Headlines - January 2009
Saturday January 31, 2009
- Iraqis Vote in Key Test of Nation's Progress
- Lifting of 'Gag Rule' Helps Restart Much-Needed Health Services in Africa
- Rising Acidity Is Threatening Food Web of Oceans, Science Panel Says
- Gay Rights Activist Urges Younger Generation to Continue Harvey Milk's Fight for Equality
- Obama Lets CIA Keep Controversial Renditions Tool
- Health Care Groups Paid Daschle $220k
- Rainforest Razed so Cattle Can Graze
- World Economic Forum: Davos Under Fire
- Oxfam Says New US Strategy Needed in Afghanistan
Friday January 30, 2009
- Broader Labor Agenda Likely to Face Rougher Waters
- Arar Shocked and Depressed by Testimony Tying Him to Khadr
- California Scouts Logged in Sensitive Areas
- Experts Say Vt. Yankee's Nuke Waste Is Here to Stay
- Turkish PM Greeted by Cheers After Israel Debate Clash
- Group: Settlement Info Implicates Israeli Gov't
- French Demonstration: Sarkozy vs the Street
- Medical Marijuana Raid Raises Question: What's Obama Policy
- Close Torture Loopholes, Physicians' Group Urges
- Homelessness Surges as Funding Falters
- Union Leaders Condemn Delegates on Crisis Response
Thursday January 29, 2009
- A Distress Signal in Westerly
- Cuba Renews Demands That the US Hand Over Guantanamo
- Spain Investigates Claims of Israeli Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza
- Europe to Prosecute Britain for Breaking Air Pollution Laws
- Poverty Safety Nets Fraying Nationwide
- Seed Bank for the World Threatened by Financial Crisis
- Officials: Army Suicides at 3-Decade High
- Obama Signs Equal Pay Bill
- Indonesian NGO Backs Villagers in Fight Against Palm Oil
- Iraq Bars Blackwater, Tarnished by Civilian Deaths
Wednesday January 28, 2009
- Gore Pushes for Climate Change Commitment
- The Stimulus Bill: Go Big or Go Home
- UN Nuclear Chief Boycotts BBC Over Gaza Appeal
- Some Fear Window Is Narrow for Healthcare Overhaul
- 'Wake Up, World!' - SOS From the Amazon
- Rove Subpoena a New Hurdle for Obama
- KBR Must Be Accountable for Iraq Deaths: US Senators
- Iran Leader Demands US Apology for Bush
- Emperor Penguin 'Marching to Extinction by End of the Century'
- Pentagon Nominee May Make $500,000 on Raytheon Stock
- Coal Wins Big in Senate Stimulus Package
- ACLU Tests Obama With Request for Secret Bush-Era Memos
- Russia Drops Kaliningrad Missile Plans
- Is Gates Undermining Another Opening to Iran?
Tuesday January 27, 2009
- Food Summit – Concern Yes, Concrete Steps No
- Author John Updike Dies at Age 76
- Five SOA Watch Protesters Receive Two-Month Sentences
- How the Call for Aid to Gaza Left the BBC in the Thick of Battle
- Geography Is Dividing Democrats Over Energy
- Why Would a Banker Sell his $14m House to his Wife for $100?
