Democracy Now! - Season 2011 Episode 155 : Friday, August 05, 2011

2011/08/05 Headlines: U.S.: 29,000 Children Have Died in Somalia Famine; Toll Rises in Syrian Gov't Attack on Hama; Rebels Claim Gaddafi's Son Killed in Air Strike; Libyan Regime: NATO Attack Kills 3 Civilians; Obama Admin OKs Shell Drilling in Arctic Ocean; U.N.: Shell Responsible for Over $1 Billion in Damage to Niger Delta; Shells Admits Fault for 2 Nigeria Spills; Pentagon Chief Warns of Spending Cuts; U.S. Veteran Allowed to Sue Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for Torture; Obama, Congress Reach Deal on FAA Shutdown; Japan Fires 3 Bureaucrats for Nuclear Crisis; Italian PM Pushes Austerity Deal