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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 (2011x213)

Uitzenddatum: Okt 26, 2011

2011/10/26 Headlines: Study: Income of Wealthiest 1 Percent Tripled over Last Three Decades; Oakland Police Use Tear Gas, Flash Grenades on Occupy Oakland Protesters 12 Hours After Camp Raid; More than 50 Occupy Wall Street Protesters Arrested in Atlanta; Students, Teachers, Activists Occupy New York City Board of Education Meeting; President Obama Addresses Occupy Wall Street on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"; New Plan Allows College Grads to Cap Student Loan Repayments; Hundreds of Bodies Uncovered in Mass Grave in Libya Show Signs of Execution; Violence in Yemen Escalates Despite Call for Ceasefire; U.N Votes Overwhelmingly to Condemn U.S. Embargo Against Cuba for 20th Consecutive Year; South Africa Declares Support for Palestinian Statehood; San Francisco: Over 1,000 Protesters Rally Outside Obama Fundraiser; BP Earns $4.9 Billion in Third Quarter; Ex-Goldman Sachs Director Expected to Surrender to FBI Today; Colorado: Hundreds Pull Money from Wells Fargo in Mass Action; NYPD Officers Charged for Transporting Illegal Weapons, Contraband; Brazilian Anti-Deforestation Activist Assassinated; Uruguay Revokes Amnesty Law Protecting Officials from Past Dictatorship; Bizarre Herman Cain Presidential Ad Goes Viral