Headlines - December 2007
Monday December 31, 2007
- Individual Privacy Under Threat In Europe and US, Report Says
- Leaving the White House: 386 days To Go (and Counting)
- Tapes by CIA Lived and Died to Save Image
- Iraq Progresses To Some Of Its Worst
- Bush's Twilight Year Looks Grim
- 2007 is America's Deadliest Year in Iraq
- Pakistan to Delay Vote by At Least Four Weeks: Officials
- Japanese Government to Keep 'Hooligans' Away from Summit
Sunday December 30, 2007
- Protesters Could Disrupt Rose Parade
- Solar Energy 'Revolution' Brings Green Power Closer
- The Free Market: A False Idol After All?
- Bhutto's Son Bilawal Appointed Co-Chairman of Former Prime Minister's Party
- Vatican to Train More Exorcists
- In UK, Health Food Fads Spark Huge Rise in Animal Testing
- Nuclear Power Gets Boost from Candidates
- Fury at Claims on Bhutto Killing
- From Iowa Cornfields, a Left-Tilting Tradition
Saturday December 29, 2007
- 2007 a Year of Weather Records in US
- Candidates Split Along Party Lines on Healthcare
- Activists Look for Arrest of Bush, Cheney
- Small-Town Residents Send Peace Message
- Oregon Domestic Partnership Law Halted
- Waterproofing Sprays Still Not Studied by Feds
- Wrong-Footed Bush Forced to Rethink Policy on Pakistan
Friday December 28, 2007
- Albuquerque Has Renewal of Attacks on Abortion
- A Walking Call to Impeach Bush Arrives in the East Village
- Pakistani Govt Reveals How Benazir Was Killed
- Nuclear Plants Raise Leukaemia Threat
- Iraq Slashes Food Rations, Putting Lives at Risk
- Atheists Vocal Over Moment of Silence Law
- Conservation Group Sues Interior Dept.
Thursday December 27, 2007
- The Solvency Crisis
- In Diplomatic Coup, Chavez Says Colombian Hostages To Be Released
- FBI Effort Will Build Biggest Biometric Database
- Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered Corn
- Legal Community Condemns Destruction of CIA Tapes
- Pfizer Arrests Sought in Nigeria
- Outspoken Environmentalist Puts His Money Where His Mouth Is
- Pakistan's Bhutto and At Least 20 Others, Killed In Attack
Wednesday December 26, 2007
- Gathering Signatures In Cyberspace, Lawmaker Sets Out To Impeach Cheney
- Christmas Demonstrators Want Peace on Earth - Including In Iraq
- Coal's Ascent Is Re-Igniting Familiar Debate
- Iraq: 'Awakening' Forces Arouse New Conflicts
- Climate Change Gives Rise to New World Order
- Georgia School as Laboratory for Getting Along
- Among States, Texas Takes Execution Lead in 2007
Monday December 24, 2007
- Repeated Warnings Unheeded On Contractors In Iraq
- Cheney Accused of Blocking Californian Bid to Cut Car Fumes
- Scientist Shearer Brings Odd Bedfellows Together To Save The Earth
- Mountain of Discarded Cell Phones Grows at 'Frightening' Rate
- CIA Chief to Drag White House Into Torture Cover-Up Storm
- The Torture Tape Fingering Bush As a War Criminal
- Anarchists in the Aisles? Stores Provide a Stage
Sunday December 23, 2007
Saturday December 22, 2007
Friday December 21, 2007
- Evangelist Video Shot at Air Force Academy Exposed
- US Media Ignoring Top Humanitarian Stories: Aid Group
- Bitterness Apparent as US Releases Iraqi Prisoners
- Japan Postpones Humpback Whale Hunt; Still Intends 1,000 Kills For Other Species
- 'Paper or Plastic?' The Eco-Friendly Answer is 'Neither - Reusable'
- New Orleans to Demolish Thousands of 'Poor' Homes
- Lakota Sioux Secede From US, Declare Independence
- In Saudi Arabia, Iran Polls Better Than U.S.
