industry Campaign Donations Hampered Safety Legislation; Muslim Imams en Route to Islamophobia Conference Removed from Flight; New York City Mayor Bloomberg Set to Lay Off More than 4,000 Teachers; CUNY Expected to Reverse Decision to Block Honorary Degree for Tony Kushner; Peace Activist Father Daniel Berrigan Celebrates 90th Birthday
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
2011/05/10 Headlines: NATO Strikes Libya Capital with Heaviest Bombing in Weeks; United Nations Warns Key Supplies Running Short in Libya; Hundreds Feared Dead in Capsized Boat Incident off Libya Coast; Report: U.S., Pakistan Had Longstanding Deal Permitting Capture of Osama bin Laden; U.S. Removing 5,000 Troops from Afghanistan by July; 90,000 Left through Year End; Report: Afghan Security Forces Responsible for 10 Percent of Civilian Deaths; Egypt: Second Former Cabinet Minister Arrested; White House Under Pressure to Criticize Bahrain amid Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters; Japan, U.S. Considering Construction of Nuclear Waste Storage Facility in Mongolia; Researchers Confirm Link between Hydraulic Fracking and Flammable Water; Panel: Renewable Energy Could Supply Nearly 80 Percent of the World's Energy; FBI Surveillance Dramatically Increases; Appliance Giant Avoids Paying Taxes for Three Years; President Obama Visits Texas; Arizona Calls for Lifting of Injunction on Immigration Law; Newt Gingrich Expected to Announce Presidential Campaign; Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich May Run in Washington State; Memphis Braces for Continued Flooding as Mississippi River Crests at Near-Record Level
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
2011/05/11 Headlines: NATO Continues Bombing of Tripoli; Bin Laden's Family Challenges Legality of Killing; Drone Attack Kills 4 in Pakistan; Attorney Preps Legal Challenge; Syrian Forces Shell Residential Areas; Obama Touts Immigration Reform Plan; Federal Court Blocks Utah Anti-Immigrant Law; California Teachers Launch "State of Emergency" Protests; Senate Dems Call for Repealing Oil Company Tax Breaks; Single-Payer Measure Introduced in Congress; Study: GOP Budget Plan Would Drop 44 Million from Medicaid; Japan Abandons Plan for New Nuclear Reactors; Mubarak Faces Extended Detention in Egypt; WikiLeaks Founder Honored with Peace Award; Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion; Flooding Hits Poor Areas of Memphis
Thursday, May 12, 2011
2011/05/12 Headlines: NATO Launches New Strike on Gaddafi Compound; Syrian Forces Kill at Least 19 Protesters; Syria Reportedly Deports Al Jazeera Journalist to Iran; Yemeni Forces Attack Demonstrators, Kill 9; Schoolgirls Allege Beatings, Threats by Bahrain Forces; Maliki: U.S. Troops Could Stay Beyond Deadline in Iraq; Senate Dems Reintroduce DREAM Act; GOP-Controlled House Advances Oil Drilling Bills; Oil Execs to Testify amid Calls for Tax Break Repeals; Iran Delays Trial of U.S. Hikers; Uganda Delays Vote on Anti-Gay Bill; Study: 2 Million Women Raped in Democratic Republic of Congo; FCC Commissioner to Lobby for Comcast-<span class="caps">NBC After Approving Merger; Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Convicted in Fraud, Conspiracy Case; Gingrich Enters GOP Presidential Race; New Hampshire Governor Vetoes Anti-Union Bill; Thousands Expected for Wall Street Protest
Friday, May 13, 2011
2011/05/13 Headlines: 80 Die in Pakistan, “Retaliation” for Bin Laden Killing; Japan Admits Partial Meltdown at Nuclear Plant; Oil Company CEOs Defend Profits and Government Subsidies; Shell Plan OK’d for Deepwater Oil Exploration; ICC Prepares to Issue Arrest Warrants for Libyan Officials; Obama May Skirt War Powers Law to Continue Libya Bombing; Amnesty Praises Uprisings in Middle East, Warns of Violent Response; U.N.: 850 Dead So Far in Syrian Crackdown on Protesters; Saudi Troops to Remain in Bahrain After Emergency Rule Ends; John McCain: Torture Did Not Lead to Bin Laden; U.K. Official: Iraq War Dossier Was Designed to “Make a Case for War”; Ron Paul Announces Third Presidential Run; France Moves Toward Banning Fracking for Oil and Gas Extraction; Thousands Protest Budget Cuts on Wall Street; 12 Nuclear Resisters Convicted for Trespassing at Nuclear Bomb Plant
Monday, May 16, 2011
2011/05/16 Headlines: Israeli Troops Kill 13 Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Multiple Border Confrontations; Egypt Security Forces Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protesters at Israel Embassy, Hundreds Injured; International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, Son and Intelligence Chief; United Arab Emirates Hires Blackwater Founder to Build Mercenary Army; Head of International Monetary Fund Arrested on Sex Crime Charges; Japan Expands Exclusion Zone around Damaged Nuclear Plant, Greenpeace Calls for Radiation Investigation; Saudi Diplomat Assassinated in Pakistan; Guatemala: Dozens Found Decapitated in Historic Drug-Related Mass Killing; Michel Martelly Sworn In as Haiti’s President; Key Mississippi Floodgate Opened Up as Waters Rise, Tens of Thousands Threatened; Israeli Forces Seriously Injure American Student Filming Nonviolent Protest
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
2011/05/17 Headlines: NATO Bombs Key Gaddafi Targets in Tripoli; U.S. Joins Talks with Taliban amid Fresh Deaths of Civilians and U.S. Troops; NATO Helicopter Fires on Pakistani Army Post; New York Investigates Major Banks over Mortgage Security Operations; Audit: Five Largest Mortgage Firms Defrauded Taxpayers; Supreme Court Increases Police Power to Conduct Warrantless Searches; IMF Chief Held on Sex Crime Charges Denied Bail; Canada Wildfires Threaten Oil Pipeline Spill Cleanup; New Yorker Exposé Reveals Obama’s Expansive Attack on Whistleblowers; Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Bush-Era Extraordinary Rendition Case; Journalists Detained in Libya May Be Released; Iran Comments on Missing Al Jazeera Correspondent; Arkansas Man First to be Convicted under Hate Crime Act; Memorial Held for Civil Rights Attorney Leonard Weinglass
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
2011/05/18 Headlines: CIA Deployed Sophisticated New Stealth Drone in Hunt for Bin Laden; Pakistan: Militants Attack Security Checkpoint Killing 17; 12 Killed in Afghanistan Protest Following Deadly NATO Night Raid; Al Jazeera Confirms Release of Detained Journalist Dorothy Parvaz; Bahrain Continues Media Crackdown, Five Journalists Detained; Report: Yemen President Agrees to Sign Transfer of Power Deal with Opposition; IMF Chief Charged with Sex Crimes Placed on Suicide Watch; Alleged Victim in Rape Case is 32-Year-Old Muslim from Guinea; Hundreds Protest JPMorgan Chase Tax Dodging and Foreclosures, Elderly Demonstrators Maced; Senate Fails to Pass Bill Cutting Tax Breaks for Oil Companies; Pennsylvania Fines Gas Company $1 Million for Water Contamination, Well Fire; Queen Elizabeth Makes Historic Trip to Ireland; Guatemala in State of Siege Following Drug Cartel Mass Killing; Two Suspects Killed, One Arrested; San Francisco Man First Person Ever to be Cured of AIDS; Newt Gingrich Apologizes to Fellow Republican over Medicare Criticism; Secret Service Interrogates Seventh Grader Without Parents’ Consent
Thursday, May 19, 2011
2011/05/19 Headlines: Al-Qaeda Unveils Interim Leader, Releases bin Laden Tape; Gitmo Prisoner Dies of Apparent Suicide; 12 Afghans Killed Protesting Deadly NATO Raid; 6th U.S. Soldier Charged in Afghan "Kill Team" Case; Obama to Deliver Mideast Address; Report: Gaddafi's Wife, Daughter Flee Libya; 4 Journalists Freed in Libya; U.S. Sanctions Assad Regime, Crackdown Continues in Border Town; Freed Al Jazeera Journalist Recounts Syria Jailing; Mothers of Hikers Jailed in Iran Stage Hunger Strike; IMF Chief Resigns Following Arrest on Rape Charges; Hundreds to Protest Education Cuts in D.C. Rally
Friday, May 20, 2011
2011/05/20 Headlines: Obama Calls for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal Based on 1967 Borders; Israel Authorizes 1,500 New Settler Homes; NATO Strikes Libyan Ships; Family Believes Missing British Journalist Slain by Gaddafi Forces; 29 Killed in Iraq Bombing; Afghans Continue Protest Against NATO Raid; Bombing Strikes U.S. Convoy in Pakistan; Thousands Protest Austerity, Youth Unemployment in Spain; Ex-IMF Chief Allowed Free on $1 Million Bail; CIA Director: Torture Played No Role in Intelligence Coup Leading to Bin Laden; Docs: FBI Raids Stemmed From Colombia Visit; Probe Targets 6 States; Tennessee State House Approves Teachers' Union Curbs; Probe Faults Massey for West Virginia Coal Mine Blast
Monday, May 23, 2011
2011/05/23 Headlines: Obama Mirrors Bush Stance on Israeli Control of West Bank; Netanyahu: 1967 Borders "Indefensible" and Israel to Keep Troops in Jordan Valley; Israel Approves New Settlement Construction in East Jerusalem; Thousands Protest U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan; Pakistani Forces Retake Naval Base; Obama Visits Europe, G8 Protests Begin; Spanish Governing Party Loses Regional Elections; Protesters Vow Continued Actions; 11 Killed in Syrian Gov't Attack on Funeral; 20 Killed in Iraq Violence; Yemeni President Rejects Transition Proposal; Zelaya Reaches Deal for Return to Honduras; U.S. Military Accused of Burying Agent Orange in South Korea; United Nations Begins Japan Nuclear Probe; 89 Killed in Missouri Tornado
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
2011/05/24 Headlines: Supreme Court Orders California to Reduce Prison Population; Tornado Death Toll in Missouri Hits 116; NATO Hits Tripoli with Heaviest Bombing to Date; Libya Campaign Could Violate War Powers Law; Owner of Japanese Nuclear Plant Confirms Additional Meltdowns; Netanyahu Protested at AIPAC Speech; European Union Sanctions Assad over Crackdown; 6 Killed in Yemen Clashes; Obama Praises Irish Peace Process; Chile Begins Exhumation of Allende's Body; Sudanese Troops Seize Disputed Region; Saudi Woman Arrested for Defying Driving Ban; Supreme Court Rejects Gitmo Appeal over Torture
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
2011/05/25 Headlines: Mubarak to Face Trial in Egypt for Protester Deaths; NATO Continues Strikes on Tripoli; U.S. Bolsters Rebel Ties; Congress Applauds Netanyahu for Rejecting 1967 Borders; Tornado Toll Hits 123 in Missouri; U.K. Peace Activists Protest Obama Visit; 21 Die in Yemen Clashes; Human Rights Groups: Over 1,100 Killed in Syria Crackdown; Muhammad Ali Calls for Hikers' Release in Iran; U.S. Sanctions Oil Firms for Iran Dealings; Japan Urged to Widen Evacuation Zone; Reporter Subpoenaed for Whistleblower Trial of CIA Officer; Study: Lawmakers Outperform on Stock Investments; Democrat Scores Upset Victory in N.Y. Congressional Race
Thursday, May 26, 2011
2011/05/26 Headlines: Fugitive General Ratko Mladic Arrested in Serbia; U.S. Pulls Diplomats as Yemen Clashes Grow; U.S. Arming NATO Attack on Libya; Pakistan Requests Scaled-Back U.S. Military Force; Egypt to Open Rafah Border with Gaza; Israeli Cabinet Celebrates New East Jerusalem Settlement; Obama Presses Rejection of Palestinian Statehood Campaign; Obama Praises U.S. Ties to U.K.; Loughner Declared Unfit for Trial; Senate Rejects GOP Budget Bill; Groups Seek Halt to Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals; Activists Confront Chevron at Shareholders Meeting; Greek Demonstrators Protest Austerity Measures; Anti-Gov't Protests Erupt in Georgia; Husband-Wife Amazonian Activists Killed in Brazil; Kucinich Visits Washington State, Site of Potential Campaign Run; CBS Pulls Jumbotron Ad Calling for End to Haiti Deportations
Friday, May 27, 2011
2011/05/27 Headlines: Yemeni Air Force Bombs Tribal Fighters; Thousands of Egyptians Protest in Tahrir Square; Obama Signs Extension of PATRIOT Act; House Passes Bill Authorizing an Endless "Worldwide War"; Eight U.S. Troops Die in Afghanistan; Clinton in Pakistan to Mend Relations; Banks to Pay $22 Million for Foreclosing on Military Service Members; Vermont Governor Signs Single-Payer Healthcare Law; Arizona Immigrant Worker Bill Upheld; Mladic to be Extradited to Face War Crimes Charges; Saudi Arabia Rallies Other Nations to Form Sunni Alliance; 100 Protesters Detained in France Ahead of G8 Summit
Monday, May 30, 2011
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
2011/05/31 Headlines: Germany Announces Plans to Close Nuclear Plants amid Massive Protests; Afghanistan Warns NATO to End Attacks on Homes Following Spike in Civilian Deaths; Ousted President Manuel Zelaya Returns to Honduras; Yemen Security Forces Kill 50 Demonstrators at Peaceful Sit-In; NATO Bombing of Libya Continues Following Peace Talks; Western Special Forces Reportedly on the Ground in Libya; Egyptian Blogger Appears Before Military Prosecutors; Egypt Opens Rafah Border Crossing with Gaza; Missing Journalist Reportedly Held by Pakistan Intelligence Agency; Oxfam: Global Food Prices to Double by 2030; Report: Death Toll from Haiti Earthquake Far Lower than Originally Projected; Poet and Musician Gil Scott-Heron Dies at 62
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
2011/06/01 Headlines: NATO Extends Libya Mission, Resumes Bombing; Dozens Killed in Yemen Clashes; Syrian Forces Shell Southern Town; Boy's Death Spurs Protests; Alleged 9/11 Plotters Charged Before Military Tribunal; Supreme Court: Ashcroft Immune from Wrongful Imprisonment Suit; GOP-Controlled House Rejects Debt Ceiling Ahead of Obama Meeting; Mladic Arrives at The Hague for War Crimes Trial; Cell Phone Use Potentially Cancerous, Reports the World Health Organization; Pakistani Intelligence Speculated in Journalist Killing; Obama Taps Former Energy Exec for Commerce Post; Kissinger Protested at New York Event; Peace Activists Arrested for Dancing at Jefferson Memorial
Thursday, June 02, 2011
2011/06/02 Headlines: Yemen Fighting Continues, 15 Dead in Overnight Clashes; Gaddafi's Oil Minister Defects over "Unbearable" Conflict; Fearing Passage, House GOP Postpones Vote to Halt Libya Bombing; Obama Admin Rebuffs Karzai Plea to Halt Deadly Raids; Dozens Killed in Cross-Border Militant Attack in Pakistan; Bahraini Gov't Forces Attack Protesters After Lifting Martial Law; Mubarak to Stand Trial in August; U.S. to Boycott U.N. Racism Conference; New York Demands New Environmental Impact Study on Fracking; New York Suspends Role in "Secure Communities" Program; Arizonans Seeks Recall of State Senator Behind Anti-Immigrant Law; Florida Law Forces Drug Testing on Welfare Recipients; Palestinians Mark First Anniversary of Israeli Flotilla Attack; IAEA: Japan Downplayed Tsunami, Nuclear Damage; Honduras Readmitted to OAS; 4 Killed in Massachusetts Tornadoes
Friday, June 03, 2011
2011/06/03 Headlines: NATO Strikes Hit Tripoli; Alleged Libyan Rape Victim Deported from Qatar; Clashes Continue in Yemeni Capital; 23 Civilians Reported Dead in Syria Gov't Attacks; Exiled Syrian Opposition Calls for Assad Departure; E. Coli Strain Could Be Deadliest; Bacterium Would Be Legal in U.S.; U.S. to Probe Hacking of Email Accounts; Pentagon: Cyber-Attacks Could Constitute Act of War; Panel: "War on Drugs" a Failure; Romney Enters GOP Presidential Race; Civil Rights Groups Challenge Georgia Anti-Immigrant Law; Ex-Black Panther, Political Prisoner Geronimo Pratt Dies at 63
Monday, June 06, 2011
2011/06/06 Headlines: Saleh Treated in Saudi Arabia After Rocket Attack; 96 Killed in Syrian Violence; Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Demonstrators on Syria Border; Egypt Closes Gaza Border After Brief Opening; Thousands of Israelis Rally for Palestinian State; 19 Killed in Pakistan Attack; Gates: U.S. in "No Rush" to Leave Afghanistan; 5 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq; NATO Deploys Choppers in Libya; Radiation at Japanese Nuclear Plant Hits Record Level; Hundreds Protest at Kansas Military Base for Manning Release; Over 2,000 Flee Arizona Wildfire; Leftist Claims Victory in Peru Vote; Mexico Anti-Drug War March Heads to Ciudad Juárez; 80,000 Protest Austerity Measures in Greece; Indian Police Break Up Yoga Guru's Anti-Corruption Fast; March Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Begins in West Virginia
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
2011/06/07 Headlines: Japan Doubles Estimate of Radiation Leaked from Nuke Plant; Report: Yemen President Suffered Burns on 40% of Body, Collapsed Lung; Syria Threatens to Intensify Crackdown After Alleged Deaths of Security Personnel; Bahrain Charges Scores of Medical Officials Who Treated Protesters; Libya: NATO Warplanes Strike State TV Headquarters, Military Barracks; Gates, Petraeus Urge Obama to Reject Substantial Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal; Top White House Economic Adviser Resigns amid Soaring Unemployment Rates; Pelosi Calls for Investigation of Rep. Weiner over “Inappropriate” Online Conversations; Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Refuses to Participate in Controversial Immigrant Monitoring Program; Global Climate Change Talks Underway in Bonn, Germany; Extreme Weather Threatens Communities Throughout the U.S.; Canadian Activist Loses Senate Page Position over Unprecedented Protest; Chicago Millionaire Pays His Way Out of Jail Time in Deadly Hit and Run; Puerto Rican Independence Activist Pleads Not Guilty to 1983 Bank Robbery; Wisconsin: Thousands March to Protest Controversial “Budget Repair” Bill, 8 People Arrested; Seven Food Not Bombs Activists Arrested in Florida for Feeding Homeless; Death Toll from Germany E. Coli Outbreak Reaches 22, Thousands Infected
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
