Friday, July 01, 2011

2011/07/01 Headlines: Justice Dept Drops 99 of 101 Cases Against CIA for Abuse and Torture; 750,000 Government Workers Stage One-Day Strike in Britain; U.K. Gov’t Worked with Nuke Firms to Downplay Fukushima Disaster; NRC Approves 20-Year License Renewals for New Jersey Nuke Plants; New York to Lift Natural Gas Fracking Moratorium; Report: Case Against Ex-IMF Chief on “Verge of Collapse”; U.S. Rejects Demands from Pakistan to Abandon Drone Base; 200,000 Protest in Chile to Support Educational System; Hugo Chávez Says Cancerous Tumor Removed in Cuba; CDC Links Deadly Haiti Cholera Outbreak to Nepalese U.N. Peacekeepers; California Prisoners to Stage Hunger Strike; 12,000 Crack Offenders Could See Prisoner Sentence Reductions; Judges’ Rulings Pave Way for Governments to Roll Back Pension Plans; Government of Minnesota Shuts Down; Fox News’ Glenn Beck Off the Air