Headlines - October 2009
Saturday October 31, 2009
Friday October 30, 2009
- Secret Bailouts for Giant Failing Banks of the Future?
- Obama Signs Law Authorizing Suppression of Torture Photos
- Mountaintop Removal Mining Protests Going National
- Arnold, Milton, and the California Nightmare
- Student Expelled to Gaza Strip by Force
- Clinton Faces Pakistani Anger At Predator Drone Attacks
- Pentagon Officials Won’t Confirm Bush Propaganda Program Ended
- Farmers Fight Climate Bill, But Warming Spells Trouble for Them
- A Dozen Countries Take on Toxic Pollution
- Canada Sets Aside Its Boreal Forest as Giant Carbon Vault
- Deal Could Lead to Reinstatement of Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya
- Ethics Investigators Probe Dozens in Congress
Thursday October 29, 2009
- UN Can’t Account for Millions Sent to Afghan Election Board
- US, NATO Forces Rely on Afghan Warlords for Security
- Will Progressive Members Follow, as Grijalva Continues Push For Robust Public Option?
- Sanders to Push for Single-Payer Vote in Senate
- Car-Free Cities: An Idea with Legs
- Group Challenges Oil Firms On Land Encroachment in Africa
- Baucus Opposition Chills Climate Bill
- Date Set for Iraq War Public Hearings in UK
- The Return of Howard Zinn, and Company
- Pentagon Investigating Iraq Electrocution Death
- Demolishing Hope for Peace
- Cluster Bomb Trade Funded by World's Biggest Banks
- Under Attack, Credit Raters Turn to the First Amendment
- Oil Giant Is Gone, Legal and Environmental Mess Remains
Wednesday October 28, 2009
- Activists Arrested at Health Insurance Protest Outside Cigna offices
- Yes Men Statement on Chamber Lawsuit
- Greenpeace Climate Activists Dump Coal Outside Sweden's Government Offices
- Blasting Begins on Coal River Mountain
- Analysis: Taleban Attack is Bid to Force UN Out of Afghanistan
- Focus of Gay-Marriage Fight Is Maine
- Thousands March in 3-Day Showdown with Banking Industry
- Long-Time Environmental Activist: 'It's About the Confrontation'
- A Nuclear Power Boost for Senate Bill
- Court to Reconsider CIA Torture Flight Ruling
- Hamid Karzai's Brother Linked to CIA
- European Governments to Break up Big Banks
- US Drone Strikes May Break International Law: UN
Tuesday October 27, 2009
- Intel Panel: CIA Misled Lawmakers On Torture, Other Issues
- Senate Democrats Push for Climate Bill Ahead of Copenhagen
- Ehud Olmert Could Face War Crimes Arrest if He Visits UK
- Israelis Targeting Peaceful Anti-Occupation Grassroots Activists
- Didcot Protesters Spend Second Night Up Power Station Chimney
- October Deadliest Month for US Troops in Afghanistan
- Lieberman: Sure, I'd Filibuster A Health Care Reform Bill
- Go Veggie to Fight Global Warming, says Expert
- Obama to Give $3.4 Billion in Grants for Smart Grid
- Report: Palestinians Denied Water
- Progressives to Obama: Time to Step Up
- US Official Resigns in Protest over Afghan War
- Guantánamo Torture: UK Wants Claims of Complicity to be Heard in Secret
- Wall Street Firms Should Not Be Called Banks, US Official says
- US Chamber Sues Group After Impersonation Fiasco
Monday October 26, 2009
- Canadian Climate Protesters Disrupt House of Commons Question Period
- Protesters in Chicago March on Offices of Goldman, Wells Fargo
- What If, Instead of Fox, Team Obama Tackled Insurance Profiteers
- Reid: Senate Bill to Include Public Option
- Obama Urged to Fully Comply with Anti-Torture Treaty
- Native American Uranium Miners Still Suffer, As Industry Eyes Rebirth
- From the Big Showdown in Chicago
- NYT: Bush’s Cover-Up of Abuse Turning into Obama’s Cover-Up
- Illegal Logging Responsible for Loss of 10 Million Hectares in Indonesia
- Peaceful Protesters Included on Police Database of 'Domestic Extremists'
- New Bill to Make Seizure of US Companies Easier: Report
- No Refuge For Afghan Victims of Violence
- More Troops in Afghanistan, More Troop Deaths in Afghanistan
Sunday October 25, 2009
- Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support
- 'Too Innocent to Try, Too Guilty to Fly'
- Scores Killed, Hundreds Wounded in Bomb Attacks in Baghdad
