Headlines - May 2007
Thursday May 31, 2007
- Minnesota Case Fits Pattern in U.S. Attorneys Flap
- ACLU Sues San Jose Firm; CIA 'Rendition' Role Alleged
- World's Great Apes Face Disaster, Says Conservation Expert
- World's Great Apes Face Disaster, Says Conservation Expert
- On the Barricades: Trouble in a Hippie Paradise
- Goldman Sachs Marches on with Bush's Candidate for World Bank
- Drugs Giant Faces Criminal Charges Over Clinical Trial
- Climate Change: Overcoming the Ostrich Effect
- Bush Sees South Korea Model for Iraq
- Religious Right Gets More Than Its 15 Minutes
Wednesday May 30, 2007
Tuesday May 29, 2007
- Democrats in Washington Want To Keep Impeachment Off The Table
- Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process
- Plight of Workers in Palestinian Territories Has "Worsened Dramatically"
- Disarmament Latin America: Cluster Bomb-Free Region?
- Militants Widen Reach as Terror Seeps Out of Iraq
- National Women's Group Fights War With the Color Pink
Sunday May 27, 2007
Saturday May 26, 2007
Friday May 25, 2007
- Richardson Rebukes Dems on Iraq and Immigration
- US Asked to Take Role on Climate
- House Votes to Lift Veil Over Lobbyists' Donations
- New Questions Dog Sallie Mae Exec's Stock Sale
- Frustrated House Panel Threatens to Subpoena FDA
- Mexico to Boost Tapping of Phones and e-Mail with US Aid
- Common Chemicals Pose Danger for Fetuses, Scientists Warn
- Dems Back Down, Approve War Money
Thursday May 24, 2007
- Poll Shows Opposition to Iraq War at All Time High
- Most Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raids were Civilians, Amnesty Says
- McDonald's Begins McJob Petition
- Anti-War Activists Attack Democrats over Iraq Bill
- Kucinich Claims War Masks the Real Objective: Iraqi Oil
- Rich Sideline Poor Countries' Concerns in WTO Talks
- Anti-Cluster Bomb Conference Meets in Lima
- Hearing Sought Over Linguists' Discharge
Wednesday May 23, 2007
- Health Care Crisis Squeezes Working Families
- Cheaper Solar Power Heads Mainstream
- Amnesty Report Decries 'Politics of Fear'
- Edwards Takes Political Gamble with Holiday Offensive
- Climate Change: 'We've Never Seen What We're Seeing Now'
- Opium: Iraq's Deadly New Export
- Dems Bow to Bush on Funds for War
- Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
Tuesday May 22, 2007
- Democrats Drop Insistence on Iraq Withdrawal Timeline
- Increase in Carbon Emissions Seen Tripling Since '90s
- Paris Calls Off Festival of US Culture after Threats
- On Darfur's Borders, Children to Lay Down Guns
- World Biodiversity Day: Climate Change Also Drives Evolution
- Nader Redux: Should Dems Fear Mike Gravel?
- Peace Fence
- Bush Could Double Force by Christmas
- Early Arrival of Butterflies Demonstrates Impact of Climate Change
Monday May 21, 2007
Sunday May 20, 2007
- Gonzales Rapped Simply as one of Bush's Yes Men'
- A Scale for the Price of Life
- Bilking the Elderly, With a Corporate Assist
- Priests Claim Torture; Arizona Army Post Says No
- Latino Soldiers Who Refused Iraq Speak Out
- Brown's Vision for a Nuclear Britain
- US Cooling Off to G-8 Summit
- Poll: American Satisfaction at New Low
Saturday May 19, 2007
- No, Blair! America's Parting Gift to Britain's PM
- Bush Administration Ruling Throws Cold Water on Environmental Whistleblowers
- US Government Trying to Seize New Michael Moore Film, Says Producer
- US Raids Made 2,000 Afghans Homeless: Red Cross
- Iraq War Ignites Dueling Protests
- Indigenous Leaders Bring Eco-Sense to UN
- Washington's AIDS Hypocrites, Wolfowitz and Tobias, Ousted
- Jimmy Carter Slams Bush Administration
- Sarkozy Unveils his New 'Rainbow' Government
- Bush Resists Democrats on Military Pay
Friday May 18, 2007
- Obama Disputes Claim of Sharing Clinton's Stance on War