2011/06/08 Headlines: Libya Claims 31 Dead in NATO Air Strikes; Defiant Gaddafi Vows Prolonged Fight; Obama Hosts Bahraini Crown Prince, Silent on Crackdown; Yemeni Gov't Rejects Transition Talks; UNICEF Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen; Residents: Mutinous Syrian Soldiers Responsible for Troop Deaths; U.N. Official Criticizes Israel on Border Killings; U.S. Drone Strike Kills 15 in Pakistan; Gates Wraps Final Trip to Afghanistan; Bernanke: U.S. Economic Recovery "Slower Than Expected"; Private Prison Giant Hires Former Top Federal Official; Study: Nuclear Disarmament Steps Balanced Out by New Weapons; 23 Die in Haiti Flooding; U.N. Issues Warning on Food Prices; New Jersey Shutters Public Broadcasting
Thursday, June 09, 2011
2011/06/09 Headlines: U.S. Increases Secret Yemen Bombings in Saleh's Absence; Clinton Meets with Libya Contact Group in UAE; ICC Prosecutor: Gaddafi Sanctioned Rape Against Opponents; U.N. Security Council to Debate Syria Censure; Senate Panel Questions Afghan Spending; Obama Expresses "Sorrow" for Afghan Deaths; Al-Qaeda Leader Threatens U.S.; Egypt-Gaza Border Reopens; U.N. Convenes AIDS Session, Hundreds Protest for Universal Treatment; Sudan Rejects New Genocide Allegations from ICC; Prosecution of NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake in Doubt
Friday, June 10, 2011
2011/06/10 Headlines: NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake Reaches Plea Deal in Setback for Admin Crackdown; NATO, Gaddafi Forces Launch New Attacks; U.N. Human Rights Panel Hears Allegations of Gaddafi Crimes; Panetta Expects Iraq Request for Prolonged Occupation; Gates Chides NATO on Military Spending; Syrian Forces Move on Restive Town; Heat Wave Sets Records in East, Central U.S.; Alabama OKs Harshest Anti-Immigrant Law in U.S.; Manning Supporter Subpoenaed in WikiLeaks Case; Gingrich Staffers Resign En Masse; HIV/<span class="caps">AIDS Meeting Targets New Infections; Conviction Reached in 2007 Murder of Oakland Post Editor
Monday, June 13, 2011
2011/06/13 Headlines: FBI Grants Agents Increased Freedom to Investigate Without Firm Evidence; Syria: Thousands Flee to Turkey Following Military Attack, Government Reportedly Deploys Helicopters; Obama Administration Approved $200M in Military Sales to Bahrain in Run-Up to Violent Crackdown; Soaring Costs of U.S. Involvement in Libya Set to Exceed $750 Million; U.N.: May Deadliest Month for Afghanistan Civilians in Ongoing War; $6.6 Billion Shipped to Iraq Alleged Stolen; Possibly "Largest Theft of Funds in National History"; Imprisoned Iran Activist Dies Following Hunger Strike; Bombing Follows Third Consecutive Election of Turkish Prime Minister; U.S. Works to Deploy Secret Internet, Mobile Phone Systems for Dissidents; Most Wanted al-Qaeda Operative in Africa Killed in Somalia; Mexico Anti-Violence Protesters Arrive in U.S., Demand Change from American People, Government; Republican Presidential Contenders Set to Debate in New Hampshire; Rep. Anthony Weiner Refuses to Resign amid Ongoing Internet Scandal; Photos Released of Wounded Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords; Hundreds Protest Release of Police Officer Convicted of Killing Unarmed Man; Government Adds Formaldehyde to List of Known Carcinogens; New Zealand Suffers Second Major Earthquake Since February; American Admits to Fabricating Blog Detailing Life of “Gay Girl in Damascus”; “The Book of Mormon,” Eve Ensler Take Home Honors at Tony Awards
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
2011/06/14 Headlines: U.S., Afghan Officials Discuss Extending Military Presence for Decades; CIA to Intensify Covert Killing Campaign in Yemen, Modeled After Pakistan Drone Program; Syrian Military Forces Expand Operations, Thousands of Refugees Flood Turkey Border; Jordan Protesters Reportedly Attack Motorcade of King Abdullah II; Republicans Attack President Obama in First Major Debate of 2012 Presidential Race; Obama Reaches Out to Wall Street Executives Ahead of 2012 Election; President Obama Makes First Presidential Trip to Puerto Rico in 50 Years; EPA Postpones Release of Rules to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Italy Votes in Overwhelming Numbers to Block Nuclear Power Revival; Japan Poll Finds Three-Quarters of Respondents Favor Nuclear Energy Phase-Out; Grand Jury Investigates CIA over Death of Abu Ghraib Prisoner; Families of Dead Guantánamo Prisoners Appeal to Revive Lawsuit Against Donald Rumsfeld; Ousted Tunisia President to be Tried in Absentia; Mexico: Majority of Guns Come from U.S., Hearing Begins on U.S. Efforts to Sell Weapons to Cartels; Thousands of New York Macy’s Workers Prepare for Strike
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
2011/06/15 Headlines: Wisconsin Supreme Court Reinstates Anti-Union Law; Report: CIA Builds Mideast Base for Yemen Drone Strikes; Rebels Advance in Libya; House Votes to Cut Funding; Pakistan Arrests CIA Informants; Syria Expands Crackdown to 2 Towns; Gaza Strip Unemployment at Record High as Blockade Enters 5th Year; 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq; Obama Makes Brief Puerto Rico Visit; Admin Presses Congress on Debt Limit; Ex-Utah Gov. Huntsman Enters GOP Race; Ex-Blackwater Operative Sentenced for Afghan Killing; Federal Judge Upholds Reversal of California Gay Marriage Ban; New Yorkers Erect "Bloombergville" Tent Camp Against Budget Cuts; Amazonian Land Rights Activist Slain in Brazil
Thursday, June 16, 2011
2011/06/16 Headlines: Lawmakers Sue Obama Admin for Libya Attack; 2 Iraqi Civilians Killed in U.S. Helicopter Attack; Zawahiri Named New Al-Qaeda Chief; Manning Friend Refuses to Testify Before WikiLeaks Grand Jury; Former CIA Officer: Bush Admin Tried to Smear Prominent Academic, War Critic; Wisconsin Unions File Suit over Anti-Collective Bargaining Law; Pakistan Denies Arrest of Top Army Major for Tipping Off CIA; 15 Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan; Al-Qaeda Militants Attack Yemen Towns; U.N. Human Rights Chief Calls for Syria Probe; Rep. King Holds Hearing on Muslim "Radicalization" in U.S. Prisons; U.N. Warns of "Huge Suffering" in South Sudan Fighting; Rep. Giffords Released from Houston Hospital; Hacker Group Targets CIA Website
Friday, June 17, 2011
2011/06/17 Headlines: U.S., Rebels Reject Gaddafi Proposal; Boehner Warns Admin on Libya War Funding; Rep. Weiner Resigns over Online Photo Scandal; Wisconsin Senate Approves Public Spending Cuts; Syrian Troops Enter Northern Towns; Powerful Assad Cousin Divests of Holdings; Israel Vows to Block New Gaza Flotilla; Panel: Nuclear Plants Fail to Account for Japan Scenario; Arizona Schools Ordered to Cancel Ethnic Studies Program; Report: TSA Screeners Deliberately Targeted Mexicans, Dominicans at Newark Airport; Relatives Urge Probe of ATF Program in Border Agent's Death; On 40th Anniversary, Carter Calls for End to U.S. Drug War
Monday, June 20, 2011
2011/06/20 Headlines: NATO Bombs Libyan Home, Killing Nine Civilians, Including Two Babies; Obama Rejects Senior Legal Advice to Continue Libya War Without Congressional Authorization; Gates Acknowledges U.S. in Preliminary Talks with Taliban; Iraq Claims U.S. Lost $18.7 Billion, Tripling Initial Reports; U.S. Drilling Companies Stand to Earn Billions in Iraq Oil Deals; U.S. Mayors Set to Approve Resolution Calling for End to Iraq, Afghanistan Wars; Nebraska Nuclear Plants on Alert Following Missouri River Flooding; Federal Regulators Work Closely with Nuclear Power Industry to Weaken Standards; Spain: Tens of Thousands March to Protest Unemployment, Failing Economy; Saudi Arabian Women Drive in Protest of Government Ban; Syria President Vows Dialogue While Blaming Uprising on "Saboteurs"; Pakistan: Drone Strike Kills Seven amid Protests; Pakistani Journalist Beaten by Suspected Intelligence Officers; Investigation Opens on Bush-Era Attempts to Discredit Iraq War Critic, Professor Juan Cole; New York Man Killed by Toxic Debris Added to List of Official 9/11 Deaths; Former Guatemala Military Official Arrested for Involvement in Hundreds of Mass Killings; U.N. Passes Historic Resolution Endorsing Rights of Gay, Lesbian, Transgender People; Southwest Wildfires Continue to Burn, John McCain Blames Undocumented Immigrants; British Peace Activist Brian Haw Dies at 62
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
2011/06/21 Headlines: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Wal-Mart in Sex Discrimination Case; States’ Emissions Lawsuit Against Major Power Companies Rejected by Supreme Court; Obama to Announce Plan for Troop Withdrawals from Afghanistan; Libya: NATO Air Strike Reportedly Kills 19 Civilians, Eight Children; Ex-Tunisian President, Wife Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison; Northern Syrian Town Nearly Deserted Following Crackdown; Report: Number of World's Refugees Reaches 15-Year High; Ocean Experts Warn of Unprecedented Mass Extinction of Marine Life; Obama Breaks Promise to Reinstall Solar Panels on White House; Report: Majority of U.S. Nuclear Power Sites Leak Radioactive Materials into Groundwater; Moratorium on Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon Extended; Federal Regulators File Suit Against Banking Giants over High-Risk Mortgages; Uninsured Man Robs Bank of $1 to Gain Prison Medical Coverage; Labor Board Prepares New Rules to Speed Up Union Elections; Justice Clarence Thomas Under Fire for Ties to Real Estate Magnate; Mexican Gunmen Murder Journalist and Family; President Calderón to Meet with Anti-Violence Movement Leader; New Yorkers Camp Out to Protest Bloomberg Budget Cuts; U.S. Attorney Unseals Indictments in Massive New York City Payroll Scandal
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
2011/06/22 Headlines: Obama to Announce Limited Afghan Withdrawal; Bahraini Activists Sentenced to Life Terms; McCain, Kerry Propose Retroactive, Year-Long Libya War Authorization; Gaddafi Forces Attack Rebel-Held City; NATO Admits Loss of Libya Drone; 27 Killed in Southern Iraq Bombing; Syrian Forces Kill 7 Protesters; Al-Qaeda Members Reportedly Stage Prison Break in Yemen; U.S. Mayors Endorse Antiwar Measure Drafted by Activist Group; Senate Confirms Panetta as Pentagon Chief; JPMorgan Chase Pays $153.6 Million to Settle Fraud Case; Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Enters GOP Presidential Race; Clinton Backs Saudi Women on Driving Ban Protest; Greek Cabinet Survives Confidence Vote; Thousands Protest Austerity Measures in Europe; Ban Ki-moon Elected to 2nd Term as U.N. Secretary-General; 2,400 Detained in U.S. Immigration Raids; FDA Unveils New Cigarette Warning Labels
Thursday, June 23, 2011
2011/06/23 Headlines: Obama to Reverse Afghan Troop Surge; NATO Sees Rift over Libya Bombing; Gaddafi Forces Strike Misurata, Killing 4; U.S. Voices "Concern" over Bahrain Trials; Syrians Flee into Turkey Following New Raid in Dissent Crackdown; Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Freed From Prison; U.S. Pledges $40 Million for Central American Drug War; Bernanke Acknowledges Slow Economic Recovery; New York Times Reporter Alleges Obama Government Harassment, Surveillance; Michelle Obama Visits South Africa; Salvadoran Activist Killed After Protesting Mining Project; Uninsured Man Explains Deliberate Jailing to Obtain Healthcare
Friday, June 24, 2011
2011/06/24 Headlines: Dozens Killed in Baghdad Bombings in the Worst Attack in Months; Obama Meets Soldiers, Touts Afghan War Plan; Mullen Acknowledges Doubts on Afghan Withdrawal; Pentagon: "No Rush to Exits" in Afghanistan; Clinton Acknowledges U.S. Talks with Taliban; Clinton to Lawmakers about Libya Conflict: "Whose Side Are You On?"; Senate Proposal Would Mandate Military Detention for Terror Suspects; U.S. to Tap Strategic Oil Reserve; GOP Pulls Out of National Debt Talks; Relatives of Mexico Drug War Victims Demand Presidential Apology; U.S. Warns Peace Activists Not to Join Gaza Flotilla; Pulitzer-Winning Reporter Reveals Undocumented Status; New Jersey Assembly Curbs Wages, Benefits of Public Workers; Thousands of Nurses Rally for Financial Tax on Wall Street; Al Gore: Obama Has "Failed" to Tackle Global Warming; Mothers of Jailed Hikers to Resume Fast Ahead of Iran Trial
Monday, June 27, 2011
2011/06/27 Headlines: New York Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, Tens of Thousands March in Celebration; New Mexico Nuclear Weapons Lab Shuts Down Due to Wildfire; Nebraska Nuclear Power Plant Surrounded by Floodwater; International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Muammar Gaddafi and Accomplices; Human Rights Organizations Cast Doubt on Libya War Atrocity Allegations; House Votes Down Authorization of Libya War, Continues Funding; NATO Confirms Efforts to Assassinate Muammar Gaddafi; Yemenis Gather in Tens of Thousands to Demand Formation of Transitional Council; U.S. Plans to Send $45M in Military Aid to Uganda and Burundi in Effort to Combat Somali Militants; Afghanistan: Funerals Begin for Dozens Killed in Massive Hospital Attack; Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Firing Hundreds of Rockets Killing 36, Including 12 Children; Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq, Death Toll for the Month Highest in over Two Years; Peru: Thousands of Anti-Mining Protesters Shut Down Airport; Report: Natural Gas Insiders Question Feasibility, Profitability of Industry; Member of Wisconsin State Supreme Court Accused of Choking Fellow Justice; Top Chicago Cop Links U.S. Gun Laws to Institutional Racism
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
2011/06/28 Headlines: Thousands of Greeks Begin 48-Hour General Strike; Greek Government Considers Widespread Privatization; Japan: 15 Tons of Radioactive Water Leaked into Ground Near Facility; Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Lab Remains Closed as Massive Wildfire Approaches; Israel Continues to Threaten Gaza Flotilla Activists; Libya Government Denounces International Arrest Warrants for Gaddafi and Aides; Syrian Opposition Leaders Gather in Rare Public Meeting; Number of Afghan U.S. War Refugees Reaches 250,000, Double Previous Year; U.S. Drones Kill 21 in Pakistan; Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Public Financing Law, Ban on Violent Video Games; Federal Judge Blocks Key Parts of Controversial Georgia Immigration Law; U.N. Approves Resolution Sending 4,200 Ethiopian Troops to Sudan; Trial Begins for Former Khmer Rouge Leaders; Trial Begins for Police Officers Accused of Killing Unarmed Civilians in Hurricane Katrina Aftermath; Wisconsin Bans Planned Parenthood Funds, Indiana Issues Injunction Against Blocking It from Medicaid; Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Convicted on 17 Different Charges; Muslim Woman Sues Abercrombie & Fitch for Firing Her over Hijab; Flood Waters Begin to Recede in North Dakota Following Widespread Destruction
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
2011/06/29 Headlines: Greek Protesters Continue General Strike in Attempt to Block Austerity Measures; Taliban Attacks Afghanistan Hotel Killing 10; Pakistani Official Calls for End to International "Blame Game"; Humanitarian Flotilla Ship to Gaza Sabotaged; Israel Complains of "Radical Elements" in Gaza Aid Flotilla Delegation; EPA Begins Monitoring Air as Wildfire Approaches Los Alamos Nuclear Lab; Worst Drought in Decades Strikes Horn of Africa, Over 10 Million Affected; U.N. to Release Report on Connection Between Climate Change and Weather Disasters; Prominent Climate Change Skeptic Received Over $1 Million from Oil, Coal Companies; Egypt: Hundreds Injured in Clashes Between Protesters and Security Forces; Five Saudi Women Taken into Custody for Defying Driving Ban; Bank of America Agrees to Pay $8.5B Settlement in Subprime Mortgage Scandal; Christine Lagarde: First Woman Ever Appointed to Head IMF; GOP Presidential Candidate Tim Pawlenty Denounces Obama on Israel Policy; First Images in Weeks Appear of Ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez; Gay, Lesbian Families Sue State of New Jersey to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage; Six Youth Undocumented Immigrant Activists Arrested in "Coming Out" Protest; 173 Tyson Food Employees Hospitalized After Chlorine Gas Exposure; New York City: 13 Activists Arrested In "Bloombergville" Budget Cut Protest
Thursday, June 30, 2011
2011/06/30 Headlines: U.S. Drone Strike Targets Militant Islamist Group in Somalia; Pakistan Calls on U.S. to Stop Using Air Base to Launch Drone Strikes; Greece Prepares to Pass Second Austerity Bill amid Massive Protests; Hundreds of Thousands of British Public Workers Launch National Strike; President Obama Pushes to Raise National Debt Ceiling; President Obama Defends U.S., NATO Military Operations in Libya; French Military Secretly Arms Libyan Rebels; Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq, Deadliest Month in Three Years; U.S. Wars Projected to Cost Nearly $4 Trillion with Hundreds of Thousands Dead; Top U.S. Nuclear Lab Remains Closed Due to Massive Wildfire; Leading U.S. Climate Scientist: Current Extreme Weather in Line with Climate Change; Drought in Somalia Causes Mass Influx of Climate Refugees to Kenya; Three New York Men Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Bomb Plot, Critics Claim FBI Entrapment; Federal Appeals Court Rules Government Can Require Minimum Insurance for Americans; Operators at West Virginia Mine Kept Separate Records for Inspectors in Run-Up to Deadly Explosion; Ohio: Thousands Deliver Signatures to Repeal Collective Bargaining Law; California Transit Agency Agrees to Pay $1.3 Million to Family of Oscar Grant over Murder Case
Friday, July 01, 2011
2011/07/01 Headlines: Justice Dept Drops 99 of 101 Cases Against CIA for Abuse and Torture; 750,000 Government Workers Stage One-Day Strike in Britain; U.K. Gov’t Worked with Nuke Firms to Downplay Fukushima Disaster; NRC Approves 20-Year License Renewals for New Jersey Nuke Plants; New York to Lift Natural Gas Fracking Moratorium; Report: Case Against Ex-IMF Chief on “Verge of Collapse”; U.S. Rejects Demands from Pakistan to Abandon Drone Base; 200,000 Protest in Chile to Support Educational System; Hugo Chávez Says Cancerous Tumor Removed in Cuba; CDC Links Deadly Haiti Cholera Outbreak to Nepalese U.N. Peacekeepers; California Prisoners to Stage Hunger Strike; 12,000 Crack Offenders Could See Prisoner Sentence Reductions; Judges’ Rulings Pave Way for Governments to Roll Back Pension Plans; Government of Minnesota Shuts Down; Fox News’ Glenn Beck Off the Air
