Headlines - January 2008
Thursday January 31, 2008
- Obama: Most Liberal Senator In 2007
- After Mining Deal, Financier Donated to Clinton Charity
- Violence In Iraq Draws Veil Over Women
- Bush Asserts Authority To Bypass Defense Act
- Iraq Conflict Has Killed A Million Iraqis: Survey
- Afghanistan Risks Becoming 'Failed State', Reports Warn
- Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions
- In Senate, Questions on Protection for Alaska's Polar Bears
- Sentenced to Death: Afghan Who Dared to Read About Women's Rights
- UN: Climate Change May Cost $20 Trillion
Wednesday January 30, 2008
- US Justice Chief Refuses to Call Waterboarding Torture
- Police Rapped for Using Taser on Girl in Bedroom
- Mukasey Says Waterboarding Clarification 'Not An Easy Question'; Facing Senate Hearing Today
- FBI Investigates Sub-Prime Crisis
- Gandhi Finally Laid To Rest in Arabian Sea Ceremony
- Bush Signs Vets Bill, Won't Ban Permanent Bases
- Justice Not So Blind in Politically Charged Cases
- US Troops Allegedly Killed Detainees
- Security Council Loses Credibility Over Iran, Israel
- Claimants Tiptoe Around Lucrative Antarctic Rights
- Video Reveals Violations of Laws, Abuse of Cows at Slaughterhouse
- Story About Petition-Drive to charge Bush, Cheney with War Crimes Generates Flame War
- Chicago Study Calls Taser's Safety Claims Into Question
- John Edwards to Quit Presidential Race
Tuesday January 29, 2008
- Kenya's Problem Goes Beyond Ethnicity and Elections
- Anti-Whalers Leave Antarctica, But Vow to Return
- An American Builder's Failures in Iraq Are Found to Have Been More Widespread
- Environmentalists Sue Over Rule That Would Allow Killing of Wolves
- Prison Study to Investigate Link Between Junk Food and Violence
- Obama Takes Big Risk on Driver's License Issue
- Bush Urged Not to Lock Successor into Iraq
- Kucinich Postpones Bush Impeachment Effort
- Lawmakers Fault FEMA on Trailers
- Obama Anointed by Kennedy Dynasty
- Rove Passes Up Commencement Speech at Choate After the Students Object
- Afghan Women Protest American Kidnapping
- US Has Used Waterboarding in Past: Ex-Spy Chief
Monday January 28, 2008
Sunday January 27, 2008
- Lebanon Shiite Cleric Calls for Bush Trial Over Iraq
- Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, On Foot
- Brattleboro to Vote on Arresting Bush, Cheney
- Bush: Pace of Withdrawal from Iraq May Have to Slow
- Big Business Says Addressing Climate Change 'Rates Very Low on Agenda'
- Ted Kennedy Endorsing Obama
- Tip-Off Thwarted Nuclear Spy Ring Probe
- Obama Wins Landslide In South Carolina
Saturday January 26, 2008
- Bush Opens Roadless Tongass National Forest to Logging
- Biofuels a Lose-Lose Strategy, Critics Say
- Religious Leaders Assail Bush Agenda
- Pakistan Bans International Observers From Conducting Exit Polls for Election
- Money Left Behind
- Antarctic Glaciers Melting More Quickly
- Catholic Priest, Other Protesters, Sentenced in Santa Fe
- So Is Waterboarding Torture? Mukasey May Never Say
- Let War Resisters Stay: Demonstrators
Friday January 25, 2008
- Immigration Officials Detaining, Deporting American Citizens
- Federal Rule to Allow More Hunting of Gray Wolves
- Abortion Rights Groups Say Legal Fights Loom
- Neocons Shaken, But Not Deterred
- Iraq: 'US the Biggest Producer of Terror'
- Senate Spy Bill Still Shields Telecoms
- Wolfowitz, War Architect, Named to Head US Security Panel
- Bush Plan for Iraq Would Be a FirstNo OK From Congress Seen; Constitutional Issues Raised
- Cloned Meat Decision Sparks Consumer Campaign
Thursday January 24, 2008
- Kucinich Drops Presidential Bid
- Who Decides Who'll Be Allowed on TV Debates?
