Headlines - July 2007
Tuesday July 31, 2007
- New Group to Fight Torture; Candidates Urged to Sign Anti-Torture Pledge
- Iraq: A Little Easier to Occupy from the Air
- Celebrities Attend Anti-War Rally
- Lieberman Escalates Attack on Iraq Critics
- Planners Move to Close the Window on American McMansions
- Children Hardest Hit by Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq
- Brazil, Alarmed, Reconsiders Policy on Climate Change
Monday July 30, 2007
- Invasion, What Invasion? Sorry Tale of CIA Bungles
- Brown Tries to Shift Bush Talks to Trade and Darfur
- Big US Presence in Iraq Until Mid-2009: Commander
- American Mega-Embassy in Iraq Stirs Echoes of Somalia
- Energy Bill Will Test Pelosi's Command
- Violence Masking Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Oxfam
- Poverty, Development Goals Hard Subjects to Tackle
- Iraq: One in Seven Joins Human Tide Spilling into Neighbouring Countries
- Clinton Woos the Outsourcers that Workers Fear
- Anti-Abortion Leaders Size Up G.O.P. Candidates
- Arms Sale Plan Will Haunt US, Critics Say
- Global Warming Doubles Number of Hurricanes, Study Finds
- Congress Eyes Pay Raise for Itself
- As Butterflies Die, So Goes a Way of Life
- Israel Hails US military Aid Rise
- Giving New Life to Protests of Yore
Sunday July 29, 2007
Saturday July 28, 2007
Friday July 27, 2007
- Was Pat Tillman Murdered? AP Gets New Documents
- Conflict on Screen: Hollywood Goes to War
- Officer Calls Guantanamo Reviews a Sham
- 5 Years Later, Cameraman Still Held at Guantanamo
- Russia's Gorbachev Says US is Sowing World Disorder
- Teens March Across US to Protest War
- Dozens of Afghan Civilians Die in Air Raids: Residents
- US Peace Groups Hail Vote on Iraq Bases
Thursday July 26, 2007
- Obama Says Clinton Has foreign Policy Like Bush's
- Waiting for Good Dough
- Iraq Envoy Slams US Over Arms Supplies
- Iraq Warns of War Refugee 'Humanitarian Crisis'
- Bush's Attorney General Faces Threat of Perjury Probe
- Bush Line Distorts Iran's Real Interest in Iraq
- Huge Farm Bill Offers More of Same for Agribusiness
- Eight Americans Graduate in Boost for Cuban Health Care
Wednesday July 25, 2007
- House Panel Cites Bush Aides for Contempt of Congress
- Tiny Town Demands Justice in Dioxin Poisoning
- US 'Ignored' UK Rendition Protest
- Clinton, Obama Camps Battle Over talking to Castro, Chavez
- To Fund Children's Health Plan, House Would Pay Insurers Less
- Hot Offices in NYC Find a Green Solution
- Bringing Moos and Oinks Into the Food Debate
- China's Environmental Crisis: Hard Cash Beats Clean Air
- India's First Woman President Vows Fight for Women, Unborn Girls
- Experts Question US Strategy in Pakistan
- US 'Brand Identity' Tarnished
Tuesday July 24, 2007
- Iraqis Blame US Depleted Uranium for Surge in Cancer
- Pressure Builds to Ban Plastic Bags in Stores
- Hazard Warning on Home Cleaners
- Takoma Park City Council Strongly Backs Bid to Impeach Bush, Cheney
- Iraq War Has Made Australia Less Safe: Poll
- After Carnage, U.S. and Iraqi Authorities Compete for Control
- Candidates Hop Aboard the Iran Sanctions Bus
- Rights Groups Dismiss Bush's Rules for Secret Prisons
- Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan Arrested at Congress
Monday July 23, 2007
- Injured Iraq War Veterans Sue Bush's VA Head for Poor Care, Cheating
- Global Warming has Already Changed World's Rainfall Patterns: Study
- Unlikely Adversary Arises to Criticize Detainee Hearings
- US Won't Rule Out Force in Pakistan
- Senator Calls For Censure Against Bush
- Turkey: Islamic Party Wins in Landslide
- Low-Key Recall of AIDS Drug Hits World's Poor
- New Poll: Globalization Backlash in Rich Nations
Sunday July 22, 2007
Saturday July 21, 2007
- DeFazio Asks, But He's Denied Access
- Human Peace Sign
- Pelosi Takes Heat for OK of Farm Bill
- Environmental Protester Slain in Siberia
- Court Grants Evidence to Guantanamo Lawyers
- Bush Bars CIA from Using Torture, but Details Remain Cloudy
- Blood and Guts: Pakistan's 'Gutsiest' Woman
- Bribery Network to Bloat War Costs Is Alleged
Friday July 20, 2007
- Will U.S. Finally End Cluster Bomb Exports?
