Monday, February 01, 2010

2010/02/01 Headlines: US to Expand Missile Defense System in Persian Gulf; Obama Seeks $44B Increase for Pentagon; $5B for Nuclear Arsenal; White House Proposes Tripling Loan Guarantees for Nuke Plants; Bush Administration Attorneys Clears Torture Memo Authors; Roeder Convicted in First-Degree Murder of Dr. George Tiller; Watchdog: US Bailout May Result in Deeper Crisis in Future; US Resumes Medical Evacuation Flights from Haiti; Haitians Block Road and Seize Trucks to Protest Lack of Aid; 10 US Baptist Missionaries Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Out Haitian Children; Hamas Accuses Israel of Assassinating Top Hamas Official in Dubai; Israel: No Indictments in Tristan Anderson Shooting Case; Israeli Officers Disciplined for Using White Phosphorus in Gaza; Tony Blair Defends Invasion of Iraq; Iraqi Bombing Kills 41 Shiite Pilgrims; Report: Leader of Pakistan Taliban Killed in Drone Strike; US to Restart Aid to Honduras; CAIR Calls for Probe into <span class="caps">FBI Shooting of Muslim Cleric in Michigan; Education Secretary: Katrina Was “Best Thing” to Happen to Schools in New Orleans