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Headlines - January, 2009

Thursday December 31, 2009

US Judge Dismisses All Charges in Blackwater Iraq Killings
US Plots Retaliatory Strikes Against al-Qaida in Yemen over Plane Bomber
Canada's House of Commons Shut Down, Opposition Furious
Single-Payer’s Last Stand?
International Activists Protest Against Gaza Siege
Niger Delta Farmers Welcome Shell Court Ruling
Obama: Digging Out or Digging Deeper?
Threats to Yemen Prove America Hasn't Learned the Lesson of History

Wednesday December 30, 2009

Hansen: Carbon Offsets Modern Equivalent of Medieval 'Indulgences'
Afghan Panel Says U.S. Strike Killed 8 Schoolboys
Israeli War on Gaza: New Year Reopens Wounds of the Old
Obama Quietly Changes U.S. Immigration Policy
Glowing Walls Could Kill Off the Light Bulb
Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Under House Arrest
Four Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activists Arrested at Home
Freedom March: Activists Reject Egypt's Gaza Offer

Tuesday December 29, 2009

Solar Could Generate 15% of Power by 2020, If US Ends Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The Cash Committee: How Wall Street Wins On The Hill
Majority Of Tea Party Group's Spending Went To GOP Firm That Created It
Safety Fears for Hmong after Thai Expulsion
Senator DeMint Uses Botched Bombing to Attack Organized Labor
Aborted Bombing Puts Yemen in the Limelight
Escalated Afghan War Brings Escalated Civilian Death
Egypt Blocks US Activists' March
Federal Appeals Court Sets Limits on Police Use of Tasers
Palestinians Condemn Planned Jerusalem Settler Homes
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Canada Successfully Destroys Parody Websites

Monday December 28, 2009

Gaza Aid Convoy to Change Course
Joe Lieberman: How About Another War?
US Intelligence Found Iran Nuke Document Was Forged
Despite Disappointment, Climate Summit Marks High Point for Activist Movement
'Afghan Civilians Killed' in US/Nato Military Operations; School Children Among Dead
Awaiting Gaza March, Holocaust Survivor Stages Hunger Strike
House Backers of Public Insurance Option May Yield
The Climate Lobby from Soup to Nuts
Iran Cracks Down on Opponents after Deadly Protests
US Widens Terror War to Yemen

Sunday December 27, 2009

Kucinich: Generals Who Spoke Publicly on Afghan Strategy Should Lose Jobs
Mousavi Nephew Among Several Dead in Iran Clashes: Reports
New Gas Wells Leave More Chemicals in Ground
Poet, Anti-Apartheid Activist Dennis Brutus Dies
Senate Democrats to W.H.: Drop Cap-and-Trade
Gazans Mark Anniversary of War

Saturday December 26, 2009

Africa: Drying, Drying, Disappearing…
Activist Sows Seeds for Farm Co-Op
Civilian, Military Planners Have Different Views on New Approach to Afghanistan
Generics Chafe Under Big Pharma's Reform Shadow
FDA Slams Nestle Over Juicy Juice, BOOST Claims
Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank, Gaza

Friday December 25, 2009

Greenpeace Will Keep Up Pressure on Global Warming
US Promises Unlimited Financial Assistance to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Celebrities Oppose US Government Plan to Move 25,000 Mustangs East

Thursday December 24, 2009

Lee, Woolsey Push for Public Option
Declaring War on Yemen? Assassinations, Air Strikes, and Al Qaeda
Senate Health Bill Passes; US Senate Fails
Plants and Animals Race for Survival as Climate Change Creeps Across the Globe

Wednesday December 23, 2009

The Rational Case For 'Kill The Bill'
Is Making People Buy Health Insurance Constitutional?
How Filibusters Are Strangling the Senate
Obama Could Solve The Gitmo Closure Problem; Try Suspects In Civilian Court, Or Release
Poll: Public Opposes Afghanistan War - And Favors Sending More Troops
In Russia, Foreboding About America's War in Afghanistan
Climate Change Deniers Without Borders
With Health Care Bill All but Passed, Time for Backroom Deals
Where Have You Gone Bill Moyers? Bush Institute to Have PBS Show
AIG Executives' Promises to Return Bonuses Have Gone Largely Unfulfilled

Tuesday December 22, 2009

Guantanamo 'Hell on Earth', says Somali Detainee
Nation’s Largest RN Organization Says Healthcare Bill Cedes Too Much to Insurance Industry
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Broken Promises Follow Tennessee Coal Ash Disaster
Pro-Single-Payer Physicians Call for Defeat of Senate Health Bill
Gaza March Puts Spotlight on Civilian Suffering
World Has Betrayed Gaza Civilians: Rights Groups
Murder of Gay Rights Activist Shows Another Honduras Crisis
US Warns Japan over Relocation of Futenma Airbase
Union Sues LA School District over Charter Plan
Obama: Public Option Too 'Symbolic'
Yasuni Park Trust Fund Will Keep Ecuador's Oil Underground
States' Jobless Funds are Being Drained in Recession
Pork Greased Reform's Passage

Monday December 21, 2009

Senate Health Care Bill Built on Obama’s Broken Promises
Blocking of Aid Worsened 2009 Humanitarian Crises, Group Says
EPA, USDA Push Farmers to Use Coal Waste on Fields
The Nelson 'Compromise': What It Will Cost Women
Plight of Contractor Raped in Iraq Spurs Push in Congress
Report: Bush Admin Raised Terror Alert Based On Con Man's Al Jazeera 'Decoding' Scam
US Sends Home 12 Guantanamo Detainees
Cruise Missile Attacks in Yemen
UN Fights Hunger in Afghanistan
Israel Admits Harvesting Palestinian Organs
Health-Care Bill Clears Crucial Vote in Senate, 60 to 40

Sunday December 20, 2009

Global Warming Hike May Be Steeper: Research
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Radioactive Longer Than Expected
Israel Threatens to Use Force Against Settlers
Anti-War Activists Losing Patience with Obama
Climate Summit: History Was Not Made

Saturday December 19, 2009

Stupak, Working with GOP, Trying to Sink Abortion Compromise
How the White House Misjudged the Political Landscape
UN Climate Talks ‘Take Note’ of Accord Backed by US
Iran Rejects Iraqi Incursion Claim
Barney Frank vs. the Credit Raters
W.Sahara Activist Returns Home After Hunger Strike
Senate Unveils Health Care Compromise
Senate Approves $636 Billion Military Spending Bill

Friday December 18, 2009

Copenhagen Negotiators Bicker and Filibuster While the Biosphere Burns
Copenhagen Heading for Meltdown as Stalemate Continues Over Emission cuts
Poll: Voters Reject Health Care Mandate Without Public Option, Medicare Buy-In
Iranian Forces Take Over Iraq Oil Well
US Executions Down by Half over Past Decade: Report
Kucinich Panel to Investigate Citigroup Tax Ruling
Bottled Water Sales Dry Up, Industry asks ‘Why?’
Not Much Done on Agenda of Change
Online Posting of Women's Abortion Information Challenged in Oklahoma
Stunning Statistics About the War Every American Should Know
Homeowners Often Rejected Under Obama's Loan Plan
Barack Obama's Speech Disappoints and Fuels Frustration at Copenhagen
CIA Working with Palestinian Security Agents

Thursday December 17, 2009

Greenpeace Sends ‘Rescue Squad’ to US Chamber of Commerce
Nation's Largest Union: Change Health Care Bill Or Else
Leaked UN Report Shows Cuts Offered at Copenhagen Would Lead to 3C Rise
Climate Activists Stage Sit-In at the US State Department
Will Progressives 'Push Back' or Help Kill Health Bill?
Two-Degree Temperature Rise Could Flood Wide Areas of Planet, Study Says
War? There's an iPhone App for That
Even in Cases the US Wins, Guantanamo Evidence Is Suspect
Divide and Conquer at Copenhagen
Pelosi says Kucinich Resolution Will Satisfy Need for Afghanistan Vote
Western Sahara Hunger Strike Activist Hospitalized: Aide
US Military Adding More Drones in Afghanistan
Copenhagen Conference on the Brink of Collapse as World Leaders Arrive at Talks