- Afghan Prison Poses Problem in Overhaul of Detainee Policy
- A Tale of Two Summits
- Factory's Ruin Bodes Ill for Gaza
- Lynn Gets Waiver from Obama Lobbyist Rules
- Obama Signals End to Era of Denial
- World Economic Forum: Kofi Annan Warns Against Blinkers in Crisis
- Barack Obama Tells the Middle East: 'Americans Are Not Your Enemy'
Monday January 26, 2009
- Study: Global Warming Effects to Last 1,000 Years
- World Must Double Food Production by 2050: FAO Chief
- Unconventional Warfare on the Rise in Mideast
- Momentum Builds for Zimbabwe Intervention
- No Bono, No Angelina at World Economic Forum
- Gay Leaders Debate Taking Marriage Fight to 2010 Ballot if Calif. High Court Upholds Ban
- Call for New Focus on Food Security Ahead of Madrid Meeting
- Nationalization Gets a New, Serious Look
- Muslim World Hails End of a Despised Symbol
- Israel Vows Legal Protection for Troops Over Gaza War
- Obama Plans to Overhaul Environmental Policies
Sunday January 25, 2009
- Israel Finally Admits Using White Phosphorous in Attacks on Gaza
- French Left Pioneers a Radical New Tactic: The Picnic Protest
- U.S. Raid Kills Iraqi Man, Woman in Their Bed
- The Other Global Warming: Why Coal and Nuclear are Wrong for Our Future
- American Viewership of Al-Jazeera Rises Dramatically
- The War Against Water Bottles
Saturday January 24, 2009
Friday January 23, 2009
- Gaza War Lends Urgency to Obama's Mideast Agenda
- Obama Reverses Global Gag Rule
- Poverty Simulation Program in West Des Moines Helps Teachers
- Hamas Fights on Uneven Battlefield
- Few Govts Seen to Take the Foreign Policy High Road
- Obama Moves to Start Iraq Pullout
- Senate Approves Landmark Equal Pay Legislation
- Obama Acts Fast on Mideast, but Substance Familiar
- Europe Lauds Obama Shutdown of Secret CIA Prisons
- Obama Moves to Block Bush's 'Midnight' attempts to Relax Green Rules
Thursday January 22, 2009
- North American Trees Dying Twice as Fast
- Offshore Drilling Plan to Go Ahead: Interior Dept
- US Accused of Killing 25 Afghan Civilians in Raid on Militants
- Obama Signs Order to Close Guantanamo
- Life on Google Earth
- DR Congo Warning on Rwanda Troops
- On Roe v. Wade Anniversary, GOP Lawmakers Press Obama
- Alarm Spreads Over Use of Lethal New Weapons
- Ecologists Warn the Planet Is Running Short of Water
- Antarctica Not Immune to Warming
Wednesday January 21, 2009
- Last-Minute Bush Regulations Are on Hold Pending Study
- British Government 'Snuffing Out' Compensation for Nuclear-Test Veterans
- Tar Sands Smog Seen Worsening
- Mothers for Peace Take on Nuclear Waste Storage
- Crisis as Opportunity for 'Another World'
- After 3-1/2 Years, US Opens Baghdad Water Plant
- President Obama Hails New 'Age of Responsibility'
- Obama Requests Guantánamo Bay Tribunals Suspension
Tuesday January 20, 2009
- Obama Offers Internationalist Vision
- Ban Ki-Moon Lambasts Shelling of UN in Gaza
- India Tests Missile Amid Tensions With Pakistan
- Ruling on Records Delivers a Win to Cheney
- Obama Is Sworn In as the 44th President
- After the Party, Obama Has One Long To-Do List
- Activist Spreads King's Teachings on Nonviolence
- Obama Readies Call for Service, Unity
- 'Bush's Last Day' Heads for the End
Monday January 19, 2009
- US Execution Breached International Law: World Court
- Gitmo War Court Back for What May Be Last Session
- More Joining US Military as Jobs Dwindle
- Scientist Issues Genetic Food Warning
- 10 Bush Pardons to Watch For
- Afghans Not Expecting Much Change Under Obama
- Illegal Wire-Tapping Suit Now in Obama's Court
- Green-Collar Economy Taking Root in Chicago
- Many Glaciers Will Disappear by Middle of Century and Add to Rising Sea Levels, Expert Warns
- A 'Police State' Celebrates
Sunday January 18, 2009
Saturday January 17, 2009
- Fresh Evidence of Israeli Phosphorus Use in Gaza Emerges
- Mystery of the British Penguins that are Marching Towards Oblivion
- Wind Farm Off Cape Cod Clears Hurdle
- Drama in Guantanamo: Will Obama Halt War Court Sessions?