- Preparing for a Pandemic, State Health Departments Struggle With Rationing Decisions
- Costs for US Project in Afghanistan Balloon, Benefit Hyped
Saturday October 24, 2009
Friday October 23, 2009
- Chamber Unleashes Lawyers on Yes Men
- NIE Reveals Qom Facility Followed 2007 Bush Threats
- Bush Jokes as Protesters Burn His Effigy in Montreal
- Public Option Pressure: As Stories Leak WH And Dem Leaders Say No Decision Has Been Made
- Congressman Grayson Wins Another Round in Healthcare Debate
- Banks Blasted By Regulators In UK, US
- Judge Refuses to Dismiss War Crimes Case Against Blackwater
- American Public More Complacent About Climate Change
- Groups Use 350's Big Day to Fight Cap-and-Trade
Thursday October 22, 2009
- Liberals Open Fire on Harry Reid
- FCC Commissioners Support Open Internet Rule
- DNA Profiling: You May Be Next
- 'Green' Technology Should be Shared: Indian PM
- Barack Obama to Order Salary Cuts at Bailed-Out Firms
- Pro-Israel Group's Money Trail Veers Hard Right
- Orangutans Struggle to Survive as Palm Oil Booms
- T. Boone Pickens says US Firms 'Entitled' to Iraqi Oil
- Stop Texting, to Save Lives in Africa
- Colombia Rights Defenders say They're Under Constant Attack
- Four-Year Drought Pushes 23 Million Africans to Brink of Starvation
- Goldstone Dares US on Gaza Report
- Honduras Regime Harasses Brazil Embassy, Talks Stall
- Rape Victim's Choice: Risk AIDS or Health Insurance?
- Musicians Demand Records On Bush Administration's Use Of Music For Torture
Wednesday October 21, 2009
- Pentagon Instructs Officials to Cancel Contracts with ACORN. The Problem: They Don't Exist
- Pentagon Used Psychological Operation on US Public, Documents Show
- Climate Change: Global Issue Spurs Global Protest
- Taser Advice: Don't Aim at Target's Chest
- Welcoming for a War Criminal in Canada
- Progressive House Dems Want Medicare for (E)veryone
- The Eco Activists Who Are Camping Against Climate Change
- Group Tries to Blunt Right Wing on Closing Gitmo
- Weiner: Obama Admin. 'Half-Pregnant' with Health Industries
- House Bill Would Make Changes in Patriot Act
- House Moves Closer to Healthcare Public Option
Tuesday October 20, 2009
- Govt Threatens Tar Sands Activists with Anti-Terror Laws
- Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None
- Chronic Illnesses More Often Undiscovered, Undertreated in Uninsured
- Report Urges Broad Actions to Preserve Journalism
- High Court to Consider Uighurs' Plea for Freedom
- US Commander in Iraq Warns of Threat to Pull Out... of Withdrawal
- US-Sudan: Activist Groups Cautiously Praise New Policy
- Refugee Flood Reveals Human Cost of South Waziristan's Invisible War
- US Gives Shell Green Light for Offshore Oil Drilling in the Arctic
- Karzai Orders Security Chiefs to Prepare for Election Run-Off
- Public Option Gains Support
Monday October 19, 2009
- Poll: Afghanistan Another Vietnam? Most say 'Yes'
- National Academy Blockbuster: Coal’s Huge Hidden Costs
- A New Battle Begins in Pakistan
- US Chamber of Commerce Falls Victim to 'Fraud' over Climate Hoax
- Hillary Clinton Gives 'Shameless Pitch' for Crooked Corporation in Russia
- Abuse Claims Against Peru Police Guarding British Firm Monterrico
- 'They Gave Me $100 and Told Me to Fend for Myself in Baghdad'
- Obama Eases Policy on Medical Marijuana
- BP Set for Iraqi Oil License as Cabinet Approves Deal
- Israel May Have Planted Spy Gear in Lebanon: UN
- In Health Care Overhaul Effort, Millions are Being Spent to Influence Congress
- Iran Blames Pakistan and West for Deadly Suicide Bombing
- Karzai Vote 'Below 50 Percent'
- Screams, Flames Among Horrors of Botched US Executions
Sunday October 18, 2009
Saturday October 17, 2009
Friday October 16, 2009
- Cindy McCain Bankrolled Conference That Called for Ban on Mercenaries
- Millions to Rally Against Poverty This Weekend
- Joel Salatin, America's Farming Heavyweight
- Code Pink Delivers Afghan Petition To President
- How Dems Set Stage for Corporate-Backed Health Care Campaign
- 11 Charged with Trespassing at Health Care Protest in Massachusetts