- Earth's Natural Defenses against Climate Change 'Beginning to Fail'
- Wolfowitz's Fall Brings More Bad News for Bush
- Halliburton Looks to Greener Pastures
- Minimum Wage Increase Likely to Remain Tied to War Bill
- Study: Global Net Censorship 'Growing'
- Kidnap and Torture: New Claims of UK Army War Crimes in Iraq
Thursday May 17, 2007
- Detroit City Council votes to impeach Bush
- Greenpeace Builds Replica of Noah's Ark
- Iraq: Send in the Clown
- Teen Pregnancy Rates Lowest Yet, Study Finds
- Capitol Watchdogs Fret Over Rise in 'Honest Graft' Land Deals
- Gas May Have Harmed Troops, Scientists Say
- Veterans Take Antiwar Call on Road
- Father of Christian Zionism Leaves the Building
- US Chided for Hindering International Efforts on Climate Change
- War-Torn Iraq 'Facing Collapse,' Says UK Think Tank
- Cluster Bombs Cause Decades of Harm, Says Study
Wednesday May 16, 2007
- Senate Defeats Iraq Withdrawal Measure
- Baby 'Bubba' Issued Illinois Firearm Owner's Identification Card
- CBS Fires Former Iraq Commander for Speaking Out Against Bush Policies in Iraq
- Bolton: We Must Attack Iran Before it Gets the Bomb
- Feminist, Socialist, Devout Muslim: Woman Who Has Thrown Denmark into Turmoil
- Wolfowitz Scandal Spotlights US Reign at Bank
- Children Face Exposure to Pesticides
- Bono Warns G8 Backsliders
- Panel Told of a Sickbed Face-Off
- Analysis Finds Large Antarctic Area Has Melted
Tuesday May 15, 2007
- Right-Wing Televangelist Jerry Falwell Dies
- Boston Residents Face to Face with Bio-War
- CENTCOM Commander's Veto Sank Bush's Threatening Gulf Buildup
- US Health System Ranks Last Compared to Other Countries: Studies
- US Senate to Vote on Cutting off Iraq War Money
- Discrimination Against Girls 'Still Deeply Entrenched'
- Son of Professor Opposed to War is Killed in Iraq
Monday May 14, 2007
- Lobbying Reform Losing Steam in House
- Senators Who Weakened Drug Bill Got Millions from Industry
- Shoe on the Other Foot as Africa Chides Wolfowitz
- 'Honk for Peace' Case Tests Limits on Free Speech
- One Billion to be Displaced by 2050, Global Warming a Factor, Group Warns
- Deforestation: The Hidden Cause of Global Warming
- US Trying to Weaken G-8 Climate Change Declaration
- Common Chemicals are Linked to Breast Cancer
Sunday May 13, 2007
Saturday May 12, 2007
- Can Capitalism Be Green?
- Billions in Oil Missing in Iraq, US Study Says
- Iraq Funding Bill Too Oily
- Migrating Birds' Habitat Threatened by Sea Wall
- Why Fearless Leaders are Something to Dread
- Warming Triggers 'Alarming' Retreat of Himalayan Glaciers
- Blair Faces Questions Over Alleged US Plan to Attack al-Jazeera
Friday May 11, 2007
- Moms Spend Their Weekend Protesting Iraq Occupation
- Thailand Turns Giant Pharma Killer
- Three US Newspapers Reverse 100-Year-Old Stand on Death Penalty
- Neo-Cons Driving Iran Divestment Campaign
- LEDs Emerge to Fight Fluorescents
- New Hampshire Prosecutor Calls Protesters a 'Threat to the Public'
- Dissent in an Unlikely Place
- Climate Change Could Lead to Global Conflict, Says Beckett
- Stifling Summers Forecast by NASA for US East Coast
Thursday May 10, 2007
- Administration Withheld E-Mails About Rove
- No Child Left Behind Scandal Widens
- US-Afghanistan: Deaths Mount with No End in Sight
- Michael Moore Faces US Treasury Probe
- Marine Tells Hearing of Iraqi Civilians Shot Trying to Surrender
- US Lawmaker Asks Bush to Arrest Anti-Castro Bomb Suspect
- Environment: Momentum Grows to 'Ban the Bulb'
- Dismay over Nuclear 'Solution' to Climate Problem
- Global Public Favors Stronger United Nations
- US Air Strikes Kill 21 Civilians in Afghanistan
Wednesday May 9, 2007
- Retired US Army Colonel Speaks to Group; 'Hit the Streets'
