The following rush transcript probably contains errors and/or omissions…
Headlines for 2/6/2014
Produced by Minka Bito
Rex Latchford here with another DayPage:
Here are some headlines for this day…
- U.N. Says Syria Can Meet Chemical Weapons Deadline Despite Falling Behind
- Report: Children Endure “Unspeakable Suffering” in Syria Conflict
- 23 Killed in Baghdad Bombings
- Israel OKs New Settlements, Demolishes Palestinian Homes
- U.N. Chides Catholic Church on Child Sexual Abuse
- El Salvador Orders Probe of 1981 Massacre
- Doctors Still Advising Some Residents to Avoid West Virginia Water; 2 Schools Closed
- Report: 2009 TransCanada Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture Kept from Public View
- U.S. Drugstore Chain CVS announced it would Stop Tobacco Sales
- LGBT Activists Stage Global Protests Against Russian Crackdown
- Pussy Riot Members Honored at Brooklyn Concert
After years in jail, Pussy Riot is now on the loose. Two of the freed members were honored Wednesday night at a concert organized by Amnesty International. Earlier in the day, the two women from Pussy Riot met with the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, prompting a rebuke from Power’s Russian counterpart. Meanwhile, at a news conference before the event, the women responded to reports of a rift within Pussy Riot.
That’s it for this DayPage. Find them all at DayPage.net, it’s a production of Radio InfoWeb and heard on the Liberty Radio Network. Join me tomorrow for another DayPage.