Democracy Now!

Monday, August 22, 2011 (2011x166)

Uitzenddatum: Aug 22, 2011

2011/08/22 Headlines: Libyan Rebels Enter Capital City as Gaddafi Regime Loses Grip on Power; Syria’s Assad Warns International Community Against Military Intervention; Iran Sentences American Hikers to Eight Years in Prison; Residents Near Stricken Japanese Nuclear Plant May Be Barred from Returning Home for Decades; Verizon Workers End Massive 15-Day Strike Following Bargaining Agreement; Central Michigan University Faculty Announces Strike Plans on First Day of Classes; Over 110 People Arrested Outside White House in Ongoing Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Protest; Panetta: Iraq Has Agreed to Negotiate Extended U.S. Occupation; Israel, Hamas Agree to Ceasefire Following Days of Cross-Border Violence; Presidential Hopeful Jon Huntsman Slams GOP Rivals for Science Skepticism; Bachmann Staffer Formerly Charged with Terrorism in Uganda; Mitt Romney to Bulldoze "Inadequate" $12 Million Beachfront Home; Trio Convicted of 1993 Triple Child Murder Released After Nearly Two Decades of Popular Support; India: Tens of Thousands March to Support Activist's Anti-Corruption Hunger Strike; Arundhati Roy Criticizes Hunger Strike Demands of Anti-Corruption Activist Anna Hazare; Hundreds of Brooklyn Residents Rally to Prevent 82-Year-Old's Eviction