Wednesday December 16, 2009

There Will Be No Roll Call: Sanders Withdraws Single-Payer Amendment
With Scant Opposition or Argument, House Passes $636 Billion Defense Bill
Coburn Demands 12-Hour Reading Of Single-Payer Amendment On Senate Floor
Civil Society Declares: ‘Our Climate, Not Your Business!’
Angry Liberals: Why Didn't Obama Fight?
Gore in Copenhagen: Favors Carbon Tax; Calls Deniers 'Reckless Fools'
The Guantanamo Shell Game?
Reclaim Power Action Begins inside Copenhagen Climate Talks
Friends of the Earth Among Activists Barred from Copenhagen Conference Center
'We Can Fail' - Climate Conference President
US Silent About Taliban Guarantee Offer on al Qaeda

Tuesday December 15, 2009

Senate to Take up Bernie Sanders Single-Payer Health Plan Wednesday
Alan Grayson: Afghan War 'Futile'
High-Profile Activist's Arrest Fuels Fears of Police Crackdown in Copenhagen
Howard Dean: 'Kill The Senate Bill'
Monsanto Awarded 'Angry Mermaid' Lobbying Prize
135,000 Uninsured Americans Will Die Before Health Reform Takes Effect, Analysis Finds
Meet the Merry Climate Pranksters Who Put Canada on the Spot
'We Don't Want Violence, We Want to Get Our Voices Heard' Say Protesters
Dubya: The Surreal Afterlife of an Ex-President
Bush White House Emails Won't Be Public For Years
Israel Confirms UK Arrest Warrant Against Livni

Monday December 14, 2009

Obama May Launch Drone Attacks on Major Pakistani City
Copenhagen Chaos: Developing Countries Insist Kyoto Stays
Pakistan Rebuffs US on Taliban Crackdown
Don't Worry, Scientists Suggest, New Earth Just 'Few Years Away'
Insurance Stocks Soar on News of Lieberman’s Obstructionism
Campaign Cash From Wall Street Favored Representatives Who Opposed Finance Reform Bill
Developing Countries End Boycott at Climate Talks
Supreme Court Rejects Guantanamo Torture Case
Monsanto Stomps Down Budding Seed Competitors
Did the Yes Men Punk Canada in Copenhagen?
US Protesters Seek New Anti-War Movement
Heavy Oil Might Be the Future of Alaska Petroleum Development
Women's Rights Advocates Square Off over Status of Afghan Women
Climate Talks Suspended After Mass Walkout
Lieberman Tells Reid To His Face: I'll Vote Against Current Health Care Bill

Sunday December 13, 2009

Iraq: The Crime of the Century
Obama's Big Sellout: The President has Packed His Economic Team with Wall Street Insiders
Drug Money Saved Banks in Global Crisis, Claims UN Advisor
Soldiers Forced to Go AWOL for PTSD Care
Despite US Laws, Thousands Still Virtual Slaves in America
Bush Birth Control Policies Fueled Africa's Baby Boom
Untouchable: Blair to Give Iraq War Evidence in Secret
Science of Global Warming Not Faked, Inquiry Decides
Under the Icy North Lurks a ‘Carbon Bomb’
Yes, Regulators Can Stop Foreclosures
Nearly 1000 Released After Climate Protest Arrests

Saturday December 12, 2009

Nearly 1000 Detained in Copenhagen Climate Protest
Small Farmers Can Cool the World
Health Care Street Heat Targets Senator Schumer, Demanding Medicare for All
Obama: I Didn't Run For Office To Help 'Fat Cat Bankers'
Major Victory for ACORN and the Constitution
New New Deal? House Passes Sweeping Financial Regulation
Global Protests Demand Action on Climate Change
Tony Blair Admits: I Would Have Invaded Iraq Anyway

Friday December 11, 2009

Global Civil Society Brandishes Utopian Vision, Promises Climate Action
Networks Still Hosting Military Analysts Without Identifying Massive Conflicts Of Interest
Shell and Petronas Win Rights to Develop Giant Iraq Oilfield
World Should at Least Halve CO2 by 2050: Draft Text
Egyptians, with US Assistance, Building Wall Under Ground at Gaza
Despite Incongruity, Corporate Media Love a Good War Speech
New Proposal Would Pay Americans a Percent of Carbon Permits
G77: 'US Should Spend as Much on Global Warming as War'
Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the CIA
Grijalva Says The Senate Public Option Compromise Is A Non-Starter

Thursday December 10, 2009

US Negotiator Rejects Climate Reparation
UK Issues New Guidance on Labelling of Food from Illegal Israeli Settlements
Former Bailout Czar Signs On With Firm That Helped Run Bailout
Kucinich Plans to Force Vote on US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
That Unpopular Bank Bailout? Geithner Wants to Extend It
Vulnerable Nations at Copenhagen Summit Reject 2C Target
Norwegians Incensed Over Barack Obama's Snubs
Nurses Unions Join Together for More Clout
Obama Nobel Speech: 'War Is Peace'
Ocean Acidification Rates Pose Disaster for Marine Life, Major Study Shows
Afghans Angry at Obama's Nobel Win

Wednesday December 9, 2009

US General: Afghan Violence to Rise
US Youth Crash Climate-Denier Live Webcast in Copenhagen
Obama Launches Freedom of Information Initiative
Afghanistan’s 'Bravest Woman' Pins Hopes on USA, Not Obama
People Speak Tells Extraordinary Works of 'Ordinary People'
Senate Dems Ditch the Public Option
US to Pay $3.4bn to Settle Native Americans Land Case
For the Feds, Some Wall Street Firms Are Too Big — to Punish
Danish Police Raid Copenhagen Climate Campaigners' Rooms
G77 says Danish Climate Text 'Threatens Success' of UN Talks
Mercosur Leaders, Venezuela Reject Honduras election
No Slowdown of Global Warming, Agency Says

Tuesday December 8, 2009

Senators Reach Tentative Public Option Deal--Withhold Details As They Await CBO Score
Reproductive Rights Resist Erosion in US Senate
Bolivian President to Deepen Social Revolution
Millions in US Drink Dirty Water, Records Show
Protest and Non-Violent Civil Disobedience at Chevron Headquarters; 31 Arrested
White House Wants Torture Suit against Yoo Dismissed
Copenhagen Climate Summit in Disarray after 'Danish Text' Leak
More Than 100 Killed in Baghdad Explosions
Watered-Down 'Public Plan' Emerges in Senate
President Obama Told Me to Stop ‘Demeaning’ Him, says Rep. Conyers
Naomi Klein Kick-Starts the Activism at Copenhagen with Call for Disobedience

Monday December 7, 2009

Decade of 2000s Was Warmest Ever, Scientists Say
Lawyers Fight to Halt Ohio Execution Condemned as Human Experimentation
Drill, Baby, Drill: Obama Administration OKs Oil Drilling in Arctic off Alaska
Senator Adds Abortion Restrictions to Health Care Bill
Senate Dems May Open Up Medicare To Pacify "Progressives"
Bush Climate Team Still Impacting The Debate, Report Finds
Civil Society and Climate Activists: The Most Vital Delegates Arrive in Copenhagen
EPA to Announce Greenhouse Gases Pose Public Health Threat
Checkmate: How Joe Lieberman Turned The Public Option Fight On Its Head
Was Russian Secret Service Behind Leak of Climate-Change Emails?
GOP Would Require President, Cabinet, Staff To Enroll In Public Option
Study Finds Weed Killer Affects Frogs Sexually
Copenhagen Climate Conference Opens to Dire Warnings
Evo Morales Wins Landslide Victory in Bolivian Presidential Elections
Spain Moves to Help Western Sahara Hunger Striker
Plight of Afghan Women May Worsen as War Effort is Stepped Up, Warns Report
White House Chorus: We Will Occupy South Asia for 'Long Time'

