April 17, 2012

2012/04/17 Headlines: Increased Shelling by Syrian Gov’t Threatens Ceasefire; Australia to Withdraw Troops Early from Afghanistan; Norwegian Anti-Muslim Killer Says He Would Commit Attack Again; Senate Republicans Block "Buffett" Tax on Wealthiest Americans; Jim Yong Kim Named Head of World Bank, Maintains U.S. Lock on Post; Palestinian Prisoners Launch Massive Hunger Strike in Israeli Jails; Candidates Appeal Ban from Egyptian Presidential Race; Amnesty Report Slams Bahrain for Human Rights Abuses; Japan’s Last Nuclear Plant to Shut Down Next Month; U.S.-Filipino Military Exercise Draws Protests in the Philippines; Argentina Moves to Nationalize Major Oil Company; Taur Matan Ruak Elected Third President of East Timor Since Independence; FCC Fines Google $25,000 for Impeding Probe of Data-Collection Practices; OWS Activists Arrested at Foreclosure Auction, Near Stock Exchange; AP Wins Pulitzer for NYPD Muslim Spying Series; Manning Marable Wins for Malcolm X Book; Alaskan, Kenyan Activists Among 6 Winners of Goldman Environmental Prize;$