Clashes Spread Across Yemen, Raising Fears of Civil War; “A Country of Dark Corners”: Freed Journalist Dorothy Parvaz on Her Syrian Detention and the Assad Regime Crackdown; “Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon”.
Today’s Headlines
* Yemen Fighting Continues, 15 Dead in Overnight Clashes
* Gaddafi’s Oil Minister Defects over “Unbearable” Conflict
* Fearing Passage, House GOP Postpones Vote to Halt Libya Bombing
* Obama Admin Rebuffs Karzai Plea to Halt Deadly Raids
* Dozens Killed in Cross-Border Militant Attack in Pakistan
* Bahraini Gov’t Forces Attack Protesters After Lifting Martial Law
* Mubarak to Stand Trial in August
* U.S. to Boycott U.N. Racism Conference
* New York Demands New Environmental Impact Study on Fracking
* New York Suspends Role in “Secure Communities” Program
* Arizonans Seeks Recall of State Senator Behind Anti-Immigrant Law
* Florida Law Forces Drug Testing on Welfare Recipients
* Palestinians Mark First Anniversary of Israeli Flotilla Attack
* IAEA: Japan Downplayed Tsunami, Nuclear Damage
* Honduras Readmitted to OAS
* 4 Killed in Massachusetts Tornadoes