Sunday December 6, 2009

Italians Say 'No Berlusconi'
New Website Helps Shoppers Avoid GMO Foods
Battle Over Mountaintop Mining Slowly Gains Ground
Danish Police Issue Protests Warning Before Summit
Climate Change Conspiracies: Stolen Emails Used to Ridicule Global Warming

Saturday December 5, 2009

Neo-Cons Get Warm and Fuzzy Over "War President"
Climate Change Protesters Take to London Streets
'Bush and Blair Misled the Public... Yes, It's Conceivable Both Could End Up on Trial'
Another McGovern Takes On a War
Pentagon's War Pitch Belied by Taliban-Qaeda Conflict

Friday December 4, 2009

Do Obama Officials Know What his Afghanistan Plan Is?
EPA Petitioned to Cap Carbon Dioxide Under the Clean Air Act
Chomsky Speaks on US Imperialism
Pelosi Nixes Obey's War Tax Proposal
Texas Executes Man at Center of Mental Disability Debate
CIA Can Expand Using Drones in Pakistan: Report
Liberal Democrats Take Aim at Funding for War
Senator Sanders Offers Medicare-for-All Amendment in Senate
Citizens Back Climate Action, Despite Industry Lobbying Surge
UN to Investigate Climate Email Row
Wendell Berry Says Large-Scale Farms Killing Land as Well as Towns
Majority of Americans Think Torture 'Sometimes' Justified
Amy Goodman's Border Woes Have Americans in a Tizzy

Thursday December 3, 2009

Anti-US Feeling Running High as CIA Drones Take a Civilian Toll
Health Reform Update: Compromising the Compromise of the Compromised Compromise
DeFazio Calls for Tax on Wall Street Speculators
Civil Disobedience Needed to Win Action on Climate Change, New Greenpeace Chief Says
Reproductive Rights Showdown Looms in Senate
Senator Moves to Slow Bernanke's Fed Confirmation
Honduran Congress Votes Against Zelaya's Return
Comcast, NBC Deal Will Face Tough Antitrust Review
Aid Groups Worry About Afghan Strategy
Copenhagen Climate Change Talks Must Fail, says Top Scientist
Bhopal Survivors Demand Action

Wednesday December 2, 2009

Jane Hamsher Leads Left Away from White House
US Liberals Express Anger over Obama's Decision to Raise Troop Levels
New York Senate Defeats Gay Marriage Bill
Another Afghanistan Conflict for General McCaffrey to Disclose
Climate Change Denial is the New Article of Faith for the Far Right
BlackwaterFounder, Prince, Feels Thrown Under Bus
Anti-War Activists Plan 'Emergency' Rally In DC To Protest Afghanistan Escalation
US Private Sector Sheds More Jobs Than Expected: ADP
Between the Lines, an Expansion in Pakistan
Summit Does Not Recognize Elections in Honduras
Climate Research Chief Phil Jones Stands Down Pending Inquiry into Leaked Emails
GOP: Use Unspent Stimulus For War
Palestine Calls for Release of Intifada Leader in Prisoner Swap with Israel
Israel Strips More Palestinians of Jerusalem Status
ACLU: Supreme Court Decision Won’t End Torture Photos Fight
250 Rally at West Point for End of Afghan War
Afghans Unimpressed by Obama's Troops Surge
Obama Had Rejected His Own Speech's Surge Rationale

Tuesday December 1, 2009

As Obama Sends More Troops, Giant Shadow Army Of Contractors Set To Grow In Afghanistan
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The Campaign Cash Behind the Afghanistan Escalation
Tree Plantations Are Not Forests, Women Activists Say
Democrats Campaign Against Obama's Afghan Plan
Greens vs. Greens as Copenhagen Climate Summit Nears
Oil Companies Look to the Future in Iraq
Europeans Could Save Planet for $3 a Day: Study
Bhopal Water Still Toxic 25 Years After Deadly Gas Leak, Study Finds
Movement to Ban Divorce Grows in California
Iraq Inquiry: Blair Told Bush He Was Willing to Join, 11 Months Before War
Obama's Exceedingly Familiar Justifications for Escalation
Aetna Prepares for Loss of 600,000 Members as it Raises 2010 Prices
Victory Declared in Controversial Poll That was Already a Win-Win for Honduras's Wealthy Elite
In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds
Major Cities at Risk from Rising Sea Level Threat
Discrimination Under Fire on World AIDS Day

Monday November 30, 2009

Prologue to Copenhagen: Fasts, Lock Downs, Sit-Ins, Die-Ins for Climate Justice Across the Nation
UN: Rape in Afghanistan a Human Rights Problem of 'Profound Proportions'
Senate Bill Contains a Gift for Big Banks
Conservatives Win Honduran Election
Swiss Ban on Minarets Causes Shockwaves
Religious Right Launches Fresh Assault on US Abortion Rights
Dems Seek Deal as Sen. Debate on Healthcare Begins
Iran Sends Mixed Signals on Quitting Nuclear Curb Pact
Afghan War Cost Grips Both Parties
Countdown to Copenhagen: The 'People's Summit'
Trigger-Happy Security Guards Complicate Afghan Convoys

Sunday November 29, 2009

Bhopal: The Victims are Still Being Born
Saddam Was Telling Truth in Missing Gulf War Pilot
'Nuclear Pope' ElBaradei Steps Down
Democrats in Revolt Over Obama’s Troop Surge
Release of Secret Reports Delayed
Western Lifestyle Unsustainable, Says Climate Expert Rajendra Pachauri
US Forces Missed Chance to Get bin Laden: Report

Saturday November 28, 2009

Police, Protesters Clash Ahead of WTO Conference
US Journalist , Amy Goodman, Grilled at Canada Border Crossing
Tea Parties Emerge as Revenue Stream
Russia, US Likely to Miss Deadline on Arms Pact
US Navy Plots Arctic Push
US Was 'Hell Bent' on Iraq War, UK Envoy Says
Afghan Teenagers Claim Abuse at US Military Prison

Friday November 27, 2009

Designs for New UK Nuclear Reactors are Unsafe, Claims Watchdog
Australian Camel Cull Plan Angers Animal Welfare Groups
Obama's State Department Backpedals on Landmine Treaty Stance
Americans Toss Out 40 Percent of All Food
U.S. Military Unveils Huge New Prison in Afghanistan
'No Logo' Author Naomi Klein to Focus on Climate Controversies in New Book

Thursday November 26, 2009

Wal-Mart Price Pressure Hurts China Workers: Report
Climate Protestors Face Sleeping in Prison Gyms
Shock over Obama Decision to Reject Landmine Ban
White House: US Will Be Out of Afghanistan... by 2017
European MP, Activist Jose Bové Avoids Jail for GM Attack
NATO Will Send 5,000 More Troops to Afghanistan, Says Brown
Fears Forest Proposals Are 'Human Rights Disaster'
Iraq Inquiry: Deal Might have been ‘Signed in Blood’ by Blair and Bush in 2002
Ex-UK envoy: US Focused on Iraq Hours after 9/11
Iraq: The Inquiry Cover-Up That Will Keep Us in the Dark

Wednesday November 25, 2009

Walking, Biking Good for You and the Planet: Study
Agribusiness Chief Slams Organics
Obama Will Attend Copenhagen Summit Before Picking up Nobel Peace Prize
Obama's 'Finish the Job' Talk Sets Stage for Afghan Troop Surge
Lead, Chemicals Found in Toys Despite Stricter Law
As Consumer Debt Soars, Layaway Service Returns From the Dead
US Will Not Join Treaty Banning Landmines
Khmer Rouge Torturer Apologizes for Deaths
Chilcot Inquiry Told: Few Links From Saddam to al-Qaida After 9/11

