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Thursday, November 03, 2011 (2011x219)

Uitzenddatum: Nov 03, 2011

2011/11/03 Headlines: Thousands of Occupy Oakland Supporters Shut Down Major Port with General Strike; Seattle Police Pepper-Spray Occupy Protesters, Six Arrested; Occupy Protesters in Oklahoma Pepper-Sprayed, Nine Arrested; 10 Occupy Protesters Arrested Following Philadelphia Sit-In; Veterans March for Occupy Movement in New York City; Report: More Than 20 Million Americans Live at Least 50 Percent Below Poverty Line; College Class of 2010 Owes Average of $25,000 upon Graduation; Study: Largest Publicly Traded Companies Pay Just Over Half the Official Tax Rate Owed; Federal Reserve Chair Predicts Economic Growth Will Be "Frustratingly Slow"; G20 Summit Begins with Agenda Set on Greece, European Debt Crisis; Obama: I Will Make Final Decision on Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline; Pro-Palestinian Activists Launch New Flotilla to Challenge Israel Naval Blockade; Military Prosecutors: U.S. Has Authority to Detain Gitmo Prisoners Indefinitely, Regardless of Guilt; Syria: Killings Continue amid Government Agreement to Halt Violence Against Citizens; Libya: International Prosecutors Work to Bring Gaddafi Officials to Justice; Arms Trader Viktor Bout, "The Merchant of Death," Found Guilty in U.S. Court; Third Woman Accuses GOP Presidential Hopeful Herman Cain of Sexual Harassment