Headlines - February 2008
Friday February 29, 2008
- Comcast Facing Backlash After Hearing
- UN Experts Criticize New Orleans Housing
- Killed While They Played Football, The Child Victims of Israel's Revenge on Gaza
- $4 Gasoline? It's News to Bush
- Quaker Teacher Fired For Changing Loyalty Oath
- Afghanistan Mission Close To Failing - US
- Outspoken Scientist Dismissed From Panel on Chemical Safety
- 1 in 100 Adults Now in Prison
- US Embrace of Musharraf Irks Pakistanis
- Abu Ghraib Prison Turned Soldiers Evil by Design: Researcher
- Vets Break Silence on War Crimes
Thursday February 28, 2008
- Comcast Admits Paying Attendees at FCC Hearing
- City Will Hold GOP Protesters To Single-File Route
- Humane Society Sues US in Cattle Case
- The Campaign That Changed The Eating Habits of A Nation
- Justices Seem Inclined to Trim Exxon Damages
- Online Indexing of All Life on Earth Begins
- Iraqi Leaders Veto Law Bush Administration Hailed As Political Breakthrough
- Nobel Laureate Estimates Wars' Cost at More Than $3 Trillion
- Bush, Congress Wrangle Over Domestic Spying
- Lebanon: Children Look At The Brighter Picture
- ACLU: 900,000 Names on US Terror Watch Lists
Wednesday February 27, 2008
- Automated Killer Robots 'Threat to Humanity': Expert
- Public Broadcasting Activists Refute McCain Campaign 'Facts' on FCC Letters
- Californians Sitting on Toxic Couches - Report
- Baquba Losing Life – And Hope
- Gaza Border In Political Limbo
- Missing E-Mails May Never Be Found
- Runway Protesters Take to Roof of Parliament
- Anti-War Movement Wrestles with 1968
- Flooded Village Files Suit, Citing Corporate Link to Climate Change
- Drug Giants Warned: Tell The Truth on Medicines
Tuesday February 26, 2008
- US Defense Chief in India to Push Arms Sales, Military Ties
- Feed The World? We Are Fighting a Losing Battle, UN Admits
- Dodd Endorses Obama
- Farms May Be Exempted From Emission Rules
- Study Finds Immigrants Commit Less California Crime
- Iraq Condemns Turkish Incursion and Wants Troops Out
- Neo-cons Fine-Tune Iran Angle
- Renditions Clothed in State Secrets Mantle
- FCC Tackles Net Neutrality
- Anti-War Groups Target Vulnerable Republicans
- Arctic Oil Bonanza Worries Alaska Natives
Monday February 25, 2008
- Black Owners Lose Grasp on Family Farms
- Protesters Say They Have Bugged Japanese Whalers
- Energy Storage Nears Its Day in The Sun
- Obesity More Dangerous Than Terrorism: Experts
- Obama Slams Smear Photo
- US Military Plan for Africa Panned
- Climate Protesters Arrested After Scaling Heathrow Jet
- Gazans Form Human Chain Along Israeli Border In Protest at Blockade
- Grim Legacy of Exxon Still Haunts Alaska
- Nader Raises Specter of 2000 with Fresh White House Run
- Arctic 'Doomsday Vault' Filled With World's Seeds Comes to Life
- The Most Expensive Air Crash in History
- Fairtrade Profits Rise, but is the Small Farmer Missing Out?
Saturday February 23, 2008
Friday February 22, 2008
- Boycotting NCLB: In Effort To Protect Students Illinois District Will Refuse Test
- UN Says World Fisheries Face Collapse
- Canada's Polar Bears Beset on All Sides
- British Troops Executed 20 Captives in Southern Iraq, Say Lawyers
- Snake Oil Sellers of the Christian Right?
