Egypt Election: Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Could Face...
Monday, January 3, 2011
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- Palestinian Protester Dies After Israeli Tear Gas Attack
- Report: More than 10,000 Died in 2010 in Afghanistan
- U.S. Air Force to Deploy New Surveillance System in Afghanistan
- 21 Christians Killed in Egyptian Church Bombing
- WikiLeaks: U.S. Diplomats Helped Market Boeing Jets Overseas
- African Leaders Pressure Ivory Coast President to Cede Power
- Dilma Rousseff Sworn in as Brazilian President
- 3,100 Killed in Ciudad Juárez in 2010
- Australian Floods Kill 10 People
- Jerry Brown to be Sworn in as Governor of California
- Arizona Suffers from Record Number of Foreclosures
- Judith Miller Criticizes WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
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Incoming GOP House Chairs Plan to Investigate Climate Scientists, Probe Muslim "Radicalization," Repeal Healthcare Reform
When the 112th Congress is sworn in on Wednesday, Republicans will hold a newfound edge in the House after four years in the minority. That means a field of Republican Congress members poised to helm the 23 House committees and their more than 100 subcommittees. Republicans have already promised a sweeping agenda, including investigating climate scientists, investigating "radicalization" in the Muslim community, and repealing President Obama’s healthcare law. We speak with Ryan Grim, senior congressional correspondent for the Huffington Post. [includes rush transcript]
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff: From Imprisoned Guerrilla Fighter to "The Most Powerful Woman in the World"
Brazil has made history with the swearing-in of its first female president. On Saturday, Dilma Rousseff received the presidential sash from outgoing President Lula da Silva at a ceremony in the capital Brasília. In the 1960s, Rousseff was a guerrilla resisting Brazil’s military dictatorship. She was imprisoned and tortured for three years. We speak with Greg Grandin, professor of Latin American history at New York University. [includes rush transcript]
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Navy Investigating Lewd, Homophobic Videos by Commander of Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier
The U.S. Navy says it is investigating newly disclosed videos showing a top officer of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier making homophobic slurs, yelling expletives, mimicking masturbation, and displaying other lewd behavior. The videos were made in 2006 and 2007 and shown to crew members of the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise during a deployment in the Middle East. The videos feature Captain Owen Honors, who was then the ship’s second in charge and is now its top commander. [includes rush transcript]
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]
