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August 2007

Friday, August 31

  • Dirt Isn't So Cheap After All
  • HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads
  • NAACP Challenges Louisiana Voter Purge
  • US Cites 'Secrets' Privilege as It Tries to Stop Suit on Banking Records
  • White House Cool on Iraq Report
  • Wind Farm Cash-In for Renewable Energy Companies
  • Rich Nations Shy Away from Stiff 2020 Goals
  • U.S. Says Company Bribed Officers for Work in Iraq
  • Murky Future for Rights Treaty on Water
  • Greenpeace Blocks Lake Erie Coal Freighter
  • Cholera Spreads in Iraq As Health Services Collapse

    Thursday, August 30

  • Pentagon Won't Make Surge Recommendation to Bush
  • Army Combs for Abuses in Iraq Contracts
  • Climate Flooding Risk 'Misjudged'
  • World Facing 'Arsenic Timebomb'
  • Mandela Salutes Resistance as Statue Unveiled
  • Upbeat Bush Hints at More Troops for Iraq
  • Iran Says IAEA Atom Report Shows US Charges Wrong
  • Soldier Answers a New Call to Battle

    Wednesday, August 29

  • Yolanda Retter, Lesbian Activist and Archivist, Dies
  • Active-Duty US Troops Become Outspoken Critics of Iraq War
  • Bush to Ask Congress for Extra $50 Bln for Iraq: Report
  • US Refuses All 'Friendly Fire' Inquest Requests
  • Israel Warned US Not to Invade Iraq after 9/11
  • 47 Million Americans Are Uninsured
  • Anti-Govt Protests Planned to Mark Second Anniversary of Katrina Tragedy
  • Bush Threatens to Confront Iran Over Alleged Support for Iraqi insurgents

    Tuesday, August 28

  • More Iraqis Flee As Figure Tops Four Million: UNHCR
  • US Most Armed Country with 90 Guns per 100 People
  • Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigations
  • Higher CO2 May Imperil Grasslands
  • US Suspends Vast ADVISE Data-Sifting System
  • US, Russia 'Must Unite to Fight Weapons of Mass Destruction'
  • Bush Mideast Peace Plan Met with Scepticism

    Monday, August 27

  • Poll: Young Voters Disenchanted With Republican Party
  • Iraqi Insurgents Taking Cut of US Rebuilding Money
  • Protest To Meet Bush At Legion meeting
  • 'Cage Bush, Not Sydney'
  • Police Tear-Gas Farmers In Clash Over French GM Crops
  • Gonzales Resigns as Attorney General

    Sunday, August 26

  • Kennebunkport Anti-War Rally: 'Ready for a Change'
  • Iran Moves To Assert Power In The Middle East
  • UWorking With the Enemy: Adam Werbach used to call Wal-Mart toxic. Now the company is his biggest client.
  • 11th Hour: Moment Has Come to 'Heal' the Earth, Film Argues
  • Cancer in Iraq Vets Raises Possibility of Toxic Exposure

    Saturday, August 25

  • Quebec Police defend Rock-Wielding Undercover Officer
  • Steep Price Paid by Those Who Blew Whistle on Iraq Fraud
  • GIs' Morale Dips as Iraq War Drags On
  • US Surge Sees 600,000 More Iraqis Abandon Home

    Friday, August 24

  • Liberal Blogger Targets 'Bush Dog' Dems
  • Role of Telecom Firms in Wiretaps Is Confirmed
  • Mutiny Shakes US Food Aid Industry
  • How Iraq War Backers Morphed Into "Critics"
  • World Faces Threat From New Deadly Diseases As Scientists Struggle To Keep Up, Say Experts
  • California Voters Souring on Democratic Congress, Field Poll Finds
  • Democratic Presidential Contenders Trash NAFTA
  • More Iraqis Said to Flee Since Troop Increase

    Thursday, August 23

  • Protesters To Return To Kennebunkport This Weekend
  • Grace Paley, Writer and Activist, Dies
  • Police Planted Provocateurs, Protesters Say
  • Senator and Filmmaker Take On Fox News
  • Code Pink Activist Talks About Iran, Meeting With Joe Lieberman
  • Rule to Expand Mountaintop Coal Mining
  • Iraq: The Vanishing Coalition
  • Surprise: The Rich Get Richer and The Poor Get More Numerous
  • Texas Executes 400th Inmate
  • Bush Accused of Twisting History Over Iraq, Asia War Links

    Wednesday, August 22

  • We Stack Up Poorly as Nation of Readers
  • Minnesota Law Sheds Light on Drug Companies
  • Another US Military Operation in Iraq, More Unrest
  • White House Manual Details How to Deal With Protesters
  • Bush Must Release Global Warming Reports
  • Prescribing Surfboards for Peace
  • Not So Fast, Christian Soldiers

