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Monday, October 17, 2011 (2011x206)

: 17, 2011

2011/10/17 Headlines: Hundreds of Thousands Protest Around the World in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street Movement; U.S. Police Departments Arrest Hundreds in Demonstrations Inspired by Occupy Wall Street; Hundreds of Kenyan Troops, Backed by Tanks, Helicopters, Invade Somalia; Obama Deploys Troops to Africa to Fight Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda; U.S. Intensifies Drone War in Yemen, Carrying Out Five Strikes in One Day; Obama Administration Cuts Long-Term Home Care Program for Elderly, Disabled; Alabama: Federal Court Blocks Elements of Controversial Anti-Immigrant Law; Republican Presidential Hopeful Herman Cain Linked to Billionaire Koch Brothers; Israeli Peace Group Condemns Government Plans for Jerusalem Settlement Expansion; Longtime Egyptian Opposition Leader Ayman Nour Barred from Presidential Election; Tens of Thousands Gather in Washington, D.C., for Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Dedication; Native American Elder, Activist Elouise Cobell Dies at 65