Headlines - August 2007
Friday August 31, 2007
- Dirt Isn't So Cheap After All
- HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads
- NAACP Challenges Louisiana Voter Purge
- US Cites 'Secrets' Privilege as It Tries to Stop Suit on Banking Records
- White House Cool on Iraq Report
- Wind Farm Cash-In for Renewable Energy Companies
- Rich Nations Shy Away from Stiff 2020 Goals
- U.S. Says Company Bribed Officers for Work in Iraq
- Murky Future for Rights Treaty on Water
- Greenpeace Blocks Lake Erie Coal Freighter
- Cholera Spreads in Iraq As Health Services Collapse
Thursday August 30, 2007
- Pentagon Won't Make Surge Recommendation to Bush
- Army Combs for Abuses in Iraq Contracts
- Climate Flooding Risk 'Misjudged'
- World Facing 'Arsenic Timebomb'
- Mandela Salutes Resistance as Statue Unveiled
- Upbeat Bush Hints at More Troops for Iraq
- Iran Says IAEA Atom Report Shows US Charges Wrong
- Soldier Answers a New Call to Battle
Wednesday August 29, 2007
- Yolanda Retter, Lesbian Activist and Archivist, Dies
- Bush to Ask Congress for Extra $50 Bln for Iraq: Report
- US Refuses All 'Friendly Fire' Inquest Requests
- Israel Warned US Not to Invade Iraq after 9/11
- 47 Million Americans Are Uninsured
- Anti-Govt Protests Planned to Mark Second Anniversary of Katrina Tragedy
- Bush Threatens to Confront Iran Over Alleged Support for Iraqi insurgents
Tuesday August 28, 2007
Monday August 27, 2007
Sunday August 26, 2007
Saturday August 25, 2007
Friday August 24, 2007
- Liberal Blogger Targets 'Bush Dog' Dems
- Role of Telecom Firms in Wiretaps Is Confirmed
- Mutiny Shakes US Food Aid Industry
- How Iraq War Backers Morphed Into "Critics"
- World Faces Threat From New Deadly Diseases As Scientists Struggle To Keep Up, Say Experts
- California Voters Souring on Democratic Congress, Field Poll Finds
- Democratic Presidential Contenders Trash NAFTA
- More Iraqis Said to Flee Since Troop Increase
Thursday August 23, 2007
- Protesters To Return To Kennebunkport This Weekend
- Grace Paley, Writer and Activist, Dies
- Police Planted Provocateurs, Protesters Say
- Senator and Filmmaker Take On Fox News
- Code Pink Activist Talks About Iran, Meeting With Joe Lieberman
- Rule to Expand Mountaintop Coal Mining
- Iraq: The Vanishing Coalition
- Surprise: The Rich Get Richer and The Poor Get More Numerous
- Texas Executes 400th Inmate
- Bush Accused of Twisting History Over Iraq, Asia War Links
Wednesday August 22, 2007
Tuesday August 21, 2007
- MIDEAST: When the Occupation Gets Really Filthy
- Group Finds China Toy Factory Conditions 'Brutal'
- Efforts to Crack Down on Lead Paint Thwarted by China, Bush Administration
- Iraq War Resisters to Get Boost from Veterans Group
- Israel Deports Sudanese Refugees
- Senate Acts, Bureaucrats Stall on FOIA Requests
- White House Acts to Limit Health Plan for Children
Monday August 20, 2007
- US Lawmakers Get No Respite at Home on Iraq Debate
- ACLU Report Says Few Cities Have Policies on Video Surveillance
- US Media Curtail Iraq War Coverage: Study
- Protestors Rage Against North America Summit
- MIDEAST: US Arms Create New Divisions
- US Foreign Policy Experts Oppose Bush's Surge
- Psychologists Oppose Torture Yet Vote to Attend Terror Interrogations
- Heathrow Protest Reaches its Climax as Peaceful Protest Turns to Clashes with Riot Police
Sunday August 19, 2007
- Plastic Car Will Be World's Cheapest
- Getting Cold to Spread Global Warming Message
- Commerce, Treasury Funds Helped Boost GOP Campaigns
- Americans are Flocking to a Hi-Tech Creation Museum Where Man and Dinosaurs Frolic Happily Together
- US Castoffs Resuming Dirty Career
- Military Commanders Tell Brown to Withdraw from Iraq Without Delay
Saturday August 18, 2007
- Slain Civil Rights Worker's Mother Dies
- Singapore and Iraq - Contrasts in Water Management
- US Actions Against Iran Raise War Risk, Many Fear
- Padilla Case Offers a New Model of Terrorism Trial
- Hot Weather Forces Partial Shutdown of TVA Nuclear Plant
- Peace Camp Stresses Unity in Diversity
- Subtle Songs of Protest Hit a High Note
- Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Low
Friday August 17, 2007
- Couple Arrested at Bush Rally Settles Lawsuit for $80,000
- US Paid $1 Million to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers
- US Democrats Slam 'Political Spin' over Iraq Report
- Climate Change: Deniers Jump on NASA Gaff, While Greenland on Verge of Meltdown
- Russia's Flag-Planting Ignites Calls for US to Join Sea Treaty
- US Food Aid is 'Wrecking' Africa, Claims Charity
- Media Critic Solomon Pushes Limits of Fair-Use in New Documentary
Thursday August 16, 2007
- Backlash Over Book on Policy for Israel
- An Early Clash Over Iraq Report
- DOD Stops Plan to Send Christian Video Game to Troops in Iraq
- US Defends Surveillance to 3 Skeptical Judges
- Mounties, CIA Implicated in Arar Torture Scandal
- ACLU: Patriot Act, Free Speech Clash
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards Scoff At US Blacklist Plan
- Cancer Panel Attacks US Food Subsidies
- Death Toll From Iraq Bombings Likely To Be Worst of War
Wednesday August 15, 2007
- A Nation's Brutal Approach to Punishment
- Higher Standards of Living May Be Behind Europe's Height Advantage
- Most California Voters Want to Pull US Troops out of Iraq, Field Poll Shows
- Bush's Lethal Legacy: More Executions
- Scientists Warn Arctic Sea Ice is Melting At Its Fastest Rate Since Records Began
- We've Been Neglected and Let Down Say Combat Troops
- World Faces New Threats of Water Scarcity
- US Tags Iran for Casualties from Its Own Attacks
- Fired US Attorneys: Were There Others?