    Tuesday, August 21

  • US Lawmakers Get No Respite at Home on Iraq Debate
  • ACLU Report Says Few Cities Have Policies on Video Surveillance
  • US Media Curtail Iraq War Coverage: Study
  • Protestors Rage Against North America Summit
  • MIDEAST: US Arms Create New Divisions
  • US Foreign Policy Experts Oppose Bush's Surge
  • Psychologists Oppose Torture Yet Vote to Attend Terror Interrogations

    Monday, August 20

  • US Lawmakers Get No Respite at Home on Iraq Debate
  • ACLU Report Says Few Cities Have Policies on Video Surveillance
  • US Media Curtail Iraq War Coverage: Study
  • Protestors Rage Against North America Summit
  • MIDEAST: US Arms Create New Divisions
  • US Foreign Policy Experts Oppose Bush's Surge
  • Psychologists Oppose Torture Yet Vote to Attend Terror Interrogations
  • Heathrow Protest Reaches its Climax as Peaceful Protest Turns to Clashes with Riot Police
  • Death Toll From Iraq Bombings Likely To Be Worst of War

    Sunday, August 19

  • Plastic Car Will Be World's Cheapest
  • Getting Cold to Spread Global Warming Message
  • Commerce, Treasury Funds Helped Boost GOP Campaigns
  • Americans are Flocking to a Hi-Tech Creation Museum Where Man and Dinosaurs Frolick Happily Together
  • US Castoffs Resuming Dirty Career
  • Military Commanders Tell Brown to Withdraw from Iraq Without Delay

    Saturday, August 18

  • Slain Civil Rights Worker's Mother Dies
  • Singapore and Iraq - Contrasts in Water Management
  • US Actions Against Iran Raise War Risk, Many Fear
  • Padilla Case Offers a New Model of Terrorism Trial
  • Hot Weather Forces Partial Shutdown of TVA Nuclear Plant
  • Peace Camp Stresses Unity in Diversity
  • Subtle Songs of Protest Hit a High Note

    Friday, August 17

  • Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Low
  • Couple Arrested at Bush Rally Settles Lawsuit for $80,000
  • US Paid $1 Million to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers
  • US Democrats Slam 'Political Spin' over Iraq Report
  • Climate Change: Deniers Jump on NASA Gaff, While Greenland on Verge of Meltdown
  • Russia's Flag-Planting Ignites Calls for US to Join Sea Treaty
  • US Food Aid is 'Wrecking' Africa, Claims Charity
  • Media Critic Solomon Pushes Limits of Fair-Use in New Documentary

    Thursday, August 16

  • Backlash Over Book on Policy for Israel
  • An Early Clash Over Iraq Report
  • DOD Stops Plan to Send Christian Video Game to Troops in Iraq
  • US Defends Surveillance to 3 Skeptical Judges
  • Mounties, CIA Implicated in Arar Torture Scandal
  • ACLU: Patriot Act, Free Speech Clash
  • Iran's Revolutionary Guards Scoff At US Blacklist Plan
  • Cancer Panel Attacks US Food Subsidies
  • Death Toll From Iraq Bombings Likely To Be Worst of War

    Wednesday, August 15

  • A Nation's Brutal Approach to Punishment
  • Higher Standards of Living May Be Behind Europe's Height Advantage
  • Most California Voters Want to Pull US Troops out of Iraq, Field Poll Shows
  • Bush's Lethal Legacy: More Executions
  • Scientists Warn Arctic Sea Ice is Melting At Its Fastest Rate Since Records Began
  • We've Been Neglected and Let Down Say Combat Troops
  • World Faces New Threats of Water Scarcity
  • US Tags Iran for Casualties from Its Own Attacks
  • Fired US Attorneys: Were There Others?
  • US Weighing Terrorist Label for Iran Guards

    Tuesday, August 14

  • U.N. Web Site Hacked With Anti-War Post
  • Prices for Key Foods Are Rising Sharply
  • Resolved: Public Corporations Shall Take Us Seriously
  • Gonzales Could Get Say in States' Executions
  • Study: Half of Nation's Poor Don't Get Food Stamps
  • Wolfowitz 'Tried to Censor World Bank on Climate Change'

    Monday, August 13

  • US 'Surge' in Iraq 'Likely to Fail': British Lawmakers
  • Heathrow Eco-Protesters Steal a March on Police
  • Code Pink: Hungry for End to War, Activists Set Up Camp
  • US Tumbles Down the World Ratings List for Life Expectancy
  • Bush's Political Guru Karl Rove to Resign at End of Month

    Sunday, August 12

  • US Doles Out Millions For Street Cameras
  • Suddenly, the Hunt Is On for Cage-Free Eggs
  • Democrats Say Leaving Iraq May Take Years
  • People in 41 Nations Are Living Longer Than Americans
  • At World Bank, Climate Change Isn't Part of The Equation
  • Fatigue Cripples US Army In Iraq

    Saturday, August 11

  • American Bar Association Criticizes Bush Terror Policies
  • Police To Use Terror Laws On Heathrow Climate Protesters
  • Guantánamo Man's Family Release 'Torture' Dossier
  • Bush, Congress Could Collide On Iran
  • Bush War Adviser Says Draft Worth a Look

    Friday, August 10

  • Global Warming Enabled Russia's Arctic Land Grab, and Now It Could Get Worse.
  • Analysts See 'Simply Incredible' Shrinking of Floating Ice in the Arctic
  • Anbar "Turnaround" Undercuts War Rationale
  • Cheney Urging Strikes On Iran
  • Canadian Military Keeping Tabs on Peace Activists?

