S2011 · E95

Friday, May 13, 2011

2011/05/13 Headlines: 80 Die in Pakistan, “Retaliation” for Bin Laden Killing; Japan Admits Partial Meltdown at Nuclear Plant; Oil Company CEOs Defend Profits and Government Subsidies; Shell Plan OK’d for Deepwater Oil Exploration; ICC Prepares to Issue Arrest Warrants for Libyan Officials; Obama May Skirt War Powers Law to Continue Libya Bombing; Amnesty Praises Uprisings in Middle East, Warns of Violent Response; U.N.: 850 Dead So Far in Syrian Crackdown on Protesters; Saudi Troops to Remain in Bahrain After Emergency Rule Ends; John McCain: Torture Did Not Lead to Bin Laden; U.K. Official: Iraq War Dossier Was Designed to “Make a Case for War”; Ron Paul Announces Third Presidential Run; France Moves Toward Banning Fracking for Oil and Gas Extraction; Thousands Protest Budget Cuts on Wall Street; 12 Nuclear Resisters Convicted for Trespassing at Nuclear Bomb Plant