- UN Observer Can't Attend Omar Khadr Hearing, Pentagon Says
- Company Paid Twice for War Support Work
- At Auto Show, Calls to Mainstream 100-MPG Car
- US Stymies Security Council Action on Gaza
- Democrats Attack Iraq Security Proposal
- Brazil Amazon Deforestation Soars
- Kucinich Starts New Impeachment Drive
- Cheney Pushes for Renewed Wiretap Powers
- Drought Could Force Nuke-Plant Shutdowns
Wednesday January 23, 2008
- War in Congo Kills 45,000 People Each Month
- Poor Still Suffering From Last Recession
- Loss of 9.7 Million Children Unacceptable, Says UNICEF
- Planned Parenthood Kicks Off Lobbying Effort
- Top Dems Stall Miers, Bolten Contempt Vote
- Biotech Critics Challenging Monsanto GMO Sugar Beet
- Palestinians Topple Gaza Wall and Cross to Egypt
- Detainee Torture Remains a Reality, Reports Show
- Study: Bush Led US To War on 'False Pretenses'
Tuesday January 22, 2008
- The Lowdown on Topsoil: It's Disappearing
- US Censors Arctic Scientists' Findings as it Prepares for Oil and Gas Auction
- Greenpeace Interupts Whaler Refueling
- As Abortion Rate Drops, Use of RU-486 Is on Rise
- World Wind Energy Market Seen Growing in 2008
- 'Ancient Civilization . . . Broken to Pieces'
- Gaza: No Rights, Little Mercy
- Contractor Abuses Rarely Punished, Groups Say
- Pre-Emptive Nuclear Strike a Key Option, NATO Told
Monday January 21, 2008
- Cheney Impeachment Gains Traction in House Judiciary Committee
- Oil Canals May Have Worsened Katrina
- Young Activists Mobilize Against ID Law
- Obama Blasts Ex-President Bill Clinton Ahead of Debate
- Historians Fear MLK's Legacy Being Lost
- Plan for Designated Protest Space on DC Mall Debated
- FBI Denies File Exposing Nuclear Secrets Theft
- New Generation of Homeless Vets Emerges
- Israeli Fuel Blockade May Halt Food Handouts, UN Warns
- How The Iraq War's $2 Trillion Cost to US Could Have Been Spent
Sunday January 20, 2008
Saturday January 19, 2008
Friday January 18, 2008
- Sale of Canada's Leading Satellite Developer Not Ethical: Engineer
- Decide on Polar Bears First, Then Oil: Lawmaker
- Waxman Challenges White House E-Mail Claim
- Taser Executive Faces Tough Questions
- US Groups Band Together to Stop Nuclear Transfer to India
- London, Paris Honored for Greening Transit Systems
- Canada Urged Not To Share Water with Americans
- Secret Service: Detailed Look at '06 Turmoil
- Senator Feingold Charts Course
- Canada Places US, Israel on Torture Watch List
- Parsing The Democrats' Iraq Plans
Thursday January 17, 2008
- Obama Appears to Laud Reagan for Confronting 1960-70s "Excesses"
- With Friends Like These ...
- UN Official: US Neglects Katrina Victims
- Vets Cleared to Sue US over PTSD Claims
- Opium Fields Spread Across Iraq as Farmers Try to Make Ends Meet
- Climate Talk's Cancellation Splits a Town
- White House Exempts Navy From Sonar Ban, Angering Environmental Groups
- Anti-War Groups Retreat
- US Consumers Oblivious to GM Food Fears
Wednesday January 16, 2008
- US Insists Cluster Bombs Not Bad if Used 'Responsibly'
- Burma Gem Boycott Raised
- Report Says US Lenders Prey on Minorities
- Wounded Vets Trade One Hell for Another
- How the Pentagon Planted a False Hormuz Story
- US War on Terror Moves East
- Iraq's Healthcare Left in Disarray after Invasion
- Wexler Calls for Cheney's Impeachment
- Court: MSNBC Can Bar Kucinich
- Update: NBC Fights to Keep Kucinich Out of Debate
Tuesday January 15, 2008
- Antarctica Lost More Ice in Last 10 Years: Study
- No Immunity, No Testimony
- The Green House (Building) Effect
- Protests Greet Nuclear Power Resurgence in US South
- IDF Kills 17 Palestinians in Raids on Gaza City
- Whalers Hold Two Protesters Hostage, Sea Shepherd Claims
- NBC Battles To Keep Kucinich Out of Las Vegas Debate
- FBI Wants Instant Access to British Identity Data
- Afghan Prison Looks Like Another Guantanamo
Monday January 14, 2008
- In Defending War Vote, Clintons Contradict Record
- Joint Chiefs Chairman: Close Guantanamo
- Iraq: Awoken to a New Danger
- Pakistan: Food Shortages Dim Public Enthusiasm For Polls
- Waterboarding: Intelligence Chief Says, 'For Me It Would Be Torture'
- Traumatised Veterans 'Have Killed 120 in US'
- Ending A Journey: Walk For Impeachment Reaches Goal, But Fight Not Over
Sunday January 13, 2008
Saturday January 12, 2008
Friday January 11, 2008
- Pakistan Warns US Not to Enter Northwest
- On Anniversary, Views of Surge Diverge
- 2 Freed Colombian Hostages Thank Chavez
- World Warming Despite Cool Pacific and Baghdad Snow
- UN Remains Impotent as Captive of US
- Abu Ghraib Officer: Probe Was Incomplete
- Protests Mark 6 Years of Guantanamo
- Protesters Disrupt Vermont Governor's State of the State Address
- Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel
Thursday January 10, 2008
- Ashcroft Deal Brings Scrutiny in Justice Dept.
