Headlines - May 2008
Saturday May 31, 2008
Friday May 30, 2008
- 34 Convicted in Display At US Supreme Court
- Young, American, and Uninsured: Number of Uninsured US Young Adults Grows
- Condi Rice 'Huge Supporter of Fulbrights'
- Haditha Marine Says He Was Ordered To Delete Iraq Photos
- Former Prosecutors Challenge White House Immunity Claim
- Was Press a War 'Enabler'? 2 Offer a Nod From Inside
- The Few Remaining Uncontacted Amazonian Tribes Deserve Protection: Expert
- Khadr Judge Fired Amid Record Squabble
- Suspicion of Political Manuevers As 9/11 Trial Schedule Materializes
- Act On Climate Change, Top Scientists Warn US
- Iraqis Protest Against US Military Deal
Thursday May 29, 2008
- Pentagon To Shift Funds To Pay for Iraq War
- Cluster Bomb Ban Passed Over US Objections
- Teen Farmworker's Death Stirs Outcry
- Colonel Says Speaking Out On Detainees Cost Him a Medal
- Falling Out With The President: The Devious World of George Bush
- C-Sections Increasing US Premature Births: Study
- CNN's Yellin: Network Execs Killed Critical White House Stories
- Activists Appear in Court as Guantanamo Prisoners
- Iraqis Claim Marines Are Pushing Christianity in Fallujah
- Al Sadr: Let Iraqis Decide On US Troops
- Exxon Investors Reject Green Initiatives
- Climate Change Threat To US Crops and Water
- Gay Marriages Set to Begin In Calif.; Progress For New York
- Tutu: Gaza Blockade Abomination
- Medical Charity Helping US Poor
- Burlington Debates Dropping Al Jazeera
Wednesday May 28, 2008
- Observers Praise Cluster Bomb Ban But Questions Remain
- John Bolton Escapes Citizen's Arrest at Hay Festival
- Supreme Court Gives Workers Protection From Retaliation
- Exxon To Cut Funding to (Some) Climate Change Denial Groups
- Amnesty: Time To Call Time On Guantánamo; Annual Report Scathing of US Human Rights
- UK Ready To Scrap Killer Cluster Bombs
- Goodall Urges Nobel Prize for Sparing Lab Animals
- Climate Change Casts Marine Science Adrift
- Fair Trade: Spreading The Wealth
- Last-Ditch Bid To Avert Arctic Free-For-All
- Iraq's Sadr Vows Campaign Against US Troop Pact
- Iraqi Father Seeks Blackwater Apology
- Blackwater USA Sues San Diego Over Permits
- Exclusive: McClellan Whacks Bush, White House
- John Bolton To Be Target of Citizen's Arrest at Hay Festival
- Leahy, American Activists, Victims Appeal For Cluster Bomb Ban
Tuesday May 27, 2008
- Demonstrators Use Court Case as Another Protest Opportunity
- Protesters Interrupt McCain Speech In Denver
- Israel Has '150 or More' Nuclear Weapons: Carter
- US Residents In Military Brigs? Govt Says It's War
- 100 From Pinochet Regime Ordered Held
- Controversy Over County's Plan For Military Internet Voting
- US-Iraq Deals Overshadowed by Rising Concerns
- Despite Landmark Treaty, Children Still Under Siege
- Bush 'Plans Iran Air Strike by August'
- Nature Cannot Absorb This Growth
- Through Occupation, The Very Dreams Change for Iraqis
- Carter Urges 'Supine' Europe to Break With US Over Gaza Blockade
- Hidden Nuclear Handout Seen in Climate Bill
- Guantanamo Bay Campaigners Go On Trial
Monday May 26, 2008
Sunday May 25, 2008
Saturday May 24, 2008
- Nader Calls for Bush-Cheney Impeachment
- Mukasey Defends Author of So-Called Torture Memos
- Canadian Detainee at Guantanamo Wins Document Access
- Pesticides: Germany Bans Chemicals Linked To Honeybee Devastation
- Food Security Requires New Approach to Water
- Controversial Contractor's Iraq Work Is Split Up
- Immigrants Under Fire in Texas, South Africa
Friday May 23, 2008
- Amazon Indians Lead Battle Against Power Giant's Plan to Flood Rainforest
- San Francisco Mayor Condemns Refusal to Marry Gays
- Senate Passes No-Strings War Funding Bill
- GM Foods the Problem, Not The Solution
- House Aims At Pentagon 'Propaganda' on Iraq War
- Mixed Reactions to US Farm Bill
- Rice Defends Post 9/11 Torture
- Ex-Bush Adviser Rove Must Testify In Case That Could Shame White House
- Is The World About To Be Running On Empty?