Monday, July 04, 2011
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011
2011/07/05 Headlines: Greece Continues to Block Gaza-Bound Flotilla; Montana ExxonMobil Pipeline Ruptures Releasing 42,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Near Yellowstone River; African Leaders Refuse to Execute International Warrant for Muammar Gaddafi; U.S. Officials: Pakistan Spy Agency Deliberately Killed Journalist; Japan: 45 Percent of Children Near Stricken Plant Exposed to Radiation; Western Companies Launch Sweeping Video Surveillance Project in China; U.S. CEO Pay Increases by 23 Percent from 2009 to 2010; Sex Assault Case against Former IMF Chief May Be Dropped; French Journalist Prepares Separate Lawsuit; Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Returns Home Following Cancer Surgery in Cuba; 15,000 Gather to Protest Georgia Immigration Law; Friend of Ernest Hemingway Suggests FBI Surveillance Motivated Author’s Suicide
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
2011/07/06 Headlines: 35 Killed in Mounting Iraq Bombings; Report: U.S. Mulls Keeping 10,000 Troops in Iraq After Withdrawal Date; U.K. Admits Drone Piloted in U.S. Killed 4 Afghan Civilians; 4 NATO Troops Killed; British Navy Medic Jailed for Refusing Afghan Deployment; U.S. Jailed Somali Prisoner Aboard Navy Ship for 2 Months; 14 Killed During Protests in Syrian Town; Gaza-Bound French Boat Defies Greek Ban; Captain of U.S. Gaza Flotilla Ship Released from Jail; Obama Summons Congressional Leaders for Debt Talks; Exxon Mobil: No Repair Plans in Place for Ruptured Montana Pipeline; In Reversal, Admin to Send Condolence Letters to Families of Vets Who Committed Suicide
Thursday, July 07, 2011
2011/07/07 Headlines: 14 Afghan Civilians, Including 8 Children, Killed in U.S. Bombing; Afghans Protest Deadly Raid; Report: Obama to Propose Social Security, Medicaid Cuts in Debt Talks; Libyan Rebels Seize Western Town; NATO Strikes Intensify; U.N.: Drought, Violence Causing "Unimaginable Human Tragedy" in Somalia; Militant Somali Group Lifts Ban on Aid Groups; Amnesty: Probe Syria for War Crimes; Greece Intercepts Flotilla Ship as Another Departs; Vermont Won't Charge Nuclear Plant Owner over Radioactive Leak; Federal Government Ordered to Stop Enforcing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; Ft. Hood Suspect to Face Death Penalty; Thousands of California Prisoners Join Hunger Strike; NYC Offices to Open Early to Officiate Gay Marriages
Friday, July 08, 2011
2011/07/08 Headlines: Obama, Congressional Leaders Hold "Constructive" Debt Talks; Sen. Sanders: Hands Off Social Security in Debt Talks; Texas Executes Mexican National Despite Denial of Consular Rights; EPA to Probe Air Quality Near Montana Exxon Mobil Oil Spill; Afghans Protest Deadly U.S.-Led Air Strike; Congress Threatens Palestinians with Aid Cutoff over Statehood Bid; Israel Approves New West Bank Settlement Expansion; Israel Prepares to Block Entry of Palestinian Solidarity Activists in "Flytilla"; Saleh Makes Public Appearance; U.N. Warns of Yemen Crisis; Human Rights Watch Criticizes U.S.-Backed Bahraini Crackdown; U.S. Returns Small Number of Stolen Iraqi Artifacts; Mass Grave Discovered in Iraq; Federal Appeals Court Challenges FCC's Easing of Media Ownership Rule; Immigrant, Women's Advocates: Don't Abandon Dominique Strauss-Kahn Accuser; Gunman Kills 7 in Michigan Before Taking Own Life; Workers File New Suit Against Wisconsin Anti-Union Law; Prison Labor Could Replace Public Employees
Monday, July 11, 2011
2011/07/11 Headlines: National Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.2 Percent, 16.2 Percent among African Americans; President Obama Fails to Break Partisan Stalemate over Federal Borrowing Limit; White House to Withhold $800 Million in Military Aid to Pakistan; South Sudan Becomes World’s Newest Independent State, Tens of Thousands Rejoice; U.S. Officials Concerned about Iran Arming Iraq Militias; Iraqi Forces Beat, Detain at Least Seven Protesters Following Demonstrations; Armor, Tank Assault in Syrian City of Homs Leaves Two Dead, 20 Injured; Syria Ambassador Summoned in D.C. amid Reports of Surveillance of Protesters in U.S.; U.S. Counterterrorism Chief Meets with Yemeni President, Urges Transfer of Power; Israel Begins Deportation of "Flytilla" Activists; Murdoch Pressured to Drop Bid to Take Over Sky Network amid Growing Phone Hacking Scandal; Senator Behind Controversial Arizona Immigration Law Facing Recall; Argentine Singer-Songwriter Facundo Cabral Murdered in Guatemala
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
2011/07/12 Headlines: Brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai Assassinated in Kandahar; Multiple U.S. Drone Strikes in Northwest Pakistan Kill at Least 45 People; CIA Organized Fake Vaccination Program to Identify Osama bin Laden; United Nations Describes Somalia as "Worst Humanitarian Disaster in the World"; U.S. Anti-Terror Laws Hamper Aid Effort in Somalia; U.N. Official Links Climate Change to Somalia Drought; Drought Spreading through the United States Rivals Dust Bowl Era; WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange in U.K. Court for Extradition Appeal; Murdoch Scandal Expands; Scotland Yard, Former British Prime Minister Targeted; Israeli Knesset Passes Law to Punish Boycotts of Israel, West Bank; France Engaged in Discussions with Libya to End Ongoing Conflict; Assad Loyalists Attack U.S., French Embassies in Syria; Egyptian Protesters Continue Occupation of Tahrir Square amid Attacks; BP Urges Federal Gov to Stop Compensating Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Victims; NRA Opposes New Rules Limiting Semi-Automatic Rifle Sales Near Mexican Border; Imprisoned Native American Activist Leonard Peltier Moved to Solitary Confinement; Betty Ford Funeral to Be Held in California
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
2011/07/13 Headlines: GOP Senate Leader Floats "Last-Choice" Debt Deal; Obama: No Guarantee of Social Security Checks if Talks Fail; GOP Overture Follows Corporate Plea for Debt Deal; Libya: NATO Blockade Causing Water Shortage; NATO: Bombing to Continue Through Ramadan; U.N. Torture Expert Criticizes U.S. on Manning Access; Environmental Activists Occupy Montana Governor's Office; U.K. Parliament Votes to Oppose Murdoch Takeover Bid; IMF Demands Italy Austerity Measures amidst Debt Fears; Obama Raises $86 Million for Re-Election Campaign; Dems Retain Congressional Seat in California Race; U.S. Deports Guatemalan Accused of Role in 1982 Massacre
Thursday, July 14, 2011
2011/07/14 Headlines: Obama Walks Out on GOP in Budget Talks; White House Won't Rule Out Benefit Cuts; U.S. Dollar Falls as Moody's Issues Credit Warning; U.N.: Afghan Civilian Deaths at Record High; 3 Killed in Attack on Memorial for Afghan President's Brother; 18 Killed in Mumbai Bombings; Murdoch Withdraws Takeover Bid Following U.K. Vote; U.S. Lawmakers Join Calls for News Corp. Probe; Former Wall Street Journal Owners Regret Murdoch Sale; Libyan Rebels Seize Disputed Village; Human Rights Watch: Libyan Rebels Attacking Gaddafi Supporters; Egypt Fires 650 Officers Linked to Uprising Repression; U.K. Court Defers Ruling on WikiLeaks Founder's Extradition; Hugo Chávez Says He May Need Chemo Treatment; ACLU Files Suit over Bush Admin Targeting of Iraq War Critic
Friday, July 15, 2011
2011/07/15 Headlines: Top Murdoch Aide Resigns in Phone-Hacking Scandal; FBI Confirms News Corp. Investigation; Protesters Rally Outside Murdoch's NYC Home; Libya Denies Claims of Tripoli Bombing Plan; Kenya Opens New Camp for Somali Refugees; U.S. Drone Strike Kills 6 in Yemen; Arab League to Back Palestinian Statehood Campaign; Israel Kills West Bank Resident, Strikes Gaza; Clinton Foundation to Review Haiti Trailers Following Exposé; Pentagon Declares Internet a Theater of War; Hackers Steal 24,000 Files from Pentagon Contractor; Group: Fake CIA Program Endangers Relief Programs; California Enacts LGBT Education Law; Kenyan Peace Activist Dekha Ibrahim Abdi Dies in Car Accident
Monday, July 18, 2011
2011/07/18 Headlines: British PM Cameron to Hold Emergency Session in Growing Phone-Hacking Scandal; Senior Adviser to Afghan President Assassinated; U.S. Joins 31 Other Nations to Recognize Libyan Rebel Council as Legitimate Government; At Least 30 Activists Killed as Syrian Forces Expand Crackdown; Secret Iraqi Prison, Torture Facility Uncovered in Green Zone; First Emergency U.N. Aid to Somalia Drought Victims Arrives in Kenya; Obama Passes Over Elizabeth Warren for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Ruptured Exxon Mobil Montana Pipeline Carried Tar Sands Oil; NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake Sentenced to a Year of Probation; Shooting Victim Attempts to Stop Assailant’s Execution in Texas; Japan Plans to Suspend Cattle Shipments from Stricken Fukushima Region; Lawyers, Relatives of Pakistan Drone Strike Victims Call for Arrest of Former CIA Legal Chief; Doctors Without Borders Condemns CIA over Fake Vaccination Program; Egypt PM Appoints 14 New Ministers in Cabinet Shuffle; Pro-Palestine Ship Hopes to Reach Gaza Strip by Tuesday; Radio Journalist Murdered in Honduras; Japan Wins Women’s World Cup; Nelson Mandela International Day Celebrated as Anti-Apartheid Leader Turns 93
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
2011/07/19 Headlines: U.S. & Libya Hold Secret Face-to-Face Meeting in Tunisia; Rupert Murdoch to Testify Before British Parliament in Growing Phone-Hacking Scandal; Israeli Navy Seizes Gaza-Bound Pro-Palestinian Ship; General Petraeus Transfers Command of U.S., NATO Forces in Afghanistan; 14-Year-Old Boy Killed in Violent Tunisia Protest; Israel Moves to Build Hundreds of New Settlement Homes in Occupied Territories; International Community Denounces New Israeli Anti-Boycott Law; South Korea Cracks Down on Resistance to Jeju Island Naval Base Project; Borders Bookstore Announces Plans to Shut Down; Alaskan BP Oil Pipeline Rupture Predicted as "Imminent" for over a Year; New Montana Oil Spill Releases Hundreds of Gallons; Montana: Regulators Knew Contaminated Bark Was Being Sold in Asbestos-Tainted Town; People of Color Make Up 70 Percent of Anti-LGBT Murder Victims; Authorities Warn U.S. Heat Wave Could Prove Deadly; Millions Celebrate Nelson Mandela Day Around the World
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
2011/07/20 Headlines: U.N. Declares Famine in Southern Somalia; Cameron, Murdoch Address Phone-Hacking Scandal; News Exec Advised Top British Aide; Report: News International Tried to Block Phone-Hacking Probe; Families of 9/11 Victims Press for Meeting on Phone Hacking by Journalists at Murdoch's News Corp.; Obama Backs Bipartisan Senate Plan in Debt-Limit Standoff; Deal Would Reduce Taxes on Wealthy; Syrian Forces Kill 15 Mourning Slain Protesters; Israel to Deport Jailed Flotilla Passengers; 2 Indicted in Alleged Pakistan Lobbying Scheme; FBI Arrests 16 in Raids Targeting Online Hackers; Minnesota Legislature Ends State Shutdown; Democratic State Senator Survives Wisconsin Recall Vote; African-American Mother Faces More Jail Time than Drunk Driver Who Killed Her Son
Thursday, July 21, 2011
2011/07/21 Headlines: U.N. Issues Urgent Appeal for Somalia Famine; Aid Groups: Rich Nations Failed to Avert Somalia Crisis; U.N.: Less Than Half of Africa Appeals Met; Sanders Blasts Entitlement Cuts, Tax Cuts in Deficit Talks; Murdoch Returns to U.S., Cameron Refuses to Apologize for Coulson Hiring; Texas Executes Death Row Prisoner over Victim's Objection; Georgia Delays Death Row Execution; Media Ban Imposed as California Prison Hunger Strike Enters 4th Week; Obama Admin Backs Repeal of DOMA; House Measure Would Restore Global Gag Rule; Montana Judge Blocks Movement of Oil Equipment; NLRB Judge: <span class="caps">SEIU, Kaiser Colluded to Influence Union Vote; U.S. Heat Wave Kills 22, Engulfs East; China, Russia Stall Security Council Session on Climate Change; Ortega Proposes Nicaraguan Referendum on $17B World Court Judgment from U.S.; Serbia Arrests Last Major War Crimes Fugitive; Judge Allows Closure of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant
Friday, July 22, 2011
2011/07/22 Headlines: Al-Shabab Says Foreign Aid Ban Continues in Somalia; Obama, Boehner Near Deficit Agreement; Pentagon to Announce Readiness on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal; Greece, E.U. Reach New Bailout Deal; Gaddafi Rules Out Talks with Rebels; Syrian Forces Attack City of Homs; Egypt Approves New Cabinet amid Ongoing Protests; Ex-News Execs: James Murdoch Misled British Lawmakers on Hacking; Britain Loses Bid to Dismiss Mau Mau Case; Hacker Group Releases NATO Data Following Raids; NASA Wraps Up 30-Year Space Shuttle Program
Monday, July 25, 2011
2011/07/25 Headlines: Norway: Right-Wing Extremist Kills 93 People in Dual Attacks; Norway Killer’s Manifesto Rails Against "Islamization" of Europe; News Outlets Initially Blamed Norway Attacks on Muslim Militants; New York State Begins Historic Marriage of Gay & Lesbian Couples; Somali Militants Placing Millions in Danger of Starvation: U.N. World Food Programme; Lawmakers Prepare Federal Debt Backup Plans as Negotiations Fail; Corporate Earnings Soar as Social Services Face Funding Cuts; Accuser Speaks Out in IMF Sex Assault Case; News Corp. Executive Accused of Lying in British Parliamentary Hearing; Libya Rebel Leader: Gaddafi and Family May Be Allowed to Stay in Country; Iran Renews Accusations of U.S., Israeli Plot Following Scientist Assassination; Egypt: Armed Men Attack Protesters, Hundreds Injured; Spanish Protests Revived in Face of Unemployment, Welfare, Government Corruption; U.S. Refuses Mexican Flight Due to Activist Passenger; British Soul Singer Amy Winehouse Dies at 27
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
2011/07/26 Headlines: U.N. Prepares to Airlift Food to Drought-Stricken Horn of Africa; Over 100,000 Gather in Oslo to Mourn Norway Massacre; President Obama, House Speaker Boehner Address Nation amid National Debt Deadlock; Census: U.S. Racial Wealth Gap Widest in Quarter Century; U.S. Military Investigation Shows U.S. Tax Dollars Funneled to Afghan Taliban; U.S. Loses $34 Billion on Iraq, Afghanistan War Service Contracts; Over 100 Firearms Provided by Failed U.S. Operation Surface at Mexican Crime Scenes; Saudi Arabia Blocks Amnesty Website Following Anti-Terror Law Criticism; Sentencing to Commence for Mother Facing More Time in Prison than Drunk Driver Who Killed Her Son; African-American Student Files Suit Against High School Following Valedictorian Scandal; Award-Winning Undocumented Immigrant Journalist Loses License; Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher to be Sentenced for Disrupting Auction; Faces 10 Years in Prison; Justice Department Declines to Re-Investigate Malcolm X Assassination
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
2011/07/27 Headlines: U.N.: Horn of Africa Hunger Crisis to Worsen; Congressional Budget Office Findings Prompt Delay of Republican Budget Vote; Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher Sentenced to 2 Years for Disrupting Federal Oil and Gas Auction; Gaddafi Regime: End Bombing Before NATO Talks; Israel, U.S. Denounce Palestinian Statehood Bid at United Nations; Israel Raids Palestinian Children's Theater; Democrat Rep. Luis Gutierrez Among 12 Detained in Protest Marking 1 Million Deportations Under Obama
Thursday, July 28, 2011
2011/07/28 Headlines: United Nations Begins Emergency Aid Airlifts in Somalia; House GOP to Force Debt Ceiling Vote; IMF: Debt Deal Failure Would Have "Far-Reaching" Consequences; Constituents Flood Lawmakers with Concerns on Debt Impasse; Afghan Mayor Killed in Suicide Attack; U.S. Soldier Convicted in Murder of Afghan Civilian; Britain Expels Libyan Diplomats, Recognizes Rebels; Double Bombing Kills 12, Wounds 28 in Iraq; Reports: Mubarak Refusing Food Ahead of Trial; Supporters: California Prisoners Have Ended Hunger Strike; Mother of Child Killed in Hit-and-Run Sentenced to Probation; U.S. Study Claims No Link Between 9/11 Rubble and Cancer; Treatment Not To Be Covered in Healthcare; Attorney: Audiotape of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Accuser Misrepresented; Democrat Rep. David Wu Resigns over Sex Allegations
Friday, July 29, 2011
2011/07/29 Headlines: GOP Delays Debt Ceiling Vote, Dems Vow Senate Defeat; Fighting Erupts in Somali Capital over Food Aid; Norway Shooting Suspect Bought Ammo Clips in U.S.; Libyan Rebels' Military Chief Slain; U.N.: No Progress in Libya Talks; 40 Killed in Afghan Attacks; Syrian Crackdown Continues; Group Claims 3,000 Missing; Palestinian Authority President Calls for Mass Protests to Back Statehood Bid; Trial over 1982 U.S.-Backed Massacre Begins in Guatemala; AWOL Soldier Charged with Ft. Hood Attack Plot; U.S., North Korea Diplomats Hold Talks; Judge Overseeing Phone-Hacking Inquiry Appeals for Aid of News of the World Journalists; Blackwater Relocates Headquarters to D.C.; DSK Accuser Speaks Out, Vows Perseverance; 11 Arrested Protesting Budget Cuts; Labor Rights Activist Richard Chávez Dies at 81
Monday, August 01, 2011
2011/08/01 Headlines: Obama, Lawmakers Reach Debt Deal; Debt Agreement Excludes Taxes, Revenue Boost; Pelosi: House Dems May Not Support Debt Deal; Black Caucus, Progressives Reject Debt Agreement; Obama Urged to Invoke 14th Amendment to Bypass Congress; Relief Operations Continue in Famine-Stricken Horn of Africa; NATO Accused of Killing 3 in Bombing of Libyan TV Network; 142 Killed in Syria Crackdown; Verdict Reportedly Near for Jailed U.S. Hikers in Iran; James Murdoch Expected to Face New Hearing; News of the World Hacked into Phone of Grieving Mother; Thousands Rally for Public Education in D.C.