- US Tells Plan to Drill Off California Coast
- As Politicians Stall, Grassroots Fills Void
Friday January 16, 2009
- Lula Urges Obama to Change US View of Latin America
- The Worst of Times: Bush's Environmental Legacy Examined
- The Youth Are Getting Restless
- Sword Mightier Than Pen as Journalist Deaths Rise to Six
- $50 Million Promised to Soften Border Fence Impact
- Obama's Justice Pick: Waterboarding Is Torture
- Family Settles With US in Marine Suicide
- Is Israel Using Illegal Weapons in Its Offensive on Gaza?
- Report Calls on EPA to Ban Coal-Waste Storage in Mines
Thursday January 15, 2009
- BART Shooting Draws Rodney King Case Parallels
- Military Planners, in Nod to Obama, Are Preparing for a Faster Iraq Withdrawal
- Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy
- Regulators OK Disposing Radioactive Waste in Texas
- Environmental Groups Condemn Heathrow Third Runway Plans
- Attacks Are Inhuman, Peace Activists Tell Olmert, Barak
- Court Orders White House to Preserve E-Mails
- UN Headquarters in Gaza Hit by Israeli 'White Phosphorus' Shells
- David Miliband Expands on Criticism of 'War on Terror' Phrase
- Land Rental Deal Collapses After Backlash Against 'Colonialism'
- Vets Health System in Need of Triage
- Soldier Suicides in Afghanistan Rose Sharply Last Year
- US Rabbis Urge Obama to Push for Immediate Gaza Truce
Wednesday January 14, 2009
- Navy Stops Iranian Gaza Aid Ship Again
- Rights Group Urges US to Counter 'Spoiler' States
- New Peasant Alliance Demands Action on Food Crisis
- Energy Nominee: Coal, Nuclear an 'Important Part' of Power Mix
- Norwegian Philosopher Arne Naess Dies at 96
- Maine Gay Marriage Law Proposed
- U.S. Says Remarks on Olmert-Bush Call Inaccurate
- Olmert Piles up the Pressure
- Guantanamo Detainee 'Was Tortured', Pentagon Official Admits
Tuesday January 13, 2009
- Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officials
- Watchdog: Bush Ex-Officials Used Leverage in Private Sector
- Obama Pressed to Scuttle Khadr Trial
- Gold Mine Wants Court to OK Dumping Waste in Lake
- Celebrities Buy Heathrow Land to Delay Third Runway
- European Parliament Passes Pesticides Bill
- A Bicycle Evangelist With the Wind Now at His Back
- Navy Allowed to Kill Whales in Hawaii During Sonar Training
- Bagram, Worse Than Guantanamo?
- Fort McCoy Peace Activists Fined in Federal Court
Monday January 12, 2009
- Veterans Say CIA Tested Drugs, Mind Control on Them
- Obama Signals His Reluctance to Look Into Bush Policies
- Israelis Rain 'Phosphorus Bombs' Over Gaza
- UN Rights Council Condemns Israeli Offensive in Gaza
- I May Be Skint but I Own This Desert
- Foes of Coal See Hope in Cancellation of Iowa Plant
- Sea Absorbing Less CO2, Scientists Discover
- Senate Boosts Wilderness Protection Across US
- Protesters Hopeful of Guantanamo's Demise
- Ex-Congo Leader Accused of War Crimes
Sunday January 11, 2009
Saturday January 10, 2009
- Few Speak Out for Palestinians in US Congress
- ACLU Protests Force-Feeding Guantanamo Prisoners
- Bailout Revamp Would Restore Original Purpose: Housing Help
- Bush Prepares Request for Rest Of Bailout Funds
- Waste Spills From a Second TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant
- No Campaign Reform? No Money, Activists Say
- Gazans Warned of Escalation While Israel Faces War Crime Accusations
- Rights Groups Condemn US Role in Gaza Conflict
- Billions Face Food Shortages, Study Warns
Friday January 9, 2009
- Can't Eat the View? Wait for Final Vote
- Will California Scandals Derail SEIU's Dream of Total World Domination?
