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Monday, April 25, 2011 (2011x81)

: 25, 2011

2011/04/25 Headlines: WikiLeaks Documents Reveal Over 150 Innocent Men Knowingly Held at Guantánamo; Yemen President Accepts Plan to Step Down, Security Forces Continue Crackdown; Syria Deploys Troops and Tanks in Continuing Crackdown, 20 Killed, Border Sealed; NATO Bombs Gaddafi Compound Injuring Dozens, U.S. Senators Call for Escalation of Mission; Iraq: Thousands Protest Extended U.S. Occupation; U.S. Federal Court Reinstates Case Against Blackwater Guards in Iraq Massacre; 500 Prisoners Escape Prison in Afghanistan; Japan: Damaged Nuclear Plant Released More Radioactive Material than Previously Estimated; Thousands Call for Nuclear Moratorium; Eleven Women Arrested in Vermont Nuclear Plant Protest; Pakistan: NATO Supply Route Blocked by Drone Strike Protesters; Dozens Arrested in U.S. Anti-Drone Protest; Human Rights Groups Estimate 500 Killed, 65,000 Displaced in Nigeria; Rep. Markey Calls for Probe into iPhone Location Tracking Technology; Obama: WikiLeaks Suspect Broke Law, Dismisses Similarity to Daniel Ellsberg; Bluegrass Singer Hazel Dickens Dies at 75