- US Weighing Terrorist Label for Iran Guards
Tuesday August 14, 2007
Monday August 13, 2007
Sunday August 12, 2007
Saturday August 11, 2007
Friday August 10, 2007
Thursday August 9, 2007
- States Feel Left Out Of Disaster Planning
- Study: Outlook Bleaker for Migrants
- HEALTH-INDIA: Novartis Patents Case Far From Dead
- UN Staff Oppose Proposed Iraq Resolution
- Attitudes on Gays in Military Shifting
- US Political Climate Ripe for Grassroots Groups
- PACs and Lobbyists Aided Obama's Rise
- Nonwhites Becoming More of a Majority
- British Criticize US Air Attacks in Afghan Region
Wednesday August 8, 2007
- Wild Weather a Taste of Things to Come
- US Bombs Shiite Gang as Baghdad Pilgrimage Begins
- Humans Drive Rare Dolphin to Extinction
- Poll: Iraqis Oppose Oil Privatization
- Trappings of Modern Life Bring an Early Death to Valley of the Immortals
- 1.4 Million Iraqis Push Syria to Edge
- Pakistan Leader Says Talk of US Strikes Hurts Terror Fight
- In Case of Apocalypse Later, a Plan to Ensure America's Regreening
Tuesday August 7, 2007
- Iraq Power System 'Near Collapse'
- NYPD Surveillance Files of RNC Protests Ordered Released
- Gore: Polluters Finance Research to Cast Doubt on Global Warming
- Hillary Clinton Aide's PR Firm is Under Attack
- The Bloody Failure of 'The Surge': A Special Report
- Universal Peace Day: Activists Warn of Ongoing Nuclear Threat
- Polls Find Broad Support for Greater Altruism
- Bush Climate Meeting Draws Doubts About Action
Monday August 6, 2007
- Hiroshima Peace Declaration 2007: Aim for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
- Human Error May Have Led to Hoof and Mouth Outbreak
- Veterans' Rare Cancers Raise Fears of Toxic Battlefields
- A Veteran General Hears Echoes from Vietnam in Iraq
- Power Cuts Worsen as Iraqi Grid Nears Collapse
- A Blaring Call for Impeachment
Sunday August 5, 2007
Saturday August 4, 2007
Friday August 3, 2007
- Iraq Veterans Suffer Stress and Alcoholism
- Russians Plant Flag on the Arctic Seabed
- Abe Defeat Could Impact Support for US.
- Angry Men Get Ahead While Angry Women Penalized: Study
- China Arrests Pro-Tibet Protesters
- As Iraq Costs Soar, Contractors Earn Record Profits
- MIDEAST: Bush Revs Up Lemon of a Peace Policy
- District of Columbia to Pay $1 Million to Protesters
- Bush Urges Congress to Pass Wiretap Bill
Thursday August 2, 2007
- Ohio Abortion Law Would give Fathers a Say State Legislators Propose Change; Opponents Blast Bill as 'Extreme'
- 'Impeach Bush' Sign in Kent, Ohio, Gets Man a Day in Court
- Disaster Looms in Land Built for Peace and Harmony
- Bush Invokes Executive Privilege for Rove in Attorney Firings
- Bush Invokes Executive Privilege for Rove in Attorney Firings
- US Cannot Account for 190,000 Guns in Iraq: Report
- In Terrorism-Law Case, Chiquita Points to US
- Murdoch's Expanding Empire Seen as "Ominous"
- US-India Deal Said to 'Increase Nuclear Danger'
Wednesday August 1, 2007
- Thousands of Unpaid Teens Bag Groceries for Wal-Mart
- O, Canada! More Americans Heading North
- As US Income Stagnates, Democrats Reject Free Trade
- Automakers Back Higher Fuel-Economy Standards
- Japan's Hybrid Train Hailed as the Future of Rail Travel
- US Military Doctors Criticized Over Force-Feeding
- Warming of Glaciers Threatens Millions in China
- US Energy Bill Aids Expansion of Atomic Power
- Budget Office Analysis Says War Could Cost $1 Trillion
- Obama 'Would Send Troops into Pakistan'