Monday, May 02, 2011

Overview

2011/05/02 Headlines: U.S. Forces Kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan; Eleven People Killed as Taliban Announces Spring Offensive in Afghanistan; Libya: Son of Gaddafi Killed in NATO Strike, Preschool for Down Syndrome Children Bombed; Scores Killed in Syrian Security Crackdown, Hundreds Arrested in House Raids; Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh Refuses to Sign Resignation Deal; Israel Withholds $90 Million in Tax Revenue Owed to Palestinian Authority; Left-Leaning Party Threatens Conservative Power in Canadian Election; U.S. Tornado Death Toll Tops 350; Thousands Call for Immigrant and Labor Rights in Nationwide May Day Protests; Egypt Celebrates International Workers’ Day for First Time Since 1952; San Francisco Newspaper Accuses Obama Administration of Intimidation; Militant Cuban Exile Orlando Bosch Dies at 84