- Army Wife and Mother in Oregon Battles War
- Blind Loyalty Latest US War Casualty
- Musharraf Rocked by Judge Ruling Amid Fresh Bloodshed
- Disarmament in Colombia: The Meltdown Begins
- Famous Women Give Voice to Slain Student's Legacy
- Blast Shows Age of US Infrastructure
- General in Iraq Awaits November Assessment
- Broader Privilege Claimed In Firings
Thursday July 19, 2007
- A German City's Long Focus on the Sun
- Huge Underground Lake Could End Darfur Conflict: US Scientist
- Advocating Peace, Granny D, Pink Ladies Descend on Market Square
- El Salvador: Spectre of War Looms After 15 Years of Peace
- US Threatens Action in Pakistan
- Native Peoples Renew Call for U.N. Recognition
- Closed Crossings Pushing Gaza into Disaster, Says UN
- Gore: Human Species in a Race for its Life
Wednesday July 18, 2007
- Lawmakers Decry FDA Plans to Close Labs
- Bush Middle East Plan Starts to Unravel
- 160 Top US Corporations: Act Now on Global Warming
- Bush Told Iraq War Has Helped al-Qa'eda
- Nuclear Power No Panacea, Critics Say
- Mandela and 'The Elders' Aim to Save the World
- Amid Reports of Progress, a Massacre Shatters Village
- Dust, Waste and Dirty Water: The Deadly Price of China's Miracle
- Democrats Attack Bush on Women's Health Issues
- Bush Aides See Failure in Fight With Al Qaeda in Pakistan
Tuesday July 17, 2007
- Pat Tillman Investigators Want Rumsfeld
- First Atomic Bomb Test Exposed U.S. Civilians to Radiation
- Japan Quake Triggered Dozens of Faults at Nuclear Plant
- DEATH PENALTY-US: Inmate Gets Rare Last-Minute Reprieve
- Just Another Day in Iraq: 100 More Fathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters Killed
- CIA Dissenters Aided Secret Prisons Report: Author
Monday July 16, 2007
- Hundreds of Iraqis Protest Draft Oil Law
- Depleted Uranium Holds Fast In Colonie
- General Pace: Another Troop Buildup Possible
- Robot Air Attack Squadron Bound for Iraq
- Bush Administration Accused of Putting Ideology Above Science
- Radioactive Water 'Leaked' from Japan Nuke Plant after Quake
- Despite Rhetoric, Obama Pushed Lobbyists' Interests
- Cheney Pushes Bush to Act on Iran
Sunday July 15, 2007
- Air Force Quietly Building Iraq Presence
- Hillary Clinton: Why is She Hated by Progressives and Right-Wingers Alike?
- Homage To '72 Antiwar Hopeful
- Bush's Watchdog For Intelligence Kept Quiet For 5 1/2 years
- Parts of Iraq Report Are Grim Where Bush Was Upbeat
- Cuba Lays to Rest Dispute Over Remains of Che Guevara
- Castro Challenges Bush for Area Hearts and Minds
Saturday July 14, 2007
Friday July 13, 2007
- Silent Flag Protest Raises Outcry
- Key Vote on the Iraq War Keeps House GOP United
- Anti-War Marchers Raise Controversy in Chanhassen Parade
- Sheehan's Alabama Visit Inflames Passions
- Caught on Tape: Clinton to Edwards 'Our Guys Should Talk'
- More Entering Army with Criminal Records
- Bush-Musharraf Alliance Under Growing Attack
- Bush Distorts Qaeda Links, Critics Assert
- Brown Message to US: It's Time to Build, Not Destroy
- Nation's Poor Hit by Housing Crunch
Thursday July 12, 2007
- Nobel Laureate Calls for Removal of Bush
- Politicians Called to Account for Failing the Poor
- Disregard Subpoenas, Justice Dept. Says
- Italian Farmers Protest Food Labeling
- Code Pink: Those Pesky Peaceniks
- Poll: 92 Percent Want 'Country of Origin' Labels
- Fear and Fragile Peace: A Long-Suffering People Prepare for a New War
- Health Group Opposes Bush Surgeon General Pick
- A Dead Iraqi is Just Another Dead Iraqi... You Know, So What?'
Wednesday July 11, 2007
- Pennsylvania Democrats Want Nader to Pay for Bush's Election
- World Population Day: Enlightened Men Prescribed for Maternal Health
- On Global Warming, MoveOn Voters Pick Edwards
- Wolfowitz - Return to Sender?
