Headlines - October 2008
Friday October 31, 2008
- Studs Terkel Dies at 96
- GOP Continues Voter Suppression Campaign While Accusing ACORN of Irregularity
- Guantanamo Judge Rejects Request To Redo Sentence
- DRC: Aid Agencies Fear Humanitarian Disaster in North Kivu
- Many Voters Caught Unawares by Florida's 'No-Match' ID Law
- Iraqi Detainees May Go From Frying Pan to Fire
- GOP Voter Suppression: More Miss than Hit
- Buy-Local, Buy-Global Debate Is Mostly Civil, But Some Sparks Fly
- Climate Change At The Poles IS Man-Made
- A Last Push To Deregulate
- Green Jobs Plans Could Solve 'Twin Crises'
Thursday October 30, 2008
- Bailout Isn't Just For Wall Street Anymore
- Oil Company Bonanza Continues With Record Profits for Shell and Exxon
- Vermonters Stand Up To War Profiteer General Dynamics
- How Rebels Profit From Blood and Soil
- Environment, Economy Weigh on Bottled Water Sector
- Pro-Palestinian Boat Lands in Gaza Strip
- Syria Puts US Embassy Under Guard as Tens of Thousands Join Protest
- US Cutoff Threat Unlikely to Save Iraq Troop Pact
- NGOs Call for Radical Reforms as IMF Offers New Loans
- Milk: The Man Who Set America Straight About Gay Rights
- Massive UN Vote in Support of Lifting US Embargo on Cuba
- US Lawmakers, Cuomo Seek To Curb Bailout Bonuses
Wednesday October 29, 2008
- Afghan Detainee's Confession Excluded on Torture Grounds at Guantánamo Trial
- Latin America Experts Urge Obama to Break With Past
- Advocates Seek Changes in Fla. Felon Rights System
- Gates Calls For Modernization of US Nuclear Weapons
- Iraq Revises Draft Troop Deal; US Likely To Reject Changes
- New Gun Outcry As Boy, 8, Shoots Himself At US Fair
- Warning on 'Dire' Iraq Conditions
- Are Credit Cards The Next Collapse?
- Iraq Condemns US Raid on Syrian Village
- Millions Lose Homes, As Families Plead for Help
- Angry Pakistan Tells America: 'Stop Launching Missile Strikes Over Our Territory' as 20 More Die
- The Vote Grab: Voting Machines Are Unreliable and Inaccurate
- Massive Shift to Clean Energy Could Start Tomorrow
Tuesday October 28, 2008
- Activists, Lawyers Secure File Access In Domestic Spying Case
- Free At Last: Female Slave Who Dared To Take Niger To Court
- EU Involvement in DRC Mining Project Draws Protest
- More Than 30 Arrests at Aldermaston Anti-Nuclear Protest
- Soldiers, UN Retreat As Rebels Advance in Congo
- Rate of Nuclear Thefts ‘Disturbingly High,’ Monitoring Chief Says
- GOP Senate Campaign May Feel Fallout of Stevens Verdict
- Campaigners Build Support for Arms Trade Treaty
- The End of International Law?
Monday October 27, 2008
- Activist says Green Needs To Touch Blue Collar
- Ethanol Stance Taints Barack Obama's Green Credentials
- Thousands Stuck In Camps of No Return
- Climate Deal May Be Too Late To Save Coral Reefs, Scientists Warn
- Mormons Face Flak For Backing Prop. 8
- Syria Condemns 'US Village Raid'
- Hunting For The Seeds of Where It All Started
- US Threatens To Halt Services to Iraq Without Troop Accord
- Bigger Role For US CIA Drones in Pakistan
- Republicans Fear The Loss of Their Only Weapon Left: The Filibuster
- Guantanamo Trials Flout US Legal Fundamentals: Critics
Sunday October 26, 2008
Saturday October 25, 2008
- So When Will Banks Give Loans?
