Tuesday, February 18, 2014

2014/02/17 Headlines: Jury Deadlocks on Murder Charge in Michael Dunn Trial; Syria Talks End with Little Progress; Bahraini Activist Zainab Alkhawaja Released; Protests Mark 3rd Anniversary of Uprising; Ethiopian Pilot Diverts Plane to Geneva in Bid to Seek Asylum; Trapped South African Miners Refuse to Be Rescued Due to Fear of Arrest; Report: NSA Played Role in Spying on U.S. Law Firm amid Trade Dispute with Indonesia; Kerry Compares Climate Change Deniers to "Flat Earth Society"; Anti-Drone Activist Says He Was Tortured During Captivity in Pakistan; Report: U.S. Seeking New Drone Bases in Central Asia; Ugandan President to Sign Anti-Gay Bill; Anti-Gay Mob Attacks 14 in Nigeria; Michael Sam Supporters Form Human Barrier to Block Anti-Gay Protest; Actress Ellen Page Comes Out as Gay, Gets Standing Ovation at Human Rights Campaign Conference; Volkswagen Workers Reject Union in Blow to U.S. Labor; Greenwald, Poitras Among Winners of 2013 George Polk Award; Lawyer for Edward Snowden Detained at Heathrow Airport