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
2011/08/02 Headlines: House Backs Debt Deal, Senate Vote to Follow; Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Returns to Capitol for Debt Vote; 22 Arrested Protesting Boehner in House Chamber; U.N.: Africa Famine Will Spread Throughout Southern Somalia Absent "Massive Response"; Syrian Crackdown Escalates as Ramadan Begins; Israel Kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank Raid; Massive Protests Sweep Israel on Housing, Income Inequality; Egyptian Military Storms Tahrir Square to Clear Protests; Violence, Killings on Rise in Iraq; Mullen: U.S. Troops Will Need Legal Immunity to Remain in Iraq; Iraq Oil Contract Guarantees Compensation to BP; Federal Judge Blocks Kansas from Defunding Planned Parenthood; Admin Declares Birth Control Coverage Mandatory for Insurance Plans; Justice Dept. Challenges Alabama Anti-Immigrant Law; Supporters Allege Political Motive in Suspension of Climate Scientist; Al Jazeera English to Broadcast in New York City
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
2011/08/03 Headlines: Obama Signs Debt Law Following Senate Passage; Mubarak, Sons Make First Court Appearance Since Ouster; U.N.: Horn of Africa Crisis Threatens 12.4 Million; U.S. to Ease Terror Restrictions to Free Up Somalia Aid; Syrian Troops Continue Crackdown in Hama; Record-Level Radiation Detected at Stricken Japanese Plant; Iraq Authorizes Talks on Prolonging U.S. Occupation; NATO: Avoiding Afghan Civilian Casualties "Secondary"; U.S., Afghan, Pakistan Officials Hold Trilateral Talks; Members of U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Death Squad Convicted for 1982 Massacre; Thousands Protest for West Papuan Independence; News International Executive Arrested in Hacking Probe; U.S. Hit with Record-Breaking Drought; Vets With PTSD Settle Health Benefits Lawsuit; Congress Adjourns Without Resolution to FAA Stalemate
Thursday, August 04, 2011
2011/08/04 Headlines: Witnesses: Syrian Forces Kill 45 in Hama; U.N. Security Council Denounces Syrian Crackdown; White House: Assad Not "Indispensable"; Mubarak, Sons Appear in Egyptian Court; U.N.: Somalia Famine Widens to More Areas; Obama Holds Fundraiser on 50th Birthday; Obama Calls for End to FAA Stalemate; Gaddafi Regime Claims Alliance with Islamist Rebels; Haiti Faces New Tropical Storm; EPA Proposes New Natural Gas Fracking Oversight; Cargill Recalls Ground Turkey Following Salmonella Death
Friday, August 05, 2011
2011/08/05 Headlines: U.S.: 29,000 Children Have Died in Somalia Famine; Toll Rises in Syrian Gov't Attack on Hama; Rebels Claim Gaddafi's Son Killed in Air Strike; Libyan Regime: NATO Attack Kills 3 Civilians; Obama Admin OKs Shell Drilling in Arctic Ocean; U.N.: Shell Responsible for Over $1 Billion in Damage to Niger Delta; Shells Admits Fault for 2 Nigeria Spills; Pentagon Chief Warns of Spending Cuts; U.S. Veteran Allowed to Sue Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for Torture; Obama, Congress Reach Deal on FAA Shutdown; Japan Fires 3 Bureaucrats for Nuclear Crisis; Italian PM Pushes Austerity Deal
Monday, August 08, 2011
2011/08/08 Headlines: 30 Elite U.S. Troops Killed After Helicopter is Shot Down in Afghanistan; Standard & Poor Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating for First Time Ever; Share of Eligible U.S. Population Holding a Job Hits Lowest Level Since 1983; 45,000 Verizon Union Workers Enter Second Day of Strike; New Orleans Cops Linked to Post-Katrina Killings Guilty of Civil Rights Violations, Not Murder; Saudi Arabia Recalls Ambassador to Syria as Brutal Crackdown Persists; More than 100 Arrested in London’s Second Night of Unrest; U.S. Expands Involvement in Mexican Drug War with CIA, <span class="caps">DEA Intelligence Post; Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis March in Tel Aviv; Texas Gov. Rick Perry Leads Controversial Prayer Rally; Texas Rally Dwarfed by Back-to-School Event; Obama Administration Criticized for Carrying on Controversial Immigration Enforcement Program; Tibet Swears in New Prime Minister; Soldier Convicted in Abu Ghraib Abuse Scandal Released from Prison; Japan Honors Hiroshima Victims amid Ongoing Nuclear Crisis; Republican Senator, Military Spending Opponent Mark Hatfield Dies at 89
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
2011/08/09 Headlines: International Stock Values Plummet After S&P Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating; Hundreds Arrested in Britain as Unrest Spreads Across Nation; Former London Mayor Blames Violence on Sweeping Spending Cuts; U.N. Makes Historic Aid Delivery to Famine-Stricken Somalia; Death Toll in Syria Crackdown Surpasses 2,000; U.S. Vows to Stay the Course After Single-Bloodiest Attack in Afghan War; Bars Media from Ceremony; Japan Withheld Information Following Nuclear Disaster Placing Residents at Risk of Radiation; Court Refuses to Dismiss Torture Lawsuit Against Donald Rumsfeld; July Fourth-Warmest Month in U.S. History; Wisconsin Voters Head to Polls in Recall Elections; White Mississippi Teens Accused in Racially Motivated Murder; Catholic Priest Roy Bourgeois Faces Expulsion over Support of Female Priests; Salvadoran Soldiers Arrested in Connection with 1989 Jesuit Priest Murders; Activists Arrested for Blocking Entrance to U.S. Navy Base Housing Nuclear Submarines; 10 Arrested Protesting Arizona Ski Resort's Fake Snow Plan on Mountain Sacred to Native Americans
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
2011/08/10 Headlines: Gaddafi Regime: 85 Libyan Civilians Killed in NATO Bombing; 23 Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan; U.S., Turkey Pressure Syria as Attacks Persist on Opposition Protests; Rioting Spreads in Britain; Over 1,000 Arrested; Somalia Offers Amnesty to Al-Shabab; Markets Rally as Fed Vows Low Interest Rates; Reid Appoints 3 Senate Dems to Deficit "Super Committee"; Obama Honors Remains of 30 U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan; GOP Loses 2 Seats in Wisconsin Recall But Retains Senate Control; AWOL Soldier Charged in Alleged Ft. Hood Plot; Citing DOMA, Obama Admin Seeks to Deport Husband of Gay <span class="caps">AIDS Patient; Study: Tar Sands Oil Extraction Will Offset Canada's Pledged Carbon Emissions Cuts; Activists to Hold White House Protest Against Tar Sands Pipeline; Bahrain Raids Doctors Without Borders Office
Thursday, August 11, 2011
2011/08/11 Headlines: 6 NATO Troops Killed; U.S. Claims Strike on Militants Involved in Helicopter Attack; Amnesty Calls on NATO to Probe Civilian Deaths in Libya; Syrian Forces Continue to Attack Towns as Assad Admits "Mistakes"; Obama to Call for Assad's Departure; GOP Announces Deficit "Super Committee" Members; Obama Meets with Top Officials on Slumping Economy; U.N. Envoy Appeals for More Aid to Somalia; Report: U.S.-Funded Firm Training African Union Troops in Somalia; Over 1,200 Arrested for British Riots; USDA Knew of Dangerous Bacteria Well Before Cargill Turkey Recall; New York City Expands Community Media under Cable Deal
Friday, August 12, 2011
2011/08/12 Headlines: Deficit Super Committee Finalized with Democratic Picks; Obama Urges Public to Pressure Lawmakers over Economy; Texas Gov. Rick Perry to Enter GOP Race; GOP Presidential Hopefuls Square Off in Iowa Debate; Republican Front-Runner Mitt Romney: "Corporations Are People"; Top 500 U.S. Firms Increase Holdings 59% Since 2008; Pennsylvania Judge Sentenced to 28 Years for "Kids-for-Cash" Scheme; Report: 773 Pakistani Civilians Killed in U.S. Drone Strikes; Libyan Rebels Advance in Brega; Tripoli Residents Protest NATO Bombing; Syrian Forces Attack Civilians; Hama Residents Detail Crackdown; British PM Threatens to Restrict Social Media in Riot's Aftermath; U.S. Boosts Horn of Africa Famine Aid by $17 Million; Israel Approves 1,600 New Settlement Homes in Occupied East Jerusalem; Industry-Linked Panel Backs Controversial Natural Gas Fracking
Monday, August 15, 2011
2011/08/15 Headlines: Obama to Tour Midwest, Meet Corporate CEOs; Bachmann Edges Out Paul for Iowa Straw Poll Victory; Pawlenty Drops Out of GOP Race; Perry Announces Bid; U.N.: Progress, Funding Shortfalls in Famine Response; Dozens Killed in Series of Iraq Bombings; Syria Deploys Navy in Protest Crackdown; U.S. Calls for International Boycott, Pressure on Assad; Libyan Rebels Challenge Gaddafi Forces; Mubarak Returns to Egyptian Court; Leading Egyptian Activist Charged with Incitement; Britain Taps Former U.S. Police Chief for Riot Response; Suu Kyi Makes First Political Trip Since Release; Norwegian Shooter Brought to Massacre Site; Unions to Boycott Democratic Convention in Charlotte
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
2011/08/16 Headlines: 89 Killed in Iraq's Deadliest Day of 2011; Death Toll from Syrian Assault on Latakia Hits 34; Rebels Advance on Tripoli amidst Talks in Neighboring Tunis; Obama Begins Midwest Bus Tour as Approval Rating Drops to New Low; Rick Perry Joins GOP Candidates on Campaign Trail; 1 Palestinian Killed, 5 Wounded in Israeli Bombings of Gaza Strip; Israel Approves New Settlements in West Bank; U.N. Probes Food Aid Theft in Somalia; Judge Halts Broadcasting of Mubarak Trial; Israeli Lawmakers Meet on Economic Protests; U.N. Report Finds Potential War Crimes in Sudan; Shell Oil Rig Spills into North Sea; Global Food Prices Approaching 2008 Levels; Portions of Arizona-Mexico Border Fence Collapse in Flood; Immigrant Rights Activists to Protest Obama on "Secure Communities" Expansion; Google Acquires Motorola Mobile in $12.5 Billion Deal
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
2011/08/17 Headlines: Report: Obama to Unveil New Jobs Plan in September; Wisconsin Democratic Senators Retain Seats in Recall Votes; Immigrant Rights Activists Protest Obama Across U.S.; Syria Claims Military Pullback from Besieged Towns; Libyan Rebels Continue Advance on Tripoli; Rebels Deny Talks with Gaddafi Regime; U.N.: 10 Children Dying Daily at Single Ethiopian Camp; Letter Claims News of the World Execs Openly Discussed Phone Hacking; Murdoch Aide Knew of Letter; James Murdoch Could Face More Questioning; World Bank Unveils Food Price Warning; IMF Chief Cautions Against Spending Cuts; Israel Arrests Al Jazeera Journalist in West Bank; 11 Killed in Honduran Land Dispute; Tobacco Companies Sue U.S. over Warning Labels
Thursday, August 18, 2011
2011/08/18 Headlines: U.S. Justice Department Probes S&P on Improper Ratings of Mortgage Securities; Whistleblower: SEC Destroyed Thousands of Documents Linked to Wall Street Probes; Obama Concludes Midwest Bus Tour, Prepares Jobs Speech; Rick Perry Rejects Obama Criticism, Doubts Global Warming; Syrian Forces Widen Crackdown on Opposition; Rebels Press Fight to Win Control of Tripoli; Rebels Reopen Libyan Embassy in U.S.; 5 Killed, 22 Wounded in Iraq Violence; U.S. Admits to Iraq Air Strikes; Sadr Vows "War" over Extended Occupation; Thousands Protest Jailing of Anti-Graft Leader in India; Deadly Attacks Hit Southern Israel; Israel Refuses to Apologize to Turkey for Flotilla Killings; ATF Firearms Wound Up at U.S. Crime Scenes; Supervisors Promoted; Verizon Threatens Benefits of Striking Workers; Protesters Oppose Verizon-NYC Education Deal
Friday, August 19, 2011
2011/08/19 Headlines: Afghan Militants Storm British Council Office, Killing Nine; Dozens Killed in Pakistani Mosque Bombing; United States, Europe Call on Syrian President to Step Down; Stock Prices Continue to Fall Around the World; Bank of America Considers Laying Off 10,000 Workers; Thousands Wait in Line at Atlanta Job Fair, Several Lose Consciousness from Heat Stroke; Obama Administration Announces Plans for Case-by-Case Deportation Reviews; Presidential Hopeful Rick Perry Defends Creationism to Fourth Grader; Michele Bachmann Says She Worked at IRS to Infiltrate the Agency; Israel Bombs Gaza in Response to Deadly Attacks on Egyptian Border; Radiation Found in Nearly Half of Japanese Children Near Stricken Nuclear Plant; Egyptian Court Drops Charges Against Prominent Activist; Elizabeth Warren Creating Exploratory Committee for Possible Senate Run; Pipeline Rupture in Missouri River Basin Leaks Over 3,000 Barrels of Natural Gasoline; Foreign Students in Exchange Program Walk Out of American Jobs amid Claims of Labor Exploitation; Study Finds Black Scientists Less Likely to Receive Research Funding
Monday, August 22, 2011
2011/08/22 Headlines: Libyan Rebels Enter Capital City as Gaddafi Regime Loses Grip on Power; Syria’s Assad Warns International Community Against Military Intervention; Iran Sentences American Hikers to Eight Years in Prison; Residents Near Stricken Japanese Nuclear Plant May Be Barred from Returning Home for Decades; Verizon Workers End Massive 15-Day Strike Following Bargaining Agreement; Central Michigan University Faculty Announces Strike Plans on First Day of Classes; Over 110 People Arrested Outside White House in Ongoing Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Protest; Panetta: Iraq Has Agreed to Negotiate Extended U.S. Occupation; Israel, Hamas Agree to Ceasefire Following Days of Cross-Border Violence; Presidential Hopeful Jon Huntsman Slams GOP Rivals for Science Skepticism; Bachmann Staffer Formerly Charged with Terrorism in Uganda; Mitt Romney to Bulldoze "Inadequate" $12 Million Beachfront Home; Trio Convicted of 1993 Triple Child Murder Released After Nearly Two Decades of Popular Support; India: Tens of Thousands March to Support Activist's Anti-Corruption Hunger Strike; Arundhati Roy Criticizes Hunger Strike Demands of Anti-Corruption Activist Anna Hazare; Hundreds of Brooklyn Residents Rally to Prevent 82-Year-Old's Eviction
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
2011/08/23 Headlines: Defying Reports of Capture, Gaddafi’s Son Makes Appearance in Tripoli; Libyan Rebels Hold Capital City as Heavy Fighting Persists; Libya: U.S., NATO Forces Play Key Role in Rebel Push; U.N.: Death Toll in Syrian Crackdown Surpasses 2,200; South Sudan Cattle Raid Leaves Hundreds Dead; Suspected U.S. Drone Crashes in Somalia; Obama Admin Pressures NY Attorney General on Bank Settlement over Questionable Foreclosure Tactics; Goldman Sachs Share Prices Drop After CEO Hires High-Profile Defense Attorney; Swiss Banking Giant UBS AG Announces 3,500 Jobs Cut; Head of S&P Steps Down; Credit Rating Agency Whistleblower Speaks Out; Presidential Hopeful Rick Perry Shuns His Own Book, "Fed Up"; Texas Unemployment Rate Highest in Over Two Decades; Amnesty Condemns Iran’s Harsh Sentence of U.S. Hikers; Turkish Offensive Leaves 100 Dead in Iraq; Prosecutors Asks Judge to Dismiss Charges Against Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn; Mongolians Opposed to U.S. Nuclear Waste Dump Protest Biden Visit; Martin Luther King Memorial Unveiled in Washington; Dozens Arrested in San Francisco Transit System Protest; Canadian Opposition Leader Jack Layton Dies
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
2011/08/24 Headlines: Gaddafi Vows "Martyrdom" as Battle for Tripoli Persists; Foreign Forces Played Key Role in Intensified Libyan Rebel Offensive; NY Attorney General Booted from Mortgage Company Settlement Task Force; NY Supreme Court Dismisses Sex Crimes Charges Against Former IMF Chief; Nuclear Power Plant Near East Coast Earthquake Epicenter Lacking Seismographs Since 1990s; Military Contractor KBR Sues Gang-Rape Accuser for $2 Million; New Jersey ACLU Joins Parents in $100 Million Lawsuit over Facebook Donation; NYC Education Department Plans to Cut 780 Employees by October; South Sudan Calls for Troop Deployment Following Massive Revenge Killings; Chile’s Largest Labor Union Calls Two-Day Strike as Students Continue Protests; Democrats Nominate Mississippi's First African-American Gubernatorial Candidate in Modern History; Report: Climate Change Disproportionately Impacts Indigenous Americans; Canadian Actors Arrested Alongside 60 Others in Pipeline Protest at White House; Exxon Mobil Estimates Montana Oil Spill Will Cost Company $42 Million; Foreign Policy Adviser to Mitt Romney Actively Supporting Iranian Terrorist Organization; Famed Journalist Bill Moyers Returns to Television with New Weekly Show
Thursday, August 25, 2011
2011/08/25 Headlines: NATO Aiding Libyan Rebels in Search for Gaddafi, Bounty Placed on Libyan Leader; Arab League Recognizes Libyan Rebel Council; U.S. Requests U.N. Unfreeze $1.5 Billion in Assets; Four Italian Journalists Held by Gaddafi Loyalists Freed; Secret U.S. Diplomatic Cable Reveals McCain Promised to Provide Gaddafi with Weapons; U.S. Investigates Allegations Murdoch’s News Corp. Hacked Phones of September 11 Victims; Cheney Admits Urging Attack on Syrian Nuclear Site; Rick Perry Takes Lead in Republican Presidential Candidate Polls; Report: Changing Climate Will Lead to Rise in Warfare; Historic Washington D.C. Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Protest Results in 56 More Arrests; India Prime Minster Appeals to Anti-Corruption Activist to End Hunger Strike; Egypt: Human Rights Groups Appeal to U.N. over Military Junta Crackdown; Report Reveals Systematic Targeted Killing of Egyptian Prisoners; Detained Egyptian Blogger Launches Hunger Strike; Israeli Air Strikes in Gaza Kill Four; Nine-Month-Old Israeli Baby Wounded by Rocket; Glenn Beck Holds Rally in Israel Denouncing United Nations, Human Rights Organizations; Chile Enters Second Day of Nationwide Strike; Peru to Consult with Indigenous Communities Before Mining, Drilling; Report: U.S. Security Aid in Colombia Supported Targeting of Politicians, Civil Society Groups; Conservative Website, Brooklyn Rabbi Blame Earthquake on Declining Morals, Same-Sex Marriage; Apple CEO Steve Jobs Resigns
Friday, August 26, 2011
2011/08/26 Headlines: British Warplanes Bomb Gaddafi’s Hometown of Sirte; U.N. Unfreezes $1.5 Billion in Libyan Assets for Rebels; Gaddafi Calls on Supporters to Fight Back; Human Rights Group Warns about Weapons Proliferation in Libya; U.N. Building Bombed in Nigeria, at Least 10 Dead; 53 Die in Casino Attack in Monterrey, Mexico; Report: U.S. Allowing Mexican Police to Stage Cross-Border Raids; Son of Slain Pakistan Governor Kidnapped; State of Emergencies Declared Ahead of Hurricane Irene; State Dept: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Have "Limited Adverse Environmental Impact"; Sen. Sanders to Introduce Bill to Strengthen Social Security; CIA Forces <span class="caps">FBI Agent to Redact Sections of Book about 9/11 Probe; WikiLeaks Releases Tens of Thousands of New Classified U.S. Diplomatic Cables; Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan Resigns; African Union Pledges $350 Million to Fight Famine in East Africa; Labor Board Orders Employers to Post Info on Unionization; Book: Founder of IKEA Was a Former Nazi Recruiter
Monday, August 29, 2011
2011/08/29 Headlines: Hurricane Irene Pummels East Coast with Massive Flooding; At Least 22 Dead; Libya: NATO Bombs Gaddafi’s Hometown; HRW: Gaddafi Forces Executed 45 Prisoners Last Week; United Nations Calls for Humanitarian Aid for Libya; U.S. Journalist Among 10,000 Prisoners Freed in Libya; U.S. Claims Senior Level al-Qaeda Officer Killed by CIA Drone Attack in Pakistan; Report: U.S. Special Forces May Have Killed BBC Journalist in Afghanistan; Suicide Mosque Bombing Kills at Least 28 in Iraq; Israel Orders Reinforcements Deployed to Gaza Strip, Egypt Border; Indian Anti-Corruption Activist Ends 13-Day Hunger Strike; Obama Prepares to Tap Princeton Professor as Chair of Economic Council; WikiLeaks Cables Confirm U.S. Efforts to Push Genetically Engineered Food Abroad; U.S. Soldier Suspected of Killing Four Found Dead in Philadelphia Suburb; Widow of Army Ranger Removed from Event After Confronting Donald Rumsfeld; New York Drops Contract with Murdoch-Owned Wireless Company; Canada Holds State Funeral to Honor Opposition Leader Jack Layton
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