- Carbon Emissions Must Peak by 2015: UN Climate Scientist
- U.N. Rights Body Endorses Gaza War Crimes Report
Thursday October 15, 2009
- Republicans Fail to Stop Gitmo Transfers into US
- As Foreclosures Hit All-Time High, Wall Street on Pace to Hand Out Record $140B in Employee Bonuses
- Obama Hears Conflicting Views on Afghanistan from Democrats
- Northern Congo Civilians 'Need Urgent Aid'
- Single-Payer Healthcare System Supporters Plan Nationwide Protests
- Spate of Attacks Leaves 27 dead, 30 injured in Lahore
- Lack of Scrutiny for Geithner Aides
- The Arctic Will Be Ice-Free in Summer within 20 Years, Research Says
- The People vs Wall Street
- US Berated for Shielding Israel on Gaza Killings
Wednesday October 14, 2009
- Climate Change Activist Stopped from Travelling to Copenhagen
- Dr Rowan Williams says Climate Crisis a Chance to Become Human Again
- Obama’s Pakistan Policy in Disarray After Opposition to $7.5bn Aid Conditions
- Wall Street Set to Award Record Pay: Report
- Supreme Court Delay May Help Keep Detainee Abuse Pics Forever Sealed
- 'Crude' Looks at Oil Damage in Amazon Jungle
- Foreign Policy Hawks Launch New Campaign Against Obama
- Earth's Life Support Systems Failing
- Activists Win Right Livelihood Awards
- Farmers Try to Plant Hemp at DEA Office, Arrested
- Drugmakers, Doctors Rake in Billions Battling H1N1 Flu
- Bleak US Job Market Boosts Military Recruitment
- Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 a Year
Tuesday October 13, 2009
- Unions Will Oppose Baucus Bill Unless It's Changed
- Pro-War Officials Play Up Taliban-al Qaeda Ties
- Baucus Committee OKs a Health Bill, But Not Reform
- US Boosts Spending on Bunker-Buster Bomb
- Palestinian Faith in Obama 'Evaporates'
- Nurses to Sue Over H1N1 Shots
- Afghan Frustration Mounts over Vote Result Delay
- A Look at Fracking: Documentary Explores Environmental Consequences of Gas Extraction Method
- Calif. Governor OKs Harvey Milk Day, Marriage Bill
- Decline of a Tribe: and Then There Were Five
- Indigenous People Across Latin America Protest Spanish 'Genocide'
- Obama approves 13,000 more troops to Afghanistan
- If We Want Peace, We're Going to Have to Learn to Say No
- Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
Monday October 12, 2009
- Stalled Agenda Irks Labor Leaders
- Hunger Hurts Also the Well-Fed
- Insurers Mount Attack Against Health Reform
- Afghan Quits Election Panel, Claiming Foreigners are Making All Decisions
- Advancing Marines Test New Afghan War Doctrine
- US Duo Wins Nobel Economics Prize, First Woman Lauded
- Gay Rights Advocates March on DC, Divided on Obama
- Greenpeace Protesters Spend Night on Parliament Roof
Sunday October 11, 2009
Saturday October 10, 2009
Friday October 9, 2009
- Top Troop Request Exceeds 60,000
- Police and Protesters Clash in Jerusalem
- Four Degrees of Devastation
- Gay Activists Head To DC To Demand Federal Action
- EU in call to US on death penalty
- Mass. House Approves Bill Allowing Quarantines
- No Chance of Peace for Years, says Israel's Foreign Minister
- Rochester Police, City Council Examine Protest Clash
- Watchdog: Obama's Mortgage Relief Efforts Aren't Good Enough
- House Gives Final Approval To Hate Crimes Bill
- Police Arrest 7 Protesters in Sit-In Calling for Single-Payer Health Insurance in Chicago
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce President: Environmentalists Behind Resignation of Apple, Others
- Praise and Skepticism Greet Obama Nobel Award
Thursday October 8, 2009
- G8 States Could Face Class Actions on Climate Change
- Era of Cheap, Easy Oil is Over, Warns Study
- Bank Buster: Elizabeth Warren is Wall Street's Worst Nightmare
- When Wall St. Calls, Geithner Answers
- In Reversal of Bush Policy, EPA Launches New Study of Atrazine’s Health Effects
- Liberals See Health Care Hero in Freshman Florida Lawmaker
- US Envoy Returns to Mideast Amid Little Hope
- Ex-Staffers Winning Defense Panel Pork, Study Finds
- Maine Same-Sex Marriage Measure: Prop. 8 Rerun
- Democrats Disgruntled as Obama Fails to Deliver
- Thousands Stand in Line for Help Paying Bills in Detroit
