22 April 2011: Weekend By The Morning News — 22 Apr 2011 Armed U.S. Predator drones to fly missions in Libya; McCain arrives in Benghazi. At least nine Latin American countries developing drone programs. Notes from the memorial service for Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington in Benghazi. Not only a very brave and good man, but an endearingly sensitive and honest person. Jon Lee Anderson on Hetherington. Assad concedes to Thursday's protesters and ends 50 years of emergency rule in Syria. U.S. lost on how to handle Syria; Gulf Council knows exactly what to do in Yemen. Japan's prevailing attitude of gaman, or endurance, viewed as hindrance to recovery and hope. Op: If even a few of the rumors are true, I don't know how Silvio Berlusconi finds the time. Religious conversion as anti-poverty strategy; case in point: Utah. Oh, world: Pakistan tax service dispatches transgender tax collectors to embarrass debtors to pay up. European bailout of Portugal menaced by Finland's embrace of the True Finn party, critical of globalization. Chart: China exports the most bunnies, and Germany eats them. Batuman: Life is like this after your book becomes a bestseller and you ask Franzen for weed. Kate Middleton for the Win. Op: The Mortenson/3 Cups scandal should prompt us to wonder why we love Pocahontas stories. Summary of bizarre 1-900 numbers from the '80s and '90s. Detective links drawing of murder scene tattooed on gangbanger's chest to old unsolved homicide case. Video: Alex Honnold free-solos Half-Dome in less than three hours to breezy jam soundtrack, in jaunty shirt.
