Headlines - November 2009
Friday November 20, 2009
- Biodiversity Loss Is Earth's 'Immense and Hidden' Tragedy, Darwin's 'Natural Heir' Warns
- My Lai Photographer Ron Haeberle Exposed a Vietnam Massacre 40 Years Ago Today in The Plain Dealer
- Tea Partyers Turn on Each Other
- CIA 'Ran Secret Prison for al-Qaeda' in Lithuanian Riding School
- Report Says Nuclear Plants Are Poisoning Our Water
- Court Rejects David Miliband Bid to Suppress CIA Evidence
- UN Urges Global Action on Children
- SOA Watch Marks 20th Anniversary of Assassinations
- Fed Beaten: Bill to Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle
Thursday November 19, 2009
- Belgian PM Named as EU President
- US Residents Fight for the Right to Hang Laundry
- Republicans Berate Geithner, Call for Him to Resign
- Iran Demands US Free Its Assets After Obama Warning
- Rage at UC Fee Hike in L.A., Berkeley Protests
- US Makes Debut Attendance at Hague War Crimes Court
- Fine and Inquiry Possible for Blackwater Successor
- All Afghan Detainees Likely Tortured: Diplomat
- Senate Dems Close in on Reform: Details of Health Care Bill Revealed
- Court: Negligence by US Army Corps Caused Katrina Flooding
- Activists to Peg Climate Actions to Science
- 'Liberation Was Just a Big Lie'
Wednesday November 18, 2009
- Report Details 'Coal's Assault on Human Health'
- Push to Curb Credit-Card Rates Fades
- Rising CO2 Will Cause Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Finds Antarctic Study
- Senate Democrats Plan to Unveil Healthcare Bill
- Netanyahu Shrugs off Worldwide Criticism
- Obama Admits Guantanamo Won't Close by Jan. Deadline
- Labor Fight Ends in Win for Students
- Poor Women 'Bear Climate Burden'
- 'For Afghans, There Is No Refuge'
- Iraqis Say British Army Used Guantánamo Interrogation Methods
Tuesday November 17, 2009
- Nato Chief Promises Afghanistan Will Get 'Substantially More Forces'
- Geithner Singled Out in TARP Watchdog Neil Barofsky's Scathing Report on AIG Bailout
- Bogus Bidder Loses Shot at Global-Warming Defense
- Great Barrier Reef 'Will Die' Unless Carbon Emissions Slashed
- Remembering Andrea Lewis
- Biotech Crops Cause Big Jump in Pesticide Use: Report
- Senate Liberals Press Reid on Public Option
- America's Economic Pain Brings Hunger Pangs
- For 12-Year-Old Without an Arm, Insurance Has Run Out
- US Politician Wants American Jews to Buy West Bank Homes
- Age of Cyber Warfare Is 'Dawning'
Monday November 16, 2009
- Where Have All the Protests Gone? US Students in Limbo
- Farmers Not Invited to Food Summit?
- China Rounds up Dissidents as President Obama Touches Down in Beijing
- Texas Accounts for Half of Executions in US but Now Has Doubts Over Death Row
- Australian PM Kevin Rudd Issues Apology to British Child Migrants
- Palestinians to Ask for UN Recognition
- Privatizing Water System Could Be a Risky Move for Chicago
- US Unveils Extended Bagram Prison
Sunday November 15, 2009
Saturday November 14, 2009
Friday November 13, 2009
- Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan
- Canada's Tar Sands Are the Future of Oil Production: Oil Exec.
- Insurer Enlists Employees to Fight Health Reform
- Will South Carolina Become the Nation's New Yucca Mountain?
- Invest in Nature Now, Save Trillions Later: Study
- Obama's Pesticide-Pushing Nominee
- Rift in US War Cabinet as Obama Throws out All Options in Debate Over Troop Surge
- UN Investigator Accuses US of Shameful Neglect of Homeless
- Will Nader Challenge Dodd?
Thursday November 12, 2009
- Shooting Itself in the Foot, Brazil Spreads Concrete Through the Rainforest
- Anti-Landmine Activists See Hope for US Shift
- UN Food Summit 'Fails Before It Begins'
- Red Cross Says Millions of Displaced Are Neglected
- Honduras Accord Is on Verge of Collapse
- Activists Take Aim at Democratic, Republican Cash
- BP Faces Damages Claim Over Pipeline Through Colombian Farmland
- Report Shows Pfizer Fudged Drug Studies
- Official: Obama Wants His War Options Changed
- Financial Firms Fight Giving Government Breakup Powers
- Rendition Redux?