Tuesday November 24, 2009

Insurance Industry Antitrust Fight Headed to Conference Committee
Afghan Army Turnover Rate Threatens US War Plans
Obama Administration Urged to Join Mine Ban Treaty
Critics Dismiss Honduran Election -- Even Before First Vote Has Been Cast
Health Bill Revives Abortion Groups
Cabot Oil and Gas Faces Lawsuit in Marcellus Shale Drilling
Lou Dobbs Mulls White House Bid
Activists Target 'World of Coca-Cola'
On Trial: System That Locks Children up for Life Without Hope of Freedom
Iraq War Inquiry Opens in UK
Mankind Using Earth's Resources at Alarming Rate
Oil Sands Threaten Our Survival, Al Gore Warns
Déjà Vu: Obama Plans to Send 34,000 More Troops to Afghanistan

Monday November 23, 2009

Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan
Green Jobs Help Climate, Boost Social Justice
Obama Quietly Backs Patriot Act Provisions
Single Payer Activists to Congress: Defeat Democratic Health Bill
Veggie Season Keeps Growing
Obey Wants 'War Surtax' to Fund Afghan Effort
Four Arrested at SOA Watch Protest
Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Public Option
Antarctic Ice Loss Vaster, Faster Than Thought: Study
Climate Change Sceptics and Lobbyists Put World at Risk, says Top Adviser

Sunday November 22, 2009

Realities Collide at Halifax "War Conference"
Report: Leaked UK Documents Detail Iraq War Chaos
Fed Under Fire As Public Anger Mounts
Susan West Friedman; Tireless Activist was Passionate About Righting Social Injustices
Forced Labor and Rape, the New Face of Slavery in America
Heath Care Debate Poised to Take Center Stage when Vermont Lawmakers Return this Winter
Hamas Armed Wing Vows to Respond to Gaza Strikes
How Health Care Reform Could Fall Apart
US Builds Up its Bases in Oil-Rich South America

Saturday November 21, 2009

Democrats Have 60 Votes to Advance Health Bill
Anti-Obama Billboard Stirs Controversy
Landrieu to Vote Yes on Key Health-Care Test
1969 Alcatraz Takeover 'Changed the Whole Course of History'
Students Taught How to Grow Marijuana in Detroit's New Cannabis College
Fired Therapist: Stressed Marines Get Shoddy Care
Iran to Hold War Games to Protect Nuclear Sites
In Indiana, Practice for 'Civilian Surge' in Afghanistan
Canadian Diplomat Alleges Troops in Afghanistan Were Complicit in Torture

Friday November 20, 2009

Biodiversity Loss Is Earth's 'Immense and Hidden' Tragedy, Darwin's 'Natural Heir' Warns
My Lai Photographer Ron Haeberle Exposed a Vietnam Massacre 40 Years Ago Today in The Plain Dealer
Tea Partyers Turn on Each Other
CIA 'Ran Secret Prison for al-Qaeda' in Lithuanian Riding School
Report Says Nuclear Plants Are Poisoning Our Water
Court Rejects David Miliband Bid to Suppress CIA Evidence
UN Urges Global Action on Children
SOA Watch Marks 20th Anniversary of Assassinations
Fed Beaten: Bill to Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle

Thursday November 19, 2009

Belgian PM Named as EU President
US Residents Fight for the Right to Hang Laundry
Republicans Berate Geithner, Call for Him to Resign
Iran Demands US Free Its Assets After Obama Warning
Rage at UC Fee Hike in L.A., Berkeley Protests
US Makes Debut Attendance at Hague War Crimes Court
Fine and Inquiry Possible for Blackwater Successor
All Afghan Detainees Likely Tortured: Diplomat
Senate Dems Close in on Reform: Details of Health Care Bill Revealed
Court: Negligence by US Army Corps Caused Katrina Flooding
Activists to Peg Climate Actions to Science
'Liberation Was Just a Big Lie'

Wednesday November 18, 2009

Report Details 'Coal's Assault on Human Health'
Push to Curb Credit-Card Rates Fades
Rising CO2 Will Cause Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Finds Antarctic Study
Senate Democrats Plan to Unveil Healthcare Bill
Netanyahu Shrugs off Worldwide Criticism
Obama Admits Guantanamo Won't Close by Jan. Deadline
Labor Fight Ends in Win for Students
Poor Women 'Bear Climate Burden'
'For Afghans, There Is No Refuge'
Iraqis Say British Army Used Guantánamo Interrogation Methods

Tuesday November 17, 2009

Nato Chief Promises Afghanistan Will Get 'Substantially More Forces'
Geithner Singled Out in TARP Watchdog Neil Barofsky's Scathing Report on AIG Bailout
Bogus Bidder Loses Shot at Global-Warming Defense
Great Barrier Reef 'Will Die' Unless Carbon Emissions Slashed
Remembering Andrea Lewis
Biotech Crops Cause Big Jump in Pesticide Use: Report
Senate Liberals Press Reid on Public Option
America's Economic Pain Brings Hunger Pangs
For 12-Year-Old Without an Arm, Insurance Has Run Out
US Politician Wants American Jews to Buy West Bank Homes
Age of Cyber Warfare Is 'Dawning'

Monday November 16, 2009

Where Have All the Protests Gone? US Students in Limbo
Farmers Not Invited to Food Summit?
China Rounds up Dissidents as President Obama Touches Down in Beijing
Texas Accounts for Half of Executions in US but Now Has Doubts Over Death Row
Australian PM Kevin Rudd Issues Apology to British Child Migrants
Palestinians to Ask for UN Recognition
Privatizing Water System Could Be a Risky Move for Chicago
US Unveils Extended Bagram Prison

Sunday November 15, 2009

Illinois Jail is Lined Up to Hold Guantánamo Detainees
In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’
World Leaders Back Delay to Final Climate Deal
Secretary Gates Signs Order Barring Release of Torture Photos

Saturday November 14, 2009

Climate Rage
Green Festival Features All Things Eco-Friendly
US, Somalia Still Opt Out of Children's Treaty
UN's Ban to Fast in Solidarity with World's Hungry
Obama Must Be More Engaged on Climate Change: Greenpeace
Trials at Ground Zero for September 11 Accused
Huge Rise in Birth Defects in Falluja

Friday November 13, 2009

Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan
Canada's Tar Sands Are the Future of Oil Production: Oil Exec.
Insurer Enlists Employees to Fight Health Reform
Will South Carolina Become the Nation's New Yucca Mountain?
Invest in Nature Now, Save Trillions Later: Study
Obama's Pesticide-Pushing Nominee
Rift in US War Cabinet as Obama Throws out All Options in Debate Over Troop Surge
UN Investigator Accuses US of Shameful Neglect of Homeless
Will Nader Challenge Dodd?

Thursday November 12, 2009

Shooting Itself in the Foot, Brazil Spreads Concrete Through the Rainforest
Anti-Landmine Activists See Hope for US Shift
UN Food Summit 'Fails Before It Begins'
Red Cross Says Millions of Displaced Are Neglected
Honduras Accord Is on Verge of Collapse
Activists Take Aim at Democratic, Republican Cash
BP Faces Damages Claim Over Pipeline Through Colombian Farmland
Report Shows Pfizer Fudged Drug Studies
Official: Obama Wants His War Options Changed
Financial Firms Fight Giving Government Breakup Powers
Rendition Redux?

