Thursday, August 25, 2011

2011/08/25 Headlines: NATO Aiding Libyan Rebels in Search for Gaddafi, Bounty Placed on Libyan Leader; Arab League Recognizes Libyan Rebel Council; U.S. Requests U.N. Unfreeze $1.5 Billion in Assets; Four Italian Journalists Held by Gaddafi Loyalists Freed; Secret U.S. Diplomatic Cable Reveals McCain Promised to Provide Gaddafi with Weapons; U.S. Investigates Allegations Murdoch’s News Corp. Hacked Phones of September 11 Victims; Cheney Admits Urging Attack on Syrian Nuclear Site; Rick Perry Takes Lead in Republican Presidential Candidate Polls; Report: Changing Climate Will Lead to Rise in Warfare; Historic Washington D.C. Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Protest Results in 56 More Arrests; India Prime Minster Appeals to Anti-Corruption Activist to End Hunger Strike; Egypt: Human Rights Groups Appeal to U.N. over Military Junta Crackdown; Report Reveals Systematic Targeted Killing of Egyptian Prisoners; Detained Egyptian Blogger Launches Hunger Strike; Israeli Air Strikes in Gaza Kill Four; Nine-Month-Old Israeli Baby Wounded by Rocket; Glenn Beck Holds Rally in Israel Denouncing United Nations, Human Rights Organizations; Chile Enters Second Day of Nationwide Strike; Peru to Consult with Indigenous Communities Before Mining, Drilling; Report: U.S. Security Aid in Colombia Supported Targeting of Politicians, Civil Society Groups; Conservative Website, Brooklyn Rabbi Blame Earthquake on Declining Morals, Same-Sex Marriage; Apple CEO Steve Jobs Resigns