“A Political Implosion”: Anti-Austerity Parties Win Historic French and Greek Elections; ExxonMobil’s Dirty Secrets From Indonesia to Nigeria to Washington: Steve Coll on “Private Empire”; On Strike: Quebec Students Boycott Classes For 12 Weeks To Protest Proposed Tuition Hikes.
Headlines
May 7, 2012
Anti-Austerity Parties Win in France, Greece
U.S. Drones Hit Yemen, Pakistan
Report: U.S. Secretly Releasing Afghan Prisoners to Militant Groups
Guantánamo Defendants Stage “Peaceful Resistance” to Military Commissions
Bahraini Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab Jailed
Japan Shutters Last Nuclear Power Plant
Biden: “I Am Absolutely Comfortable” With Same-Sex Marriage
Federal Probe Launched Into Police Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
FBI Pushes National Electronic Surveillance Strategy
20 Convicted For Protesting NYPD Stop and Frisk Policy
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, 47, Dies
Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer Marry in California