Headlines - October 2007
Wednesday October 31, 2007
- Thousands of Kids Will Give Chocolates Back Tonight, With a Message
- Americans Oppose Media Market Concentration: Survey
- SOA Protest Draws Scant Support From Candidates
- Is US Stuck in Internet's Slow Lane?
- Kucinich Questions Bush's Mental Health Over Iran
- Nader Sues Democrats, Saying They Sabotaged His '04 Campaign
- Jailed Rice Protester Surprised by Dearth of Security at Hearing
- Code Pink Punks 'Politico' in Blackwater Hoax
- State Department Under Fire Over Reported Blackwater Immunity
- UN Spurns Cuba Embargo for 17th Year
- Tamping the Flames of War With Iran
Tuesday October 30, 2007
- New York May Join Crackdown On Plastic Bags
- Ignoring Nature, We Build Our Way Into Fire's Path
- When Blackwater Kills, No Questions Asked
- Gendercide at Apocalyptic Levels - Experts
- Israel's Decision To Cut Power In Gaza Is Illegal, says UN
- On Torture, 2 Messages and a High Political Cost
- UN: Try or Release Enemy Combatants
- US Resisting Ban on Cluster Bombs
Monday October 29, 2007
- Rumsfeld Charged with Torture in French Court
- Lawyer Group Wants Executions Frozen
- Resurgence of Nooses Reminds African Americans of Past Horrors
- Study: Media Focused On Tactics Not Issues
- Indian 'Slave' Children Found Making Low-Cost Clothes Destined For Gap
- Green Housing Not Just for the Rich
- Desmond Tutu Likens Israeli Actions to Apartheid
- Protests Targeted War Funding
Sunday October 28, 2007
Saturday October 27, 2007
- In Turkey, Pressure Builds to Attack Iraq
- Putin: US Risks New Cuban Missile Crisis
- We Must Bomb Iran, Says US Republican Guru
- For a Devotee of Solar Energy, a Shot at Earning Respect
- Darfur Peace Talks Will Fail, Says Rebel Leader
- Canadian Protesters Stranded in DC
- Guantanamo Military Lawyer Breaks Ranks to Condemn 'Unconscionable' Detention
Friday October 26, 2007
- Ex-Marine, Top Analyst Calls For Humane Foreign Policy
- FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA
- The Edge of Oblivion: Conservationists Name 25 Primates about To Disappear
- Monkeys, Apes Teeter On Brink of Extinction
- Military Supplier Is Charged With Fraud
- US Military Ignored Evidence of Iraqi-Made EFPs
- 'Non-Lethal Weapons' Tackle Protests Against Globalization
- Another Way The Rich Are Different: 'Concierge-Level' Fire Protection
- US Ignores Angry Reaction To Secret Poppy Spraying Test
- Rights Groups File French Torture Case vs Rumsfeld
- The World of Private 'Security': Unleashed: The Fat Cats of War
Thursday October 25, 2007
- Earth Is Reaching The Point of No Return, Says Major UN Environment Report
- Updated: US Peace Activist, Retired Col. Ann Wright, Detained at Ottawa Airport
- Rice Admits US Erred in Deportation, But Offers No Apology For Rendition
- Iraq Determined to Expel Blackwater USA
- Wars Could Cost $2.4 Trillion Over Decade, Analysis Says
- White House Admits Redactions On Testimony: Some Senators Want Answers
- Actors, Musicians Urge New Approach on AIDS
- New Steps by US Against Iranians
- Probe Finds Taser Use on Student Was OK
- Israel Approves Gaza Power Cuts
Wednesday October 24, 2007
- Protester Waves Blood-Colored Hands in Rice's Face
- Mother Nature's Revenge Against Human Development
- Warming Could Wipe Out Half of All Species
- Ex-Attorney General Says Politics Drove Federal Prosecution
- Peace Activists to Retest Border Policy
- Twelve Years and Counting for Burma's Suu Kyi
- White House 'Eviscerated' CDC Testimony Regarding Climate Change and Health
Tuesday October 23, 2007
- Bush Says Missile Defense 'Urgent' In Europe
- Kucinich Pushes Bush Impeachment
- State Dept. Suspends Iraq Audit of DynCorp
- Iraqis Weigh Limits On US Military
- US Prosecution of Muslim Group Ends in Mistrial
- Congressman: Blackwater Evaded Federal Income Taxes