Wednesday November 11, 2009

Afghan Future Threatened by Ex-Warlords in Gov't
Obama War Council Weighs Afghan Troop Boost
Lack of Health Care Killed 2,266 US Veterans Last Year: Study
UN: 200 Million Kids Have Stunted Growth
Plan for Bhopal Tours Causes Outrage
9/11's Delayed Legacy: Cancer for Many of the Rescue Workers
Pharma Deal With White House on Course to Net Industry Billions
India Ramps up Nuclear Power With Help From the United States
Yoo's Lawyers Warn of Flood of Political Suits
Vets Battle Unemployment and War Injuries

Tuesday November 10, 2009

Blackwater Said to Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings
Video Shows Taliban With US Weapons
Lack of Health Care Worsens Women's Life Quality: WHO
Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?
Koalas 'Could Face Extinction'
Guantanamo Conditions 'Deteriorate'
Key Oil Figures Were Distorted by US Pressure, Says Whistleblower

Monday November 9, 2009

Tony Podesta: Turning Change Into Dollars
Abortion Rights Groups Now Oppose House Health Care Bill
Gays Organize DNC Boycott
Soldiers Claim War Zone Contractors Exposed Them to Toxins
Bernie Sanders Pledges to Hang Tough for Strong Public-Option
Kucinich Withdraws as Palm Beach County Democratic Keynoter Amid Uproar over His Israel Stance
Global Poll: Widespread Dissatisfaction with Free-Market Capitalism
Healthcare Bill Faces Tough Path in Senate
Iraqis Pass Election Law Crucial to US Withdrawal Plans

Sunday November 8, 2009

As Oceans Fall Ill, Washington Bureaucrats Squabble
In Eastern Europe, People Pine for Socialism
Climate Change: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen
House Passes Health Reform, But Without Reproductive Rights

Saturday November 7, 2009

Obama Leaning Toward 34,000 More Troops for Afghanistan
Report: 237 Millionaires in Congress
Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%
Noam Chomsky: 'US Foreign Policy is Straight Out of the Mafia'
Coal Ash from U.S. Blamed for Dominican Town's Birth Defects
Recovery? The 10.2% Without Jobs Might Beg to Differ
Democrats to Resolve Abortion Impasse on the House Floor

Friday November 6, 2009

Democrat Gives Up Single-Payer Measure to Back Party Leaders
Climate Talks End on Divided Note
Civil Unrest Has a Role in Stopping Climate Change, Says Gore
Indoor Plants Could Save Your Life
US Fed Up With Troops Dying to Prop Up Karzai
US Jobless Rate Surpasses 10% to Hit 26-Year High
UN Endorses Gaza War Crimes Report
Bernie Sanders Tackles Too Big to Fail in Two Pages
Zelaya Says Honduras Crisis Deal Has Failed
Credit Card Firms Hurry to Raise Rates

Thursday November 5, 2009

Spokane Considers Community Bill of Rights
Pentagon Pursuing New Investigation Into Bush Propaganda Program
Pelosi: Single-Payer Amendment Breaks Obama's Health Care Promise
Afghans Protest Against US After Missile Strike
Coke to Bring You Advice About Health and Soft Drinks
UN to Evacuate 600 Foreign Staff From Afghanistan
Friends of the Earth Attacks Carbon Trading
Ousted Honduran Leader Asks for Clinton's Stand on Coup
Congress Out of Step With Public on Intl Law?
Health Care Reform's Missing Piece: Elder Care

Wednesday November 4, 2009

It’s a Dirty Business — The New Gold Rush That Is Blackening Canada’s Name
US Voices Alarm at Level of Afghan Corruption
Italy Convicts Former CIA Agents in Renditions Trial
African Nations Make a Stand at UN Climate Talks
Mousavi Supporters Clash With Police in Tehran
US Diplomats Meet Burmese Leaders
US House Rejects Goldstone Report
No Sunset for Sweeping Patriot Act Powers?
Binding Treaty No Longer a Realistic Goal for Climate Summit, UN Chief Concedes
Gay Marriage Repealed in Maine

Tuesday November 3, 2009

One in Five Mammals Threatened With Extinction
Claude Levi-Strauss, 100: Reshaped Field of Anthropology
Afghan War Vets Patrol Halls of Congress to Stop Troop Escalation
Lobbying Cash Obscures US Climate Debate
As Maine Goes, So Goes Gay Marriage
Govt Lawyers Seek to Quash Rendition Lawsuit
British Break up Several Bailed-Out Banks
In Fight Over Credit Rules, Elizabeth Warren Wields a Plan
UN Assembly Draft Urges Action on Gaza 'War Crimes'

Monday November 2, 2009

Kilimanjaro's Snows Melt Away in Dramatic Evidence of Climate Change
Climate Negotiators Grow Impatient at Lack of Leadership From America
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Berlin, Israel, Mexico: Walls Across the World
Palestinians Criticize US U-Turn on Settlements
US Court Denies Maher Arar's Appeal
The New Faces of Day Labor
Karzai Declared Afghan President, Run-Off Scrapped
Leaking Oil Rig in Timor Sea Catches Fire
Toxic Contaminants: The Other Scourge
Audit: KBR Must Trim Iraq Work Force or Face Fines
Diamond Producers Meet on 'Conflict Diamonds'
The Paradox of US Healthcare

Sunday November 1, 2009

How Detroit, the Motor City, Turned Into a Ghost Town
Chile: Old Soldiers Ready to Tell Secrets of Coup
What Lies Beneath the Rainforest
Afghanistan Poll Chaos as Abdullah Quits Run-Off
Chomsky: Far-Right Threat Is No Joke

Saturday October 31, 2009

Congress to Weigh in on UN's Gaza Report
On Nuke Disarmament, It's Still 'You First'
Hillary Clinton: Afghanistan Vote Legitimate Even if Abdullah Boycotts
Activist's Message at USF: End Needless Waste of Food
Cheney Told FBI He Had No Idea Who Leaked Plame ID

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
From Our Archives: What Would Howard Zinn Say If He Were Barack Obama?
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
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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

Serving Soldier Leads London Protest Against War in Afghanistan
Bomb Hits Outside Suspected Pakistani Nuclear-Weapons Site
President Obama Won’t Talk Climate Change in Copenhagen
International Day of Demonstrations on Climate Change
Artists to Use Public Money to Fund Copenhagen Summit Protest

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

Boston Antiwar Protest Draws from New England Region
Teachers' Unions Uneasy with President Barack Obama
Small Group Now Leads Closed Negotiations on Health-Care Bill
U.S. Diplomatic Adviser's Troubling Role in Oil Politics

Saturday October 17, 2009

LatAm Leftists Tackle Dollar with New Currency
Honduras Crisis Talks Continue Past Deadlines
UK: Hundreds of Climate Change Protesters Clash with Police After Early Arrests Fail to Stop Demonstration
Bailout Helps Fuel a New Era of Wall Street Wealth
AFSCME's Gerry McEntee Takes on White House

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

Greenpeace Takes Anti-Oilsands Message to Oil Companies' Homes
Congress Set to Act to Keep Abuse Photos Hidden
Millions Will Starve as Rich Nations Cut Food Aid Funding, Warns UN
Obama Vows Unqualified Support for Gay-Rights Agenda

Saturday October 10, 2009

US Strategy in Doubt as Abbas Loses Popular Support
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Testimony Rebuffs Common Rhetoric About Al Qaeda in Afghanistan
Obama Defends New Consumer Agency
Health-Care Bill May Not Get Single GOP Vote in the House

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

Breakthrough in Honduras Deadlock
Avenger of the Skies: New Wave of Drones Takes Off
Report: Great Lakes Water Levels Dropping
US 'Silent on Israeli Nuclear Arms'
Marching Round the World for Peace
Greenhouse Emissions From Oil Sands Underestimated: Report

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

Wednesday September 30, 2009

Red Cross Warns of Complacency in Still-Bloody Iraq
Italy Seeks Jail for US Spies in Rendition Trial
UN Demands End of Sexual Violence as Tactic of War
US 'to Speed up Iraq Withdrawal'
UN 'to Remove Afghanistan Envoy'
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll Have a Dictatorship Soon in the US’
Michael Moore Tells Democrats: 'Find Your Spine' on Health Care
EPA Wants More Oversight on Chemicals
By 2050, 25m More Children Will Go Hungry as Climate Change Leads to Food Crisis
US Story on Iran Nuke Facility Doesn't Add Up
17 Held in Protest Outside Health Insurer’s Offices

Tuesday September 29, 2009

US Inertia Could Scupper World Climate Deal in Copenhagen, Says Expert
Generals: Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney Are Scaremongering
Senate Finance Panel Rejects Govt Insurance Option
'Modern Slave' Migrants Toil in Italy's Tomato Fields
US Accepts Hamid Karzai as Afghan Leader Despite Poll Fraud Claims
Ten Percent of World's Major Species 'at Threat'
Ex-Bush Officials Face Lawsuits Over Their Actions
Exelon to Quit Chamber Over Climate Bill
Afghan Bus Bombing Kills at Least 30 Civilians
US Urges Israel to Probe Gaza Crimes to Boost Peace

