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June 2007

Saturday, June 30

  • Blackwater Blues for Dead Contractors' Families
  • U.S. Account of Afghan Deaths at Odds With Head of Rights Group
  • US Social Forum: 'We're Living a Nightmare Called Katrina'
  • Presidential Scholar Confronts the President; Gives Bush Letter Decrying Torture

    Friday, June 29

  • Marines Drop Case Against Anti-War Iraq Veteran
  • ACLU Seeks to End Ban on Sales of Shirt Listing Iraq War Dead
  • When Veggies 'Committed Suicide' to Spread a Message
  • Fairness Doctrine Hammered 309-115
  • Bush Plays al Qaida Card to Bolster Support for Iraq Policy
  • FCC Hearing Draws Criticism of Local News Programming
  • Louisiana Teen Guilty In School Beating Case
  • Cheney, Master of Stealth, Readies Himself For The Final Act of 'Imperial' Vice-Presidency
  • Extreme Weather Wakes US Up To Climate Change
  • 2007 Seen As Second Warmest Year As Climate Shifts
  • Bush Loses On Immigration; His Presidency Fading Fast Too

    Thursday, June 28

  • WHO: 77,000 Die Annually in Asia-Pacific from Climate Change
  • New Hampshire Dem Leader is . . . Al Gore
  • Rep. Pelosi Reminds the Left that She's on its Side
  • US Image Plunges in Global Survey
  • Around the Globe, Farmers Losing Ground
  • Blair's Middle East Role Tainted by Associations with Bush, Say Critics
  • PBush Won't Supply Subpoenaed Documents

    Wednesday, June 27

  • Saudi Prince Bandar Bribery Case Crosses the Atlantic
  • Going Backwards: US Jail, Prison Popluation Has Biggest Rise in 6 Years
  • Pakistanis Baffled by US Support for Their Military Regime
  • White House, Cheney's Office, Subpoenaed
  • US: Bush Suffers More Defections on Iraq
  • Out-of-Afghanistan Rumblings on The Hill
  • FBI Whistleblower Describes Government Muscle Tactics
  • First-Ever US Social Forum Begins
  • New Poll Finds That Young Americans Are Leaning Left
  • Planet of The Slums: UN Warns Urban Populations Set To Double

    Tuesday, June 26

  • CIA Releases Key 1970s Files, Including Spying on Journos
  • U.S. Conference of Mayors Takes a Stand: Out of Iraq!
  • Blair as Peace Envoy Would Be 'Disaster for Palestinians'
  • US Cotton Subsidies Cost W. Africa Millions: Report
  • US Muslims Face Isolation, Radical Threat: Study
  • Cheney May Meet his Match in Democratic Rep. Emanuel
  • Africa United in Rejecting US Request for Military HQ
  • Owl's 'Critical Habitat' May Be Reduced
  • Ex-Governor Says He Was Target of Republican Plot
  • New Scrutiny as Immigrants Die in Custody

    Monday, June 25

  • Student Loses Ruling Over "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"
  • Court OKs Special-Interest "Issue Ads" Close to Elections
  • Rich Nations Blamed for Global Warming
  • Meeting Seeks to Find Plan for Darfur
  • Audubon Warns of Decline in Some Bird Populations
  • IRAQ: Women Resist Return to Sectarian Laws
  • Canada's Bishops Veto Synod on Gay Blessings
  • Black Recruits' Totals Down a Third Since '01

    Sunday, June 24

  • Vigil Raises 'Voices Against Terror'
  • Immigration Bill Ignites Grassroots Fire
  • Neo-cons Spinning Hearts and Minds
  • Cheney Eclipsed Debate on Terror suspects
  • Rev. Jesse Jackson Arrested During Anti-Gun Protest

    Saturday, June 23

  • Vets: Military is Attacking Free Speech
  • Sweden: Going Green
  • Nominee for a Top Justice Dept. Post Withdraws
  • Darfur Conflict Heralds Era of Wars Triggered by Climate Change, UN Report Warns
  • Karzai Angry Over West's Tactics
  • Bush Claims Oversight Exemption Too
  • Officer Criticizes Military Tribunals

    Friday, June 22

  • US Vote Could Close 'School of the Americas'
  • Indonesia: Mud Volcano Sullies Top Investment Firms
  • CIA to Reveal 'Skeletons'
  • Senate Adopts an Energy Bill Raising Mileage for Cars
  • With Iraq Play, Students Act on Beliefs
  • Nuclear Watchdog Might Not Cope in Atomic Crisis
  • Guantanamo 'a Source of Frustration' for White House
  • Michael Moore's 'Sicko' Leaves Top Democrats Ill at Ease