2011/08/30 Headlines: Hurricane Irene Death Toll Climbs to 40 as Widespread Flooding, Power Outages Persist; Michele Bachmann Says Hurricane Irene Should Be Viewed as Message from God; Inspection Team Dispatched to Virginia Nuclear Power Plant Following Earthquake; Maryland Nuclear Power Facility Shut Down in Wake of Hurricane; Libyan Rebels Accuse Algeria of Aggression for Accepting Gaddafi Family; African Union Chief Accuses Libyan Rebels of Targeting Black Africans; Lockerbie Bomber Maintained Innocence in Private Correspondence with Libyan Officials; August Becomes Deadliest Month for U.S. Troops in Nearly Decade-Long Afghanistan War; Afghan Government Derailed Peace Talks Between U.S. and Taliban; Pentagon Use of No-Bid War Contracts Balloons to $140 Billion; Israeli Military Prepares to Supply Jewish Settlers with Tear Gas, Stun Grenades; Obama: New Economic Aide Will Focus on Jobs; Report: Half of Muslim Americans Feel Intensified Presence of U.S. Anti-Terror Policies; Alabama Judge Temporarily Blocks Controversial Immigration Law; Commission Confirms 1940s U.S. Medical Experimentation in Guatemala Killed 83; Top NASA Climate Scientist Arrested in Ongoing White House Keystone XL Pipeline Protest
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
2011/08/31 Headlines: Evacuations, Airlifts Continue in Irene's Aftermath; Insurers Could Avoid Bulk of Irene Costs; Study: 25 CEOs Earned More than Companies Paid in Taxes; Wage Gap Increases; Obama Defends Economy Handling, Cites MLK on "Economic Justice"; ATF Director Demoted over Fast and Furious Gun Sting; Libyan Rebels Give Gaddafi Fighters Saturday Deadline; Amnesty: Black Libyans, Sub-Saharan Africans at Risk in Libya; Syrian Forces Kill Protesters in Daraa; More Arrests in Keystone XL Pipeline Protest Outside White House; Exxon, Russia Reach Deal for Arctic Oil; Kansas Ordered to Resume Planned Parenthood Funding; Judge Blocks Texas Law Requiring Pregnant Women to View Sonogram Before Abortion; Bolivian Commanders Convicted for 2003 Massacre; WikiLeaks Site Hacked as Names Reportedly Disclosed
Thursday, September 01, 2011
2011/09/01 Headlines: Gaddafi Sons Offer Differing Stances Ahead of Surrender Deadline; Report: Ex-Bush Official Recently Advised Gaddafi Regime on Winning "Propaganda War"; Syrian Official Resigns in Protest of Abuses; U.N.: Millions Remain at Risk in Horn of Africa; WikiLeaks Blames Guardian for Cable Disclosure; Obama Reschedules Jobs Speech After Dispute with GOP; Petraeus Warns Against Military Cutbacks; Justice Dept. Seeks to Block AT&T Takeover of T-Mobile; New Details Emerge on NYPD Spy Unit; Obama's Uncle Faces Deportation Following Arrest; 3.4-Magnitude Aftershock Hits Virginia; Role of Firms in CIA Rendition Detailed in Lawsuit; Maya Angelou Criticizes New MLK Monument
Friday, September 02, 2011
2011/09/02 Headlines: Gaddafi: "Let Libya Be Engulfed in Flames"; World Leaders, Rebels Agree on Unfreezing Libyan Assets; Anti-Government Protests Continue in Syria After 7 Killed; Turkey Downgrades Israel Ties After U.N. 2010 Flotilla Report; Banks to Face Federal Suits over Mortgage Securities; Goldman Sachs Subsidiary Agrees to End "Robo-Signing"; Obama Admin Scales Back Economic Growth Projections; Earthquake Shifted Nuclear Fuel Casks at Virginia Power Plant; Al Gore Voices Support for Protests Against Keystone XL Pipeline; Study Finds Link Between 9/11 Debris and Cancer; Ohio Sells Prison to Private Firm; Guatemala Tests Survivors, Relatives of U.S. Medical Experiments; Thousands Denounce Bahraini Monarchy at Funeral for Slain Teen; 2 Female Journalists Slain in Mexico; WikiLeaks Cable Details U.S. Military Killing of Iraqi Family; WikiLeaks Publishes Full, Unredacted Archive of U.S. Cables
Monday, September 05, 2011
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
2011/09/06 Headlines: Large Libyan Army Convoy Enters Niger; Files Found in Tripoli Expose CIA-Gaddafi Ties over Rendition Program; U.N.: 750,000 Could Die in Somali Famine in Next 4 Months; U.S. Military and CIA Seek OK to Expand Covert Operations in Iraq; U.S. Spying on Israel Exposed by Leaked FBI Documents; Obama Angers Environmentalists by Backing Off New Smog Regulations; 1,252 Arrested in Two-Week Campaign Against Keystone XL Pipeline; Report: New York City Police Spied on 250 Mosques and Muslim Student Groups; Jobless Rate Remains at 9.1%; Unemployment for Black Men and Teens Soars; Obama Prepares to Outline Jobs Plan in Address to Congress; Teamsters President James Hoffa to Obama: "This Is Your Army"; Families of Sept. 11 Victims Travel to Afghanistan; Crocker: U.S. May Remain in Afghanistan "For a Long Time"; 430,000 March for Economic Justice in Israel; Texas Wildfires Kill Two, Destroy 500 Homes; BP Hires Former Pentagon Press Secretary; Arizona to Charge Fees for Visitors of State Prisons; SF Police Helped Investigators from Apple Search Home Looking for Missing iPhone 5 Model
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
2011/09/07 Headlines: Gaddafi Reportedly Flees Southern Libyan Town; Syrian Forces Kill 7 in Homs; Red Cross Granted Access to Damascus Prison; Report: Panetta Backs Extended U.S. Occupation; 9 Killed in Attack on Iraqi Soldiers; U.S. Halts Prisoner Transfers to 9 Afghan Jails; Afghans Recount Decade of Deadly U.S. Home Raids & Attacks Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary; Petraeus Takes Helm at CIA; GOP Candidates to Hold Presidential Debate; Romney Unveils Corporate-Friendly Economy Plan; 25 Killed in Pakistan Suicide Attacks; 11 Killed, 45 Wounded in India Bombing; Former News Corp. Execs Contradict James Murdoch on Hacking; 5 Killed in Nevada Shooting; Detained NYC Council Member Accuses Police of Racial Bias; Family of Slain Black Man Files Lawsuit over Hate Crime Killing; Georgia Sets New Execution Date for Troy Davis
Thursday, September 08, 2011
2011/09/08 Headlines: Gaddafi Denies Libya Departure, Urges More Fighting; Western Firm Negotiated to Arm Gaddafi Regime Before Uprising; Syrian Forces Kill at Least 20 in Homs in Ongoing Crackdown on Protest Movement; GOP Contenders Clash in Debate; Perry Blasts Social Security as "Ponzi Scheme"; Obama to Deliver Jobs Speech; Some GOP Lawmakers Won't Attend; Nearly 100 Ex-Staffers for Congressional "Super Committee" Members Now Working as Lobbyists; Ex-CIA Lawyer: Obama Changed "Virtually Nothing" from Bush Admin on Terror Policies; U.S. Pressures Palestinians to Drop Statehood Bid; Palestinian Authority Cites Obama in Pro-Statehood Ads; Bahrain Releases Hunger-Striking Medical Workers from Detention; Honduran Resistance Leader Slain; Students Protest Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates at University of Texas; 5 Dead in Tri-State Shooting Spree
Friday, September 09, 2011
2011/09/09 Headlines: Obama Jobs Plan Emphasizes Tax Relief; Federal Reserve Warns of Sluggish U.S. Economy; DHS Warns of Attack Risk Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary; Flooding Kills 5, Carries Toxins in U.S. Northeast; Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant for Gaddafi; Report: U.S. Mulls Staging Troops in Kuwait After Iraq Withdrawal; Iraqi Journalist Slain Ahead of Demonstration; U.S. Admits Fatally Shooting Journalist in Afghanistan; U.K. Apologizes for Killing of Iraqi Prisoner; U.S. Confirms It Will Veto Palestinian Statehood at United Nations; Non-Aligned Countries Back Palestinian State; Report: Israel Doubles Settlement Construction Since Ending Partial Freeze; Congressional "Super Committee" Begins Mandate to Reduce Deficit; Federal Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Obama's Healthcare Law; Justice Dept. Accuses Puerto Rican Police of Systemic Abuses; Texas Records Hottest Summer in U.S. History
Monday, September 12, 2011
2011/09/12 Headlines: President Obama, George W. Bush Lead September 11 Tribute; Defense Secretary Panetta Vows Unending Fighting; Anti-Racism Rally Near Ground Zero Draws Attention to Targeting of Muslim Men; Former Senator Calls on Obama to Reopen 9/11 Investigation with Focus on Saudi Family; Former FBI Agent Accuses <span class="caps">CIA of Withholding Intelligence Before 9/11; Afghanistan: Four Civilians Killed, 77 U.S. Troops Injured in Suicide Bombing at NATO Base; Human Rights Group Accuses U.S.-Backed Militias in Afghanistan of Abuses Including Murder, Rape; Egyptian Protesters Attack Israeli Embassy Forcing Evacuation of Ambassador, Staff; Egyptian Police Respond with Deadly Force, Killing Three, Wounding over 1,000; Gaddafi Son Flees to Niger, Opposition Forces Arrest Head Security Official; France: One Person Killed, At Least Three Injured in Nuclear Plant Explosion; Japanese Protesters Commemorate Six-Month Anniversary of Nuclear Disaster; Former Military General Leads in Guatemalan Presidential Election; Chile: Thousands March to Commemorate 38th Anniversary of U.S.-Backed Coup; U.N. Claims at Least 2,600 Killed in Syrian Unrest; U.S. Considers Moving Iraq Drone Program to Turkey; More Than 100 Burned to Death in Kenya Pipeline Fire; Researchers Find Arctic Sea Ice at Lowest Levels on Record; Georgia Schedules Execution Date for Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
2011/09/13 Headlines: Taliban Launches Coordinated Attack on U.S. Embassy, NATO Headquarters in Kabul; Report: Iran to Release Detained American Hikers in Two Days; Obama Proposes to Cut $467 Billion in Tax Breaks for Companies, Wealthy Americans; Bank of America Announces Plan to Cut 30,000 Jobs; Libyan Opposition Leader Addresses 10,000 Supporters in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli; Amnesty International Alleges War Crimes on Both Sides of Libya Conflict; Palestine Plans to Seek Statehood Next Week, Despite U.S. Veto Threat; Romney Takes Perry to Task on Social Security, Jobs Record; Number of Borrowers Defaulting on Student Loans Jumps Significantly; Officials: No Radioactive Leaks Following Explosion at Nuclear Facility in France; Oakland Children's Museum Cancels Palestinian Youth Art Exhibit; On Anniversary of Attica Rebellion New Recordings Reveal Nixon, Rockefeller Praise for Crackdown
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
2011/09/14 Headlines: U.S. Poverty at Record High; Uninsured Hits 20-Year Peak; High Unemployment Expected Through 2012, Reports Congressional Budget Office; Obama Touts Jobs Plan Ahead of Expected Call for Medicaid Cuts; Iranian Judiciary: No Plans to Free Jailed Hikers; At Least 15 Killed in Taliban Assault on Kabul; Report: U.S.-Funded Militias Terrorizing Afghan Civilians; CIA Cites Yemen-Based Group as Most Dangerous al-Qaeda Wing; Palestinian Authority Confirms Plan to Bring Statehood to U.N. Security Council; U.N. Panelists: Israeli Blockade of Gaza Illegal; Warren to Challenge Brown for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts; GOP Wins Congressional Seat in NY Special Election; Kucinich Could Face Kaptur in Ohio Democratic Primary; Records Show Extensive Financial Ties Between Merck, Perry; CIA Probes Assistance of <span class="caps">NYPD Spying; Chevron Closes Gulf Coast Pipeline over Leak; British Lawmakers Recall James Murdoch for Testimony on Phone Hacking
Thursday, September 15, 2011
2011/09/15 Headlines: U.S. Envoy, International Leaders Visit Libya; Mass Graves Uncovered; Syrians Mark 6 Months of Sustained Protests; 19 Killed in Iraq Bombings; U.S. Blames Haqqani for Kabul Attack; Warren Confirms U.S. Senate Bid in Massachusetts; Obama Admin Questioned on Backing of Failed Solar Firm; Gov't Report Cites New BP Infractions Before Gulf Spill; Texas Urged to Halt Execution over Racially Biased Witness; California to Release Thousands of Female Prisoners; U.S. Urges Sri Lanka to Address War Crimes Findings; Ex-Chief of Colombian Secret Police Sentenced to 25 Years; Haitians Demand Ouster of U.N. Peacekeeping Force; FBI Teaches Anti-Muslim Content in Counterterrorism Training; ICC Urged to Probe Vatican for Sexual Abuse, Cover-Up
Friday, September 16, 2011
2011/09/16 Headlines: Libyan Rebels Attack Gaddafi's Hometown of Sirte; Obama Drops Cuts to Social Security in Debt Reduction Plan; Boehner: Tax Hike "Off the Table"; House Votes to Limit NLRB over Boeing Ruling; Supreme Court Halts Texas Execution of Duane Buck over Racial Bias Claims; Obama Admin Confident of Jailed American Hikers' Release in Iran; U.S.: Top al-Qaeda Operative Killed in Pakistan; 400,000 Displaced in Pakistan Floods; Palestinian Authority Rejects U.S. Effort to Subvert Statehood Bid; Hundreds March in New York City Ahead of Palestinian Statehood Bid; Israeli Settlers Increase Vandalism in West Bank; U.N. Probes Video of Peacekeepers' Sexual Assault in Haiti; Denmark Elects First-Ever Female Prime Minister; U.S. Postal Service to Cut up to 35,000 Jobs in $3 Billion Cost-Cutting Plan; Hundreds Expected for "Occupy Wall Street" Protest; Mother Files Lawsuit over Fatal Police Shooting of Unarmed 14-Year-Old Son
Monday, September 19, 2011
2011/09/19 Headlines: Obama Proposes New "Buffett Tax" on Millionaires; Yemen Intensifies Government Crackdown with Scores Killed in 48 Hours; Report: U.S. Increases Drone Strikes in Yemen; Gaddafi Forces Claim Hundreds Killed in NATO Air Strike, Claim Capture of 17 European Mercenaries; Documents Reveal Former U.K. Prime Minister Visited Gaddafi Prior to Release of Lockerbie Bomber; U.S. Accuses Pakistani Government of Ties to Taliban-Linked Militants Blamed for Embassy Attack; United Nations Requests $350 Million in Flood Relief Aid for Pakistan; Former FBI Director Calls for Troy Davis Execution to be Put Off; Banking Giant UBS Loses $2.3 Billion in Unauthorized Trades; Book: Tim Geithner Ignored Presidential Order to Consider Dissolving Citigroup; Report: U.S. Cannot Account for Nearly Three Tons of Nuclear Material Shipped Overseas; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Arrives in New York Vowing to Seek Full U.N. Membership; Britain's Largest Weapons Fair Promotes Sale of Illegal Torture Equipment, Cluster Bombs; WikiLeaks Cables Reveal U.S. Efforts to Defend Cluster Bombs Around the World; U.S. Hikers Remain Detained Following Religious Delegation's Visit to Iran; Brazil: Two Men Arrested in Connection with Amazon Environmentalist Murders
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
2011/09/20 Headlines: Yemen: 9 Killed as Government Escalates Deadliest Period in Eight-Month-Old Uprising; President Obama Unveils Plan to Cut $3 Trillion from Deficit; "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Prohibition of Openly Gay Military Servicemembers Expires; Study: 37 Percent of Young Families with Children Were Living in Poverty Last Year; Israel Proposes Netanyahu, Abbas Meeting; Former Mexican President Sued for War Crimes Stemming from 1997 Massacre; Former FBI Informants Link U.S. Law Enforcement Officials to Mexican Drug Cartels; Mexican President Calderón Hints at Drug Legalization; Insurance Company Files Suit Against Saudi Arabia for Indirectly Funding 9/11; Oklahoma: Oil Rig Explodes in 100-Foot Flames; Chinese Protesters Shut Down Solar Factory Accused of Dumping Toxic Waste; Justice Department Accuses Texas Statehouse of Disenfranchising Minority Voters in Redistricting Efforts; Pennsylvania Considers Controversial Electoral College Voting Changes; Ralph Nader Leads Recruitment Effort to Challenge President Obama; Spanish Teacher Strike Shuts Down Hundreds of Schools; Teacher Strike Forces Tacoma, WA Schools to Remain Closed for Sixth Day; Occupy Wall Street Protests Persist amid 6 Arrests
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
2011/09/21 Headlines: Jailed U.S. Hikers Freed in Iran; Troy Davis Requests Polygraph as Execution Looms; Report: U.S. Building Drone Bases in Africa, Indian Ocean Islands; Former Afghan President Killed by Taliban; Oxfam: 3 Million Face Food Shortage in Afghanistan; African Union Recognizes Libyan Government; New Flag Raised at U.N.; Palestinians Rally for Statehood as U.S., Israel Press Opposition; Al Jazeera News Director Resigns over Modifying Iraq War Coverage; Pentagon Marks Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy; 7 Arrested in "Occupy Wall Street" Action; Protest-Themed Messages Blocked on Yahoo
Thursday, September 22, 2011
2011/09/22 Headlines: Troy Davis Executed After Supreme Court Rejects Stay; Freed U.S. Hikers Leave Iran; Senate Appropriations Committee Threatens Palestinians over Statehood Bid; Obama Slams Palestinian Statehood Effort in U.N. Speech; Poll: Most Israelis, Palestinians Back Statehood Bid; NATO Extends Libya Bombing Campaign; Stock Prices Fall as Fed Warns on U.S. Economy; Wiretap Law Challenge Allowed to Proceed; Islamic Cultural Center Opens Near Ground Zero; Kaiser Permanente Medical Workers Stage Strike
Friday, September 23, 2011
2011/09/23 Headlines: Saleh Returns to Yemen amid Increased Violence; U.S. Accuses Pakistan Spy Agency of Hand in Embassy Attack; Palestinians Bring Statehood Bid to the United Nations; U.S. Leads Walkout on Ahmadinejad Speech at United Nations; GOP Candidates Debate in Orlando; Audience Boos Gay Soldier; Spending Dispute Threatens U.S. Government Shutdown; Study: Nearly 1 in 4 Children Under 6 Live in Poverty in the United States; California Police Officers Charged in Beating Death of Homeless Man; Tacoma Teachers Vote to End 10-Day Strike; Drug Violence Spreads to New Areas of Mexico; "Stingray" Cell Phone Tracking Faces Court Challenge; Over 1,000 Protest Troy Davis Execution in NYC
Monday, September 26, 2011
2011/09/26 Headlines: Abbas Addresses U.N. in Bid for Palestinian Statehood; Israeli PM: Netanyahu: Palestinians "Should Fail" in Statehood Bid; Afghanistan: One American Killed in Attack on Kabul CIA Office; Admiral Mullen Accuses Pakistani Spy Agency of Supporting Haqqani Network; U.S. Ties to Haqqani Network Dates Back to Reagan Administration; U.S. Launches Series of Drone Attacks on Somalia; Yemeni President Saleh Returns Home After Four Months in Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia to Give Women Right to Vote in 2015 Elections; Japan: Radioactive Rice Discovered Near Stricken Nuclear Plant; Obama Administration Secretly Sold 55 Bunker Buster Bombs to Israel; Obama to Congressional Black Caucus: "Stop Complaining, Stop Grumbling"; Pizza Mogul Herman Cain Wins Florida GOP Straw Ballot; U.S. Soldier Sentenced to Seven Years for Killing Afghan Youth; Over 80 Arrested in Occupy Wall Street March; 10 Muslim Students Criminally Charged for Disrupting Israeli Ambassador Speech; American Broadcaster David Barsamian Deported from India; Mexican Journalist Found Decapitated After Writing About Drug Cartel; Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai Dies at 71
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
2011/09/27 Headlines: Gaddafi Forces Stave Off Assault on Libyan Leader's Hometown of Sirte; U.S. to Sell Bahrain $53 Million in Military Equipment Following Brutal Crackdown; U.S. To Keep Bin Laden Photos Secret; Pakistan's Imran Khan Speaks Out on ISI-Haqqani Ties; Poverty Rate Increases in 46 States; Michael Moore Addresses Ongoing "Occupy Wall Street" Protest; Senior NYPD Officer Accused in Wall Street Pepper-Spray Incident Subject of 2004 Investigation; Israel Ordered to Pay $430,000 for Shooting Death of 10-Year-Old Palestinian Girl; Israel Releases Al Jazeera Journalist Held Six Weeks Without Charge; Bolivia's Morales Halts Road Project amid Mass Protests, Violent Crackdown; 9,000 West Papua Mining Workers Continue Strike; Pelican Bay Prisoners Resume Hunger Strike in California; Hundreds Gather to Protest Dick Cheney’s Visit to Vancouver, Canada; Canada: 117 Arrested in Keystone XL Pipeline Protest; Sen. Rand Paul Blocks Legislation Strengthening Pipeline Safety Rules; Animal Rights Activists Claim Responsibility for Idaho Fur Retailer Fire; Green Belt Movement Vows to Continue Anti-Deforestation Advocacy in Wake of Wangari Maathai's Death
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
2011/09/28 Headlines: Study: Workers Facing Costlier Health Premiums; Listeria Outbreak Kills 13 in U.S.; Study: 30,000 Cases of Border Patrol Abuses Since 2008; Report: FBI Keeps Names on Terrorist Watch List Despite Exoneration; Gaddafi Reported to Be Near Algerian Border; Israel Authorizes 1,100 New Settlement Homes; U.N. Official: Palestinian Authority Ready to Govern State; Hundreds Protest U.S. in Pakistan; Bahraini Court Upholds Sentences for Protest Leaders; Republicans Launch New Probe of Planned Parenthood; Danish Firm Protests Drug Use in Florida Execution; Postal Workers Hold Nationwide Protests Against Cuts, Funding Mandate
Thursday, September 29, 2011