- Crack Offenders Set for Release Mostly Nonviolent, Study Says
- Gray Wolves To Lose Endangered Status; Critics Call Decision Short-Sighted
- Bulk of States Back Cluster Bomb Ban, Organisers Say
- Satellite Shootdown Fuels Fears of New Space Race
- Beef Plant Video Spurs Calls for New Protections
Thursday February 21, 2008
- Iraq's Unemployment Epidemic
- A Peace of History Turns 50
- Florida Schools To Teach Evolution as 'Scientific Theory'
- How Labour Used The Law to Keep Criticism of Israel Secret
- Nobel Peace Laureate Says US Trying to Stall Cluster Bomb Agreement
- China Accuses US of Hypocrisy in Space
- Miliband Admits US Rendition Flights Stopped on UK Soil
- Blackwater Inquiry Turns to Baghdad
Wednesday February 20, 2008
- Rigged Trials at Gitmo
- Obama Trounces Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii to Make It Ten in a Row
- Keeping The Peace? The El Al Flight and The Israeli Army Officer
- Meat Recall Prompts Call for USDA Reform
- Climate Change Threatens Human Rights of Millions: UN
- Tape Inquiry: Ex-Spymaster in the Middle
- Silenced Pakistani Lawyer Is Speaking Out
- Guantánamo Suspects Face Death, Fair Trial Doubts
- Palestinians Should Follow Kosovo Example: Negotiator
- Pakistan President Refuses to Quit After Poll Wipeout
- Collins' Anti-Terrorism Bill Sparks Protest
Tuesday February 19, 2008
- US Supreme Court Throws Out Wire-Tapping Case
- Attorney-General Prepared to Limit Taser Use by Police
- Revealed: The First Draft of Dossier That Took Britain to War
- Nicaragua: Landmine-Free by 2009?
- Whistleblowing Website Vows to Defy Court Gag
- Journalist Who Exposes UN Corruption Disappears From Google
- Unilateral Strike Called a Model For US Operations in Pakistan
- Bearded Revolutionary Who Laughed in America's Face
- Musharraf Urged To Go as Rivals Win Pakistan Poll
- Thousands of Protesters Greet US War Games in Philippines
- Children Are Forty Percent of Cluster Bomb Casualties
Monday February 18, 2008
- Whistle-Blower Site Taken Offline
- Just In Time For RNC Convention, St. Paul Police Orders Tasers For Every Officer
- Shark Species Face Extinction, Says Research
- Student's Deportation Roils New Mexico Town
- Can the US Brace Its Fall?
- RNC Donor Event Outlines Obama Attack Plan
- Consequences of GM Crop Contamination 'Are Set to Worsen'
- Huge Beef Recall Issued As Result of Video Footage
- Consumers May Not Be Able to Avoid Cloned Food
- Britain Releases Secret File From Before Iraq War
Sunday February 17, 2008
Saturday February 16, 2008
Friday February 15, 2008
- Is The US Really Bringing Stability to Baghdad?
- Give This Man a Pencil
- Surge Exposing Political Tensions
- Pakistani Official Taped Saying Vote Will Be Rigged
- Top Scientists Want Research Free From Politics
- Dead Zones Off Oregon and Washington Likely Tied to Global Warming, Study Says
- McKibben: Local Activism is Key to Fighting Climate Change
Thursday February 14, 2008
- House Holds Bush Confidants in Contempt; Republican Members Walk Out
- Defendants' Lawyers Fear Loss of Potential Evidence at Guantanamo Bay
- CDC: Gulf Coast Trailers Have Toxic Air
- Venezuela Halts Crude Oil Sales to Exxon Mobil
- Obama Erodes Clinton's Core Vote as Democrat Deadlock is Broken
- Court Dismisses Lawsuit on Secret Kidnapping
- Thousands of New Prisoners Overwhelm Iraqi System
- For the World, Gaza Is Reality TV
- Waterboarding is Illegal, Says US Justice Department Official
- Senate OKs Limits On Interrogation Methods; Bush Veto Expected
- US Misses 2nd Deadline on Bear Protections; Critics Blame Oil Deal
- 2 Reports At Odds On Biotech Crops
- House Readies For Key Contempt Vote
- Creating Greener Future for Urban Youth
Wednesday February 13, 2008
- Mukasey's Bid on Crack Releases Is Denied
- Limbo for US Women Reporting Iraq Assaults
- Valentine's Pledge from Jewelry Sellers
- The Man on Both Sides of Air War Debate
- Scalia Accepts Infliction of Pain to Get Key Information
- UN Sees Progress in Ending Female Genital Mutilation
- Man Takes Stand In Canada: Beckley Native Questions Sale of Half of Company to US Arms Maker
- Obama Hammers Clinton in Primary Clean Sweep
- Exposed: The Long, Cruel Road to The Slaughterhouse
- US Acts to Avert Defense tactic expected in Al Qaeda Trial
Tuesday February 12, 2008