- US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Up
- White House Struggles To Fill Senior Posts
- Global Rush To Energy Crops Threatens To Bring Food Shortages and Increase Poverty, Says UN
- Green Groups Dismayed As Flights Soar To Record High
- Pelosi's Next Tactic: Fund The War in Iraq 2 Months at a Time
- Pentagon Moved to Fix Iraqi Media Before Invasion
Tuesday May 8, 2007
- Deadly Dust: Study Suggests Cancer Risk from Depleted Uranium
- US Hospitals Charge Uninsured More, Study Says
- Protesters Favor Soft Hats, Tough Lyrics
- France's Election: Another Political Thatcher Is Born
- Population Policy: NGOs Warn of World Bank "Fundamentalists"
- Infant Mortality in Iraq Soars as Young Pay the Price for War
- Unions Fire First Shots in Battle with France's Sarkozy
- New Fears Over Additives in Children's Food
- World Bank Panel Finds Wolfowitz at Fault; Aide Resigns
Monday May 7, 2007
Sunday May 6, 2007
- China Orders Resettlement of Thousands of Tibetans
- The Great Wall of Baghdad May Be Going Up, but There's Still Carnage on the Streets
- City Wakes up to Economic Threat of Global Warming
- With New Clout, Antiwar Groups Push Democrats
- Republicans Defect to the Obama Camp
- Fight Against Poverty - a Marathon, Not a Sprint
- American Dream Sours as Housing Market Collapses
- Israel Accused of Prisoner Abuse
- LAPD Again Didn't Heed Protocols, Critics Say
Saturday May 5, 2007
- Activists Want Chimp Declared a 'Person'
- France Braces for Right-Left Presidential showdown
- Climate Report Ignored by Chinese Media
- Iraq War Strain Leads Troops to Abuse civilians, Survey Shows
- US System Trips up Women Seeking Presidency
- Iran: Sanctions Aggravate Rights Situation
- Climate Change: 'A Problem of Lifestyles'
- NRA: Don't Ban Gun Sales to Suspected Terrorists
- Veto Threat for Federal Hate Crimes Protection for Gays
- Rove Prepped Justice Dept. Official for Testimony
Friday May 4, 2007
- Charges of Dishonesty Fly at World Bank
- Historian Howard Zinn Calls for Activism
- Chavez Threatens to Nationalize Banks
- Murder of Mexican Union Organizer Alarms Workers, Activists
- Crucial Climate Change Agreement Reached After Fierce Debate
- Rights: US 'Moral Authority' Rests on Big Stick
- US Oil Company Accused of Dumping Waste in Amazon
- UK and US Must Admit Defeat and Leave Iraq, Says British General
Thursday May 3, 2007
- Honeybee Die-Off Threatens Food Supply
- 2006 Missouri's Election Was ground Zero for GOP
- Death Penalty: Young US Lawyers Halting Executions
- Biodiversity: Farming Will Make or Break the Food Chain
- Holiday at the End of the Earth: Tourists Paying to See Global Warming in Action
- Boston Police Bracing for Biotech Protests
- Afghans Say US Bombing Killed 42 Civilians
- Iraqi Blocs Opposed to Draft Oil Bill
Wednesday May 2, 2007
- Around Globe, Walls Spring Up to Divide Neighbors
- Bush's Management Style Allows for Incompetence - But Not Massage
- Karzai Says Afghans Lose Patience Over Killings
- Scientists Protest New Reading of Endangered Species Act
- Chávez Takes Over Foreign-Controlled Oil Projects in Venezuela
- War on Terrorism going Badly, US Admits
- Nuclear Storm Gathers as Climate Change Experts Meet
- Russia Suspects US Plans to Monopolize Fuel from Moon
- Administration Pulls Back on Surveillance Agreement
- Tape 'Reveals Order' to Shoot Vietnam Protesters
Tuesday May 1, 2007
- Price Tag for War in Iraq on Track to Top $500 Billion
- Venezuela Pulling Out of IMF, World Bank
- Afghanistan: Coalition Killings Spark Furious Street Protests
- Ex-Soldier Recalls Horrors of Abu Ghraib
- Blair's Bloody Legacy: Iraq
- Security Cameras and HQ Squads: Wal-Mart's Union-Busting Tactics
- Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster, a Study Finds