Monday, June 27, 2011

2011/06/27 Headlines: New York Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, Tens of Thousands March in Celebration; New Mexico Nuclear Weapons Lab Shuts Down Due to Wildfire; Nebraska Nuclear Power Plant Surrounded by Floodwater; International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Muammar Gaddafi and Accomplices; Human Rights Organizations Cast Doubt on Libya War Atrocity Allegations; House Votes Down Authorization of Libya War, Continues Funding; NATO Confirms Efforts to Assassinate Muammar Gaddafi; Yemenis Gather in Tens of Thousands to Demand Formation of Transitional Council; U.S. Plans to Send $45M in Military Aid to Uganda and Burundi in Effort to Combat Somali Militants; Afghanistan: Funerals Begin for Dozens Killed in Massive Hospital Attack; Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Firing Hundreds of Rockets Killing 36, Including 12 Children; Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq, Death Toll for the Month Highest in over Two Years; Peru: Thousands of Anti-Mining Protesters Shut Down Airport; Report: Natural Gas Insiders Question Feasibility, Profitability of Industry; Member of Wisconsin State Supreme Court Accused of Choking Fellow Justice; Top Chicago Cop Links U.S. Gun Laws to Institutional Racism