Democracy Now!

Season 2012, Episode 143

Episode Title: Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Air Date: 2012-07-18

Overview:

2012/07/18 Headlines: Syria: Suicide Attack Kills Defense Minister, Assad’s Brother-in-Law; Stalemate Continues over New U.N. Security Council Measure on Syria; Taliban Bombing Destroys 22 NATO Supply Trucks in Afghanistan; HSBC Exec Resigns After Report Linking Bank to Drug Cartel Laundering; Bernanke: U.S. Was Aware of Libor Manipulation; Fed Could Tackle Unemployment; Report: U.S. Building Missile Site in Qatar; Nigeria Seeks Record Fine for Shell Oil Spill; Activists Begin Week of Action Against Shell’s Arctic Drilling; U.N. Official Calls on Georgia, Texas to Halt Executions of 2 Mentally Disabled Men; Planned Parenthood Sues Arizona over Funding Ban; U.S. Media Granting Politicians Final Say on Attribution, Quotations; Houston Janitors’ Strike to Spread Nationwide; Anti-Apartheid Leader Nelson Mandela Turns 94;$