Democracy Now! - Season 2 / Year 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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 NYPD Spying; Chevron Closes Gulf Coast Pipeline over Leak; British Lawmakers Recall James Murdoch for Testimony on Phone Hacking

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 NYPD

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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

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 NYPD After Being Held at Police Station; Female Workers at Wal-Mart File New Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, SEIU Gives Obama Early Endorsement; Suspect Arrested in White House Shooting

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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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-NYPD Ties; 8 Soldiers Charged Following Suicide of Hazing Victim; Female Naval Couple Share Landmark "1st Kiss"

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

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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

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

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

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