- Paraguay: Environmentalists Up in Arms Over Mega-Port
- Colombia: Foreign Firms Cash in on Generous Mining Code
- NATO Force Looks Into Claims of Afghan Civilian Casualties
- Coal Power Opponents Get New Weapon From Kansas
- Chertoff Exempts Fence: National Security Trumps Environmental Concern For San Pedro River
- White House May Stop Plan For Anti-Radiation Pills
- 'No Nukes' Rockers Renew Fight Decades Later
Monday October 22, 2007
- Bush Asks For Another $189 Billion To Fund His Wars
- 60 Arrested Near Capitol At 'No War No Warming' Protests
- Afghanistan Seeks Review of Herbicides in Poppy War
- Children Detach From Natural World As They Explore The Virtual One
- Iraq Says Civilians Killed In US Raid
- Steep Decline In Oil Production Brings Risk of War and Unrest, Says New Study
Sunday October 21, 2007
- Fears That Seas Soak Up Less Greenhouse Gas
- Cheney Calls Iran an Obstacle to Peace
- World Religious Leaders Kick Off Peace Summit in Naples
- Latin American Women Rise in Nations Long Dominated by Men
- Philadelphia Peace-Keeping Rally Draws Throngs of Volunteers
- Seven Protesters Arrested at Blackwater's Headquarters
- Syria Shuts Main Exit From War for Iraqis
- World Bank Protesters Hit The Streets In Washington
Saturday October 20, 2007
- In Memoir, Ex-Spy Tells Her Side of CIA Leak Case
- California To Sue Bush Administration Over Law To Limit Emissions
- Wiretapping Compromise Was Months in the Making
- Homeless Vets Play the Waiting Game
- Biofuels - Great Green Hope or Swindle
- Iraqis Who Fled Homes In Fear Face New Terror As Turkey Targets PKK Rebels
- Fans Across World Shocked and Saddened Over Reggae Star Shooting
- Oceans Are 'Soaking Up Less CO2'
- Two Marines Face Haditha Courts-Martial
Friday October 19, 2007
- Military Resistance Forced Shift on Iran Strike
- Millions Stand Against Poverty in 24-Hour Global Rally
- Canadian Victim Testifies About US Extraordinary Rendition
- Bhutto: 'I Know Exactly Who Wants To Kill Me'
- Five Million Burmese Are Going Hungry, Warns UN
- Clinton Bucks The Trend and Rakes in Cash From The US Weapons Industry
- House Sustains President's Veto on Child Health
Thursday October 18, 2007
- Bleak US "Report Card" Finds Warming Arctic
- Code Pink Stands Firm At Berkeley Recruiting Station
- Siege of Amazon Greenpeace Activists Ends
- Gay-Rights Milestone Draws Transgender Activists' Outcry
- After Comments, US Terror Chief Resigns
- Genocide Case For Bolivia Ex-Head
- UN: Private Military Recruiting Booming
- Economic Costs of Climate Change 'Will Affect Every American'
- Green Groups Condemn UK's Claim in Antarctica
- Democrats Caving To Bush: Agree On Terms of Spying Bill
Wednesday October 17, 2007
- Priests Protesting Torture at Fort Huachuca Jailed for Justice
- Amazon Loggers Hold Activists Captive
- Parliament in Turkey Votes to Allow Iraq Incursion
- Wildlife At Border May Lose Sanctuary
- Indigenous People See Common Ground in Struggles
- Women: The Missing Piece of the Poverty Puzzle
- Public Radio Station Halts Planned Parenthood Spots
- Going The Distance: Food Miles and Global Warming
- Dems Look To Grill Mukasey
- Dalai Lama Pooh-Poohs China Ire Over His Meeting Bush
- Amnesty Int'l Slams Lebanon For Plight of Palestinian Refugees
Tuesday October 16, 2007
- Iraqi Adviser: Blackwater Guards Must Go
- UN Accused of Undermining Palestinian State
- Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders
- A Nationwide Toxic Toy Ban Likely to Follow State Lead
- Gates Says All Options On Table For Iran
- A Look At Cheney's Relentless Pursuit of Executive Power
- Conflict Takes Deadly Toll on Journalists, Especially Those From Iraq
- HIV Treatment 'Failing' in Africa
Monday October 15, 2007
- Envoy Urges UN To Quit Mideast Mediating Group
- Argentina: Torture Center To Bear Witness
- Could Afghan Poppies Be Painkillers for the Poor?
