Headlines - March 2008
Monday March 31, 2008
- More Than 1,500 March For Immigrants
- Killing Fields Photographer Dith Pran dies
- Czech PM Says US Radar Deal Almost Ready: Paper
- "Kyoto II" Climate Talks Open in Bangkok
- Mike Hayden, Just A Regular Guy, Thinks Iran Developing Nuclear Weapon
- Iranian General Played Key Role in Brokering Iraq Cease-Fire
- Gore Launches Ambitious Advocacy Campaign on Climate
- British Human Rights Watchdog Questions 42-day Terror Law
- Divided Arabs Deliver Little To Iraqis
- Anti-Landmine Campaigners Target War Robots
Sunday March 30, 2008
Saturday March 29, 2008
Friday March 28, 2008
- U.K. Admits Breaching Human Rights Convention Over Detainee's Death
- Bush Likely to Delay Planned Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq
- A Day in a Guantanamo Detainee's Life
- Comcast Changes Tune, Won't Block Large Files; Critics Pleased, But Skeptical
- U.S.-Led Coalition Forces Bomb Shiite Militia in Basra
- As Uranium Firms Eye New Mexico, Navajos Are Wary
- Report: Local Control Saves Forests
- Stalled Assault on Basra Exposes the Iraqi Government's Shaky Authority
- Earth Hour Turns Spotlight on Emissions
- Tapes' Destruction Hovers Over Detainee Cases
- Governments Ever More Draconian, Group Says
- Net Neutrality's Quiet Crusader
Thursday March 27, 2008
- McCain Under Fire Over Environment Record
- Fever Named After Blackwater
- Refugees Fear Return to Afghanistan
- Gaza: Flowers, Strawberries, and Missiles
- Canada's High Court Weighs Guantanamo Detainee Case
- At Boston Hearing, Lawyers Press Case of Guantanamo Detainees
- Angola To Host Landmine Pageant
- West Bank Faces Toxic Waste Crisis
- Million Acres of Guyanese Rainforest To Be Saved In Groundbreaking Deal
- Florida Legislature Makes Formal Apology For Slavery
- Pakistan's New Leaders Tell US: We Are No Longer Your Killing Field
- Iraq Implodes As Shia Fights Shia
Wednesday March 26, 2008
- Israel Still Hampering Efforts to Clear Unexploded Ordnance - UNMACC
- Ice Shrink In Arctic Sea May Attract Oil Firms
- Bush Administration Seeks Libya Waiver For Terror Statute
- Spy-In-The-Sky Drone Sets Sights on Miami
- Land Deal Could Open Alaska Wildlife Refuge To Oil
- Oscar Winner Plans Abu Ghraib Photo Site
- Cheney Contradicts Facts and Findings Concerning Iran's Nuclear Goals
- Supreme Court Hears War-On-Terrorism Cases
- Nuclear Power Debate Heats Up
- Sadr Offensive Shows Failure of Petraeus Strategy
- Terrified Afghan Civilians Flee NATO Bombings
- Giant Antarctic Ice Shelf Breaks Into The Sea
Tuesday March 25, 2008
- China Slams Jail Door on Olympic Dissent
- US Jaguars Threatened by Mexico Border Fence
- UN: End Abuse of Afghan Women
- Scorned Trash Pickers Become Global Environmental Force
- Is 'Success' of US Surge In Iraq About To Unravel?
- Britain Is World's 7th Most Stable and Prosperous Nation; US at 22nd
- Spike in Iraq Deaths Follows Grim Milestone of Dead US troops
- In Slap To Musharraf, Pakistan Frees Deposed Chief Justice
- Mounties Zap Details From Taser Reports As Firings Soar Across Canada
- World Food Program Issues 'Emergency Appeal' For Funds
Monday March 24, 2008
- Watchdog Group Names Top Corporate Abusers
- For Less-Educated Workers, Good Jobs Will Be Harder to Find
- Iraq War Protesters Disrupt Chicago Mass
- Kansas Governor Vetoes Plan For Coal Power Plants
- Syria Now Home to a Million 'Pillow Drivers'
- US Air Base Tied to Colombian Raid on FARC Camp
- US Authority Failing to List Endangered Species
- Echoes of 1968 Return To Haunt The Divided Democrats
- Peru Tribe Battles Oil Giant Over Pollution
- Roadside Bomb Takes American Death Toll in Iraq To 4,000
- US Heavily Pressed Allies On War, Book Says
- Rain Can't Dampen Impeachment Protest
Sunday March 23, 2008
Saturday March 22, 2008
Friday March 21, 2008
- Dalai Lama: 'I am prepared to face China. I will go to Beijing'
- Dick Cheney Tour Sparks Iran War Rumours
- Watch-List Name Confusion Causes Hardship
- Dozens of Children In US Face Life In Prison
- Experts Urge All-Out Toilet Efforts
- New Rules In Mexico Pave the Way for Transgenic Crops
- Rights of Protesters Violated, Judge Rules
- Blackwater 'Blood Money' Angers Iraqis
- Larry Lessig: Time To Reject Corporate Influence on Washington
Thursday March 20, 2008
- States' Data Obscure How Few Finish High School
- Climate Change Deepening World Water Crisis
- 2 Towns Weigh Privatizing Libraries
- World's Best-Known Protest Symbol Turns 50
- US Protesters Target 'Pillars of War'
- Grain Farmer Claims Moral Victory in Seed Battle Against Monsanto
- Grannies and Pro-War Activists Clash in Times Square
- US Police Crack Down on Iraq Rallies
- Penn's War: Media Lap Dogs Backed Iraq Mess
Wednesday March 19, 2008
- Resistance is Futile - Or Is It?
