Monday, November 28, 2011

2011/11/28 Headlines: NATO Fighter Jets, Helicopters Attack Pakistan Military Outpost Killing 24; Egypt: Voters Head to the Polls Following Mass Civil Unrest; U.N. Climate Change Conference Begins in Durban, South Africa; LAPD Moves In on Occupy Encampment; Philadelphia Police Back Down from Occupy Eviction Threat; NYC Occupy Protesters Call on City to Replace Thousands of Books Lost in Raid; Occupy Protesters Serve Thousands of Meals on Thanksgiving Day; UC Davis Students Call for General Strike to Protest Tuition Hikes; Arab States Impose Sanctions on Syria in Response to Violent Crackdown; Commission: U.S.-Backed Bahrain Government Killed, Tortured Pro-Democracy Activists; Five United Arab Emirates Activists Granted Presidential Pardon; Bhopal Disaster Survivors Call on India to Boycott Olympic Games Sponsored by Dow Chemical; Mexican Human Rights Attorney Calls on International Court to Investigate Deaths; Newt Gingrich Receives Endorsement from New Hampshire's Largest Newspaper; Germany Anti-Nuke Protesters Block Train Carrying Tons of Nuclear Waste; 1,300 Detained; WikiLeaks Wins Major Australian Journalism Prize; Journalist Tom Wicker Dies at 85; Richard Grossman, Corporate Critic, Dies at 68