- Heads or tails, Obama loses
- Left Claims 218 Votes in Sight
- Rich Nations Need to Ante-Up in Climate Talks: UN
- Lawmakers Agree to Holding Guantanamo Inmates in US
Wednesday October 7, 2009
- Afghan Taliban Say They Pose No Threat to the West
- Activism Works. Kingsnorth Coal Plant Shelved
- Key Senators Say Dem Leadership Entertaining Idea Of Weak Public Option
- 8 Years and Counting (and Still Standing)
- Campaigners Press for Arms Trade Deal
- Maldives Cabinet Meets Underwater to Stress Threat from Rising Sea Levels
- Diplomats Converge on Honduras for talks
- Chemical Linked to Aggression in Girls
- Homeland Security Dept. Begins Immigration Overhaul With New Detention Standards
- Fury Over Gaza War Report Weakens Abbas
- House Liberals Float Bill to Bar Troop 'Surge'
- 'Difficult' to Meet Guantanamo Closure Deadline: Holder
- Obama Rules Out Afghanistan Troop Cuts
- US Threatens to Derail Climate Talks by Refusing to Include Kyoto Targets
- For Anti-War Protesters, the Cause Isn't Lost
Tuesday October 6, 2009
- New Report Urges Quick, Aggressive Action to Stem Carbon Emissions
- Lawyers Scarce for Poor Facing Foreclosure
- Turkish Police Battle IMF Protesters in Istanbul
- Leaked Iran Paper Based on Intel that Split IAEA
- 'Rethink Afghanistan' Destroys Failed Logic of War
- Pakistan Readies for New Assault on Bin Laden Lair
- Island Nations Frustrated at Climate Talks
- US Push to Expand in Pakistan Meets Resistance
- Coup-Backed Regime Lifts Rights Curbs in Honduras
- US Losing Ground on Preventable Deaths
- Global Brands Refuse to Endorse 'Slaughter of the Amazon'
Monday October 5, 2009
- The Demise of the Dollar
- Protesters Try to Influence Afghanistan Policy
- Alberta Vows to Crackdown on Greenpeace Protesters
- White House: Leaving Afghanistan Not An Option
- Worst Losses for a Year as Taliban Storm NATO Outpost
- Health Workers Protest Flu Vaccine Mandate
- Men Arrested for G-20 Twittering say It's Free Speech
- A Tax on Coca-Cola and Pepsi 'Could Make Americans Thinner'
- Migrants Give More than They Take, Says UN
- Three Dead in Blast at UN Office in Islamabad
- More Americans Growing Food on Small `Hobby Farms'
- US Climate Bill Not Likely This Year, says Obama Adviser
- US FDIC Chief: "Too Big to Fail" Must End for All
- They Lied: Watchdog Says Treasury and Fed Knew Bailed-Out Banks Were Not 'Healthy'
Sunday October 4, 2009
- Arrests End Shell Oil Plant Protest in Canada
- Schumer: Senate Dems Will 'Come Together on a Public Option'
- Firms Are Getting Billions, but Homeowners Still in Trouble
- Beekeepers Tell Pesticide Firm to Buzz Off
- UN Warns of 70 Percent Desertification by 2025
- Arctic Seas Turn to Acid, Putting Vital Food Chain at Risk
Saturday October 3, 2009
Friday October 2, 2009
- Iran's Geneva Offer on Nukes: Progress for Both Sides
- Where Freedom Means a Chance to Work
- Montana AG Probing American Police Force Deal
- A Costly US-Mexico Border Wall, in Both Dollars and Deaths
- New Film Seeks Answer to Mystery of Vanishing Bees
- Revealed: Millions Spent by Lobby Firms Fighting Obama Health Reforms
- Dalai Lama Speaks Out on Afghanistan, Iraq, and Alberta Oil Sands
- Nurses File Lawsuit Over Mandatory Flu Vaccine
- Food Supply Hangs in the Balance
- UN Delays Action on Gaza War Report
Thursday October 1, 2009
- Police Use of Acoustic Warfare Draws Ire of Civil Libertarians
- Progressives Prepare to Pressure Reid to Include Public Option in Senate Health Care Bill
- Justice Dept. Ordered to Release Cheney Statements in Plame Case
- Iran Pledges to Allow Nuclear Inspections: UN Envoy
- Water Worries Threaten US Push for Natural Gas
- Advocates Fight Mountaintop Removal
- How to Sustain a Local Economy: From PB&J to Regional Currencies
- US Judge Refuses to Release Interrogation Documents
- Getting Corny: Environmentalists Seek 'Agricultural Asylum'
- House Dems' Afghan Anxieties
- US Nuke Agency Pushes New Bomb Production
- Student Reporter Whips Shoe at IMF Head
- Climate Control Debate Heats Up in the Senate
- White House Split on Second Afghan Troop Surge