Monday, December 12, 2011

2011/12/12 Headlines: U.N. Climate Change Conference Concludes in South Africa amid Criticism; Tens of Thousands Protest in Russia Following Disputed Parliamentary Elections; U.S. Special Ops Back Controversial Afghan Military Training Program; Pakistan Pushes U.S. Troops from Remote Air Base Used in Secret Drone Program; L.A. Times Reveals Use of Drones by Domestic Law Enforcement Agents; Occupy Protesters Plan to Shut Down Major West Coast Ports; Authorities Clear Occupy Boston Encampment; 46 Arrested; San Francisco: 55 Occupy Protesters Arrested as City Breaks Up Camp; Newt Gingrich Defends Assertion that Palestinian People are "Invented"; Palestinian Protester Killed by Tear Gas Canister Allegedly Fired by Israeli Soldier; Tens of Thousands March in New York City to Protest Right-Wing Efforts to Roll Back Voting Rights; Republicans Continue to Resist Efforts to Construct Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Christian Conservative Group Pressures Companies to Pull Ads from Muslim Family Reality Show; Blackwater Private Security Company Changes Name for Second Time in Under Three Years; Nobel Prize Historically Awarded to Three Women; Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks about His Removal from Death Row