    Thursday, June 21

  • Cheney Power Grab: Says White House Rules Don't Apply to Him
  • Nader Ponders Run, Calls Clinton 'Coward'
  • US-IRAN: New Arms Claim Reveals Cheney-Military Rift
  • High Court Has Been Good For Business
  • Inmates' Words: The Poems of Guantanamo
  • Renewable Revolution Is Here, Says UN Report

    Wednesday, June 20

  • Documentary: Law gives Military Access to Student Data
  • EU Urged Not to Give Up Poverty Fight
  • Justice Dept. Opts Out of Whistle-Blower Suits
  • China Passes US as World's Biggest CO2 Emitter
  • As Glaciers Melt and Rivers Dry Up, Coal-Fired Power Stations Multiply
  • 'Just Security': US as Global Partner, Not Global Boss

    Tuesday, June 19

  • Missing White House e-Mails May Have Violated Law, Panel Says
  • Dems Push for Voter Suppression Probe
  • Gay-Rights Groups Buoyed by Recent Gains
  • Bush and Rumsfeld 'Knew about Abu Ghraib'
  • Justice Official Accused of Blocking Suits into Alleged Violations
  • Protesters' Hunger Strikes Stir Worry on Campuses
  • US Agencies Disobey 6 Laws that President Challenged
  • At 90, an Environmentalist From the '70s Still Has Hope

    Monday, June 18

  • Millions of Desperate Iraqis Stream into Syria
  • Iraq Now Ranked Second Among World's Failed States
  • Newly Empowered Democrats Draw Wrath of Voters
  • Global Warming to Multiply World's Refugee Burden
  • Seven Afghan Children Killed in Strike on 'Al-Qaeda Hideout'
  • Italian Judge Suspends CIA Trial
  • Democrats Press Plan to Channel Billions in Oil Subsidies to Renewable Fuels

    Sunday, June 17

  • Israel Plans Attack on Gaza
  • The General's Report
  • Wonder of Nature Under Threat from Illegal Logging
  • UN declares Gandhi's Birthday as Day of Non-Violence
  • Gulf Arabs Won't be Base for Attack on Iran: Saudi

    Saturday, June 16

  • Private US Security Companies Involved in Iraqi Hostilities
  • Iran Strategy Stirs Debate at White House
  • Telesur: Building a TV Station and a Platform for Leftists
  • Bush Faces Crises from Palestine to Pakistan

    Friday, June 15

  • 'Iraq Summer' hopes to isolate President Bush
  • New White House Adviser Spins Revolving Door Again
  • Protestors Spring Big Hoax on Oil Expo Audience
  • Right of Gays to Marry Set for Years to Come
  • Delay Denied, Libby Is Seen as Weeks From Prison
  • Hamas Declares Victory
  • Capitalize on Disasters to Make Peace, Say Researchers

    Thursday, June 14

  • Arrowsic 'End War' Vote Wins Handily
  • Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyer Can't Recall His Role in Controversial Policies
  • FBI Audit Finds Widespread Abuse in Data Collection
  • Bush Plunges to New Low in Poll
  • A New General for God's Army?
  • Iraq War: Report Calls on UN to End "Complicity of Silence"
  • Nobel Laureate Calls for Post-Kyoto Treaty
  • Organic Food Helps Revive Fortunes of Europe's Farmers
  • World Oil Supplies Set to Run Out Faster than Expected, Warn Scientists
  • Satirist Draws from Life for New Bush Cartoon
  • China Overtaking US for Fast Internet Access as Africa gets Left Behind

    Wednesday, June 13

  • Officials Rebuked For Disclosing Rove's Connection To Firing of U.S. Attorney
  • Surviving War, Slowly Dying at Home
  • Fatah, Hamas on Brink of Civil War
  • Moore Lobbies Sacramento For Healing
  • Setback for Ill Workers at Nuclear Bomb Plant
  • Secret UN Report Condemns US for Middle East Failures

    Tuesday, June 12

  • Camp Lejeune Water Under Scrutiny
  • FBI Data Mining Program Raises Eyebrows in Congress
  • Approval of Congress Lowest in a decade
  • Cheney's Iran-Arms-to-Taliban Gambit Rebuffed
  • US Congress Urged to Support Permanent UN Force
  • Civilians Bear Brunt of Conflict in Afghanistan: ICRC
  • Pentagon Can't Hold 'Enemy Combatant,' Court Rules

    Monday, June 11

  • Global Military Spending Hits $1.2 Trillion, Study Says
  • No Signs of Phaseout for Guantanamo
  • American to Recast Hiroshima's Message
  • Lieberman Urges Iran Air Strike
  • Beijing Probes Olympic Sweat Shop Charges
  • China's e-Waste Capital Chokes on old Computers
  • U.S. Relies on Sudan Despite Condemning It
  • Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP Ties