    Thursday, August 9

  • States Feel Left Out Of Disaster Planning
  • Study: Outlook Bleaker for Migrants
  • HEALTH-INDIA: Novartis Patents Case Far From Dead
  • UN Staff Oppose Proposed Iraq Resolution
  • Attitudes on Gays in Military Shifting
  • US Political Climate Ripe for Grassroots Groups
  • PACs and Lobbyists Aided Obama's Rise
  • Nonwhites Becoming More of a Majority
  • British Criticize US Air Attacks in Afghan Region

    Wednesday, August 8

  • Wild Weather a Taste of Things to Come
  • US Bombs Shiite Gang as Baghdad Pilgrimage Begins
  • Humans Drive Rare Dolphin to Extinction
  • Poll: Iraqis Oppose Oil Privatization
  • Trappings of Modern Life Bring an Early Death to Valley of the Immortals
  • 1.4 Million Iraqis Push Syria to Edge
  • Pakistan Leader Says Talk of US Strikes Hurts Terror Fight
  • In Case of Apocalypse Later, a Plan to Ensure America's Regreening

    Tuesday, August 7

  • Iraq Power System 'Near Collapse'
  • NYPD Surveillance Files of RNC Protests Ordered Released
  • Gore: Polluters Finance Research to Cast Doubt on Global Warming
  • Hillary Clinton Aide's PR Firm is Under Attack
  • The Bloody Failure of 'The Surge': A Special Report
  • Universal Peace Day: Activists Warn of Ongoing Nuclear Threat
  • Polls Find Broad Support for Greater Altruism
  • Bush Climate Meeting Draws Doubts About Action

    Monday, August 6

  • Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2007: Aim for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
  • Human Error May Have Led to Hoof and Mouth Outbreak
  • Veterans' Rare Cancers Raise Fears of Toxic Battlefields
  • A Veteran General Hears Echoes from Vietnam in Iraq
  • Power Cuts Worsen as Iraqi Grid Nears Collapse
  • A Blaring Call for Impeachment

    Sunday, August 5

  • 'Obama Targeted Pakistan To Get Boost In Polls'
  • US Arms Sales Preserve Israel's Edge
  • 5 Arrested While Protesting Nuke Plant
  • Democratic Party Is Growing More Liberal

    Saturday, August 4

  • Hillary Faces Boos from Bloggers
  • Pakistani Official Urges NATO to Quit Afghanistan
  • Lawmaker Calls for Registry of Drug Firms Paying Doctors
  • Senate Passes Bush-Backed Spy Bill
  • Everglades Decision Criticized
  • At US Base, Iraqis Must Use Separate Latrine

    Friday, August 3

  • Iraq Veterans Suffer Stress and Alcoholism
  • Russians Plant Flag on the Arctic Seabed
  • Abe Defeat Could Impact Support for US.
  • Angry Men Get Ahead While Angry Women Penalized: Study
  • China Arrests Pro-Tibet Protesters
  • As Iraq Costs Soar, Contractors Earn Record Profits
  • MIDEAST: Bush Revs Up Lemon of a Peace Policy
  • District of Columbia to Pay $1 Million to Protesters
  • Bush Urges Congress to Pass Wiretap Bill

    Thursday, August 2

  • Ohio Abortion Law Would give Fathers a Say State Legislators Propose Change; Opponents Blast Bill as 'Extreme'
  • 'Impeach Bush' Sign in Kent, Ohio, Gets Man a Day in Court
  • Disaster Looms in Land Built for Peace and Harmony
  • Bush Invokes Executive Privilege for Rove in Attorney Firings
  • Bush Invokes Executive Privilege for Rove in Attorney Firings
  • US Cannot Account for 190,000 Guns in Iraq: Report
  • In Terrorism-Law Case, Chiquita Points to US
  • Murdoch's Expanding Empire Seen as "Ominous"
  • US-India Deal Said to 'Increase Nuclear Danger'

    Wednesday, August 1

  • Thousands of Unpaid Teens Bag Groceries for Wal-Mart
  • O, Canada! More Americans Heading North
  • As US Income Stagnates, Democrats Reject Free Trade
  • Automakers Back Higher Fuel-Economy Standards
  • Japan's Hybrid Train Hailed as the Future of Rail Travel
  • US Military Doctors Criticized Over Force-Feeding
  • Warming of Glaciers Threatens Millions in China
  • US Energy Bill Aids Expansion of Atomic Power
  • Budget Office Analysis Says War Could Cost $1 Trillion
  • Obama 'Would Send Troops into Pakistan'

    July 2007

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