Monday, August 16, 2010

2010/08/16 Headlines: UN Chief: Pakistan Is Worst Disaster I've Ever Witnessed; Gen: Petraeus Hints Scheduled Afghan Withdrawal Could Be Postponed; Karzai Reportedly Orders All Private Security Firms to Disband; Shadow War: US Secretly Carries Out Strikes in Yemen; Obama Backs the Rights of Muslims to Build Mosque Near Ground Zero; US Threatens to Cut Off Arms Deal to Turkey over Criticism of Israel; US to Fund Israeli Purchase of 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters; White House Expresses Concern over Election in Rwanda; 23 Killed in Mexico; Grenade Hits Monterrey TV Station; Peruvian Prosecutor Seeks to Put Lori Berenson Back in Jail; France Urged to Repay $40 Billion "Independence Debt" to Haiti; Curfew Continues in Kashmir After Police Kill Four Protesters; Backers of Open Internet Protest Outside Google HQ; Turkey Deports US Journalist; Laborers’ International Union Rejoins AFL-<span class="caps">CIO; Singer, Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln, 80, Dies