Tuesday, June 07, 2011

2011/06/07 Headlines: Japan Doubles Estimate of Radiation Leaked from Nuke Plant; Report: Yemen President Suffered Burns on 40% of Body, Collapsed Lung; Syria Threatens to Intensify Crackdown After Alleged Deaths of Security Personnel; Bahrain Charges Scores of Medical Officials Who Treated Protesters; Libya: NATO Warplanes Strike State TV Headquarters, Military Barracks; Gates, Petraeus Urge Obama to Reject Substantial Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal; Top White House Economic Adviser Resigns amid Soaring Unemployment Rates; Pelosi Calls for Investigation of Rep. Weiner over “Inappropriate” Online Conversations; Massachusetts Gov. Patrick Refuses to Participate in Controversial Immigrant Monitoring Program; Global Climate Change Talks Underway in Bonn, Germany; Extreme Weather Threatens Communities Throughout the U.S.; Canadian Activist Loses Senate Page Position over Unprecedented Protest; Chicago Millionaire Pays His Way Out of Jail Time in Deadly Hit and Run; Puerto Rican Independence Activist Pleads Not Guilty to 1983 Bank Robbery; Wisconsin: Thousands March to Protest Controversial “Budget Repair” Bill, 8 People Arrested; Seven Food Not Bombs Activists Arrested in Florida for Feeding Homeless; Death Toll from Germany E. Coli Outbreak Reaches 22, Thousands Infected