- Palin Allies Report Rising Campaign Tension
- Maude Barlow: The Al Gore of H2O
- Iraq's Prime Minister Won't Sign U.S. Troop Deal
- ‘John McCain Was Never Tortured in My Jail’, says Tran Trong Duyet
- Israel Invites Cat Stevens Then Tells Him 'Stay Away'
- Guantanamo Guards Struggle with Hunger Striker
Friday October 24, 2008
- Update: Court Stays Execution of Troy Davis
- Police Declare 'Mutilation' of McCain Worker in Pittsburgh a Hoax -- After Media Raise Doubts
- Rallies Protest Impending Execution of Troy Davis
- EU Honours Jailed Chinese Dissident Hu Despite Beijing Pressure
- Anti-Poverty Rallies Smash World Record
- Worst Forms of Pollution Killing Millions
- It's Not the "Greedy Poor People"
- Pakistan Rejects 'America's War' On Extremists
- Blame game: GOP Forms Circular Firing Squad
- EPA Weakens New Lead Rule After White House Objects
- Imran Khan Warns Against US 'Surge' in Afghanistan
- Maryland State Troopers' Spy Effort Was Wider
- Doctor Laments Brush-Off of Iraqi War Dead
Thursday October 23, 2008
- Voters Sue Pennsylvania, Election Official Scoffs
- Red Baiting In Red Leather At The Sarah Palin Rally
- Cell Phone Boycott Protests War in Congo
- British Court Attacks US Refusal to Disclose Torture Evidence
- IPCC Vice-Chairman on Global Warming: 'Media Must Find A Way For The Message'
- Foreclosed Mother Keeps Home... For Now
- Colombia Says Police Fired on Indigenous Protesters
- Closing Guantanamo May Not Be Enough: UN Envoy
- Pakistan Stares Into The Abyss
- Final Text of Iraq Pact Reveals a US Debacle
- ‘Counter-Recruiter’ Seeks to Block Students’ Data From the Military
- Full Circle: Crawford Turns Its Back on Lame-Duck President Bush
- Anti-Obama Sign Fuels Debate
- Florida's GOP Lawmakers Blamed For Early-Voting Lines
Wednesday October 22, 2008
- Beyond Obama: Zinn Says Direct Action Needed
- US Drops Charges Against 5 Guantanamo Prisoners
- Haitian President Réne Préval Makes International Plea
- Iraq's Unschooled Children Evidence of Devastation's Depth
- Canada to Ban Bisphenol A in Baby Bottles, US Urged to Follow
- Rich-Poor Divide Worst Among Rich Countries
- Iraq's Cabinet Rejects Current Draft of US Troop Accord
- Congress Weighs Next Steps For Financial Regulation
- Gay Marriage in Peril in California
- Obama and The Americas
- Chagos Islanders Lose Battle To Return
- Military Barred From Retrying Watada on 3 of 5 Court-Martial Charges
- Feds Rush To Ease Endangered Species Rules
- McCain Campaign Paid Republican Operative Accused of Voter Fraud
Tuesday October 21, 2008
- Protestor Tries To Arrest Rove in SF
- Israel Targets Palestinian Students
- No Golden Parachutes for the Working Poor
- Fears of Blowback Nixed Airstrikes in 2004
- Palestinian Group says Israelis Killed 68 Children in Gaza In Year
- Maude Barlow Named To UN Post
- The Green Party's Cynthia McKinney
- Chomsky On The Economy
- Crunch May Put Price Tag On Environment
- McCain Evolved From Reluctant Warrior to Interventionist
Monday October 20, 2008
- Mortgage Firm Tied to McCain Arranged Stealth Campaign To Crush Regulation
- Could The US Election Be Stolen?
- The Disillusioned Reality of the American Choice
- Climate Change Is 'Faster and More Extreme' Than Feared
- Green Policies in California Generated Jobs, Study Finds
- Economic Crisis Hurting Students' Ability to Pay For College
- Cotton Subsidies Remain Big Hurdle in WTO Doha Round
- What Started As The Road To Recovery Has Turned Into A Highway of Terror in Afghanistan
- How Environmental Activist Van Jones' Book "The Green Collar Economy" Reached The NYT Best Sellers List
- ACLU, EFF Challenge Constitutionality of FISA Amendments
- Interpol Wants Facial Recognition Database to Catch Suspects
- US Trade Decree Upsets Bolivians
- Family Gatherings at Border to Become Casualty of US Crackdown
- Army Misses Diploma Goal for Recruits
Sunday October 19, 2008
- FBI Resources Limited for Economic Probes: Report
- Religious Divisions Deter Exiles From Returning
- Canola Oil Powers Gasless Race Winners to Vegas
- Seymour Hersh: The Man Who Knows Too Much
- Top Iraqi Leaders to Discuss US-Iraq Security Pact
- Huge Obama Crowds: 100,000 in St. Louis, 75,000 in K.C.