2011/09/29 Headlines: White House Seeks Supreme Court Ruling on Healthcare Law; Judge Upholds Key Parts of Alabama Immigration Law; Study: Hispanic Children Largest Group Living in Poverty; Afghan Violence Increases 40%; Clinton: U.S. Nearing Decision on Haqqani Designation; U.N. Security Council Committee Takes Up Palestinian Statehood Bid; Obama: U.S. to Continue Cuba Embargo; 20 Bahraini Medical Workers Sentenced to Prison; Gitmo Prisoner Faces Death Penalty in Resumed Military Trial; Massachusetts Man Accused of Plot to Attack Pentagon, Capitol; Pennsylvania Prison Guard Charged with Sexual, Physical Abuse of Prisoners; Free Press Challenges New Internet Rules; State Dept. Holds Public Hearings on Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline; NYPD Investigating Officer for Pepper-Spraying Wall Street Protesters
Friday, September 30, 2011
2011/09/30 Headlines: U.S.-Born Cleric, CIA Target Killed in Yemen; Mob Confronts U.S. Delegation in Syria; Syria Forces Attack Besieged Towns; Libyan Transitional Forces Capture Airport in Sirte; U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits Libya; Afghan Gov't Reviews Taliban, Pakistan Efforts; Bahraini Women Rally Against Jailing of Protesters, Medics; Amnesty Urges Lithuania to Reopen Rendition Probe; Brazilian Court Halts Construction of Belo Monte Dam; California Prisoners Face Crackdown for Hunger Strike; Groups Appeal Court Ruling Backing Controversial Alabama Anti-Immigrant Provisions; Report: U.S. Mulls New Lawsuits Against Anti-Immigrant Laws in 4 States; Federal Judge OKs Kansas Anti-Abortion Law; ACLU Challenges N.C. Measure; 2 Sentenced for Hate Crimes in Arkansas
Monday, October 03, 2011
2011/10/03 Headlines: NYPD Arrests Over 700 on Brooklyn Bridge in Ongoing Occupy Wall Street Protest; International Protests Erupt in Portugal, Greece, England; U.S. Confirms Death of Second U.S. Citizen in Yemen Drone Strike; Afghan President Karzai Suspends Talks with Taliban; Libya: Shelling Prevents Red Cross Convoy in Besieged Town of Sirte; Thousands Attend Funeral for Executed Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis; Koch Brothers Exposed for Trading with Iran, Bribing Overseas Officials; Rick Perry under Fire for Racially Offensive Hunting Camp Name; Virginia Nuclear Reactors Remain Shut Down More Than Five Weeks After Earthquake; United Arab Emirates Activists, Bloggers Face Trial; Jewish Settlers Blamed for Burning Israeli Mosque, U.S. Lawmakers Freeze $200 Million in Aid to Palestine; Leading U.K. Climate Activist Prevented from Entering U.S.; Government Probe Confirms Major New York City Public School Corruption Scandal; Settlement Reached over Arrest of Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Producers at 2008 GOP Convention
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
2011/10/04 Headlines: Truck Bombing Kills at Least 70 in Somali Capital; Major Unions Throw Support Behind Occupy Wall Street Protest; Occupy Wall Street-Inspired Protests Spring Up Around the Country, World; Obama: Nation is Not Better Off than It was Four Years Ago; Report: Fannie Mae Aware of Dubious Foreclosure Practices as Early as 2003; Emails Reveal Cozy Relationship Between Pipeline Lobbyist, State Department; Obama Administration Backs Increased Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling; Alabama: Latino Students Disappear Due to New Far-Reaching Immigration Law; U.S. Lawmakers Confirm Blocking $200 Million in Aid to Palestine, amid U.N. Statehood Bid; Report: Syrian Protesters Abroad Systematically Monitored, Harassed on Behalf of Regime; Civil Rights Attorneys Request NYPD Turn Over Records on Secret Muslim Monitoring Program; Rick Perry Faces New Race Row over Support for Displaying Confederate Symbols; Mexican Officials Take Issue with Perry Suggestion to Send U.S. Troops over Border; Obama Pushes Forward on Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia, Panama; Texas: 1,000 Evacuated Following Fire at Chemical Plant
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
2011/10/05 Headlines: Occupy Wall Street Protesters File Class Action Suit; Unions, Students to Join March; Lawsuit Accuses Banks of Defrauding Veterans, Taxpayers; Obama Invokes Reagan in Push for Tax Changes; Study: Corporations Laid Off Workers Following Tax Holiday; DNA Evidence Frees Texas Prisoner After Nearly 25 Years; Russia, China Veto Security Council Measure on Syria Crackdown; Iraq: No Immunity for U.S. Troops; Palestinians Protest U.S. Aid Freeze; Bahrain Sentences 26 Protesters; Saudi Arabia Blames "Foreign Country" for Clashes; HRW: No Improvement in Accountability for Colombia Union Killings; Greeks Stage General Strike over Austerity Cuts; Obama Waives Curbs on Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers; Christie Opts Out of GOP Race; Michigan Ordered to Halt Cutoff of Welfare Recipients; Rumsfeld Refuses to Answer Al Jazeera Reporter on Iraq War
Thursday, October 06, 2011
2011/10/06 Headlines: Thousands Join Occupy Wall Street March; 28 Arrested; Greeks Rally, Strike Against Austerity Cuts; Afghans Protest U.S. on 10-Year Anniversary of Invasion; U.S. Threatens to Cut UNESCO Funding for Palestine Vote; Secret Panel Determines U.S. "Kill List"; Activists: Up to 12,000 Prisoners Hunger Striking in California; Groups Sue Over Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Construction; Palin Opts Out of GOP Race; 3 Killed, 7 Wounded in California Shooting; Study: Openly Gay Males 40% Less Likely to Receive Job Interviews; Obama Hosts Honduran President at White House; Bahrain Orders New Trial for Jailed Medics; South Africa Prevents Dalai Lama Visit; Apple Founder Steve Jobs Dies at 56; Civil Rights Leader Fred Shuttlesworth Dies at 89
Friday, October 07, 2011
2011/10/07 Headlines: "Occupy" Protests Grow Across the U.S., Reported Gatherings in 847 Cities; Police Raid Protest Encampment in San Francisco; Obama: Occupy Wall Street Reflects Wide "Frustration"; Obama Backs Millionaire Surtax; Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Trio of Women; Libyan Civilians Trapped in Fierce Sirte Clashes; Afghans Protest the United States on 10-Year War Mark; Syria Death Toll Tops 2,900 in Pro-Democracy Protest Crackdown; Attacks on Palestinians Increase in West Bank; Pakistani Commission Backs Treason Charges for CIA-Linked Doctor; Obama Echoes Mullen on Pakistan-Militant Ties; Clashes Erupt as Thousands of Chilean Students Protest; New Zealand Warns of Oil Spill "Disaster"; California Pulls Out of Foreclosure Settlement Talks
Monday, October 10, 2011
2011/10/10 Headlines: New York City's "Occupy Wall Street" Demonstration Enters Fourth Week; Anti-Drone Protest Closes D.C. Museum After Agent Provocateur Provokes Police; Scores Arrested in "Occupy" Movement Protests Across the Country; Over 2,000 Occupy Westminster Bridge in U.K. to Protest Planned Cuts, Privatization; U.S. Obtains Controversial Secret Order to Access Email Accounts of WikiLeaks Volunteer; Obama Administration Guarding Secret Memo Used to Authorize U.S. Citizen's Assassination; Report: Computer Virus Detected in Predator Drone Cockpits; Iraq Prime Minister: U.S. Troops May Stay Beyond 2011 Withdrawal Date; Syria: At Least 31 Killed in Ongoing Clashes; National Unemployment Rate Holds with More than 14 Million Out of Work; Household Incomes Fall in Years Following Recession to Lowest Levels in Decades; California Enacts Dream Act, Benefiting 2,500 Undocumented Immigrant Students; U.S. Prosecutors Crack Down on California Medical Marijuana Industry; State Department Assigned Keystone XL Pipeline Impact Study to Company with Ties to Operator; Presidential Candidate Mitt Romeny’s Mormon Faith Takes Center Stage
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
2011/10/11 Headlines: Roughly 100 Arrested in Occupy Boston Protest; Chicago: Thousands March in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street; NYC Mayor Bloomberg Suggests Occupy Wall Street Protesters Can Remain Indefinitely; Study: Obama's Jobs Bill Could Be Paid for by Proposed Tax on Millionaires; U.N. Report Details Widespread, Systematic Torture at Afghan Detention Facilities; Egypt: Tens of Thousands March in Massive Funeral Procession for Slain Christian Protesters; Jailed Egyptian Blogger Enters 50th Day of Hunger Strike; New Evidence Casts Doubt on 2001 Anthrax Case; Democrats Announce Plan to Recall Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker; Oil Leak Off New Zealand Coast Described as Nation’s Worst-Ever Maritime Environmental Disaster; Military-Backed Government of Burma Plans to Release at Least 6,300 Prisoners; U.N. Human Rights Office Urges Jewish Settlers to Stop Attacking Palestinian Civilians; Republican Presidential Candidates Head to New Hampshire for Seventh Debate; Report: Romney Aides Advised Obama on Healthcare Law
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
2011/10/12 Headlines: U.S. Accuses Iran Agents of Plot to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador; Senate Defeats Obama Jobs Bill; Occupy Wall Street Marches on Billionaire Homes; 6 Occupy Protesters Arrested in Senate Building; 21 Arrested in Chicago; Video Footage Shows Police Confronting Occupy Boston Protesters, Veterans; Supreme Court Decision Rejects Death Penalty for Mumia; GOP Candidates Debate Economy; Christie Endorses Romney in GOP Race; Israel and Hamas Confirm Prisoner Exchange Deal; Red Cross: "Chaotic" Situation at Sirte Hospital; At Least 25 Killed in Series of Bombings in Baghdad
Thursday, October 13, 2011
2011/10/13 Headlines: 4 Arrested as Workers March on Wall Street; Protesters Ordered to Clear Square for Cleaning; Occupy San Francisco Protesters Shut Down Wells Fargo Building, 11 Arrested; U.S. Drone Attacks Kill 7 in Pakistan; Study: U.S. Exaggerating Claims of Targeting Taliban Leaders; U.S. Seizes on Alleged Plot in Push for New Iran Sanctions; Experts Question Validity of Iran Allegations; Syrian-U.S. Citizen Accused of Spying on Anti-Assad Protesters; Gaddafi Son Reportedly Captured; NTC Accused of Prisoner Abuse; "Underwear Bomber" Pleads Guilty to Failed 2009 Attack; Burma Begins Freeing Political Prisoners; Congress Approves Long-Stalled Trade Deals; 8 Killed in California Shooting; Interior Dept. Formally Cites BP, Contractors for Spill; Disabled Navy Vet Challenges Same-Sex Marriage Ban; Groups Sue to Block South Carolina Anti-Immigrant Law; Hispanics Stage Alabama Walkout; Harrisburg, PA Files for Bankruptcy; Amnesty Urges Canada to Arrest Bush for Torture
Friday, October 14, 2011
2011/10/14 Headlines: Occupy Wall Street Protesters Defy Evacuation Order; Police Raid Occupy Denver Encampment; Global Occupy Wall Street Solidarity Actions Planned for October 15th; Obama Vows New Sanctions on Iran; U.S. Confirms Direct Contact with Iran over Allegations; Admin Vows to Ratify Free Trade Deals; Colombian Senator: Trade Deal "Worst Decision" to Date; California Prisoners End Hunger Strike; U.N. Warns of "Civil War" as Syrian Toll Passes 3,000; Study: Greek Economic Decline Worsening Public Health; House Backs New Abortion Restrictions; Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced to 11 Years; NYPD Narcotics Cop: Officers Routinely Planted Drugs on Innocents; Gay Rights Activist Frank Kameny Dies at 86
Monday, October 17, 2011
2011/10/17 Headlines: Hundreds of Thousands Protest Around the World in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street Movement; U.S. Police Departments Arrest Hundreds in Demonstrations Inspired by Occupy Wall Street; Hundreds of Kenyan Troops, Backed by Tanks, Helicopters, Invade Somalia; Obama Deploys Troops to Africa to Fight Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda; U.S. Intensifies Drone War in Yemen, Carrying Out Five Strikes in One Day; Obama Administration Cuts Long-Term Home Care Program for Elderly, Disabled; Alabama: Federal Court Blocks Elements of Controversial Anti-Immigrant Law; Republican Presidential Hopeful Herman Cain Linked to Billionaire Koch Brothers; Israeli Peace Group Condemns Government Plans for Jerusalem Settlement Expansion; Longtime Egyptian Opposition Leader Ayman Nour Barred from Presidential Election; Tens of Thousands Gather in Washington, D.C., for Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Dedication; Native American Elder, Activist Elouise Cobell Dies at 65
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
2011/10/18 Headlines: Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit Released in Exchange for Hundreds of Palestinian Prisoners; Poll: Most New York City Voters Want Occupy Wall Street Encampment to Remain; Greece: Two Main Unions Prepare to Launch 48-Hour General Strike; U.S. Accused of Killing 16-Year-Old American Citizen in Yemen Drone Strike; U.S. Considered Cyber Attack Before Bombing Libya; Syria: At Least 25 Killed, Medical Workers Report Harassment; Iraq Withdrawal Creates Rift Between White House, Pentagon; U.S. Supreme Court to Decide if Firms Can Be Held Liable for International Human Rights Violations; Republican Presidential Hopeful Emerges as Financial Industry Candidate of Choice; Iowa Republican Caucus to be Held on Jan. 3; Questions Remain Surrounding CIA Operative's Role in <span class="caps">NYPD
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
2011/10/19 Headlines: Clinton Visits Libya; NATO Reduces Sorties; Yemeni Forces Kill 7 Protesters; Nobel Laureate Tawakkul Karman Calls for International Sanctions on Saleh Regime; Slain U.S. Drone Victim Was 16; Turkish Troops Enter Iraq After Kurdish Attack; U.S. Deportations Hit Record; Report Finds Immigration Program Disproportionately Targeting Latinos; Cain Defends Tax Plan, Occupy Wall Street Comments at GOP Debate; U.N. Torture Chief: Ban Solitary Confinement for Teens, Mentally Disabled; Occupy Wall Street Protesters Rally Against Arrests, Charges
Thursday, October 20, 2011
2011/10/20 Headlines: Muammar Gaddafi Reportedly Killed in Sirte; Tens of Thousands Protest, Strike Against Greek Austerity; U.N. Probe Accuses Iran of Escalating Abuses; Admin Delays $53 Million Military Sale to Bahrain; Obama Tops GOP Candidates in Wall Street Donations; Citigroup Pays $285 Million Settlement to SEC; Social Security Rises, But Medicare Premium Hike Could Negate Gains; Judge Orders Police to Stop Ticketing Occupy Cincinnati Protesters; Flooding Kills Dozens in Mexico, Central America; Author Piri Thomas Dies at 83
Friday, October 21, 2011
2011/10/21 Headlines: Libyans Celebrate Gaddafi Death; Burial Delayed Amidst Probe Calls; Clinton Warns Pakistan on Militants; Greek Parliament Approves Austerity Package; Guatemala Apologizes to Árbenz Family for U.S.-Backed Coup; ETA Renounces Armed Struggle for Basque Independence; Senate Rejects Tax Measure in Jobs Bill; ACLU: <span class="caps">FBI Racially Profiling Ethnic Groups in Probes; FBI Expands Definition of Rape Following Public Campaign; New Yorkers Protest NYPD "Stop and Frisk" Program; Bush Protested at Canadian Event; NPR Ousts Journalist for Attending D.C. Protest
Monday, October 24, 2011
2011/10/24 Headlines: Obama: With U.S. Withdrawal, "War in Iraq Will Be Over"; U.S. to Keep Private Forces, Negotiate New Military Terms in Iraq; Clinton Warns Iran on Withdrawal; Libyans Celebrate "Liberation" Following Gaddafi Death; U.S. Recalls Syria Ambassador over Alleged Threats; McCain Raises Specter of U.S. Military Action in Syria; Panetta: Pacific Region "Top Priority" for U.S. Military; Tunisians Select Assembly in First Elections; 270 Killed in Turkey Earthquake; 130 Arrested at Occupy Chicago Protest; Cantor Cancels Occupy-Themed Speech over Protest Fears; News Corp. Shareholders Press Murdoch on Hacking Scandal; Argentina Re-Elects Fernández de Kirchner; Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Says He's Free of Cancer; NPR Drops Opera Program over Host's Activism
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
2011/10/25 Headlines: Obama Unveils New Plan to Help Underwater Homeowners Refinance; "Chemical Bomb" Thrown into Occupy Maine Encampment; 23 Arrested at Occupy Dallas Protest Outside Chase Bank; Albany Police Defy New York Governor and Refuse to Arrest Protesters; Occupy Chicago Protesters and Nurses Rally at City Hall; Police Raid Occupy Oakland Encampment; Gaddafi Reportedly Buried in Desert Despite Questions over His Death; Moderate Islamist Party Expected to Win Tunisian Election; Death Toll from Turkish Earthquake Reaches 366; Turkish Tanks Enter Northern Iraq to Attack Kurds; WikiLeaks May Be Forced to Close Down Due to "Financial Blockade"; Bombings Hit Nairobi a Week After Kenyan Invasion of Somalia; Report: U.S Has Built Secret Network on Informants in Mexico; Nebraska Lawmakers to Hold Special Session over Keystone Pipeline; Obama Campaign Hires Former Keystone XL Pipeline Lobbyist for 2012 Campaign; Syracuse Bans Natural Gas Hydrofracking; Judge Blocks Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients; Rick Perry Questions Legitimacy of Obama's Birth Certificate
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
2011/10/26 Headlines: Study: Income of Wealthiest 1 Percent Tripled over Last Three Decades; Oakland Police Use Tear Gas, Flash Grenades on Occupy Oakland Protesters 12 Hours After Camp Raid; More than 50 Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested in Atlanta; Students, Teachers, Activists Occupy New York City Board of Education Meeting; President Obama Addresses Occupy Wall Street on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"; New Plan Allows College Grads to Cap Student Loan Repayments; Hundreds of Bodies Uncovered in Mass Grave in Libya Show Signs of Execution; Violence in Yemen Escalates Despite Call for Ceasefire; U.N Votes Overwhelmingly to Condemn U.S. Embargo Against Cuba for 20th Consecutive Year; South Africa Declares Support for Palestinian Statehood; San Francisco: Over 1,000 Protesters Rally Outside Obama Fundraiser; BP Earns $4.9 Billion in Third Quarter; Ex-Goldman Sachs Director Expected to Surrender to FBI Today; Colorado: Hundreds Pull Money from Wells Fargo in Mass Action; NYPD Officers Charged for Transporting Illegal Weapons, Contraband; Brazilian Anti-Deforestation Activist Assassinated; Uruguay Revokes Amnesty Law Protecting Officials from Past Dictatorship; Bizarre Herman Cain Presidential Ad Goes Viral
Thursday, October 27, 2011
2011/10/27 Headlines: Occupy Wall Street Supporters Nationwide March Following Occupy Oakland Crackdown; Washington Post Under Fire for Occupy Wall Street Coverage; Democratic Supercommittee Members Propose to Cut Medicare, Medicaid; Protester Disrupts Budget Deficit Meeting, Calls for End to War; European Leaders Strike Controversial Debt Relief Deal for Greece; NYPD Maintains Secret Intelligence Files on Muslims Who Change Their Names; Ex-Goldman Sachs Board Member Released on $10 Million Bail amid Insider Trading Charges; Egyptian Police Officers Get Eight Years in Prison for Beating Death that Inspired Popular Uprising; Libyan Officials Claim Gaddafi's Son Wants to Surrender; Hillary Clinton Welcomes Bahrain Foreign Minister in Talks; Argentina: 12 Dirty War Officials Sentenced to Life for Human Rights Abuses; Obama Outlines Student Loan Plan; Obama Speech Interrupted by Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Protesters; Lawsuit Revived Against Mining Giant Rio Tinto for War Crimes in Papua New Guinea; House OKs Land Swap to Help Rio Tinto Build Massive Arizona Copper Mine; Department of Interior Places 20-Year Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Southwest; Former Massey Employee Convicted in West Virginia Mining Disaster Cover-Up; Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Jailed After Underage Sex Sting; Former Congressman Howard Wolpe, Apartheid Critic, Dies at 71
Friday, October 28, 2011