- In Iraq, A Surge in US Airstrikes
Thursday May 22, 2008
- House Subpoenas Karl Rove
- Lifelong Republican Finds Himself Unlikely Hero of Gay Rights Activists
- US Knew Rules Broken: Khadr Lawyer
- US Airtrike Kills Iraqi Civilians
- Edwards Launches 10-Year Effort to Halve Poverty
- As Bush Policy Crumbles, Allies Pick Up the Pieces
- US, on Behalf of Big Pharma, Might Just Choke the WHO
- US Official: Cluster Bomb Ban Could Hurt 'Cooperation' and 'Humanitarian Work'
- New York 8th-Graders Boycott Practice Exam But Teacher May Get Ax
- US War Resister Loses Bid To Stay in Canada
- Lie-Down Protest Targets Cluster Bombs
Wednesday May 21, 2008
- Afghan Teenage Cluster Bomb Victim Battling For Ban
- IMF "Cure" for Food Crisis Also a Cause
- Guantanamo Trials Hit Setbacks
- Not Enough Done to Protect Biodiversity
- Middle East in Nuclear Race To Match Iran
- Critics: Polar Bear Plan Must Fight Global Warming
- Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Finds Distracted Audience at US Congress
- For Tens of Thousands of Child Soldiers, A Short and Brutal Life
- Report Details Military Tactics FBI Agents Found Abusive
- New Trend in Biofuels Has New Risks
- Roslyn Zinn, 85; Blended Social Activism With The Arts
Tuesday May 20, 2008
- British Contemplate 'Big Brother' Database For Phones and E-mails
- USDA Head Downplays Calls To Cut Biofuel Mandate
- Hunger Prompting Desperate Acts
- Where Industry Once Hummed, Urban Garden Finds Success
- Food Crisis Rippling Out Like a "Tsunami"
- The War on (Euphemism)
- US Environmental Official Admits White House Influenced Emissions Decision
- The Mountain That Lost Its Top
- World 'More Peaceful' In 2008
Monday May 19, 2008
- Report: US Detains Hundreds of Youth Suspects in Iraq
- GM Monkeys Are Bred To Die of Brain Disease
- The Island House That Powers Itself - With A Little Help From 100mph Gales
- Field Trips Going Extinct? Schools Can't Spare Time or Dimes For Field Trips
- Keeping Secrets: In Presidential Memo, A New Designation for Classifying Information
- For an All-Organic Formula, Baby, That's Sweet
- The Spoils of Iraq War: How a Sarasota Soldier Got Rich and Lost It All
- Britain Obstructs Global Ban On Use of Cluster Bombs
- The Rich Splurge on Recession-Created Bargains
- Thousands Killed by US's Korean Ally
Sunday May 18, 2008
Saturday May 17, 2008
- 1968, 2008: 'Wars Don't Die'
- Sen. Kennedy Falls Ill; Taken to Boston Hospital by Helicopter
- Iraq Veterans Describe Atrocities to Lawmakers
- Alaska's Capital Goes Green After Avalanche Cuts Power Lines
- How Picture Phones Have Fueled Frenzy of Honor Killing in Iraq
- US Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan
- Chasing Utopia, Family Imagines No Possessions
Friday May 16, 2008
- An Ocean Apart, Bush, McCain Play to Neo-Con Dreams
- Official Urged Fewer Diagnoses of PTSD
- Comcast Not Alone In Impeding Data Transfer: Report
- Sex Sells Tasers At Vegas Show
- Americans Leery of Bicycles Despite Gas Price Jump
- Is That A Power Plant On The Park Horizon?