- Crisis Inspires Rethinking of 'Reaganomics'
- Army to Probe 5 Slayings Linked to Colorado Brigade
Saturday October 18, 2008
- Death Threat, Vandalism Hit ACORN After Accusations
- Philly Official Scoffs at Voting Problems
- US to Study Possible Space-Based Defense
- For Atheists, Politics Proves to Be a Lonely Endeavor
- Your Sunday's Free Again. 3rd-Party Debate Canceled
- Childhood Cut Short in Baghdad
- No Joy in Hooverville
- Ellsberg: 'The US President Is Not a King'
- Author Naomi Klein Discusses Bailout, Economy at Stanford
- Iraqis March For Freedom From US
- Deal on US troops Faces Possibly Fatal Objections in Iraq
- Response to 9/11 Was 'Huge Overreaction' - Ex-MI5 Chief
Friday October 17, 2008
- RNC Launches Negative Robo Calls Campaign
- McCain's Plumber No Ordinary Joe
- Peace Activists Arrested For Civil Disobedience
- GOP Environmental Record A Challenge For McCain
- World Food Crisis at Critical Juncture
- In Echo of Kingsnorth Six, US Climate Change Activists Go On Trial
- Nader Displays New Fervor on the Bailout Issue
- Its Native Tongue Facing Extinction, Arapaho Tribe Teaches the Young
- Banks Reap Whirlwind of Govt Spending
- GOP Donor Is Accused of Overcharging Pentagon
- Pakistani Politicians Divided Over Action On Terror
Thursday October 16, 2008
- 'Joe the Plumber' Isn’t Licensed
- Senator: White House Stonewalling Interrogation Probe
- Suspected US Strike Inside Pakistan Kills Five: Officials
- US Falling Behind In Infant Mortality
- Ohio Files Appeal to Supreme Court on Voter Registration Data
- At Debate, Activists to Urge Climate Action
- Top Ex-Diplomats Slam 'Militarisation' of Foreign Policy
- Misconceptions of Obama Fuel Republican Campaign
- Terms Secret for Bank Hired to Manage Bailout
- GOP Web Site Post Harsh Images of Obama
- Obama's Iraq Plans Vindicated As US Agrees To Pull Out by 2011
- Hunger Eclipsed by Financial Crisis on World Food Day
- Obama the Adult Versus McCain's Economic Easter Bunny
- Iraq War Protesters Gather Near Hofstra On Debate Day
Wednesday October 15, 2008
- Global Hunger: Some Progress, Serious Concerns
- Bush Declares Exceptions to Sections of Two Bills He Signed Into Law
- Sunday's C-Span Opportunity: 3rd-Party Candidates Debate
- Judge Sides with Voting Rights Groups
- Supreme Court Allows Troy Davis Execution
- Going Beyond Climate Change
- Pay-To-protect Forest Plan Gets Cautious Welcome
- At Indian Call Centers, Bleak View of US
- New intelligence Report says Pakistan Is 'On The Edge'
- Morning in America: Buying Bank Stock Ends Reagan Era
- Some Bottled Water Toxicity Shown To Exceed Law
- CIA Tactics Endorsed In Secret Memos
Tuesday October 14, 2008
- Iraqi VP: US, Iraq Won't Reach Accord on Troops This Year
- Foreclosure Victims May Lose Votes as Well
- Record Numbers of People Are Looking For Food
- From Energy Efficiency To War: Thinktank Sees 2030 Climate Future
- Ecologists Raise Alarm Ahead of UN Climate Summit
- Nobel Honours Man Who Told Bush to "Please Go Away"
- University Student To Plead Not Guilty To Terrorism Charges
- Bush: Bank Buyout Needed 'To Preserve Free Market'
Monday October 13, 2008
Sunday October 12, 2008
- Antiwar Activists Gather on Boston Common
- Environmentalists Slam Bush 'Fox-in-Henhouse' Plan
- Deal Could Open National Forests to Developers
- Palin's Christian Expenses
- Where Have all the Protest Singers Gone?
- Guantanamo Prosecutor Who Quit Had 'Grave Misgivings' About Fairness
- Spying on Activists Discussed at Forum
Saturday October 11, 2008
Friday October 10, 2008
- Panic Attacks: Voters Unload at GOP Rallies
- Supreme Court May Bar Groups From Contesting Federal Rules
- GMO: A Technology of Agri-business
- Corruption Blamed As Cholera Rips Through Iraq
- Unchecked Arms Trade Fuelling Conflict, Poverty
- Troubleshooter Ahtisaari Wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Ex-President Carter Slams Bush on Market Crisis
- Americans Increasingly Worried About Hunger
- A Year Later, Creation Museum Claiming Big Crowds
- The End Of American Capitalism?
Thursday October 9, 2008
- Afghan Peace Talks Widen US-UK Rift on War Policy
- MoveOn Grows Up
- Global Crises Compound Refugees' Woes: UN
- Economics Seen Bolstering Case To Protect Nature
- Appeals Court Blocks Release of Guantanamo Detainees
- Afghanistan Conflict Rapidly Worsening: US Report
- US Supreme Court Weighs National Security, Whale Welfare
- The Dirty Details of Voter Purges
- States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal
- Inside Account of US Eavesdropping on Americans
- World Is Moving Towards Banning Death Penalty, says Reprieve
- US Military Admits Killing 33 Civilians in Afghanistan Air Strike
- Veiled Racism Seen In New Attacks on Obama
- US May Take Ownership Stake in Banks
Wednesday October 8, 2008
- Palestinian Seeks Prosecution of Israeli Under Dutch Law
- Is A Food Bank Answer to Food Crisis?
