Monday, November 21, 2011

2011/11/21 Headlines: Egypt: At Least 35 Protesters Killed, 1,700 Injured as Security Forces Crack Down in Cairo; Hundreds of Ethiopian Troops Invade Somalia Backed by Tanks, Heavy Artillery; UC Davis Places Police Officers on Leave Following Pepper-Spray of Peaceful Occupy Protesters; Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Wife Beaten by UC Berkeley Police During Occupy Protest; Video Shows Oakland Authorities Beating Iraq War Veteran During Occupy Oakland Protest; Civil Rights Movement Leaders Lend Support to Occupy Protesters; Washington Lobbying Firm Offers to Undermine Occupy Movement on Behalf of Wall Street; Libyan Fighters Capture Prominent Gaddafi Son, Former Intelligence Chief; Syria: Anti-Government Fighters Launch Rocket-Propelled Grenades at Ruling Party Headquarters; Israel Forces Closure of Radio Station Operated by Palestinian, Israeli Peace Activists; Republican, Democratic "Super Committee" Members Set to Announce Defeat; Rhode Island Set to Slash Pensions for Retired, Current State Workers; Delaware River Basin Commission Indefinitely Postpones Controversial Fracking Vote; NYPD Arrests 27-Year-Old Man on Terrorism-Related Charges; Brazil: Indigenous Leader Assassinated by 40 Masked Gunmen