Monday September 28, 2009

'Dozens Killed' in Guinea Anti-Junta Demonstration
Fears of Blame for Defeat Shadow Afghan War Meetings
US Dollar Set to Be Eclipsed, World Bank President Predicts
Negotiators Urged to Speed up Climate Pact Talks
Schools Promote Waste-Free Lunches
Bailed-Out Banks Lobby Hard to Stave off Limits
Iran Tests Long-Range Missiles
Honduras Suspends Civil Liberties
Rescue Workers 'Overwhelmed' as Philippine Flooding Death Toll Reaches 140
US Threatens to Escalate Operations Inside Pakistan
Gates Contradicts Obama: Afghan 'Exit Strategy' a 'Strategic Mistake'

Sunday September 27, 2009

US Braced for Surge of Protest Over War in Afghanistan
Film Brings Nixon-Era Agitator's Bravery to a New Generation
Group Marches for 'White Civil Rights' in Wake of Bus Beating
Ousted Leader Calls for Final Offensive in Honduras
Bailed-Out Banks Lobby Hard to Stave Off Limits

Saturday September 26, 2009

Obama Adviser Signals White House Giving Up on Climate Change Treaty
Zelaya Supporters Plan Mass Protests in Honduras
"There is a Crack, a Crack in Everything/That's How the Light Gets In"
Civil Liberties Groups: Police Overreacted at G-20
'Political Slush Funds': The Last Loophole

Friday September 25, 2009

US Commanders Hold Secret Meeting on Afghan war
G20 to Become Forum for Global Economic Cooperation
Water Wars Loom in a Nation of Parched Fields
Activist's 'Necessity' Defense May Get the Boot
EPA Gets Approval to Move Residents From Polluted Town
Banks Fight to Kill Proposed Consumer Protection Agency
World Consumption Plunges Planet Into 'Ecological Debt', Says Leading Thinktank
Protests, Clashes Hit G20 Summit City
Unions Criticize Obama's School Proposals as 'Bush III'
Iran Admits to Secret Second Nuclear Plant Built Inside Mountain
Senators to Square off on Public Insurance Plan

Thursday September 24, 2009

Thousands of Calif. Students, Faculty, Staff Protest State Cuts at University
Administration Won't Seek New Detention System
Suu Kyi Backs US-Myanmar Engagement
UN Security Council Endorses Nuclear Disarmament
Bullet Makers Can't Keep up With Demand
For Mexico and Canada, the 'War on Terror' Is Over
US Senate Panel Rejects Republican Healthcare Moves
Bush's Wiretapping Goes to Court in San Francisco
Pittsburgh Braced for G20 Protests
'World Must Move in a New Direction,' Obama Tells UN

Wednesday September 23, 2009

Obama Tightens State Secrets Standard
Taser Company Uses Facebook, Blogs to Improve Image Amidst Lawsuits
Court Rejects Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
Bank Lobby Defeats Obama Reform Plan
GAO Audit: Schools Slow to Get Alerts About Tainted Food
Whoops: Anti-ACORN Bill Ropes In Defense Contractors, Others Charged With Fraud
Patriot Act May Get Renamed, but With a Few Changes

Tuesday September 22, 2009

Middle East Talks Fail to Produce Hope for New Negotiations
Honduras Police Break Up Pro-Zelaya Protest
Obama Urges Climate Change Action
Sierra Leone Facing 'Human Rights Emergency', Says Amnesty International
F.D.I.C. May Borrow Funds From Banks
Mike Ross Raises Eyebrows With Healthy Haul
In Health Care, Number of Claims Denied Remains a Mystery
Report on Afghanistan Gives Obama Tough Choices
US Appeals for Calm, Repeats Support for Zelaya
French Police Clear Migrant 'Jungle', Arrest 278

Monday September 21, 2009

Authors of Iraq War Push Obama on Afghanistan
Gov't Investigates Health Insurance Company Mailer
Ousted Honduran Leader 'Returns'
Report: CIA Interrogations Informed by Bad Science
G20 Braces for Summit Showdown
Distant Genocides Demand Intervention, Report Urges
FCC to Unveil Open Internet Plan
Israeli Peace Activist Nawi to Be Sentenced Today
Why Haven't Any Wall Street Tycoons Been Sent to the Slammer?
Afghanistan Mission Faces 'Failure' Without More Troops: US Commander

Sunday September 20, 2009

Made in Mass., Bomb Stirs Global Debate
Grizzly Bear Decline Alarms Conservationists in Canada
Missile Defense Shift Redirects Billions in Government Contracts
Battle Looms Over the Patriot Act
Vacated Mercury Mines Taint Calif. Waters
UN Plans 'Shock Therapy' for World Leaders on Environment

Saturday September 19, 2009

Titus the Gorilla King is Dead
Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
Business Takes Aim at Proposed New Rules
India Challenges US by Agreeing to Impose Limits on Carbon Emissions
Pressure Builds On Pentagon to Investigate Electrocution Death in Iraq
Bush Interior Secretary Investigated
Novel Approach: Ralph Nader Turns to Fiction

Friday September 18, 2009

Unhealthy US Diets Prompt More Calls for Reform
Ex-CIA Chiefs Seek Halt to Interrogations Probe
Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets
US Senators Target Bush-Era Surveillance Laws
Faced With Water Woes, California Increases Conservation With Graywater Systems
Activists Protest War Simulator
Report Chides Bureau of Land Management's Rush to Drill
Cost of Racial Disparities in Health Care Put at $229 Billion Between 2003, 2006
Obama Puts Nuclear Abolition Back on Agenda
Study Finds Lack of Insurance Can Be Lethal

Thursday September 17, 2009

Arctic Ice Melts to Third-Smallest Area
Gaza's Water Supply Near Collapse
Group Calls for End to National Forest Logging
US Military Shuts Largest Detainee Camp in Iraq
Environmental Group Reveals Toxic Chemicals in a Range of Consumer Items
Trading Places: From Ex-Lobbyist to Market Watchdog
Plight of the Bumblebee
Bill Could Block Gitmo Closure
Barack Obama Abandons Missile Defense Shield in Europe
Goldstone Rejects Bias Charges Over UN Gaza Report

Wednesday September 16, 2009

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dead From Cancer at 72
Doctors Warn of Global Health Catastrophe Unless Climate Change Is Fixed
Health Care Proposal Mandates Coverage, Drops Public Option
How UK Oil Company Trafigura Tried to Cover up African Pollution Disaster
Another Lawsuit Targets Founder of Blackwater
Ignoring a Law on Foreign Relations
The Secret Test That Ensures Lenders Win on Loan Mods
Uninsured Americans Hope Reform Brings Health Coverage
World Bank Spends Billions on Coal-Fired Power Stations Despite Own Warnings
Obama Confronts Democratic Skepticism

Tuesday September 15, 2009

Jimmy Carter: ‘Hamid Karzai Has Stolen the Election’
US Justice Dept Wants Surveillance Methods Extended
Israel Committed War Crimes in White Phosphorus Strike, Says UN
Shell Halts Mining as Activists Protest Oil Sands
US Planning to Weaken Copenhagen Climate Deal, Europe Warns
Top US Commander Signals Troop Increase in Afghanistan
3 Environmental Groups to Sue EPA Over Coal-Ash Ponds
Iraqi Shoe Thrower: 'I am Free Again, but My Homeland Is Still a Prison."
Crystal Lee Sutton, Dead at 68: Union Activist Inspired 'Norma Rae'
UN Assembly Votes for More Powerful Women's Agency
Dems Feel Michael Moore's Wrath
Canada's Becoming a 'Global Carbon Bully': Greenpeace
Obama Rejects Afghanistan-Vietnam Comparison
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Justice Follows Direct Action: Former Boss of Occupied Chicago Factory Jailed