- Insect Explosion 'A Threat to Food Crops'
- Mexico's Calderón Seeks Better Lot for Migrants
- Berkeley to Decide on Revoking Marines Letter
- Boulder Weighs 'Impeach Bush'
- Predatory Lenders Still Seen Targeting Minorities
- Two Car Bombs in Baghdad as Violence Rises in Iraq
- Campaign to Clear Cluster Bombs Is Still A Work in Progress
- Russia, China Propose New Treaty to Ban Arms in Space
- US Accused of Using 'Kangaroo Court' to Try Men Accused of Role in September 11 Attacks
- King Penguin Faces Extinction Due to Climate Change
Monday February 11, 2008
- Venezuela Threatens to Cut US Oil
- Bush Orders Clampdown on Flights to US
- Biofuel Demand Leading to Human Rights Abuses, Report Claims
- 'Unnecessary and Excessive': Brattleboro Receives Independent Report Calling July 24 Use of a Taser Unjustified
- Iraq: The Road to Learning Can Be Dangerous
- Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning
- Exiled Iraqis Too Scared to Return Home Despite Propaganda Push
- Clinton Appoints New Campaign Manager As Obama Takes Maine
Sunday February 10, 2008
Saturday February 9, 2008
Friday February 8, 2008
- Toxic Government Report Uncovered
- US Army Shifts Focus to Nation-Building
- Pictures Reveal Truth About Japan's 'Scientific' Whaling
- Biofuel Crops Increase Carbon Emissions
- Israel Says It's Reducing Electrical Power to Gaza
- Justice Dept. 'Cannot' Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says
- US Should Not Provoke Iraq Militia: Report
- NATO Crisis Grows Over Afghan Troops
- Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion by 2100
- Calls For Taser Moratorium Across Quebec
Thursday February 7, 2008
- The FBI Deputizes Business
- New Charges of Guantanamo Torture
- Soldier In 'Shock' Over Leaked Khadr Report
- CIA Destroyed Tapes as Judge Sought Interrogation Data
- 'Why Talk When You Can Shock,' says Taser Opponent
- Waterboarding Is Legal, White House Says
- Annapolis Hopes Withered by Gaza Crisis
- Iranian-Americans Seek Least-Hawkish Candidate
- US Censured For Waterboarding
- Bills Introduced To Strip Berkeley Funds
- Red Cross Says Global Ban on Cluster Bombs Urgent
Wednesday February 6, 2008
- Defense Secretary Declines to Estimate '09 War Costs
- After Waterboarding Admission Senate Democrats Want Investigation
- Public Broadcasters Prepare to Fight Federal Budget Cuts
- He's a Uniter, Decider, and Now, Interpreter
- Freedom Watch: Pushing Buttons and Raising Millions
- Brattleboro Man Sees His Impeachment Trek As A Success
- Tide Turns To Positive as E-mails Flood Town Offices in Support of Resolution to Indict Bush, Cheney
- Obama Claims Delegate Lead
- Secrecy Plea Ties Up Torture Flights Case
Tuesday February 5, 2008
- Is Toxic Perchlorate in Utah's Food?
- CIA Says Used Waterboarding Three Times
- Study Finds High Levels of Chemicals in Infants Using Baby Cosmetics
- Scientists Identify 'Tipping Points' of Climate Change
- US Says No One Too Young for Guantanamo Court
- Did Marines Go Wild, or Simply Follow The Rules?
- Record Financing For Biofuels, Not Food
- The World's Rubbish Dump: A Garbage Tip That Stretches From Hawaii to Japan
- Candidates Offer Stark Contrasts On Terror, Torture
- Judge Rejects Navy Request for Sonar Training Exemption
- Leahy Criticizes Bush on Open Records
- Prosecutor Sought for White House Probe
Monday February 4, 2008
- Clinton Lead Dwindles Ahead of Super Tuesday
- Joan Baez Backs Barack Obama in US Presidency Race
- Was Encounter With Cheney a Touch, a Slap or a Shove?
- Baghdad Drowning in Sewage: Iraqi Official
- Obesity Becoming World Crisis
- US Company Seeks Permit to Import Nuclear Waste
- Book: 911 Commission Executive Director Had Closer White House Ties Than Publicly Disclosed
Sunday February 3, 2008
Saturday February 2, 2008
Friday February 1, 2008
- Domestic Spying Program Could Aid Terrorists, Experts Say
- MoveOn Endorses Obama
- US Soldier Suicides Reach A Record High
- Hundreds of Professors Hold Green 'Teach-In'
- Mexican Farmers Protest End of Corn-Import Taxes
- West Gives False "Democracies" A Pass
- Judge Rules In Favor of First Amendment, 'Honk For Peace' Activists
- Israel Criticized For Cluster Bombs
- Wars Dwarf Warming in US Budget
- Berkeley Finds a New Way to Make War Politics Local