2011/10/28 Headlines: Condition of Injured Occupy Oakland Protester Upgraded to Fair; Oakland Mayor Quan Apologizes to Occupy Oakland; Police Raid Occupations in Nashville and San Diego; Arrest Total in Tucson Tops 350; Occupy Wall Street to March on Big Banks Today; Study Confirms Wealth Distribution in United States is Most Unequal Among Industrialized Nations; St. Paul's Cathedral Moves to Evict Occupy London Stock Exchange Protesters; Thousands of Youth Activists March for Jobs in South Africa; French Protesters Rally Outside Moody's Credit Rating Agency; Chilean Student Movement Predicts Downfall of Chilean President; Report: U.S. Operates Secret Drone Base in Ethiopia; NATO to End Libya Operations; Gaddafi Family to File War Crimes Complaint Against NATO; Study: Radioactive Release in Japan Twice as Large as Estimated; Obama Relies on Lobbyists to Raise Millions for Campaign; NYC Shooting Victim Sues <span class="caps">NYPD After Being Held at Police Station; Female Workers at Wal-Mart File New Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Monday, October 31, 2011
2011/10/31 Headlines: 12 U.S. Forces Killed in Deadliest Ground Attack on NATO in Afghan War; U.S. Ignored Evidence of Afghan Torture; State Dept. Probing Alleged Violations of Leahy Law; Report: U.S. to Boost Persian Gulf Military Force After Iraq Withdrawal; 36 Killed in Iraq Bombing; 8 Killed, 3 Million Without Power in Northeast Snowstorm; Dozens Arrested in Occupy Protests Nationwide; Iraq War Vet Wounded at Oakland Occupy Protest Communicating During Recovery; Occupy Wall Street Protesters Endure Snow; Organize March on Banks; Thousands March in Frankfurt; Prayer Ring Planned for Occupy London; 60 Civilians Reported Dead in Syria Crackdown; NATO Mission to Formally End in Libya; Gaddafi Son Makes Contact with <span class="caps">ICC; 10 Palestinians, 1 Israeli Killed in Flare-Up; Prominent Activist, Blogger Jailed in Egypt; Mubarak Trial Postponed Until December; Fukushima Women Lead Anti-Nuclear Protest in Tokyo; Report: Herman Cain Accused of Sexual Harassment in 1990s; Leaked Photos Show Foreclosure Firm Mocking Displaced Homeowners at Halloween Party; U.N. Says World Population Reaches 7 Billion
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
2011/11/01 Headlines: European Stocks Plummet as Greek Prime Minister Announces Popular Referendum on Bailout; Brokerage Giant MF Global Holdings Files Bankruptcy Following Risky Bets; Police Raid Occupy Encampments in California, Virginia; Tennessee Federal Judge Orders State to Stop Enforcing New Rules Against Occupy Demonstrators; Wounded Occupy Oakland Protester Scott Olsen Gives "Thumbs-Up" to News of Widespread Support; UNESCO Votes Overwhelmingly to Accept Palestinian Authority as Member; Attorney of U.S. Soldier: My Client Severed Fingers of Afghan Civilians as War Trophies; Kenya Accused of Killing Five, Wounding Dozens of Children in Somalia Camp Bombing; Republican Presidential Hopeful Herman Cain Acknowledges Sexual Harassment Allegations; Rick Perry's Flat Tax Plan Would Lead to Major Cut for Millionaires, Hike for Poor; Perry Followers Express Shock at Video of Strange Speech; NATO Ends Libya Bombing Campaign After Striking Nearly 6,000 Targets; California Firm Acknowledges Syrian Government Using Its Technology to Suppress Dissent; Committee to Protect Journalists Alarmed over Ongoing Disappearance of Syrian Reporters, Bloggers; Egypt: Thousands Protest Military Detention of Prominent Blogger; Report: Increased Frequency of Weather Disasters Result of Global Warming; Prominent Climate Change Skeptic Admits Global Warming is Real
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
2011/11/02 Headlines: U.K. Court Rules WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Can Be Extradited to Sweden; Greek Cabinet Backs Prime Minister's Call for Popular Referendum on $179 Billion Bailout; Public Outcry Forces Bank of America to Drop Planned Debit Card Fee; Occupy Protesters Call for Citywide General Strike Today in Oakland; New York City Occupy Supporters Join Anti-Police Brutality Activists in Stop & Frisk Protest; New Mexico: ACLU Helps to Defend Occupy Demonstrators' Right to Protest; Minnesota Woman Credits Occupy Protesters for Delaying Eviction from Her Foreclosed Home; London: St. Paul's Cathedral Drops Plans to Evict Encamped Protesters; Israeli Leaders Rallying Support to Attack Iran; Following UNESCO Vote, Israel Punishes Palestine with More Settlements, Tax Revenue Freeze; Hacker Attack Cuts Off Phone and Web Service for Palestinians; Human Rights Watch Condemns Turkey for Imprisoning Pro-Kurdish Intellectuals; Office of French Satirical Newspaper Burned Down Day After Mocking Islamic Faith; Japan: Crippled Nuclear Plant Particles May Be Result of Recent Nuclear Fission; Ammonia Leak Forces Evacuation of California Nuke Plant; Georgia Militia Members Arrested for Plotting to Attack Government Officials; Safeway Will Not Press Charges After Detaining Pregnant Mother for Hours over $5 Sandwich
Thursday, November 03, 2011
2011/11/03 Headlines: Thousands of Occupy Oakland Supporters Shut Down Major Port with General Strike; Seattle Police Pepper-Spray Occupy Protesters, Six Arrested; Occupy Protesters in Oklahoma Pepper-Sprayed, Nine Arrested; 10 Occupy Protesters Arrested Following Philadelphia Sit-In; Veterans March for Occupy Movement in New York City; Report: More Than 20 Million Americans Live at Least 50 Percent Below Poverty Line; College Class of 2010 Owes Average of $25,000 upon Graduation; Study: Largest Publicly Traded Companies Pay Just Over Half the Official Tax Rate Owed; Federal Reserve Chair Predicts Economic Growth Will Be "Frustratingly Slow"; G20 Summit Begins with Agenda Set on Greece, European Debt Crisis; Obama: I Will Make Final Decision on Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline; Pro-Palestinian Activists Launch New Flotilla to Challenge Israel Naval Blockade; Military Prosecutors: U.S. Has Authority to Detain Gitmo Prisoners Indefinitely, Regardless of Guilt; Syria: Killings Continue amid Government Agreement to Halt Violence Against Citizens; Libya: International Prosecutors Work to Bring Gaddafi Officials to Justice; Arms Trader Viktor Bout, "The Merchant of Death," Found Guilty in U.S. Court; Third Woman Accuses GOP Presidential Hopeful Herman Cain of Sexual Harassment
Friday, November 04, 2011
2011/11/04 Headlines: Greece Drops Plan for Referendum on Bailout; No Confidence Held Today; IMF, E.U. to Monitor Italian Economy; 16 Arrested at Occupy Wall Street Protest Outside Goldman Sachs; Arrest Total After Oakland Strike Reaches at Least 80; 30 D.C. Protesters Occupy Sen. McConnell Office; "Monster" Increase in Carbon Dioxide Level in 2010; Syria Continues Deadly Attack on Homs Despite Peace Deal; Father of Bahraini Opposition Figure Dies After Beating; Israel to Freeze Funding for UNESCO; Report: U.K., France and Colombia to Abstain on Palestinian Statehood Vote; Nicaragua and Guatemala to Hold Presidential Elections; Cuba Opens Way for Home Ownership; Report: 46,000 Parents of U.S.-Born Children Deported in Early 2011; House Democrats Challenge New Voter ID Laws; Japan to Give Nuclear Plant Operator TEPCO $11.5 Billion; At Wisconsin Assembly Gallery, Concealed Guns OK, But No Cameras, Signs; Jon Corzine Resigns from MF Global
Monday, November 07, 2011
2011/11/07 Headlines: Greek Prime Minister Seals Deal to Step Down amid Formation of National Unity Government; Israel Warns Attack on Iran is Increasingly Likely; Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Flotilla, Dozens Detained Including Democracy Now! Correspondent; National Unemployment Falls Slightly as Checks Run Out for Most Out-of-Work Americans; Wealth Gap Between Young and Old Rapidly Increasing; Occupy Wall Street Movement Enters Eighth Week with Continued Arrests Around the Country; Bank Transfer Day Rallies Held Across the Nation; Second Iraq War Veteran, Occupy Supporter Seriously Injured by Police in Oakland; U.S. DEA Deploying Commando Squads Throughout Central America, Caribbean; Scores of Pro-Democracy Activists Killed in Syria Despite Peace Plan; Militant Nigerian Islamist Group Blamed for Attacks that Leave 150 Dead; Colombian Military Kills Rebel FARC Commander Alfonso Cano; Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Poised for Re-Election; Former Military General Accused of Torture, Genocide Wins Guatemala Presidential Election; Thailand: Worst Flooding in Half a Century, Over 500 Dead; U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Removed Following Disparaging Comments Toward President Karzai; 10,000 Protesters Surround White House Calling on Obama to Reject Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
2011/11/08 Headlines: Syrian Troops Launch Bloody Assault in Third Largest City; Italy's Prime Minister Under Pressure to Resign as Massive Economic Crisis Worsens; Woman Accuses GOP Presidential Hopeful Herman Cain of Improper Touching; Voting Day: Ohio to Decide on Controversial Anti-Union Legislation; Architect of Arizona's Anti-Immigration Law Faces Recall; Mississippi Voting on Bill to Grant Embryos Personhood; Philadelphia Sheriff Candidate Pledges to Oppose Foreclosures; New Census Data Shows a Record 49 Million Americans Living in Poverty; Over 1,000 Senior Citizens Join Occupy Chicago to Oppose Social Security Cuts; About 50 Arrested; New Yorkers March from Across Manhattan to Occupy Wall Street; Video Shows Oakland Police Shooting Man as He Films Occupy Protest; Former President Clinton Expresses Sympathy with Occupy Movement, Recommends Dialogue with Lawmakers; French President to Obama: Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu is a "Liar"; State Department Opens "Special Review" of Controversial Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline; Australian Law Forces Worst Polluting Companies to Pay Carbon Emissions Tax; Former President Carter Expresses Disappointment over Reconstruction Efforts in Haiti; Texas Grants Stay of Execution for Death Row Prisoner; Michael Jackson's Doctor Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
2011/11/09 Headlines: Repeal of Ohio Anti-Union Law Tops Election Day Results; IAEA Questions Iranian Nuclear Program; U.S. Official: IAEA Report May Not Contradict View Iran Has Abandoned Nuclear Weapons; Syrian Gov't Attacks Continue in Homs as Death Toll Passes 3,500; Obama Admin Expands Drilling in Gulf of Mexico, Alaska; Cain Denies Latest Sexual Harassment Allegations; Occupy Protesters to March from Wall Street to D.C.; Folk Duo Crosby and Nash Performs at OWS; Gitmo Prisoner Appears for 1st Military Trial Under Obama; Italian PM Berlusconi Announces Resignation; Obama Touts Education Reforms in Philadelphia; Thousands of Haitian Cholera Victims Sue United Nations; Carter: Haitians Should Be Allowed to Rebuild Without Foreign Interference
Thursday, November 10, 2011
2011/11/10 Headlines: Cain Sexual Harassment Controversy Gets Brief Mention at GOP Debate; Perry Forgets Which Government Agencies He'd Axe; Cole Bombing Suspect Appears for Gitmo Tribunal; Iran Defiant on Nuclear Program Following IAEA Report; Syrian Opposition Calls for General Strike; Brazilian Court OKs Belo Monte Dam; James Murdoch Returns to U.K. Parliament for Hacking Testimony; U.S. Air Force Mortuary Admits Dumping Body Parts of Deceased Soldiers; Alabama County that Sued JPMorgan Files for Bankruptcy; Penn State Fires President, Football Coach over Sex Abuse Scandal; New York Homeless Population Reaches New High
Friday, November 11, 2011
2011/11/11 Headlines: Activists Rejoice as Admin Delays Decision on Keystone XL Oil Pipeline; Alleged Afghan "Kill Team" Leader Found Guilty, Avoids Life Term; HRW Charges Assad Regime Guilty of "Crimes Against Humanity"; Police Beat Student Activists at UC Berkeley Occupy-Related Protest; Occupy Portland Faces Sunday Eviction Deadline; Man Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound at Occupy Burlington; Occupy Protesters Disrupt Michele Bachmann Speech in South Carolina; Women-Only Tent Erected at Occupy Wall Street; Ex-Banker Sworn In as New Greek PM; Murdoch Blames Former Execs for Hacking Scandal; Georgia Militia Members Accused of Assassination Plot; Climate Change Research Group to Receive Big Oil Funding; Hawaii Activists to Protest APEC Summit; Twitter Ordered to Disclose Account Info of WikiLeaks Associates
Monday, November 14, 2011
2011/11/14 Headlines: Unelected Technocrats Take Control in Italy, Greece, as Debt Crisis Grows; Arab League Suspends Syria amid Ongoing Violent Crackdown; Report: Israel Behind Deadly Explosion at Iran Arms Depot; Obama: No Options off the Table with Iran; Republican Presidential Candidates Accuse Obama of Being Too Soft on Iran; Occupy Oakland Braces for Massive Police Raid; Portland Police Arrest Over 50 Occupy Demonstrators; Occupy Wall Street Protesters in NYC Hold Veterans Day March; Police Crack Down on Occupy Protests Across the Country; Occupy Protester, Iraq War Veteran Scott Olsen Leaves Hospital, Releases 1st Statement Since Injury; Brazil Floods Rio de Janeiro's Largest Slum with Thousands of Troops in Planned Security Operation; Sudan Accused of Bombing Refugee Camp in South Sudan, Killing 12; Study: Over 17 Percent of Adults Over 25 Have No Health Insurance; Bush-Era Executive Order to Form Military Commissions for Terror Suspects Reaches 10th Anniversary
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
2011/11/15 Headlines: NYPD Raid Occupy Wall Street Encampment Evict Protesters, Clear Zuccotti Park; 32 Arrested in Occupy Oakland Raid; 2 City Officials Resign; Supreme Court to Rule on Healthcare Law in 2012; 69 Killed in Syria as Jordanian King Calls for Assad to Step Down; Study: Radioactive Levels Too High for Safe Farming; Herman Cain Struggles with Question about Libya; Senate-Hopeful Elizabeth Warren Targets Big Banks in First TV Ad; Palestinian Activists Launch Freedom Rides in West Bank; Ex-Penn State Coach Maintains Innocence to Child Rape Charge; D.C. Occupy Protesters Disrupt Health Insurance CEO at Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
2011/11/16 Headlines: OWS Protesters Reclaim Park; Camping Gear Banned; Over 200 Arrested in OWS Raid of Zuccotti Park; Occupy Protesters Rally at UC Berkeley; SF Police Surround Encampment; Protesters Arrested, Pepper-Sprayed at Occupy Seattle; 8 Arrested Protesting Bank of America; London Resumes Actions to Expel Occupy Protesters; TransCanada Agrees to Reroute Tar Sands Oil Pipeline; Syrian Defectors Attack Army Site; Palestinian Activists Arrested Riding Jewish-Only Buses; U.N.: Sharp Rise in Settler Attacks on Palestinians; Panetta, McCain Spar on Iraq Withdrawal; Gingrich Collected Large Fees from Freddie Mac; Julian Assange Appeals U.K. Extradition Order; Public Health Expert Dr. Paul Epstein Dies at 67
Thursday, November 17, 2011
2011/11/17 Headlines: National Day of Action Kicks Off Third Month of OWS; 95 Arrested at Bank of America in San Francisco; U.S. Establishes Permanent Military Presence in Australia; Obama in Bali for East Asian Summit; U.S. Accused of Weakening International Cluster Ban; U.S. Receives New Bunker-Busting Bombs; Karzai: No U.S. Agreement Without End to Night Raids; Arab League Suspends Syria, Gives Deadline; Kuwaiti Protesters Storm Parliament over Corruption; Gingrich Defends Lucrative Freddie Mac Work; Invoking OWS, <span class="caps">SEIU Gives Obama Early Endorsement; Suspect Arrested in White House Shooting
Friday, November 18, 2011
2011/11/18 Headlines: OWS Marks 2 Months with Protests, March on Brooklyn Bridge; 73 Arrested in Occupy L.A. Protests; Occupy Encampment Dismantled at UC Berkeley; Scores Arrested in Occupy Protests Nationwide; Census: Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Children Live in Poverty; DHS to Review Deportations of Undocumented Immigrants; Chu Defends Solyndra Aid in Congressional Testimony; Obama Rejected EPA Smog Standards After Intense Lobbying; Storm Kills 6 in Southeast U.S.; Clinton to Visit Burma; Aung San Suu Kyi to Run for Parliament; Tens of Thousands Rally in Egypt Against Military Rulers; Kenya Seeks U.S. Military Help for Somalia Operation; Thousands Continue to Protest Austerity in Greece; Brazil Probes Chevron over Major Oil Spill Near Rio de Janeiro; Court OKs Challenge to Lifting of California Gay Marriage Ban; Justice Dept. Probes Miami Police over Lethal Shootings; National Press Club Suspends Journalist After Questioning of Saudi Prince
Monday, November 21, 2011
2011/11/21 Headlines: Egypt: At Least 35 Protesters Killed, 1,700 Injured as Security Forces Crack Down in Cairo; Hundreds of Ethiopian Troops Invade Somalia Backed by Tanks, Heavy Artillery; UC Davis Places Police Officers on Leave Following Pepper-Spray of Peaceful Occupy Protesters; Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Wife Beaten by UC Berkeley Police During Occupy Protest; Video Shows Oakland Authorities Beating Iraq War Veteran During Occupy Oakland Protest; Civil Rights Movement Leaders Lend Support to Occupy Protesters; Washington Lobbying Firm Offers to Undermine Occupy Movement on Behalf of Wall Street; Libyan Fighters Capture Prominent Gaddafi Son, Former Intelligence Chief; Syria: Anti-Government Fighters Launch Rocket-Propelled Grenades at Ruling Party Headquarters; Israel Forces Closure of Radio Station Operated by Palestinian, Israeli Peace Activists; Republican, Democratic "Super Committee" Members Set to Announce Defeat; Rhode Island Set to Slash Pensions for Retired, Current State Workers; Delaware River Basin Commission Indefinitely Postpones Controversial Fracking Vote; NYPD Arrests 27-Year-Old Man on Terrorism-Related Charges; Brazil: Indigenous Leader Assassinated by 40 Masked Gunmen
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
2011/11/22 Headlines: Thousands Gather in Egypt's Tahrir Square in Fourth Day of Mass Protests; Study: Greenhouse Gases Blamed for Global Warming Reach Record Levels; Bipartisan "Supercommittee" Fails to Agree on Federal Deficit; Banks on Pace to Spend Record Amount on Lobbying; Two Occupy Wall Street Protesters Sue NYPD for False Arrest, Excessive Force; Nation's 10 Biggest Banks Could Lose $185 Billion as Customers Move Money; 15 Arrested at Bank of America Anti-Foreclosure Sit-In; 15 Students Arrested in New York City Rally Against University Tuition Increases; University of California Davis Protesters Set Up Camp Near Site of Controversial Pepper-Spray Incident; Questions of Entrapment Raised in New York City Terror Arrest; South Korea Lawmakers Ratify Controversial Free Trade Deal; U.S. Multinationals Cut Hundreds of Thousands of American Jobs While Hiring Millions of Workers Abroad; Pakistani Taliban Declares Nationwide Ceasefire; Western Nations Announce Sanctions Against Iran's Banks; Cameraman Found Dead in Syria; Brazil Fines Chevron $28 Million Following Oil Spill; New York Foreclosure Firm that Mocked Homeless to Close Down; Corzine's MF Global Missing $1.2 Billion in Customer Investments; Survey: Fox News Viewers Less Informed than Those Who Don't Watch Any News; Over 4,000 March to Protest Controversial Latin American Military Training Base in Georgia
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
2011/11/23 Headlines: Egyptian Protesters Reject Military's Refusal to Cede Power; Yemeni President to Step Down in Return for Immunity; Clashes in Bahrain Ahead of Release of Crackdown Probe; Occupy Protesters Heckle Obama in New Hampshire; Oregon Governor Halts "Morally Wrong" Death Penalty; Justice Dept. Challenges Utah Anti-Immigrant Law; Gingrich: GOP Immigration Policies Shouldn't "Destroy Families"; Occupy, South Korean Activists Protest Trade Deal; U.N. Human Rights Council Condemns Syrian Crackdown; ICC Backs Trial for Gaddafi Son in Libya; South Africans Protest "State Secrets" Law
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Monday, November 28, 2011
2011/11/28 Headlines: NATO Fighter Jets, Helicopters Attack Pakistan Military Outpost Killing 24; Egypt: Voters Head to the Polls Following Mass Civil Unrest; U.N. Climate Change Conference Begins in Durban, South Africa; LAPD Moves In on Occupy Encampment; Philadelphia Police Back Down from Occupy Eviction Threat; NYC Occupy Protesters Call on City to Replace Thousands of Books Lost in Raid; Occupy Protesters Serve Thousands of Meals on Thanksgiving Day; UC Davis Students Call for General Strike to Protest Tuition Hikes; Arab States Impose Sanctions on Syria in Response to Violent Crackdown; Commission: U.S.-Backed Bahrain Government Killed, Tortured Pro-Democracy Activists; Five United Arab Emirates Activists Granted Presidential Pardon; Bhopal Disaster Survivors Call on India to Boycott Olympic Games Sponsored by Dow Chemical; Mexican Human Rights Attorney Calls on International Court to Investigate Deaths; Newt Gingrich Receives Endorsement from New Hampshire's Largest Newspaper; Germany Anti-Nuke Protesters Block Train Carrying Tons of Nuclear Waste; 1,300 Detained; WikiLeaks Wins Major Australian Journalism Prize; Journalist Tom Wicker Dies at 85; Richard Grossman, Corporate Critic, Dies at 68