- ACLU: Pentagon, FBI Misusing Secret Info Requests
- WMD Chaser, Scott Ritter, Spreads Anti-War Advice
- America's Own Unlawful Combatants?
- What 'Safe' Cluster Bombs Do In Lebanon
- Palestinians Prepare to Stand Up for What Matters
Sunday October 14, 2007
- Guns Take Pride of Place in US Family Values
- Maternal Mortality Shames Superpower US
- Groups on Left, Right Ask Candidates to Reject Bush's Wider Powers
- Gore's Nobel Win Greeted With Cheers by Europeans
- Clinton, Looking Forward To General Election, Votes Like A Hawk
- Nobel Peace Prize Ups Pressure For Climate Action
- Gore's Nobel Win Greeted With Cheers by Europeans
Saturday October 13, 2007
Friday October 12, 2007
- Gay Rights Champ Rep. Barney Frank Lashes Out At Critics
- US Income Gap Widens, Richest Share Hits Record
- Miami OK's Payout to FTAA Protesters
- Rumsfeld Debate Heats Up At Stanford
- China: Three Gorges Dam May Displace Millions More
- US Rights Group Sues Blackwater
- US Strike Kills Women and Children
- Guarded Optimism for Moratorium Vote
- Anti-Poverty Index Scores US Last on Environment Policies
- Gore Wins the Norwegian Primary
Thursday October 11, 2007
- Generals, War Correspondents Promote Treaty on Small Arms
- Palestinian Takes On UK In Court
- US Military and Iraqis Say They Are Shut Out of Inquiry
- Stemming The Trickle-Up Effect: Finding Alternative Economies
- Turkey May Request Incursion Into Iraq
- Bush and Congress Dispute Armenian 'Genocide' Status
- Greenpeace Tracks Whales As Japan Plans Hunt
- Only Now, The Full Horror of Burmese Junta's Repression of Monks Emerges
- Nobel Rumors Energize Groups Hoping To Draft Gore
- Jimmy Carter: US Tortures Prisoners
Wednesday October 10, 2007
- Tenn. School Fight Over 'Jena 6' T-Shirt
- Activists Call For Arms Trade Treaty at UN
- Costa Ricans Back CAFTA in Referendum But Opposition Refuses to Recognize Result
- Doors Closing on Displaced Iraqis
- Argentine Court Convicts Priest of Complicity in 'Dirty War' Deaths
- New IMF Chief Urged to Reform Body to Help Poor
- 2 Iraqi Women Killed in Shooting by Security Convoy
- 'Run Granny Run': New Documentary Depicts 94 Year Old's Senate Run
- ACLU Tries to Prevent Deportee Druggings
- Nobel Win 'Would Boost Hopes of Gore Candidacy'
- Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs
Tuesday October 9, 2007
- Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Case of German Allegedly Abducted by CIA
- A Revolutionary Icon, and Now, a Bikini
- US Considered Radiological Weapon
- Greenpeace: Genetically Altered Rice in Budweiser
- Obama and Edwards Target Clinton on Iran Vote
- ACLU, Lawmakers Press Pentagon On Killings of Iraqis
- Scientist: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit Danger Mark Sooner Then Expected
- Democrats Seem Ready to Extend Wiretap Powers
Monday October 8, 2007
- Italians March for Peace
- Clinton's Iran Vote Prompts A Harsh Back-and-Forth
- Blackwater Shootings 'Murder,' Iraq Says
