Russia’s Putin Faces Unprecedented Challenge as Tens of Thousands Protest Electoral Fraud; Corzine Grilled Over MF Global Collapse After Witness Suggests Knowledge of Misused Funds; House-Senate Revise Indefinite Detention Bill in Bid to Avoid White House Veto, But Fears Remain; Tawakkul Karman, Yemeni Nobel Peace Laureate, Pays Tribute to Women Activists Worldwide. TODAY’S HEADLINES … Continued
Ex-Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson, Former Democrat, Launches Third Party 2012 Bid Against Obama, GOP; Occupy Protesters Join to Shut Down Major Western Ports, Targeting Goldman Sachs; “The Arab People Have Woken Up”: Yemeni Activist Tawakkul Karman Accepts Nobel Peace Prize. TODAY’S HEADLINES Canada Withdraws from Kyoto Climate Change Treaty Human Rights Advocate Moncef … Continued
Climate Activists: Durban Deal is “Very Weak” Agreement, Lacks “Ambition, Equity, Justice”; “Don’t Kill Africa”: Climate Activists Occupy Durban Talks Demanding Binding Emissions Cuts; The Lost Decade: Bolivian Pablo Solón Decries Climate Deal Postponing New Emissions Cuts Until 2020; Leymah Gbowee, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia Share Nobel Peace Prize With Yemeni Tawakkul Karman. TODAY’S … Continued
Mumia Abu-Jamal Spared Death Penalty After Prosecutors Drop 30-Year Bid for Execution; South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu Calls for Release of Mumia Abu-Jamal; “I’m Scared for My Future”: Student Disrupts Speech by U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern in Durban; Critics: Rich Polluters—Including U.S.—Should Face Sanctions for Rejecting Binding Emissions Cuts; Entrepreneur: Capitalism Will Save World … Continued
Hopes Fade for Binding Climate Deal as Durban Summit Enters Final Stages; Canadian Activists Barred From Durban Summit for Protesting Environment Minister; Tuvalu Minister Urges World Leaders to Save Pacific Nations From Rising Seas; Least Developed Countries, Small Island States Face U.S. Resistance to Binding Climate Deal. TODAY’S HEADLINES • Obama Takes on GOP … Continued
At Durban Summit, Leading African Activist Calls U.S. Emissions Stance “A Death Sentence for Africa”; Indigenous Activists From Canada Protest Tar Sands Oil at Durban Climate Change Summit; U.S. Focus on China, India Emissions Burdens World’s Poor, Skirts Own Responsibility–Praful Bidwai; Labor Leaders Call for Review of Decision to Host 2013 U.N. Climate Talks in … Continued
Thousands March at U.N. Climate Summit in Durban to Demand Climate Justice; South Africa Arrests, Deports Greenpeace Activists After Attempted High Stakes Banner Hang; Greenpeace Director Kumi Naidoo, From Anti-Apartheid Activist to Leading Voice for Climate Justice; The Road to Durban: Tracking Global Warming’s Devastating Impact Across the African Continent. TODAY’S HEADLINES Global Emissions … Continued
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Takes Early Lead in First Post-Mubarak Elections; Democracy Now! Correspondent Anjali Kamat on Reporting the Revolutions in Egypt and Libya. TODAY’S HEADLINES Clinton Meets With Military Junta in Burma 18 Killed in Iraq Violence; Iraq PM Open to U.S. “Trainers” No U.S. Apology for Deadly Pakistan Attack Britain Cuts Iran Ties; … Continued