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
2011/11/29 Headlines: Federal Court Rejects $285 Million Citigroup Toxic Mortgage Debt Settlement; Federal Reserve Secretly Committed $7 Trillion to Save Nation's Largest Banks; U.N. Commission Accuses Syrian Forces of Crimes Against Humanity; Yemen: Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters Demand President Face Charges; Egyptian Military Attempts to Purchase 21 Tons of U.S.-Made Tear Gas; U.N. Criticizes Libya for Holding Thousands of Prisoners Without Legal Process; United Nations Climate Change Conference in South Africa Enters Second Day; Congressman Barney Frank Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election; Georgia Woman Claims She Had 13-Year Affair with GOP Hopeful Herman Cain; Injured Iraq War Veteran Scott Olsen Gives First Interview Since OWS Shooting; Occupy Los Angeles Eviction Averted; Israeli Military Apologizes for Degrading Strip Search of Prominent New York Times Photographer; American Airlines Parent Company Declares Bankruptcy; Psychiatrists Conclude Alleged Norway Mass Killer Insane, May Avoid Prison Time
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
2011/11/30 Headlines: Police Raid Occupy Encampments in Los Angeles, Philadelphia; Defying Veto Threat, Senate Advances Indefinite Detention Measure; Up to 2 Million Workers Strike in Britain; Former Ivory Coast Leader Charged with Crimes Against Humanity at The Hague; U.S. Questioned on Egypt Tear Gas Shipments; Clinton Arrives in Burma for Landmark Visit; Pakistan Boycotts NATO Conference in Protest of Deadly Raid; Britain Withdraws Diplomatic Staff from Iran After Embassy Incident; Anti-Crime Activist Slain in Mexico; WMO: 2011 One of Hottest Years on Record; Ex-U.S. Navy Officer Indicted for 1973 Deaths of U.S. Citizens in Chile; Cambodian Workers for U.S. Brands Stage Strike; Michigan Appoints Emergency Manager for Flint; New York City Council Votes to Sue Bloomberg over Homeless Rules; Perry Gets Voting Age, Date Wrong; Picks Up Endorsement from Arizona Sheriff Arpaio
Thursday, December 01, 2011
2011/12/01 Headlines: Clinton Meets with Military Junta in Burma; Suu Kyi Backs U.S. Engagement with Junta Regime in Burma; 18 Killed in Iraq Violence; Iraq PM Open to U.S. "Trainers"; No U.S. Apology for Deadly Pakistan Attack; Britain Cuts Iran Ties; E.U. Mulls New Sanctions; Central Banks Unveil New Lending Rules; Environmental Groups, E.U. Criticize U.S. Stance at Climate Summit; Indigenous Activists Protest Shell in Durban; Israel Releases $100 Million in Seized Palestinian Funds; U.K. Workers Conclude Massive General Strike; 350 Arrested in Occupy Raids; Bloomberg: NYPD is "My Own Army"; Arizona Protesters Pepper-Sprayed, Arrested at ALEC Meeting; Cain Vows to Remain in GOP Race; Whistleblower: Canadian Police Could Have Arrested Serial Killer of Women 3 Three Years Earlier; Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson Unveils Presidential Bid
Friday, December 02, 2011
2011/12/02 Headlines: U.N.: Syria Toll Far Exceeds 4,000; France, Germany Back E.U. Treaty Changes in Eurozone Crisis; U.N.: Austerity Measures Could Worsen Recession; Report: U.S. Claims Pakistan Authorized Deadly Strike; Al-Qaeda Claims Capture of U.S. Citizen in Pakistan; U.S. Hands Over Largest Military Base in Iraq; Senate, E.U. Approve Iran Sanctions; U.S. Loosens Burma Restrictions; Clinton Meets Suu Kyi; Obama Unveils New Target for Global AIDS Treatment; Massachusetts Sues Banks over Foreclosure Practices; Occupy D.C. Protests Democratic Fundraiser; Twin Rallies Protest U.S.-Made Tear Gas in Egypt
Monday, December 05, 2011
2011/12/05 Headlines: Global Emissions Climbed Record 5.9% in 2010; Thousands Stage Climate Justice March at Durban Climate Talks; Official Unemployment Rate Hits Lowest Mark Since March 2009; Police Arrest 31 at Occupy D.C.; Italy Austerity Measure Raises Retirement Age, Taxes; Iran Claims Downing of U.S. Drone; 25 Killed in Syria; U.N. Human Rights Council Condemns Crackdown; Bhopal Victims Mark 27th Anniversary with Protests; Thousands Protest U.S. Trade Deal in Seoul; Cain Exits GOP Presidential Race; White House Renews Military Spending Bill Veto Threat over Indefinite Detention; Report: DEA Laundered Drug Money to Target Cartels; British Court Rules Julian Assange Can Challenge Extradition; Bradley Manning Attorneys Accuse U.S. of Withholding Key Evidence
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
2011/12/06 Headlines: 50 Killed in Afghan Bombing Targeting Shia Worshipers; Pakistan Boycotts Summit on Afghanistan in Germany; France, Germany Call for Altering E.U. Treaty in Response to Debt Crisis; Senate Dems Press New Vote on Payroll Tax Cut; Activists Begin "Take Back the Capitol" Week in D.C.; Occupy Arrests Continue Nationwide; Occupy Movement Launches Action to Reclaim Foreclosed Homes; Hundreds Arrested Protesting Russian Elections; Japanese Nuclear Plant Releases More Radioactive Water; Greenpeace Activists Deported After Durban Banner Drop; Report: Massey Faces Record Fine for West Virginia Mine Explosion; 2011 Right Livelihood Recipients Honored in Stockholm
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
2011/12/07 Headlines: Obama Takes on GOP Economic Platform in Fiery Speech; Occupy Wall Street Activists Take Over Foreclosed Homes; Activists Hold Sit-Ins to Challenge Corporate Influence on Capitol Hill; Occupy Encampments Cleared in New Orleans, Hartford; Mine Owner to Pay $209 Million for West Virginia Disaster; 19 Killed in Afghan Roadside Bombing; U.S. Ambassador Returns to Syria; Mexican Activists Plead for Protection After Another Shooting; Journalist Shot to Death in Honduras; Obama Directs Agencies to Promote LGBT Rights Abroad
Thursday, December 08, 2011
2011/12/08 Headlines: 70 Arrested in Raid on Occupy San Francisco; Judge Clears Way for Occupy Boston Removal; Dozens Arrested Protesting Lobbyists in D.C.; Prosecutors Drop Death Penalty Case Against Mumia Abu-Jamal; White House Overrules FDA on Plan B; Obama Rejects Linking Keystone to Payroll Tax Cut; E.U. Leaders Gather for Eurozone Summit; Assad: Only "A Crazy Person" Would Kill Own People; Gorbachev Calls for New Vote as Russia Protests Grow; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Links Anti-Semitism to Israeli Policies; Girl Shot by Mother in Welfare Office Dies; Sandusky Re-Arrested on New Child Sexual Abuse Charges; Blagojevich Sentenced to 14-Year Term; Verizon Fires 40 Workers for Labor Strike; Appeals Court Upholds Muslim Charity Convictions; Correction: Mexican Activist Survived Attack
Friday, December 09, 2011
2011/12/09 Headlines: Final Day of Climate Summit Brings Talk of 2020 Deal; Occupy Boston Remains After Midnight Deadline; 1,000 Protest Corporate Influence in D.C.; Iran Files Complaint over U.S. Drone; E.U. Treaty Change Falters over British Opposition; Putin Accuses U.S. of Inciting Protests; EPA Ties Natural Gas Fracking to Water Pollution; Holder: Drug War Gun Sting Operation "Inexcusable"; Senate Republicans Block Nominee for Consumer Protection Agency; Corzine Apologizes for MF Global Collapse; Murder-Suicide Claims 2 Lives at Virginia Tech; L.A. City Council Backs Constitutional Amendment Against Corporate Personhood; Longtime Anti-Death Penalty Activist Martina Correia to be Laid to Rest in Georgia
Monday, December 12, 2011
2011/12/12 Headlines: U.N. Climate Change Conference Concludes in South Africa amid Criticism; Tens of Thousands Protest in Russia Following Disputed Parliamentary Elections; U.S. Special Ops Back Controversial Afghan Military Training Program; Pakistan Pushes U.S. Troops from Remote Air Base Used in Secret Drone Program; L.A. Times Reveals Use of Drones by Domestic Law Enforcement Agents; Occupy Protesters Plan to Shut Down Major West Coast Ports; Authorities Clear Occupy Boston Encampment; 46 Arrested; San Francisco: 55 Occupy Protesters Arrested as City Breaks Up Camp; Newt Gingrich Defends Assertion that Palestinian People are "Invented"; Palestinian Protester Killed by Tear Gas Canister Allegedly Fired by Israeli Soldier; Tens of Thousands March in New York City to Protest Right-Wing Efforts to Roll Back Voting Rights; Republicans Continue to Resist Efforts to Construct Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Christian Conservative Group Pressures Companies to Pull Ads from Muslim Family Reality Show; Blackwater Private Security Company Changes Name for Second Time in Under Three Years; Nobel Prize Historically Awarded to Three Women; Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks about His Removal from Death Row
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
2011/12/13 Headlines: Canada Withdraws from Kyoto Climate Change Treaty; Human Rights Advocate Moncef Marzouki Sworn in as President of Tunisia; Over 1,000 Occupy Protesters Join to Shut Down Major Western Ports; NYPD Officers Arrest Media in Effort to Break Up Occupy Solidarity Demonstration; Houston Police Arrest 20 Occupy Protesters; Police in Riot Gear Clear Occupy Baltimore Encampment; Anti-Nuclear Activists Invoke Occupy Tactics in Vermont Demonstration; 11 Arrested; Bill Allowing for Indefinite Military Detention of Americans Passes House, Senate; Obama, Maliki Agree: Troop Pullout Will Not End U.S. Involvement in Iraq; U.N. Human Rights Chief: More than 5,000 Killed in Syrian Crackdown; Supreme Court Will Hear Lawsuit Challenging Controversial Arizona Immigration Law; Number of Immigrants Arrested on U.S.-Mexico Border Plummets to Lowest Level in Decades; Report: Wealthy Americans Would Benefit Most from Gingrich Tax Plan; Goldman Sachs Forced to Cancel Ivy League Recruiting Visits Following Occupy Wall Street Protests; Physicians Call on Obama to Investigate Massacre of 2,000 Taliban Prisoners; Study Confirm Link Between Mountaintop Coal Removal Mining, Degradation of Water Quality; Medical Device Maker Agrees to Pay $23.5 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
2011/12/14 Headlines: Defying Veto Threat, GOP Links Tax Cut to Keystone XL Oil Pipeline; Holder Vows to Pursue Restrictive Voting Laws; 32 Killed in Continued Syrian Violence; Iran Demands U.S. Apology for Recovered Drone; U.S. Drone Crashes in Seychelles; U.N. Seeks Record $1.5 Billion for Somali Crisis; Jerusalem Mosque Defaced, Torched in Wave of Settler Vandalism; Palestinians Urge Security Council Condemnation of Settlements, Vandalism; Palestinian Flag Raised at UNESCO Headquarters; Murdoch Denies Reading Email Warning of Hacking; Honduran Journalists Protest Wave of Killings; Environmental Groups File Suit to Block Gulf Drilling Auction; Sandusky Waives Hearing, Heads to Trial; NTSB Urges National Ban on Cellphones While Driving
Thursday, December 15, 2011
2011/12/15 Headlines: U.S. Declares End to Iraq War; Haditha Documents Recovered at Baghdad Junkyard; Obama Withdraws Veto Threat After Lawmakers Alter Indefinite Detention Provisions; Survey: Nearly 1 in 5 Women Victimized by Sexual Assault; Mobile Software Firm Carrier IQ Probed for Phone Tracking; Occupy Protesters Heckle Gingrich in Iowa; CEO Pay Sees Major Increase; Time Anoints "The Protester" as "2011 Person of the Year"; Seattle High School Students Protest Budget Cuts; Report: Marines Exaggerated Story of Medal of Honor Recipient; Rallies Planned for Bradley Manning around First Court Appearance
Friday, December 16, 2011
2011/12/16 Headlines: Manning in 1st Court Appearance as Iraq Occupation Formally Ends; Nearly Half of Americans Below Poverty Line or Low-Income; Spending Deal Avoids Shutdown as Obama Urges Payroll Tax Cut; U.N. Urges Global LGBT Protections; GOP Candidates Hold Final Debate of Year; Gingrich Pressed on Freddie Mac Work; Gingrich: Abolish "Grotesquely Dictatorial" U.S. Courts; FBI Probed Gingrich for Bribery After Wife Met with Convicted Arms Dealer; Justice Dept. Accuses Ariz. Sheriff of Anti-Hispanic Bias; Brazil Sues Chevron, Transocean for Oil Spill; BP Among Winning Bidders for New Gulf Drilling; Daughter of Prominent Activist Arrested in Bahrain Protest Crackdown; Author, Columnist Christopher Hitchens Dies at 62
Monday, December 19, 2011
2011/12/19 Headlines: North Korea Leader Kim Jong-il Dies of Heart Attack; Pretrial Hearing for Army Whistleblower Bradley Manning Enters Fourth Day; Clashes in Egypt Leave 14 Dead; Tunisia: One-Year Anniversary of Mohamed Bouazizi's Self-Immolation Passes; Thousands Protest Disputed Russian Election, Anti-Corruption Journalist Murdered; Occupy Wall Street NYC Marks 3-Month Anniversary with Re-Occupation Attempt; Jesse Jackson Offers Support for Occupy London; Tax Break for 160 Million Americans in Doubt as Republicans Threaten to Reject Extension; Newt Gingrich: Judges Should Defend Unpopular Decisions Before Congressional Hearings; Philippines Typhoon Leaves 680 Dead, 800 Missing; Lori Berenson Prevented from Leaving Peru Despite Ruling to Allow for Trip Home; Former Czech Leader Vaclav Havel Dead at 75; Cape Verdean Folk Singer Cesaria Evora Dies at 70
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
2011/12/20 Headlines: Military Prosecutors Claim Link Between Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks; As U.S. Troops Leave Iraq, Iraqi Gov't Issues Arrest Warrant for VP; Egypt: Military, Police Continue Violent Crackdown on Tahrir Square Protesters; At Least 100 People Killed Monday in Ongoing Syrian Crackdown; Russia Demands NATO Respond to Reports of Civilian Casualties in Libya; North Korea Enters Mourning Period Following Kim Jong-il’s Death; Panetta Warns Iran Could Build Nuclear Bomb in One Year's Time; Mitt Romney Received Millions from Private Equity Firm Each Year Despite Leaving Company; Eight Occupy Des Moines Demonstrators Arrested at Iowa Democratic Party Headquarters; Occupy Denver Protesters Clash with Police; Two Arrested on Arson Charges; Report: Seven Largest Banks on Track for Record-Breaking $156 Billion in Compensation; Study Finds 1.6 Million Children Homeless in 2010; Study: One-Third of Young People Will Be Arrested Before Age 23; AT&T Abandons T-Mobile Merger Plans amid Intense Scrutiny; Philippines Typhoon Death Toll Approaches 1,000; Hundreds Protest in Kazakhstan Following Fatal Police Crackdowns; Belarus: Police Detain Dozens After Candle-Lit Vigil to Protest Lukashenko Reelection; Army Veteran Detained by Arizona Sheriff's Deputies Now on Life Support, Body Bears Signs of Tasing; Justice Department Investigates Connecticut Police Department Accused of Targeting Latinos; Peru Allows Once-Imprisoned U.S. Activist Lori Berenson to Visit Family for Holidays
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
2011/12/21 Headlines: Military Rests Case in Bradley Manning Hearing; U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Suggests Extended Occupation Beyond 2014; Top U.S. General Returns from Iraq; Syrian Opposition Demands Action as Toll Mounts; Egyptian Women Protest Military Attacks; Report: Jung-un to Run North Korea with Uncle, Military; House Republicans Reject Senate Tax Cut Deal; Ex-Soldier Sentenced to 32 Years in MLK Parade Bombing Attempt; Boston Resident Convicted of Aiding Al-Qaeda for Online Postings; U.S. Nuclear Safety Chief Visits Fukushima Plant; U.N. Security Council Members Criticize U.S. on Israeli Settlements; Lori Berenson Returns to U.S. from Peru
Thursday, December 22, 2011
2011/12/22 Headlines: Dozens Killed, Wounded in Iraq Bombings; Manning Defense Rests Case in Pretrial Hearing; U.S. to Admit Fault in Killing of Pakistani Soldiers; Syrian Toll Mounts Ahead of Arab League Observers' Arrival; House GOP Faces Call to Back Down on Payroll Tax; EPA Enacts New Pollution Standards for Power Plants; Bank of America Settles Countrywide Bias Case with $335M Fine; U.S. Delays North Korea Food Aid Despite Warnings of Deaths; Lawmakers Call for Probe of CIA-<span class="caps">NYPD Ties; 8 Soldiers Charged Following Suicide of Hazing Victim; Female Naval Couple Share Landmark "1st Kiss"
Friday, December 23, 2011
2011/12/23 Headlines: Bradley Manning Pretrial Hearing Concludes; Boehner Relents on Tax Cut Deal, Pushes Keystone; 40 Killed in Damascus Suicide Attack; Egyptians Rally in Tahrir Against Military Rule; Pakistan Rejects U.S. Probe of Deadly NATO Bombing; U.S., Russia Spar over Probe of Libyan Civilian Deaths; Massive Shell Oil Spill Approaches Nigerian Coast; Federal Judge Blocks Key Provisions in South Carolina Anti-Immigrant Law; Thousands Take Part in California Nurses' Strike; Police Clear Occupy Camps in Albany, Berkeley; U.S. Asks Science Journals to Withhold Study Findings
Monday, December 26, 2011
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
2011/12/27 Headlines: Obama Administration to Allow Yemeni President to Enter U.S. for Medical Treatment; Arab League Observers Arrive in Syria amid Fresh Violence; Justice Department Blocks Controversial South Carolina Voter ID Law; Republican Presidential Hopefuls Campaign in Iowa; Mitt Romney Criticizes Obama for Failing to Keep Troops in Iraq; Files Reveal Newt Gingrich's First Wife Did Not Want Divorce; Report: Gap Between Americans, Congressional Representatives Grows Considerably Over Last 25 Years; Obama Signs Two-Month Extension on Payroll Tax; Decision on Tar Sands Pipeline Now Required; Afghan Government to Allow Opening of Taliban Office in Qatar; Egypt Releases Prominent Blogger Detained for Nearly Two Months; Russia: Putin Rejects Calls for Parliamentary Election Reviews as Massive Protests Persist; Nigeria Church Bombings Leave at Least 27 Dead; Satellite Images Indicate Nigerian Oil Spill May Be Significantly Larger than Previously Reported; Secret Memo Suggests Pakistani Military May Attempt to Oust President Zardari; Report: Lack of Preparation, Communication Contributed to Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Israeli Woman Draws Rosa Parks Link After Refusing to Give Up Bus Seat to Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Man; Hacker Group Anonymous Claims Responsibility for Breaking into Global Intelligence Company Website; Radio Host Lynn Samuels Dies at 69
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
2011/12/28 Headlines: North Korea Holds State Funeral for Kim Jong-il; Iran Threatens to Block Oil Passage if U.S. Enacts Sanctions; Killings, Protests as Arab League Observers Visit Syria; Mubarak Trial Resumes in Egypt; Obama to Seek $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase; Nelson to Retire from Senate in 2012; White House Unveils Fed Nominees; Swedish Journalists Imprisoned in Ethiopia; Cuba Releases Over 2,500 from Prison, Freeing 5 Political Prisoners; Argentina President to Receive Cancer Treatment
Thursday, December 29, 2011
2011/12/29 Headlines: Monitors Face Criticism amid Continued Syria Killings; U.S. Warns Iran on Threat to Close Passageway; U.S. to Sell Fighter Jets to Saudi Arabia; 35 Killed in Turkish Strike on Kurdish Area; U.S. Drone Program Spans Continents, Agencies; Afghan Soldier Kills 2 NATO Troops; U.S. Withdraws from Afghan Media Center; Paul, Santorum Surge in Iowa Polls; 10 Arrested in "Occupy the Caucus" Protests; Satellite Photos Track Expansion of Tar Sands Oil Extraction in Canada; Muslim Leaders Boycott Bloomberg Event over Spying
Friday, December 30, 2011
2011/12/30 Headlines: Appeals Court Upholds Telecom Immunity Law, OKs Spying Suit; U.S. Prosecutors Prepare Criminal Charges Against BP Employees; Judge Says SEC Misleading, Obstructing on Citibank Settlement Ruling; Romney Heads into Primaries with Slim Iowa Lead; Bachmann Iowa Chair Joins Paul's Campaign; Energy Industry Rewarded Gingrich After Shift on Climate Change; Egyptian Forces Raid Human Rights Groups in Cairo; Syrian Forces Reportedly Kill 25 Protesters; North Korea Vows No Change in Direction Under Jong-un; Russia Claims Containment of Fire on Nuclear Sub; Activists Criticize Sentences of Argentine Junta Leaders