- Homeless Families on the Rise, with No End in Sight
- Che Guevara Honored on 40th Anniversary of Death
- Protesters Grow Frustrated as War Wears On
- Iraqi Guard's Widow Reports No Compensation
- 'State Secrets' Case May Get Airing
Sunday October 7, 2007
Saturday October 6, 2007
Friday October 5, 2007
- Climate Change and Entire Landscapes on the Move
- Amid Hate and Conflict Hope Flowers For West Bank School
- Climate Activists Tipped For Peace Prize
- Obama Stops Wearing Flag Pin
- McCoffees Help Fuel Ethical Trade Boom
- New 'Positive Change' Magazines Thrive In Fertile Bay Area Soil
- White House On Defensive Over Torture Memos
- Executions On Hold Across US
- Iraq Struggles With Cholera Outbreak
Thursday October 4, 2007
- Families Brace for SCHIP Demise
- Sighting of Amazon Group Bolsters Environmentalist Case
- Aussies Lose Confidence In The US and George W. Bush
- Gorbachev: US 'Victory Complex' Is Costly, Prevents More Peaceful World
- US Wants to Bring Colombia Tactics to Afghan Drug War
- Amnesty Lists Horrors of US Executions
- Blackwater Project Foes Hope For Backlash
- Code Pink Finds Marine Recruiters In Berkeley - Protests Begin
- Secret US Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
- Chevron's Links to Burma Stir Critics to Demand It Pull Out
- Minnesota College Bans Nobel Laureate Tutu From Talk On Peace and Justice
Wednesday October 3, 2007
- 'Howl' Too Hot To Hear: 50 Years After Poem Ruled Not Obscene, Radio Fears To Air It
- Venezuela Defends Iran, Blasts 'Hypocritical' US Policy On Terror
- US Protests Shrink While Anti-War Sentiment Grows
- Abu Ghraib Prisoners Accuse US Companies of Torture
- Ex-White House Lawyer Speaks of 'Legal Mess' of Illegal Spying
- More Schools Are Riding An Eco-Friendly Green Wave
- Soldiers Hunt Dissidents in Myanmar
- New Details In The Blackwater Shootings Don't Mesh With Firm's Version
- Israel Says It Bombed Syria, But Still Won't Say Why
- Citigroup, Bank of America Raked Over Coal
Tuesday October 2, 2007
- 'I hate All Iranians,' US Aide Tells British MPs
- US House Democrats Seek January 2009 Iraq Pullout
- Gay Rights Groups Angered by Weaker Antidiscrimination Bill
- Report: State Dept., Blackwater Cooperated To Neutralize Killings
- U.N.: Violence In Afghanistan Up Almost 25 Percent In '07
- Court Reverses Bush On Archive Secrecy
- Poor Suffer Most from Crime and Disasters, Says UN
- In Oregon, 'Impeach' Is Not Just A Bumper Sticker
- Supreme Court Denies Hearing For Fired 'Honk For Peace' Teacher
- Most in Poll Want War Funding Cut
- Obama to Urge Elimination of World's Nuclear Weapons
Monday October 1, 2007
- Poll: Most Israelis Support Using Nukes
- Burma: Thousands Dead In Massacre of The Monks Dumped In The Jungle
- Ecuadoran President Celebrates Victory After Reform Vote
- Arrests On Last Day of Faslane Nuclear Protest
- US Is Top Arms Seller to Developing World
- A Divided Iraq Unites Against Partition Plan
- Deforestation Needs To Be In Next Climate Pact