- The Left Was Right
- Obama Speech Aims to End Race Row with Bold Plea for Harmony
- Anti-Iraq War US Diplomats Poorer But Proud
- Record Glacier Melt Spurs New Calls for Climate Action
- US Soldiers 'Testify' About War Crimes
- Reforms Failed to Curb FBI Spying
- Why Did the U.S. Invade Iraq?
- Iraq War Protesters Arrested at IRS
Tuesday March 18, 2008
- Liberals Take Back Their Swagger
- A Glacial Vanishing Act
- Outrage Over Airlines' Empty 'Ghost Flights'
- Warlords Turn to Ivory Trade To Fund Slaughter of Humans
- Chaos In Iraq Sparks Surge in EU Asylum Applications
- Rachel Corrie Play Opens in Haifa
- They Paved Paradise and Put Up... A Power Source
- Anti-War Grannies Arrested Trying to Enlist
- Opponents of Iraq War Plan Series of Protests in Capital
- Swiss Parliament Approves Use of Tasers in Deportations
- Five Years, And Counting
- Red Cross, Amnesty Paint Grim Picture of Post-Invasion Iraq
Monday March 17, 2008
Sunday March 16, 2008
Saturday March 15, 2008
Friday March 14, 2008
- Water-for-Schools Plan Launched
- British Firm Under Attack For Mining Near Grand Canyon
- British Teachers Told to Rewrite History of Iraq War
- US West Coast Braced For Ban on Salmon Fishing As Stocks Collapse
- Bush Intervened For Weaker Smog Rule
- Lebanon: Time to Step Back From the Brink
- Emissions Solutions Start at Home
- Evidence Doctored to Implicate Child Detainee: Lawyer
- Alaska Senators Make Another Push For Oil Drilling in ANWR
- President Weakens Espionage Oversight
- US Veterans Urge Soldiers to Speak Out Against Iraq War
- US House Holds Rare Secret Session on Spy Bill
Thursday March 13, 2008
- 6 Signs The US May Be Headed for War in Iran
- Hundreds Seeking Housing Money Overwhelm Boca Authority
- China Hits Back at US On Human Rights, says Iraq War A Disaster
- Bereaved Iraqi Mother Vows Revenge On US
- Clothesline Rule Creates Flap In New England States
- FBI Made 'Blanket' Demands for Phone Records
- Pentagon Cancels Release of Controversial Iraq Report
- Energy, Water Demands Are On Collision Course
- Most Vulnerable Left to Sink or Swim
- Detainee's Suit Says Abuse Was Videotaped
- Jeff Cohen's Message Clear: Don't Trust Big Corporate Media
- US Public Losing Interest in Iraq As News Coverage Wanes: Report
- Anti-War Protesters Chant "War Criminal" at Rice
Wednesday March 12, 2008
- NSA Shifts to E-mail, Web, Data-Mining Dragnet
- A Reminder To China That The World Has Not Forgotten Tibet
- House Unable To Override Bush's Veto of Waterboarding Ban
- US State Department Found Little to Cheer in 2007
- Polar Bears in Limbo as Drilling Leases Go Forward
- US Organic Food Industry Fears GMO Contamination
- British Campaigners Arrested at Sea in Diego Garcia Protest
- Sudan Warns West of 'Iraq-Style Disaster' in Darfur
- UN Torture Envoy Says US Deny Access to Iraq Jails
- Dissenting Views Made Fallon's Fall Inevitable
- UN Panel Finds Two-Tier Society
Tuesday March 11, 2008
- Corn-Based Ethanol Could Worsen "Dead Zone"
- US May Add Venezuela To List of Terrorist States
- One Electric Chair Ban Could Lead To Others
- Blowback of Iran War Likely to Be 'Terrible'
- Int'l Support Ebbs for West's Nuclear Hard Line
- We Don't Do Torture - Especially in Debates
- Exhaustive Review Finds No Link Between Saddam and Al Qaeda
- Chemical Exposure Cited in Gulf War Vets' Ailments
