AP Wins Pulitzer for Exposing NYPD’s CIA-Linked Intel Program, Leading Widespread Spying on Muslims; 40 Years in Solitary Confinement: Two Members of Angola 3 Remain in Isolation in Louisiana Prison; Norway’s Johan Galtung, Peace & Conflict Pioneer, Reflects on Norwegian Massacre, Afghan War.
Headlines
April 17, 2012
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
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
FCC Fines Google $25,000 for Impeding Probe of Data-Collection Practices
OWS Activists Arrested at Foreclosure Auction, Near Stock Exchange
Alaskan, Kenyan Activists Among 6 Winners of Goldman Environmental Prize