- Bush Hails Israelis As 'Chosen People' But Ignores Palestinians On 'Catastrophe' Day
- An Antiwar March Through Towns Unused to One
- Senate Votes To Revive Ban On Media Cross-Ownership
- An Epidemic of Extinctions: Decimation of Life on Earth
Thursday May 15, 2008
- State Supreme Court Says Same-Sex Couples Have Right To Marry
- World's Wildlife and Environment Already Hit by Climate Change, Major Study Shows
- Democrats Position For War Funding Approval
- Strange Bedfellows Unite to Pressure Oil Giants
- Afghan Civilians Killed In Secret Raids, UN Official Says
- Bogus Claim, al-Maliki Stall US Plan on Iran Arms
- Siege Hits Palestinians Before They Are Born
- Judge Backs US Conscientious Objector
- War Over Wall Persists in Sadr City Despite Truce
- Palestinians Mark 'Catastrophe' of Israel's Birth
- US Lists Polar Bear as Threatened But Balks at New Protection
- Chavez Tells Colombia No to US Base
Wednesday May 14, 2008
- Police Are 'Brainwashed' by Taser Maker; Psychologist Blames Instructions
- Quaid Testifies of Peril to Newborn Twins
- Indians Bristle At US Criticism on Food Prices
- Setback For Sarkozy As Parliament Throws Out GM Bill
- The Sacrificer: Bush Quit Golf Over Iraq War
- Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation
- Lebanon Crisis Shows Hues of Iraq
- Floor Plans: Mining Beneath The Ocean
- Not As Green As They Claim To Be
- US Using Food Crisis To Boost Bio-Engineered Crops
- Pedaling Toward Cleaner Cities
- School Military Recruiting Could Violate International Protocol
Tuesday May 13, 2008
- Firms Seek Patents on 'Climate Ready' Altered Crops
- ACLU Says Membership Has Doubled — Thanks To Bush Presidency
- Ex-Officials: Bush Admin. Ignored Iraq Corruption
- GM Crop Foes March In Germany As UN Summit Starts
- Democratic Candidates Play Up "Clean Coal"
- Bush Tour Diminished by Hezbollah Show of Force
Monday May 12, 2008
- Supreme Court Allows Apartheid Victims' Lawsuit Against US Companies To Proceed
- Bush, Congress to Battle Again Over Prosecutor Firings
- 'Ghost City' Mosul Braces For Assault On Last Bastion of al-Qa'ida in Iraq
- Food Crisis Symptom of Dubious Liberalisation
- Food Crisis Hits Fallujah
- World CO2 Levels At Record High, Scientists Warn
- Sadr City Residents Fear A Cease-Fire Means More Violence
- Federal Judge Rules Iraq KBR 'Rape Victim' Can Seek Trial In US
- Domestic Spying Far Outpaces Terrorism Prosecutions
- White House vs White Bear: Judge Says Bush Must Decide Whether To Save The Polar Bear As The Ice Melts
- Glaxo 'Downplayed' Warning on Heart-Attack Risk from Aids Drug
Sunday May 11, 2008
Saturday May 10, 2008
- Depleted Groundwater Threatens Food Chain
- Iraq Contractor in Shooting Case Makes Comeback
- Studies on Tasers Are Flawed, Cardiologist Tells Inquiry
- Farm Bill Includes Tax Breaks for Horse Racing Industry
- US Stops Cremating Troops at Facility That Also Handles Pets
- Three Suspended for Not Standing for Pledge of Allegiance
Friday May 9, 2008
- Urban Farmers' Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market
- Guantanamo Judge Threatens To Halt Canadian Case
- Depleted Groundwater Threatens Food Chain
- Pakistan New Govt. Opposed To US Action On Its Soil
- US Urged to Reform Foreign Aid
- Iraqi Military Orders Sadr City Residents To Evacuate
- US Army's 'Stop-Loss' Orders Up Dramatically Over Last Year
- Human Rights Groups Unveil Traveling Exhibit Aimed To Bring Guantanamo Home
- Lawmakers Seek Probe of 'Media Generals'
- Iraq: The Elusive Iranian Weapons
- Panel: Utah Mine Deaths Avoidable; Company Officials Should Face Charges
- Judge May Make CIA Torture Memo Public
Thursday May 8, 2008
- Protesters Arrested In NY Shooting Protest
- Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Contractors
- FBI Seeking Records of 2004 Condoleeza Rice Ethics Probe
- Clashes Escalate In Lebanon
- 'NY Post' Reporter's Racial Profiling Suit Counters 'Post' Editorial
- Online Library Gets FBI To Back Off On National Security Letter
- Many Hands Make Light Work of Saving Energy
- Humane Society Says Video Shows Abused Livestock
- White House Tells Court of Missing Emails From Beginning of Iraq War
- Sixty Years On, Palestinians Mourn Loss of Homeland
- DIY Journalist Dahr Jamail: 'I Wanted to Report on Where The Silence Was'
- US Consumers Rank Last In World Survey of Green Habits
- Aid Officials Urge Relief For Baghdad Slum; Reports of Pending Sadr City Assault
Wednesday May 7, 2008
- Is Immigration Off the Table in Election 2008?