- EPA Chief Is Said to Have Ignored Staff
- Former CIA Analyst Says Evidence Abounds for Impeachment
- Iraq, Afghanistan War Costs Top Vietnam
Thursday December 20, 2007
- Analysis: CIA Tape Case Evokes Watergate
- Use of Taser on Disruptive Store Customer Questioned
- Hamas Leader Appeals For Truce With Israel
- Lawyer Condemns 'Lies' Over Guantanamo Detainees' Release
- CIA to Cooperate With House on Tapes
- EPA Says No To California's Emissions Plan
- Official: Justice Dept. Slowed Probe Into Phone Jamming
- "Black Site" Survivor Relates Horrific Tale
Wednesday December 19, 2007
- Senate Approves $70 Billion To Continue Wars
- Slave Labour That Shames America
- US, Japan Stingiest Givers for Education
- UN Passes Symbolic Death Penalty Moratorium
- Inside a GOP Effort To Rig The 2002 New Hampshire Elections
- Destruction of CIA Tapes May Have Violated a Court Order
- Climate Sanctions Sought Against US
- Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes
Tuesday December 18, 2007
- FCC Votes for Monopoly, Congress Must Vote for Democracy
- World Food Stocks Dwindling Rapidly, UN Warns
- Iraq: "Bad" Women Raped and Killed
- US Corn Boom Threatens Sea Life: Pesticide Runoff Continues To Pollute Gulf
- Israeli Human Rights Group: IDF Isn't Enforcing Law on Troops in West Bank, Gaza
- White House Visitor Logs Are Public, Judge Rules
- Did Bush Get New Iran Intel Last Winter?
- Bill Clinton: George H.W. Bush Will Help President Hillary
- A Political Fight Brews Over FCC Rule Changes
Monday December 17, 2007
Sunday December 16, 2007
Saturday December 15, 2007
Friday December 14, 2007
- House Judiciary Trio Calls for Impeach Cheney Hearings
- India: Prime Destination for Unethical Clinical Trials
- Activists: Burma Deaths Higher Than UN Estimate
- UN Rights Envoy Suspects CIA of Guantanamo Torture
- Under Siege, Unions Seek Int'l Support
- Biofuels Scarce on Bali Menu
- Acidic Seas May Kill 98% of World's Reefs by 2050
- US Loses Status as Top World Bank Donor to Britain
- Young Activists Furious With Clinton, Dodd
- Defiant FCC Chief Refuses To Delay Vote
Thursday December 13, 2007
- Demolition of Public Housing Starts
- Canada Police Urged to Curb Taser Use
- Bottled Water Boycotts: Back-to-the-Tap Movement Gains Momentum
- VA Must Act to Curb Combat-Vet Suicides, Panel Hears
- Vote Unlikely To Deter Blackwater; Opposition Gets Organized
- White House Pressured EPA on Toxin Reporting, Audit Says
- Al Gore Lambasts US Climate Obstructions
- Lawsuits Allege Milk Wasn't Organic
- Democrats Blaming Each Other For Failures
- Judge Says California Can Regulate Greenhouse Gases From Cars
- Palestinian Civilians 'Hostage' to Worsening Conflict: Red Cross
Wednesday December 12, 2007
- Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts
- World Off Track On Goal of School For All Children
- Indigenous Peoples Shut Out of Climate Talks, Plans
- Wary of Protests, Exxon Plans Natural Gas Terminal in the Atlantic
- Clergy Joins "Tapegate" Battle
- US Secret Court Rejects Call to Release Wiretap Documents
- New Jersey To Become First State in 30 Years To Repeal Death Penalty
- Code Pink To Take Aim at Democrats in 2008
- Clinton Accuses Obama of Being Too Far Left
Tuesday December 11, 2007
- Democrats Accuse White House of Cooking Climate-Change Testimony
- Iraq Rejects Permanent US Bases: Adviser
- French Activist Bove To Go On Anti-GMO Hunger Strike
- Howard Zinn's 'History' Comes to TV
- Big Oil Lets Sun Set on Renewables
- White House Fought NIE Over an Old Charge
- Disputed in Iraq, Blackwater Now Splits California Town
- Justices Restore Judges' Control Over Sentencing
Monday December 10, 2007
