Nineteen members of Occupy Raleigh in North Carolina were charged with trespassing for refusing to leave the State Capitol grounds. Hagit Ofran is the director of settlement watch at Peace Now. In Britain, thousands of protesters marched on the London Stock Exchange. A new resistance from the Associated Press has exposed deep ties between Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain and David and Charles Koch, the brothers who helped bankroll the Tea Party movement. In political news, the billionaire right-wing Koch Brothers are back in the news. Nine people were reportedly killed, including Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 21-year-old son of Anwar al-Awlaki, the U. The Limbo Now group said the plan was approved last week by a municipal committee, which had given the go-ahead for construction on the site. After a nearly 15-year legal battle, the U. The move comes as Kenya declared war on the Somali militant group al-Shabab.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets Saturday in the October 15 Global Day of Rage inspired by the Occupy Wall Street encampment. Protests reportedly took place in 1,500 cities worldwide, including 100 cities in the United States. News reports said that some of the 12 arrested for the riots were believed to belong to right-wing soccer fan groups, while others were linked to anarchist groups. In Britain, thousands of protesters marched on the London Stock Exchange. In Arizona, nearly 100 were arrested at Occupy protests in Phoenix and Tucson. Nineteen members of Occupy Raleigh in North Carolina were charged with trespassing for refusing to leave the State Capitol grounds. Twenty-four protesters were arrested at Occupy Denver. And in New York City, at least 92 people were arrested on Saturday during a day of action that saw tens of thousands march to Times Square. Earlier in the day, about two dozen people were arrested at a Citibank in Manhattan while they attempted to move their money out of the bank. The protesters were reportedly locked into the bank and then detained. Bank officials accused the protesters of being disruptive. Video shot outside the bank shows an undercover police officer dragging one woman into the bank and then arresting her. You were inside with everybody else. Yes, but you were inside with the whole—no, no, no. What are you doing? What are you doing? The move comes as Kenya declared war on the Somali militant group al-Shabab. There are reports warplanes have already carried out air strikes on Shabab strongholds in southern Somalia. Kenya has blamed Shabab for a recent string of kidnappings of Europeans in Kenya. In a letter to U. Uganda is also the site of a recent major oil discovery. Researchers estimate the Lake Albert basin holds between between 2. It is the largest onshore oil discovery in sub-Saharan African in more than two decades. The United States is intensifying its drone war in Yemen. Nine people were reportedly killed, including Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 21-year-old son of Anwar al-Awlaki, the U. Meanwhile, anti-government protesters in Yemen are continuing to come under attack by forces allied to President Ali Abdullah Saleh. At least 13 demonstrators have been killed since Sunday. The Guardian reports protesters are writing their names across their chests for identification in case they are killed in anti-Saleh marches. The Obama administration has announced it is pulling the plug on a long-term home care program included in the 2010 healthcare reform law. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports, or CLASS program, was designed to give the disabled and elderly cash to receive care at home instead of usually more expensive institutional care. The program was co-authored by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy and Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey. Soon enough, those in need will have nowhere to go for long-term care. One temporarily blocked provision allowed state and local officials to check the immigration status of public school students. In political news, the billionaire right-wing Koch Brothers are back in the news. A new investigation from the Associated Press has exposed deep ties between Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain and David and Charles Koch, the brothers who helped bankroll the Tea Party movement. The Israeli group Peace Now has condemned a plan by the Israeli government to build more than 2,600 housing units in a new urban settlement in Jerusalem. The Peace Now group said the plan was approved last week by a municipal committee, which had given the go-ahead for construction on the site. Hagit Ofran is the director of settlement watch at Peace Now. And this specific plan, if it's implemented, it might destroy the possibility for a two-state solution and land swap. A Cairo court ruled him ineligible because of a controversial forgery conviction. Nour was charged with the crime in 2005 ahead of his run against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Tens of thousands gathered on Sunday for a dedication of the new Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D. Speakers included members of the King family, veterans of the civil rights movement, and President Obama. Progress was purchased through enduring the smack of billy clubs and the blast of fire hoses. It was bought with days in jail cells and nights of bomb threats. For every victory during the height of the civil rights movement, there were setbacks and there were defeats. The Native American elder and activist Elouise Cobell has died at the age of 65. A member of the Blackfeet Nation, she was the lead plaintiff in a landmark 1996 lawsuit claiming the U. Department of Interior had misspent, lost or stolen hundreds of billions of dollars meant for Native American land trust account holders dating back to the 1880s. After a nearly 15-year legal battle, the U. The beneficiaries are estimated to be about 500,000 people. Elouise Cobell also helped found the first bank to be owned by an American Indian nation, the Blackfeet National Bank, which is now the Native American Bank. In 2009 she spoke in Washington, D. Yes, we could prolong our struggle and fight longer, and perhaps one day we would know, down to the penny, how much individual Indians are owed. Perhaps we could even litigate long enough to increase the settlement amount. But we are compelled to settle now by the sobering realization that our class grows smaller each year, each month and every day, as our elders die and are forever prevented from receiving their just compensation.