- As Executions Resume, So Do Questions of Fairness
- Lawyers for Guantánamo Inmates Accuse US of Eavesdropping
- Luis Posada Carriles, A Terror Suspect Abroad, Enjoys A 'Coming-Out' in Miami
- West Bank Villagers Fight for Promised Land
- CIA Rendition Flights, Detention Centers Haunt Romania
- Teens March Against Khadr Detention
- EPA Might Not Act To Limit Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water
- Obama Wins North Carolina Decisively; Late Night Drama Clinton Squeaks To Indiana Victory
- Airline Emissions 'Far Higher Than Previous Estimates'
- Canadian Becomes First Child Soldier Since Nuremberg To Stand Trial For War Crimes
- Women Bridging Borders to Beat Violence
- Veterans' Office Covering Up Soldier Suicides: US Lawmakers
Tuesday May 6, 2008
- FBI Agents Raid Office Protecting Whistleblowers: Reports
- US Panel Authorizes Subpoena of Cheney Aide
- Burma Disaster: The Wind of Change
- Iraq War Strains US Army Mental Health System
- War Funding Would Break Dem Promises
- Carbon Trading Blasted by Indigenous Groups
- Mildred Loving, Who Fought Marriage Ban, Dies
- A Woman, a Village and a War on Plastic Bags
- Racial Disparities Persist In Drug Arrests
- Luxury Hotels and Golf: Welcome To The Green Zone
- US Contractors Accused In Abu Ghraib Torture Suit
- Pentagon Targeted Iran for Regime Change after 9/11
Monday May 5, 2008
- Remembering Kent State Shooting Victims
- Iraq Backs Off Allegations That Iran Is Behind Violence
- US Base Is No Longer Welcome in Ecuador
- Wanted: A Few Flat-Earth Scientists To Support Alaskan Oil Drilling
- Canada To Honour Suu Kyi With Honory Citizenship
- Sinking Without Trace: Australia's Climate Change Victims
- Few Details on Immigrants Who Died in Custody
- Clinton Has 'No Regrets' Concerning Her 'Obliterating Iran' Comments
- UN Suspends Food Aid To Gaza—Again
Sunday May 4, 2008
Saturday May 3, 2008
- Persecution Not Prosecution: 'Bioterror' Case Falls Apart
- Iraq: Corruption Eats Into Food Rations
- Renditions Ruin The EU Case For Human Rights
- Senate Panel Bans Private Contractors in CIA Interrogations
- Hospital In Baghdad Casualty of US Air Strike
- McCain Clarifies: First Gulf War, Not This One, About Oil
- After Hiatus, States Set Wave of Executions
Friday May 2, 2008
- Teacher Fired For Refusing To Sign Loyalty Oath
- Bad Omen for Musharraf: Pakistan's Chief Justice Back
- Oakland Teach-In Looks at Budget Cuts and the War
- US Plan to Protect Right Whale From Shipping Blocked by Cheney
- EPA Official Ousted While Fighting Dow Chemical
- War of The future: Robot versus Robot
- Al-Jazeera Journalist Freed From Guantanamo After 6 Years
- Democrats on Committee Threaten to Subpoena Karl Rove About Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's Prosecution
Thursday May 1, 2008
- Dockworkers Take May Day Off, Idling All West Coast Ports
- Justice Dept. Will Share Interrogation Opinions
- Gaza 'On Point of Explosion' Warns UN
- Supreme Court Voter ID Decision Widely Denounced
- Bush Administration Proposes Allowing Concealed Guns At Parks
- Deployment of Aircraft Carrier a US 'Reminder' to Iran, Says Gates
- Iran Complains To UN About Clinton Comment
- ACLU: Pentagon Documents Highlight Interrogation Methods
- Did Top Dems Make A Dangerous Right Turn?
- Maine Jury Acquits Peace Activists For Senate Office Sit-In
- DC Nonprofit With Possible Clinton Ties Behind Deceptive NC Robo-Calls