- Criticism of The FCC's Chairman Is Widely Aired
- Victim: Gang-Rape Cover-Up by U.S., Halliburton/KBR
- CIA Photos 'Show UK Guantanamo Detainee Was Tortured'
- No Deal in Sight at Bali
- US Is No Haven, Canadian Judge Finds
- Anti-Immigrant Surge Tramples Int'l Norms
- For Some, Childhood Is Rubbish
- BP Set To Commit 'The Biggest Environmental Crime in History'
- US Balks at Bali Carbon Targets
- Reverend Billy Preaches The Gospel of The Church of Stop-Shopping
- NGO Coalition Slams U.S. Record at Home
- Women of Code Pink Push For Change
Sunday December 9, 2007
Saturday December 8, 2007
- World Climate Change Protests Kick Off
- U.N. Report Finds 31 Killed in Myanmar Crackdown
- Efforts to Harvest Ocean's Energy Open New Debate Front
- Clash with Congress Brews after CIA's Tape Destruction
- Anger as Library Makes Exhibition of Bush
- Pentagon Plans Unchanged by Iran Report: General
- France Suspends Commercial GMO Seed Use, Studies Safety
Friday December 7, 2007
- Israel Considering Strike on Iran Despite US Intelligence Report
- Bush Loses Ground With Military Families
- Gore Calls For Early Climate Pact
- World Social Forum and World Economic Forum - A Bridge Too Far?
- Cut GhGs or Face Extreme Events - Scientists
- HRW Report: US Care for HIV Detainees Falls Short
- American Teen Pregnancies Rise For The First Time In 15 Years
- CIA Destroyed Video of 'Waterboarding' Al-Qaida Detainees
- Group Assails Giuliani Comments on AIDS as 'Hypocrisy'
- Film Attacking Greed Has Its Premiere on Billionaire's Doorstep
- CIA Destroyed Videotapes of Al-Qaeda Interrogation
Thursday December 6, 2007
- Food Prices Climbing, With No End in Sight
- Legal Action by Inmates Could Close Guantanamo
- Poor Countries Must Also Curtail Carbon Emissions
- Environmentalists Worry Border Fence-Building Will Threaten Arizona River, Wildlife
- More Than Half of Amazon Will Be Lost by 2030, Report Warns
- Congress to Clash With Bush Over 'Torture' Technique
- Poison From Depleted Uranium Munitions Site Lingers
- Facebook Backs Down After Members Revolt
- Two-Thirds of Israelis Oppose Attack on Iran: Poll
Wednesday December 5, 2007
- For Iraqi Refugees A Haven Becomes a Dilemma
- Guantanamo Detainees' Case Heard by Supreme Court
- Evidence Of Innocence Rejected at Guantanamo
- US Intelligence Review Directly Contradicts Bush's Line On Iran
- Peace Group Barred From Florida Schools
- Washington in the Crosshairs at Bali Climate Conference
- Israel Says Army Ready for Gaza Invasion
- Leahy Plans Contempt Vote
- Pakistan Deports CODEPINK Human Rights Activists
Tuesday December 4, 2007
- 2 US human Rights Activists Arrested in Pakistan
- FCC Chairman Target of House Panel's Investigation
- Climate Cause Fires Up Ice Cream Guru
- 'Talking Dirty' on Sanitation Can Save Lives
- Peace Now: Israel Defense Force Carried Out Only 3% of Settlement Demolition Orders
- American College of Physicians Endorse Single-Payer
- FDA Science Dearth Puts Public Health at Risk
- Hillary Ready To 'Kill Bill' Over Issue of Honesty
- Activists, Congressmen Urge Change in US AIDS Policy
- World Faces Food Shortages
Monday December 3, 2007
- U.S. Says Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work
- Venezuelans Reject Constitutional Change, Chavez Accepts
- American Human Rights Activists on 24-hour Vigil Outside Aitzaz's House
- Councillor In Ontario Targets Tasers Again
- For Justices, Another Day on Detainees
- Renewal of No Child Left Behind Legislation Challenged
- Iraq: Government Fragments Further
- Rich Countries Blamed as Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit Record
- Guerrilla Artist Banksy in Holy Land
- Yucca Mountain Remains Nuclear Waste Dump Choice