- Report Finds Rising Tide of Green Financing
- Britain to Build New Nuclear Power Plants
- Oilsands Producers Get Failing Grade on Environment
- Ex-CIA Official May Refuse To Testify About Videotapes
- Evolutionists At War Over Altruism's Origins
- Iraq: Fuel Crisis Freezes Life
- Kucinich Undaunted by Fifth-Place Showing
- 2005 Use of Gas by Blackwater Leaves Questions
Wednesday January 9, 2008
- Judge Won't Inquire Into CIA Tapes Case
- The Afghanistan Surge
- AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter
- House Launches FCC Investigation; Warns Against Destroying Documents
- CIA Whistle-Blower Philip Agee Dies in Cuba
- Hundreds of Iraqi Interpreters Denied Chance to Live in UK
- FCC to Probe Comcast Data Discrimination
- US Diplomats Critical of Bush Iraq Policy-Survey
- Shell and Total Square Up Over Gasfield in Iraq's Sunni Heartland
- Introducing The iTaser: MP3 Player Meets Hip, Portable Shock Device
- White House Ordered to Say Whether Missing E-mails Were Stored
- Did Racist Voters Cost Obama The Primary?
- Report Reveals Vietnam War Hoaxes, Faked Attacks
Tuesday January 8, 2008
- Clinton Allies May Dump Millions Into Anti-Obama Group
- Rights Groups Urge International Efforts for Kenya
- Court Revives Lawsuit Against No Child Left Behind Law
- Abused Immigrant Spouses May Face Deportation
- France Best, US Worst in Preventable Death Ranking
- US Groups Sue Shell Over Refinery Pollution
- Call to Keep Water Clean of Privatisation
- ACLU Rips Plan to Track R.I. Students
- Clinton's Civil Rights Lesson
Monday January 7, 2008
- Musharraf: Bhutto to Blame for Her Assassination
- Pakistanis See US as Greatest Threat
- Voter ID Laws Are Set to Face a Crucial Test
- Racial Disparities Persist in US Cancer Treatment
- For Pentagon and News Media, Relations Improve With a Shift in War Coverage
- Iranian Boats "Provoke" US Navy Ships in Hormuz: CNN
- Killer of US Soldiers Becomes a Hero, Exposes Underlying Tensions
- Israel Seeks Ban on Settlement Report Ahead of Bush Visit
Sunday January 6, 2008
Saturday January 5, 2008
Friday January 4, 2008
- Call to Boycott Slave Children Cotton
- Foreign TV News Fell to Pre-9/11 Levels in 2007
- Jungle Tribal Leader Kelesau Naan Took on The Loggers. It May Have Cost Him His Life
- National Academy of Scientists Defends the Teaching of Evolution
- Burning Biofuels May Be Worse Than Coal and Oil, say Experts
- Groups Seek to Stop Relicensing of Nuclear Plants
- Navy Must Cut Sonar Use off California
- Cloned Livestock Poised To Receive FDA Clearance
- 2003 Letter Told CIA: Trashing Tapes Would Harm Image
- Clinton Campaign Stung By Third-Place Finish
Thursday January 3, 2008
- Jamie Oliver Campaigns For Chicken Welfare
- Talk Show Icon Phil Donahue Fights for Soldier
- The Iowa Caucuses: Five Not-So-Unlikely Surprises
- French Activist Bove Launches Anti-GMO Hunger Strike
- 16 States Sue EPA to Force Waiver Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Candidates Scored on AIDS Policies
- Ruling Gives Human Rights Groups Protections of Press
- Terror Prosecutions Shed More Heat Than Light
- Mexican Farmers Protest NAFTA
- Rice and Gates Divided over Iran's Role in Iraq
- US Admissions of Iraqi Refugees Fall Far Short of Bush Administration Goal
- Alaskan Sea Drilling Plans Condemned
Wednesday January 2, 2008
- Justice Dept. Launches Criminal Probe of CIA Tapes
- Move to Impeach Cheney Gains Support in Congress
- Anti-War Protesters Arrested At Huckabee's Iowa Office
- Presidential Candidates Diverge On US Joining War Crimes Court
- Last of Haditha Marines Avoids Murder Charges
- Former "Dateline" Reporter Blasts NBC
- 9/11 Commission Leaders Blast CIA on Interrogation Tapes
- Alert Over The March of The 'Grey Goo' in Nanotechnology Frankenfoods