- Purple Heart Is Ruled Out for Traumatic Stress
- Vt. Yankee Springs Leak 2 Days in Row
- Bill Easing Unionizing Is Under Heavy Attack
- US Says Iraqis May Still Be Held Without Charge
- US Weaponry Facilitates Killings in Gaza
- Obama Camp 'Prepared to Talk to Hamas'
- International Energy Agency 'Blocking Global Switch to Renewables'
- Destructive Alien Species Being Transported Around the World by Sea
- Immigrant Advocates Decry New Rules on Courts, DNA
- Gaza Victims' Burns Increase Concern Over Phosphorus
Thursday January 8, 2009
- US Senate Supports Israel's Gaza Incursion
- Groups Seek Syncrude Charges Over 500 Duck Deaths
- Europe's Heating Goes Off
- ICRC Says Israel Broke International Law in Gaza
- Era of Cheap Energy 'Will Never Return'
- Egypt Pulls Down the Shutters on Aid
- Shell Stakes Claim on Yampa River
- Coal Ash Sludge Ponds in Use at Some Illinois Power Plants
- Cheney Says Obama Should Keep Terror Policies
- War Resister Ordered Out
- Media Eyeless in Gaza at Key Moment
Wednesday January 7, 2009
- The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand
- Venezuela Expels Israeli Ambassador Over Gaza
- Climate Change Threatens Pacific, Arctic Conflicts
- Coal Ash Spill Reveals Risks, Lapses in Waste Regulation
- Israel May Face Charges for War Crime
- Cambodia Marks Khmer Rouge Fall
- Writer of 1970s 'Ecotopia' Makes a Comeback in the Green Era
Tuesday January 6, 2009
- Union in Republic Windows Protest Files Labor Charges Against Company
- Doctors Stuck at Bottleneck on Egypt-Gaza Border
- Fighting a Lifetime of Prejudice
- JetBlue, TSA Workers Settle in T-Shirt Case
- Awaiting Gitmo's Closure
- Israeli Tank Fire Kills 40 at UN School: Medics
- US Vows 'Huge' Marine Protection
- Iraqi Victims of Blackwater Shooting Await Trial With Guarded Hope
- Rio Slum Barrier Plans Spark Outcry
Monday January 5, 2009
- Despite Ruling, Israel Prevents Foreign Journalists From Entering Gaza
- New US Embassy Inaugurated in Iraq
- Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
- Activist Unmasks Himself as Federal Informant in G.O.P. Convention Case
- Stench in the Air: Scant Resources Stretched to Exhaustion
- Proposal Would Ease Forest Development
- Israel Rains Fire on Gaza With Phosphorus Shells
- Urban Tool in Recruiting by the Army: An Arcade
Sunday January 4, 2009
Saturday January 3, 2009
- Israeli Ground Troops Enter Gaza
- In Obama’s Team, 2 Camps on Climate
- Tests Show Pollution Near Ash Spill
- Gaza Health Risk as Sewage Floods Streets as Israeli Attacks Continue
- Paradise Lost on Maldives' Rubbish Island
- Land-Auction Meddler Has a New Plan
- US Branch of Amnesty Calls on Rice to Drop 'Lopsided' Stance
Friday January 2, 2009
- Attacks Condemned as Supplies Dwindle and Deaths Rise
- Nations Wary of Taking in Detainees
- Biker Gives Appalachian Towns a Voice
- Coral Decline Warns of Ocean Changes: Australian Scientists
- Three Million Customers and Still Counting: The Bank Getting Rich by Helping the Poor
- Obama Will Face Bush Legacy on Environment
- Power Plant Has No Plans to Stop Killing Fish
Thursday January 1, 2009
- 'Eight Civilians Killed' in Israeli 'Surgical' Strike on Truck
- Anti-Apartheid Campaigner Helen Suzman Dies at 91
- Cluster Bomb Campaigners Honored
- Literary Recluse Salinger Turns 90
- Climate Change Forcing Penguins North?
- 2009 in Iraq: A New Era Dawns, But Old Fears Still Hold Sway
- Climate Change Policies Failing, NASA Scientist Warns Obama