Matt Taibbi: After Laundering $800 Million in Drug Money, How Did HSBC Executives Avoid Jail?; Matt Taibbi on the Unfolding Libor Scandal and What Sen. DeMint’s Departure Means for Fractured GOP; Exclusive: Native American Activist Leonard Peltier’s Jailhouse Plea for Long-Denied Clemency; After Rebuff by Clinton, Actor Peter Coyote Joins New Push to Sway Obama on Leonard Peltier Clemency.
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December 13, 2012
Report: Syria Fires Scud Missiles at Rebels
Obama Admin Invites Syrian Opposition to White House
Syria: Car Bomb Kills 16, Wounds 25
U.N. Condemns North Korean Rocket Launch
West Bank Clashes Erupt After Israeli Soldiers Kill Teen
U.S. to Replenish Bombs Used by Israel in Gaza Attack
U.S. Urged to Take Action Against Israeli Settlement Expansion
Panetta Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan
Egyptian Opposition Urges “No” Vote on Draft Constitution
“Fiscal Cliff” Talks Continue to Stall
Fed to Keep Interest Rates Near Zero Until Unemployment Drops
Elizabeth Warren to Join Senate Banking Committee
Judge Rules Torture Testimony in 9/11 Will Be Kept Secret
States Sue EPA over Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Drilling
U.S. Auctions Oil Leases on California Public Land