Wednesday, May 18, 2011

2011/05/18 Headlines: CIA Deployed Sophisticated New Stealth Drone in Hunt for Bin Laden; Pakistan: Militants Attack Security Checkpoint Killing 17; 12 Killed in Afghanistan Protest Following Deadly NATO Night Raid; Al Jazeera Confirms Release of Detained Journalist Dorothy Parvaz; Bahrain Continues Media Crackdown, Five Journalists Detained; Report: Yemen President Agrees to Sign Transfer of Power Deal with Opposition; IMF Chief Charged with Sex Crimes Placed on Suicide Watch; Alleged Victim in Rape Case is 32-Year-Old Muslim from Guinea; Hundreds Protest JPMorgan Chase Tax Dodging and Foreclosures, Elderly Demonstrators Maced; Senate Fails to Pass Bill Cutting Tax Breaks for Oil Companies; Pennsylvania Fines Gas Company $1 Million for Water Contamination, Well Fire; Queen Elizabeth Makes Historic Trip to Ireland; Guatemala in State of Siege Following Drug Cartel Mass Killing; Two Suspects Killed, One Arrested; San Francisco Man First Person Ever to be Cured of AIDS; Newt Gingrich Apologizes to Fellow Republican over Medicare Criticism; Secret Service Interrogates Seventh Grader Without Parents’ Consent