- Lawmakers Lash Wall Street Execs at Hearings
- Documents say Detainee Near Insanity
- ACORN Raid Reflects GOP Anger at Voter Registration Drive
- 5,000 Doctors Challenge Private-Insurance System
- Latin Leftists Gloating Over 'Comrade' Bush's Bailout
- Green Group: BLM Ignored Laws in Oil Shale Plans
- Bailing Out a Boat Full of Holes
- New US Intelligence Report Warns 'Victory' Not Certain in Iraq
- Maryland Police Put Activists' Names On Terror Lists
Tuesday October 7, 2008
- Judge: Let Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo into US
- Principles, Not money, Power Guantanamo Defense Lawyers
- Cindy Sheehan Finds A Bit of Peace in Candidacy
- Nader's Message Brings Maine Voters To Their Feet
- Rural Communities Best Equipped To Cope With Climate Change: UN Report
- Nigerian Conflict A Warning for Big Oil in Iraq
- Deadlines Set For Designating Polar Bear Habitat
- World Habitat Day Message: Harmonious, Greener Urbanization
- Green Policies Can Have Big Economic Spinoffs: UN
- McCain Linked To Private Iran-Contra Group
- US Urged to Share More of Iraqi Refugee Burden
- Lehman Chief on Hot Seat
- World Needs To Rethink Biofuels - UN Food Agency
- Environment: Twisted As Unnaturally as the Banks
- Iran Fighters Force Plane To Land
- Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame
- US, NATO Attacks Killed 3,200 Afghan Civilians Since 2005: Study
Monday October 6, 2008
- Group Combats Military Recruitment In Schools
- One In Four Mammals Risks Extinction
- Talks with Taliban The Only Way Forward in Afghanistan, says UK Commander
- Treatment of Cuban Five: 'It's A Form of Torture'
- Starbucks Wastes Millions of Litres of Water A Day
- Kenya: Government Wants to Impose GMOs 'By Force'
- Controversy Grows As Taser Expands Scope
Sunday October 5, 2008
Saturday October 4, 2008
Friday October 3, 2008
- Activists Push(ed) Against Bailout, Offer(ed) Alternatives
- House Passes Bailout Bill
- Nuclear Arms Race Feared After US-India Deal Passes
- Alaska Judge Refuses to Halt Troopergate Probe
- March Marks 1968 Mexico Killings
- Fake Pollsters' Scare Tactics Target Obama
- Rendition Victims "Missing" in Ethiopia
- US Could Create 4.2 Million Green Jobs by 2038 - Study
- Proposed Midstate Coal-Fired Plant Draws Variety of Opposition
- Bus To Tour Europe Lobbying For Cluster Bombs Ban
- Red Cross: Pakistan "Now Is War Zone"
- Destitute and Confused: Bleak Future For Refugees Caught In The Crossfire
- US to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media
- "Sweetened" Bailout Goes Back to the House
- A Wink, A Nod and A Loss
Thursday October 2, 2008
- Elizabeth Edwards Calls McCain Plan 'Dangerous'
- Wolfowitz Up to More Mischief?
- Blackwater Machine Gun Found in Raid on Iraqi Insurgents
- Companies Scramble for Ever-Scarcer Resources
- Ads Cite Financial Risks of Nuclear Energy
- How I Became A Target For Israel's 'Jewish terrorists'
- US Overturns Ban on Nuclear Trade with India
- Iraq Violence Kills 440 In September
- McCain's Kremlin Ties
- US Senate Backs $700 billion Bail-Out Plan
- Activists Protest Financial Bailout
- Lawyers say UK Guantánamo Suspect Has No Hope of Fair Trial
- Economist Asks: Is The Bailout Necessary?
Wednesday October 1, 2008
- Battle for The Amazon
- US-Indian Nuclear Deal Set To Face Final Hurdle
- Revealed: Oil-Funded Research in Palin's Campaign Against Protection For Polar Bear
- British Envoy says Mission in Afghanistan Is Doomed, According to Leaked Memo
- Met Office Warns of Need For Drastic Cuts in Greenhouse Gases from 2010
- Surge Test: Will Iraq's Government Back Sunni Militias?
- US Great Place for the Oil Business
- Report Implicates White House
- ACLU Seeks Data on Spying for 32 Groups
- Bush Plan Down But Not Out
- 'Alternative Nobels' Go To Journalist, Activists
- Senate Set To Vote Tonight on New Bailout Bill
- The “No BAILOUTS Act”