Democracy Now!

Season 2012, Episode 84

Episode Title: April 26, 2012

Air Date: 2012-04-26

Overview:

2012/04/26 Headlines: U.S. Approves Expansive Drone Strikes in Yemen; Military Judge Rejects Dismissal of Manning Charges, Sets Trial Date; Supreme Court Weighs Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law; Connecticut Abolishes Death Penalty for Future Cases; Ex-Liberian President Taylor Convicted of War Crimes; Up to 69 Killed in Syria Blast; Israeli General Doubts Iran Seeking Nukes; Murdoch Appears Before U.K. Phone-Hacking Panel; Mexico Probes Wal-Mart Bribery Claims; Protests Held Nationwide as Student Debt Hits $1 Trillion; Occupy Activists Protest GE Shareholders Meeting; Senate Backs Postal Service Debt Bill; Pentagon Orders Review for Anti-Islam Material; 60 Evacuated Following Wyoming Gas Blowout; Transgender African-American Woman Faces Controversial Murder Trial; ACT UP Activists Detained at 25th Anniversary Protest;$