Wednesday November 11, 2009
- Afghan Future Threatened by Ex-Warlords in Gov't
- Obama War Council Weighs Afghan Troop Boost
- Lack of Health Care Killed 2,266 US Veterans Last Year: Study
- UN: 200 Million Kids Have Stunted Growth
- Plan for Bhopal Tours Causes Outrage
- 9/11's Delayed Legacy: Cancer for Many of the Rescue Workers
- Pharma Deal With White House on Course to Net Industry Billions
- India Ramps up Nuclear Power With Help From the United States
- Yoo's Lawyers Warn of Flood of Political Suits
- Vets Battle Unemployment and War Injuries
Tuesday November 10, 2009
- Blackwater Said to Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings
- Video Shows Taliban With US Weapons
- Lack of Health Care Worsens Women's Life Quality: WHO
- Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?
- Koalas 'Could Face Extinction'
- Guantanamo Conditions 'Deteriorate'
- Key Oil Figures Were Distorted by US Pressure, Says Whistleblower
Monday November 9, 2009
- Tony Podesta: Turning Change Into Dollars
- Abortion Rights Groups Now Oppose House Health Care Bill
- Gays Organize DNC Boycott
- Soldiers Claim War Zone Contractors Exposed Them to Toxins
- Bernie Sanders Pledges to Hang Tough for Strong Public-Option
- Kucinich Withdraws as Palm Beach County Democratic Keynoter Amid Uproar over His Israel Stance
- Global Poll: Widespread Dissatisfaction with Free-Market Capitalism
- Healthcare Bill Faces Tough Path in Senate
- Iraqis Pass Election Law Crucial to US Withdrawal Plans
Sunday November 8, 2009
Saturday November 7, 2009
- Obama Leaning Toward 34,000 More Troops for Afghanistan
- Report: 237 Millionaires in Congress
- Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%
- Noam Chomsky: 'US Foreign Policy is Straight Out of the Mafia'
- Coal Ash from U.S. Blamed for Dominican Town's Birth Defects
- Recovery? The 10.2% Without Jobs Might Beg to Differ
- Democrats to Resolve Abortion Impasse on the House Floor
Friday November 6, 2009
- Democrat Gives Up Single-Payer Measure to Back Party Leaders
- Climate Talks End on Divided Note
- Civil Unrest Has a Role in Stopping Climate Change, Says Gore
- Indoor Plants Could Save Your Life
- US Fed Up With Troops Dying to Prop Up Karzai
- US Jobless Rate Surpasses 10% to Hit 26-Year High
- UN Endorses Gaza War Crimes Report
- Bernie Sanders Tackles Too Big to Fail in Two Pages
- Zelaya Says Honduras Crisis Deal Has Failed
- Credit Card Firms Hurry to Raise Rates
Thursday November 5, 2009
- Spokane Considers Community Bill of Rights
- Pentagon Pursuing New Investigation Into Bush Propaganda Program
- Pelosi: Single-Payer Amendment Breaks Obama's Health Care Promise
- Afghans Protest Against US After Missile Strike
- Coke to Bring You Advice About Health and Soft Drinks
- UN to Evacuate 600 Foreign Staff From Afghanistan
- Friends of the Earth Attacks Carbon Trading
- Ousted Honduran Leader Asks for Clinton's Stand on Coup
- Congress Out of Step With Public on Intl Law?
- Health Care Reform's Missing Piece: Elder Care
Wednesday November 4, 2009
- It’s a Dirty Business — The New Gold Rush That Is Blackening Canada’s Name
- US Voices Alarm at Level of Afghan Corruption
- Italy Convicts Former CIA Agents in Renditions Trial
- African Nations Make a Stand at UN Climate Talks
- Mousavi Supporters Clash With Police in Tehran
- US Diplomats Meet Burmese Leaders
- US House Rejects Goldstone Report
- No Sunset for Sweeping Patriot Act Powers?
- Binding Treaty No Longer a Realistic Goal for Climate Summit, UN Chief Concedes
- Gay Marriage Repealed in Maine
Tuesday November 3, 2009
- One in Five Mammals Threatened With Extinction
- Claude Levi-Strauss, 100: Reshaped Field of Anthropology
- Afghan War Vets Patrol Halls of Congress to Stop Troop Escalation
- Lobbying Cash Obscures US Climate Debate
- As Maine Goes, So Goes Gay Marriage
- Govt Lawyers Seek to Quash Rendition Lawsuit
- British Break up Several Bailed-Out Banks
- In Fight Over Credit Rules, Elizabeth Warren Wields a Plan
- UN Assembly Draft Urges Action on Gaza 'War Crimes'
Monday November 2, 2009
- Kilimanjaro's Snows Melt Away in Dramatic Evidence of Climate Change
- Climate Negotiators Grow Impatient at Lack of Leadership From America
- Berlin, Israel, Mexico: Walls Across the World
- Palestinians Criticize US U-Turn on Settlements
- US Court Denies Maher Arar's Appeal
- The New Faces of Day Labor
- Karzai Declared Afghan President, Run-Off Scrapped
- Leaking Oil Rig in Timor Sea Catches Fire
- Toxic Contaminants: The Other Scourge
- Audit: KBR Must Trim Iraq Work Force or Face Fines
- Diamond Producers Meet on 'Conflict Diamonds'
- The Paradox of US Healthcare