Monday September 14, 2009

IAEA Conceals Evidence Iran Documents Were Forged
Sen. Harkin: 'Silent Majority' Back Health Care Reform
Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering
Remnants of Vietnam War Still Scarring Lives
Tristan Anderson to Sue for Injury in Israel Protest
Lehman Collapse: 12 Months on and the Financial System Isn't Fixed, Warns Stiglitz
Harrassed Tamils Languish in Prison-Like Camps in Sri Lanka
Netanyahu: No 'Complete Freeze' on Settlement Building
Homeowners Associations Thwart Efforts to Get Green
Prosecutors in Iraq Case See Pattern by Guards
Obama to Defend Bailouts, a Year After Lehman Collapse

Sunday September 13, 2009

Official: US Revokes Visas of Honduran President, 15 Others
Democrats in Congress Growing Antsy over Afghanistan
US Expands Afghan Prison Rights

Saturday September 12, 2009

Iran War Drums Begin Beating in Washington
Police Arrest Seven Protesters at Foreclosed Home
Amid 'Salon' Scandal, WaPo Marketing Exec Resigns
A Triumph for Man, A Disaster for Mankind
Court Rejects Suit Against CACI Over Abu Ghraib Torture

Friday September 11, 2009

No Slowdown for Weapons Industry
Americans Grow Cannabis to Beat the Recession
EPA Puts 79 Coal Mine Permits up for More Review
David Miliband: UK's Secret Intelligence Service Investigated for Torture
Thatcher Told Gorbachev Britain Did Not Want German Reunification
US Calls for More Action to Restore Chesapeake Bay
Japanese Town Starts Dolphin Hunt Under Global Spotlight
Obama Facing Doubts Within His Own Party on Afghanistan
US Says 16 Guards Removed in Afghan Embassy Scandal
Diplomatic Ambush Threatens UN 'Super-Agency' for Women
US Should Learn From Canada, Allies in Afghan Mission: Adviser

Thursday September 10, 2009

Local Levee Districts Will Pay $20 Million to Settle Their Role in Katrina Class Action Lawsuits
Environmental Groups Sue to Protect Grand Canyon From Mining
US Poverty Rate Hits 11-Year High as Recession Bites
Speculators Undermining Recovery, Report Says
Justices Are Pressed for a Broad Ruling in Campaign Case
Oil Majors Propping up Myanmar Regime: Rights Group
Mortgage Service Firms Still Doing Little to Help Homeowners
Massive Surveillance System in Pa. Town Raises Privacy Concerns
Washington Turns on Obama Heckler Joe Wilson After Healthcare 'Liar' Gibe
Court to Probe Afghan War Crimes

Wednesday September 9, 2009

Obama Speaks Loudly But Carries a Small Stick
Baucus May Move Health Bill Without Republicans
No Flies on S.F.'s New Composting Law
Former CIA Agent's Hunt for bin Laden in Pakistani Badlands
The Mystery of Chernobyl
Another Wave of Foreclosures Looms
US Chided for Aiding Honduras Despite Coup
Big US Bases Are Part of Iraq, but a World Apart
Supreme Court Considers Corporate Spending on Elections
Rights Group: Most Gazans Killed in War Were Civilians

Tuesday September 8, 2009

Adviser Losing Patience With Obama
Grijalva: Vast Majority of House Progressives Not Prepared to 'Surrender' on Public Option
Elimination of Food Waste Could Lift 1bn Out of Hunger, Say Campaigners
US Girl Scouts Prepare for War, Pestilence
Obama Boost Opens Door for Nuclear Test Ban Pact
Fleeing the Cyber World: Being Young, Here, Now
Dick Cheney 'Put Airline Bomb Plot Case in Jeopardy With Arrest Order of Rashid Rauf'
German Chancellor Merkel Expresses Regret for Deadly Afghan Air Strike
Schools Going Green Big-Time
States Ignoring Stimulus Welfare Fund
Military Leery of Afghanistan Escalation With No Clear Goals
Agent Orange Talks Begin in Hanoi
Guantanamo Prisoners: Cleared for Release, But...
Afghan Vote Watchdog Finds Fraud, Orders Recounts
When Your Insurer Says You're No Longer Covered

Monday September 7, 2009

Swedish Charity: US Raided Afghan Hospital
As Battlefields Shift, Old Warrior for Peace Pursues the Same Enemy
Israel Authorizes 455 New Settlement Units
US Expands Sales of Arms: Report
Pace of Change Under Obama Frustrates Unions
Caught in the Crossfire: The Forgotten Casualties of War in Afghanistan

Sunday September 6, 2009

Chevron Awaits Verdict in Environmental Damage Case
Is America Ready to Admit Defeat in Its 40-Year War on Drugs?
Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools
'Capitalism Is Evil', Says New Michael Moore Film
S Africa Backs Action in US on Firms Linked to Apartheid
Activists Demand Real Change as Foreclosures Mount
Obama Adviser Resigns Amid Controversy

Saturday September 5, 2009

Obama Adviser on Green Jobs Under Attack
NATO Chief Orders Investigation Into Airstrike Deaths of Afghan Villagers
Judge Recuses Himself in Suit Against Chevron
Thousands in Berlin to Protest Nuclear Energy
EPA's Failure to Publicize Drinking Water Data Prompts Rethinking in Agency, Congress
'Terror' Witness Can Sue Senior Bush Official: Court

Friday September 4, 2009

Current Economic Growth Model Is 'Immoral', Says Prescott
Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Khadr Case
US Fury as Israel Defies Settlement Freeze Call
The Anguish of Unemployment
Studying the Effects of Tear Gas
Global Warming Has Made Arctic Summers Hottest for 2,000 Years
A National Movement of Foodies, Farmers, Parents and Educators Is Pushing for Better School Food
Gates Sells Afghan Strategy Amid Growing Unease
White House to Reveal Visitor Names
NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Kills up to 90

Thursday September 3, 2009

Lawsuit Filed to Block Pipeline Project
Feds Allow Large Gulf Fish Farms by Taking No Action
Somali Refugees Trapped in Camps 'Barely Fit for Humans' - Oxfam
NGOs: 'Mini-Ministerial Meeting Should Change WTO Tack on Food,' Promote Food Sovereignty
Muhammad Yunus: Financial Meltdown Is Chance to Build More Inclusive System
Devastating Suicide Strikes Show Taliban Expansion
UN Guide for Sex Ed Generates Opposition
A Delta Manhunt, With Booze and Guns
The Army Is Making the Same Old Mistakes in Afghanistan: British Soldiers
‘We Are Heading Towards an Abyss’

Wednesday September 2, 2009

CIA Resists Disclosure of Records on Detention
A Year on, Reuters Cameraman Still Held by US Army
American Embassy Contractors in Kabul Accused of Ritual Abuse
Brussels Wants Wider Measure of Well-Being Than Mere GDP
Climate Changes Creating Hunger Ahead of Summit
Iran Nuclear 'Threat' Hyped: IAEA's ElBaradei
Herbicide Maker Asks That Lobbying Be Excluded From Class Action Lawsuit
US Fares Poorly in Child Welfare Survey
Great Barrier Reef Facing 'Catastrophic Damage' From Climate Change
Patients Continue Legal Fight for Medical Marijuana
Is Health Care the Next 'Bonusgate'?
Pills and America's Pursuit of Happiness

Tuesday September 1, 2009

White House Fears Liberal War Pressure
Group Charges Complicity by CIA Medics in Torture
Iraq Deaths Reach 13-Month High
Bank of America Mulls Repaying Aid: Report
Climate Camp Protesters Blockade Royal Bank of Scotland Building
EPA to Declare CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant
Farmer Suicides Blight India
Steroids, Drink and Paranoia: The Murky World of the Private Security Contractor
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Fast Times at Recruitment High: Arne Duncan and the Militarization of Chicago's Schools
US, NATO Must Change to Win Afghan War Says Commander