- 'Torture-Tainted Evidence' Mars US Legal Image: Rights Group
- Soldiers Join War Protest
Monday March 10, 2008
- House Sues White House Officials
- Overwhelmingly White, the Green Movement is Reaching For The Rainbow
- McCain Supports Bush Veto of Bill Banning Torture
- Hate Crimes Linked to Immigration Debate
- Childhood Is Dying
- Go Green, Save the Indigenous
- Just Waterboarding Under the Bridge
- EU Told To Prepare for Flood of Climate Change Migrants
- Pharmaceuticals Found in US Drinking Water
- KBR Named In Report On Soldier Illnesses
Sunday March 9, 2008
Saturday March 8, 2008
Friday March 7, 2008
- Leaders Hope to Defuse Latin American crisis
- Fired US Attorney Says Colleague Told Him Politics Was Behind His Ouster
- As Fifth Anniversary of Invasion Approaches, Iraqis Ask, 'Where Is The Happiness?'
- Thousands Come Out for Anti-Paramilitary March In Colombia
- No Day Is A Woman's Day in Gaza
- Foreign Policy Increasingly Flows Through Pentagon
- Canadian Government Will Probe 'Entire' NAFTA Leak: PM
- Food Crisis Will Take Hold Before Climate Change, Warns Chief Scientist
- US Officials Lean Toward Keeping Iraq Report Quiet
- Sewage-Based Fertilizer Safety Doubted
Thursday March 6, 2008
- Primordial Right-Wing Think Tank Still a Player
- FBI Chief Confirms Misuse of Subpoenas
- 'NAFTA-Gate' Began with Remark From Harper's Chief of Staff
- US Diplomacy Sidelined by Loyalty to Uribe
- World Can 'Afford' To Solve Its Environmental Woes: OECD
- Venezuela Accuse Colombia of War Crimes
- Sanctions Causing Gaza to Implode, say Rights Groups
- Women's Day In Iraq: Surviving Somehow Behind a Concrete Purdah
- No Need For Lawmakers' Approval of Iraq Pact, Administration Reasserts
- Top Iraq Contractor Skirts US Taxes Offshore
- Atheist Soldier Says Army Punished Him
- Media Ownership Rules Back Into Play
Wednesday March 5, 2008
- Colombia Faces Military Border Blockade from Venezuela and Ecuador
- UN's Main Women's Body Remains Leaderless
- EPA Chief Under Fire for Ignoring Scientists
- The Ostrich Brigades: Climate Deniers Emerge From Hibernation
- Trans-Atlantic Flight Arrives in London With Just Five Passengers on Board
- Bamboo Laptop Is Star of Computer Show
- Dennis Kucinich Appears Headed to General Election in 10th District Congressional Race
- Two Vermont Towns OK Bush & Cheney Indictments
- Code Pink Seeks Fast Exit For Bush
Tuesday March 4, 2008
- States Move to Label Cloned Food
- California Supreme Court Takes Up Same-Sex Marriage
- Local Peace Efforts Urged for Afghanistan
- Critics: Federal Screening Methods Target Muslims
- Somalis Protest Over US Bombing
- Sunni Insurgents Exploit U.S.-Sponsored Militias
- Women Out in the Cold at Peace Talks
- NGOs Wary of Doomsday Seed Vault
- Gitmo 'Attack Dog' Turns on His Pentagon Masters
- US Plotted To Overthrow Hamas After Election Victory
Monday March 3, 2008
- Expert: White House Derelict With E-mail
- Tobacco and Oil Pay For Climate Conference
- Mining Executive An Activist Himself
- Teacher Under Fire For Showing Gore Film Without Rebuttal
- Use of Radio ID Tags Faces Limits
- Israelis Show Declining Zest For Military Service
- US 'Exaggerating Nuclear Threat From North Korea'
- US Debts Hurting UN Peacekeeping, Say Analysts
- Israel Defiant As Gaza Toll Rises
- Iraqi Refugees See No Reason, or Hope, For Return