    Sunday, June 10

  • Growers Fear the Sting of Bee Die-Off
  • Joint US-Israeli Military Exercises Begin
  • Chinese Leave Guantánamo for Albanian Limbo
  • Protesting for Peace With a Vivid Hue and Cry
  • Thousands of Demonstrators Protest Bush Visit to Rome

    Saturday, June 9

  • European Agency Details Alleged Secret Prison Activity
  • Ruling Likely to Spur Convictions in Capital Cases
  • G8: Much Talk, Too Few Results
  • USDA May Relax Standards for Organic Foods
  • Bush Hires Lawyers to Fight Legal Battles with Congress
  • IRAQ: Blood, Sweat and Tears at New U.S. Embassy
  • Blackwater Sues Families of Slain Employees to Shut Them Up

    Friday, June 8

  • In a Corner of Old Sicily, a Battle To Keep Out Texas Oil Men
  • The 'Good Guys' Chastise the G8 'Villains'
  • Is US Eyeing UN as Dumping Ground for Iraq?
  • Chronically Leaky Pipeline Given The Greenlight - Again
  • Democrats Face Off Over Emissions Bill
  • British Contractor Paid Saudi, Reports Say
  • Democrats May Subpoena N.S.A. Documents
  • UN Official Calls for No More G8 Summits
  • CIA Ran Secret Prisons for Detainees in Europe, Says Inquiry

    Thursday, June 7

  • Coke Faces New Charges in India, Including 'Greenwashing'
  • Landmarks Threatened by Warming, Report Says
  • Bush's Lectures on Democracy Fall on Deaf Ears
  • Bush Dashes Blair Hopes of Breakthrough on Climate Change Deal
  • Cheney Blocked Official's Promotion
  • Climate Changes Already Affecting the West, Experts Tell Senate
  • G8: 'We Will Block You' - At Least to a Moderate Degree
  • Gay Rights Groups Decry Surgeon General Nominee
  • US Accused Over '39 Ghost Detainees'

    Wednesday, June 6

  • Could al Qaeda Attack Trigger War With Iran?
  • Bush Relaunches Campaign For Democracy But US Policy Provokes Backlash Across The World
  • UK and US Must Quit Iraq Quickly, Says Former Ambassador
  • Daryl Hannah Joins Amazon Protesters Taking On Oil Giant
  • Bloodshed Is Spreading Across Afghanistan, Warn Aid Workers
  • US Torpedoes Hopes For G8 Climate Deal

    Tuesday, June 5

  • A Top Clinton Aide Draws Criticism From Unions
  • Massacres and Paramilitary Land Seizures Behind the Biofuel Revolution
  • Guantánamo Trials in Chaos After Judge Throws Out Two Cases
  • Facing G8 Summit Failure, Germany Braces Itself
  • Libby Gets 30 Months in Prison in C.I.A. Leak Case
  • Experts Cast Doubt on Credibility of JFK Terror Plot

    Monday, June 4

  • European Voters Say No Thanks to US Missile Plan
  • Vet Vows to Continue Speaking Out
  • US Can Forget About Winning in Iraq: Top Retired General
  • Melting Ice, Snow to Hit Livelihoods Worldwide: UN
  • US Military Pondered Love Not War
  • Sicko? The Truth About the US Healthcare System
  • US Border Vigilantes Declare War on Themselves
  • Commanders Say Push in Baghdad Is Short of Goal


    Sunday, June 3

  • Global Wildlife Trade Talks Focus on Species Survival, Human Livelihood
  • Gorbachev Criticizes US 'Empire'
  • Global Warming 'Is Three Times Faster Than Worst Predictions'
  • Infighting Splits US War Protesters
  • Investigator Faults Colonel for Actions During Killings
  • Young Detainee Faces War-Crime Charges
  • Thousand Hurt in Anti-G8 Protest, Police Arrest 128 People


    Saturday, June 2

  • Greenland Ice Melt Speeds Up
  • White House Revises Post-Disaster Protocol


    Friday, June 1

  • Bush Kills Off Hopes for G8 Climate Change Plan
  • Abortion: The Hysteria that Divides the US
  • Surge Dirge: Bush administration appears to have given up hope of maintaining 'surge' strategy into next year.
  • Toward a Green Economy
  • Coffin Delays Clinton Fundraiser
  • G8: Sailing Against Ecological Debt
  • Despite Suspect Safety, Dietary Supplements Receive Little Oversight
  • US Paid Nearly $31 Million in Condolence Payments to Iraqis, Afghanis
  • Group Wants Sheehan's Land, But She's Not selling to Just Anyone


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