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Tuesday, October 04, 2011 (2011x197)

: 04, 2011

2011/10/04 Headlines: Truck Bombing Kills at Least 70 in Somali Capital; Major Unions Throw Support Behind Occupy Wall Street Protest; Occupy Wall Street-Inspired Protests Spring Up Around the Country, World; Obama: Nation is Not Better Off than It was Four Years Ago; Report: Fannie Mae Aware of Dubious Foreclosure Practices as Early as 2003; Emails Reveal Cozy Relationship Between Pipeline Lobbyist, State Department; Obama Administration Backs Increased Arctic Ocean Oil Drilling; Alabama: Latino Students Disappear Due to New Far-Reaching Immigration Law; U.S. Lawmakers Confirm Blocking $200 Million in Aid to Palestine, amid U.N. Statehood Bid; Report: Syrian Protesters Abroad Systematically Monitored, Harassed on Behalf of Regime; Civil Rights Attorneys Request NYPD Turn Over Records on Secret Muslim Monitoring Program; Rick Perry Faces New Race Row over Support for Displaying Confederate Symbols; Mexican Officials Take Issue with Perry Suggestion to Send U.S. Troops over Border; Obama Pushes Forward on Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia, Panama; Texas: 1,000 Evacuated Following Fire at Chemical Plant