NPR 2011-11-20

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        Egyptian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the protestors in Cairo’s Tahrir Square this weekend.

        Clashes began when authorities stormed the tent encampment. In the chaos¹ that followed at least 500 people were injured, demonstrators are calling for a return to civilian² government. 

        In Libya, there’re celebrations on warrant that the son of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi has been captured. As NPR’s Allison Keyes tells us Libya’s Interim³ Justice Minister says Saif al-Islam Gaddafi would be prosecuted⁴ in accordance with international standards.

        Libyan officials say Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was captured in the Libyan desert that he travelled with his aides. And Interim Justice Minister says he would be trialed for Syria’s crimes that carried death penalty. Mahmoud Shammam, Information Minister for Libya’s interim government says he should be trialed there. 

        “He should be trialed in front of the Libyan Court, by Libyan people and by Libyan justice.”

        But the International Criminal Court has charged Saif al-Islam with crimes against humanity admitted he’s allegedly role in killing⁵ demonstrators after the uprising against his father. ICC prosecutor⁶ Luis Moreno Ocampo says he’s ahead to Libya in a week to discuss where Saif al-Islam would be trialed.

        “Saif will face justice. And where and how that we will discuss it.”

        Allison Keyes, NPR News.

        Near Reno, Nevada, crackling sound of 2,000 acre fire authorities are saying now that arcing power lines are probably behind the blaze that was made all the more intense by high winds. Firefighters believe they had apprehend⁷ on the fire and thousands of people who’d evacuated⁸ now being given to go ahead to return home.

        Police say 3 women were struck by U-Haul truck pulling into a tailgating area at the Yale-Harvard football game in New Haven⁹, Connecticut today. From member station WSHU, Ebong Udoma reports one woman died.

        New Haven police spokesman David Hartman says the truck entered a parking lot designated for free game tailgating sped for unknown reasons and hit the women. A 30-year-old Massachusetts woman was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Another 30-year-old woman from New Haven was seriously hurt but was in stable condition. The third woman suffered minor¹⁰ injuries. Hartman says police was questioning the driver of the U-Haul truck described as a young male. The tailgaters had gathered for the 128th game of the Yale-Harvard Ivy¹¹ League football rivalry¹². For NPR News, I’m Ebong Udoma in Fairfield, Connecticut. 

        In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo went other Democrats¹³ have been accused of partisan¹⁴ self dealing¹⁵ as they walk to redraw Congressional district boundaries. Community leader’s filed a suit in Brooklyn asking a federal judge to take over the process. 

        This is NPR.

        A California food processer is recalling 5,400 cases of bagged salad because of possible E.coli contamination. As Bob Hensley of Capitol Public Radio reports the producer was distributed in 15 states.

        Ready Pac Food is just voluntarily recalling dozen different bagged salads. They were sold in supermarkets under the Ready Pac, Trader Joe’s, Safeway and Dinning¹⁶ In Classic labels. The packages were stamped with the use by date of November 8th. The suspect approaches were so primarily in western states including California, Texas and Colorado. Officials with the California Department of Public Health said the recall followed are random¹⁷ sample of bagged lettuce¹⁸ that was analyzed¹⁹ by the US Department of Agriculture. Inspectors²⁰ are trying to pinpoint²¹ the source that contamination. There hadn’t been any report that the owner says the contributor to the products in question again. For NPR News, I’m Bob Hensley in Modesto, California.

        In a suburb of Sydney, Australia, a nurse to elder patients has been charged with murdering connection with the fire that authorities believed that he said the suspect Roger Dean originally said he rescued pensions from the blaze, 5 people died and more than a dozen were injured. 

        GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain was on the Late Show with David Letterman last night. The former Godfather’s Pizza executive was asked if he was ready to resume the responsibilities of President.

        “I’ll back to create jobs. I’ll back to turn around businesses.”

        “But the United States government”

        “But, yes.”

        “is different from running a pizza corporation.”

        “It shouldn’t be”

        That’s from the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.

        I’m Louise Schiavone, NPR News in Washington.

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