- Bush Again Links Iraq Violence to 9/11
- Sheehan Brings New Campaign Through Houston
- Musharraf's Fate Hangs on Knife Edge
- New Analysis Counters Claims that Solar Activity is Linked to Global Warming
- Panel Says: 14 Million Refugees Worldwide
- Iraq-Afghanistan: Overlooking the Air War
- Ex-Surgeon General Accuses Bush Officials of Censorship
Tuesday July 10, 2007
Monday July 9, 2007
- White House Denies Debating Troop Withdrawal
- White House Rebuffs Congress, Nears Legal Showdown
- Expert Says Rising Sea Levels Pose Threat to Rice
- Rove Faces Cynics in Aspen
- A Battle Over Expansion of Children's Insurance
- Peace Marchers of the Loneliest Kind
- Weekend of Death and Destruction Dents Bush's Hopes of Turning the Tide in Iraq
- Conyers: Libby Might Have Talked
Sunday July 8, 2007
- Sheehan Plans Run Against Pelosi Unless Bush Impeachment Sought
- Administration Shaving Yardstick for Iraq Gains
- Germany to Stay Nuclear in Merkel U-Turn
- Bush Shielding of Musharraf Policy at Risk
- Russia Accuses US of Building 'New Berlin Wall'
- Power to the People: Citizens' Group Rebuts PPL Plan to Expand Susquehanna Nuclear Plant.
- White House Expected to Block Aide from Testifying
- Republican Revolt: Some Discuss Defying President
- White House Again to Defy Congress on Attorney Firings
- U.S. Aborted Raid on Qaeda Chiefs in Pakistan in '05
Saturday July 7, 2007
Friday July 6, 2007
- Errant Afghan Civilian Deaths Surge
- Much of US Favors Bush/Cheney Impeachment: Poll
- US Appeals Court Throws Out Ruling Against Eavesdropping
- A Message from the Melting Slopes of Everest
- Venezuela Brands US Envoy Failure
- Poll: Majorities Say Income Gap Too Wide
- How US Policy Missteps Led to a Nasty Downfall in Gaza
- China Blames Growing Social Unrest on Anger Over Pollution
- Bush's al Qaeda Problem
- Decade After Meltdown IMF Less Relevant in Asia
- After Lobbying, Wetlands Rules Are Narrowed
- Secrecy at Nuclear Agency Is Criticized by Lawmakers
Thursday July 5, 2007
- 'No More War' Float Ruffles Iron Range
- Gore Slams US-Led Climate Pact as Sham
- Critics Say Species List is Endangered
- Erosion of Alaska's North Coast Speeding Up
- Antiwar Speakers on Campus are Lecturers, Not Students, This Time
- A Place to Push Impeachment
- Fed Up With War, Some Won't Pay Taxes
- Mideast Has an Old Cold War Look
- Oil a Key Factor in Australian Role in Iraq: Minister
- Body Count In Baghdad Up in June
Wednesday July 4, 2007
- House Balks at Bush Order for New Powers
- Urban Chic: City Growth Can Be 'A Force for Good'
- California Universal Health Bill Advances, but Faces Veto
- Schwarzenegger 'Blocked Own Green Policy'
- For Most Americans the War in Iraq is Already Lost
- US On the Sidelines As Nations Meet to Advance Global Tobacco Treaty
- Commuting Prison Term Is Implicit Critique of Sentencing Standards
- Not All Would Put a Heroic Sheen on Thompson's Watergate Role
- Private Contractors Outnumber US Troops in Iraq
Tuesday July 3, 2007
- Consider the Source: 'NYT' Reporter Targets Iran
- Editorials Hit Libby's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
- US Social Forum Forges Common Ground
- Bill Would Ease US Vets' Return to School
- China Pressured World Bank to Cut Deadly Pollution Figures: Report
- Bush Presidency Enters Terminal Phase
- Indian Protests, Hypocrisy at US Nuclear Carrier's Port Call
Monday July 2, 2007
- Bush Commutes Libby Prison Sentence
- Scooter Libby Cannot Delay Sentence
- Human Rights Group Warns on Israeli/Palestinian War Violations
- Fred Thompson: As Senator Rose, Lobbying Became Family Affair
- UN Calls for Pedal Power to Reduce Environmental Damage
- Anti-Poverty Targets in Africa Will Not Be Met, UN Warns
- Bush's Missile Defense Radar Plan Riles Czechs
- Survey Finds Action on Information Requests Can Take Years
- Labels Lack Food's Origin Despite Law
Sunday July 1, 2007
- Anti-War Protesters Rally Before Bush-Putin Talks
- Was Campaigning Against Voter Fraud a Republican Ploy?
- Rich World's Consumerism May Cause African Famines, Experts Warn
- Capitalism is Bad for Men's Health: Study
- Castro Charges CIA More Murderous Than Ever
- Big Powers Skirt Anti-Nuke Terrorism Treaty
- 'Up to 80 Civilians Dead' After US Air Strikes in Afghanistan