Monday August 31, 2009

Early Warning Systems for the Coming Storm
Climate Trouble May Be Bubbling Up in Far North
Latin Americans Ditch US 'War on Drugs'
Binyam Mohamed: I Will Fight for Other Prisoners
Uganda: Carbon Trading Scheme Pushing People off Their Land
Cheney Says He Was Proponent for Military Action Against Iran
CIA's Black Sites, Illuminated
Wolves Are Set to Become Fair Game in the West
Bill Moyers says Obama Must Fight, Not Finesse
US Military Ends Journalist Profiling Contract
Swift-Boating Healthcare: Facts Are First Casualty in Health Care Debate
Afghanistan Strategy Not Working, US Commander McChrystal to Tell Obama

Sunday August 30, 2009

American Antiwar Movement Plans an Autumn Campaign Against Policies on Afghanistan
Millions Facing Famine in Ethiopia as Rains Fail
Blackwater Tapped Foreigners on Secret CIA Program
India's Generation of Children Crippled by Uranium Waste
Nuclear Sites Fear They're the Alternative to Yucca Mountain
Captured on Film: Dolphin Bloodbath Japan Tries to Hide

Saturday August 29, 2009

Iraqi Who Threw Shoes at Bush to Be Released Early
Clash in Alabama Over Landfill’s Plans to Take Tennessee Coal Ash
A Sometimes Lonely Trek for Global Warming Awareness
US Wants 20,000 More Troops to Fight Taliban

Friday August 28, 2009

Obama Keeps Bush's Search Policy For Travelers
Blackwater in Court Today in War Crimes Hearing
Same Road, Same Grim Story, Same Sense of Optimism
Texas Medical Examiner Rules Young Man's Taser Death by Police a Homicide
Activists Seek Tough UN Climate Pact in 100 Days
Pentagon: Reporter Profiling Under Review
Naomi Klein Disowns Winterbottom Adaptation of Shock Doctrine
Laughing Gas is Biggest Threat to Ozone
Message to Muslim World Gets a Critique
Growth of Ocean ‘Garbage Patch’ Alarms Experts
Annual Cost of Climate Change 'Will Be £190bn'
Banks ‘Too Big to Fail’ Have Grown Even Bigger

Thursday August 27, 2009

Water Utilities Lack Proper Filters for Weed-Killer
Group that Opposes Gay Marriage Now Targeting Iowa
Russia Deploys Anti-Missile Defence Unit Near North Korea
Whole Foods Boycott Grows
Conference Takes on Economics of Organic Food
Despite Obama’s Promises, Pet Projects Still Coddled
Mohammed Jawad: 'I was 12 When I Was Arrested and Sent to Guantanamo'
Oil Companies Undermining Climate Partnership
Study Finds Radiation Risk for Patients
Health Care Industry Contributes Heavily to Blue Dogs

Wednesday August 26, 2009

Afghan Elections Reveal Growing Doubts About War
Coalition Calls for Faster Restoration of Wetlands Destroyed by Now-Closed Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
Decision on Genetically Modified Beets Likely to Be Delayed
Protesters in Trees at Massey Mine Site
Report: Future US Heat Waves Will Be Worse
US Takes on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Iran's Nuclear Programme in One Massive Gamble
EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyo. Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking
US Deaths in Afghanistan Headed for Another Record
Police to Photograph Climate Camp Demonstrators
Edward Kennedy, Senate Stalwart, Dies

Tuesday August 25, 2009

U.S. Increasing Use of Private Contractors in War Zone
South America to Slam US-Colombia Base Deal
Feingold to Obama: Announce Withdrawal Timetable from Afghanistan
Young Obama Backers AWOL from Health Care Fight
Journalists' Recent Work Examined Before Embeds
CIA Documents Provide Little Cover for Cheney Claims

Monday August 24, 2009

Rendition of Terror Suspects Will Continue Under Obama
Holder to Appoint Prosecutor to Investigate CIA Terror Interrogations
Tensions Lead to CIA Director's "Screaming Match" at the White House
Beetles, Wildfire: Double Threat in Warming World
PepsiCo Chooses to Continue Using GE Ingredients Despite Evidence of Harm
Blocked Rivers Threaten Livelihood of Brazilian Tribes
Activists Assail Tar Sands
Minister Met BAA Chief Executive before Climate Camp to Discuss Tactics
US Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient
Justice Dept. Report Advises Pursuing CIA Abuse Cases
EPA Fails To Inform Public About Weed-Killer In Drinking Water

Sunday August 23, 2009

Native Americans to Join London Climate Camp Protest over Tar Sands
Reports: US Military to Give Red Cross Names of Terror Suspects
US Air Force Prepares Drones to End Era of Fighter Pilots
Could Afghanistan Become Obama’s Vietnam?

Saturday August 22, 2009

Blackwater Disclosure Adds to CIA Worries
Republicans Attack Obama on Palestine Policy
Commission Confirms Rights Violations in Honduras
My Lai Massacre: Lt William Calley Apologises More than 40 Years after Vietnam
Afghanistan Contractors Outnumber Troops
CIA Used Mock Execution to Get Al-Qaeda Info: Report

Friday August 21, 2009

US State Department OKs Pipeline From Canada's Oil Sands
World Water Week Statement Builds Bridge to Climate Talks
Nadler: Obama Violating Law By Not Investigating Bush
Less Talk, More Action on Climate Change, Young People Urge World Leaders
Deadly 'US Drone Raid' in Pakistan
Amnesty: Honduran Coup Gov't Persecuting Opponents
1,300 Chinese Children Near Smelter Suffer Lead Poisoning
Ridge Felt a Push to Politicize Alert Levels
CIA Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones
Karzai and Abdullah Both Claim Victory in Afghan Elections
Joe Scarborough Is Shocked, Yet Awed by Single-Payer Logic

Thursday August 20, 2009

In Hot Water: World Sets Ocean Temperature Record
Following the Money from Defense Lobby
Afghan Elections: Bombs on One Hand, Empty Ballot Boxes on the Other
Officials: Lithuania Hosted Secret CIA Prison To Get "Our Ear"
Blackwater: CIA Assassins?
Democrats Prepare To Pass Health Reforms Through Reconciliation Process
More Immigrant Deaths in US Detention
BP and Shell Warned to Halt Campaign Against US Climate Change Bill
Developed Countries' Demand for Biofuels has Been 'Disastrous'
'Vulture Funds' Prey on Poor Debtor Nations
Poll: Most Say Afghanistan War Not Worth Fighting
Wastewater from Food Plants Getting into Wells
Scientists Uncover New Ocean Threat from Plastics
Mercury-Tainted Fish Found Widely in US Streams
CIA Sought Blackwater’s Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists

Wednesday August 19, 2009

Oxfam: Pregnant Afghan Woman Dies Every 30 Minutes
Karzai and Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme
Obama to Abandon Bipartisan Health Reform
Coal Lobbyists Sent 13 Fake Letters to Hill
Guatemala: One Arrest in Gender-Killing Epidemic
'Terrorist Facebook' – the New Weapon Against al-Qa'ida
G-20 Opponents Mapping Strategy of Protests, Lawsuits
Methane Seeps from Arctic Sea-Bed
Afghanistan Calls for Media Blackout Ahead of Election
Dozens Dead as Baghdad Rocked by Massive Explosions
Access to Water Key for World's Poor: Experts
Oil Industry Backs Protests of Emissions Bill

Tuesday August 18, 2009

Labor Warns Dems: We'll Sit Out Election If You Oppose Public Plan
'The Clunkers of the Power-Plant World'
Now Brutal Warlord Holds Key to Afghan Poll
Believers Invest in the Gospel of Getting Rich
US Troops to Return to Iraq Despite Barack Obama’s Withdrawal Plan
Zelaya Can't Return to Office, Micheletti Says
Protesters Descend on Chevron's Richmond Refinery For Climate Justice, To 'Cap The Crude'
Climate Change to Make Texas Too Hot for Some Species
Charity Sues Government for Details of Afghanistan Rendition Case
Supreme Court Orders New Look at Death Row Case
US Walks Fine Line on Anti-Gay-Marriage Law
Iraq May Hold Vote On US Withdrawal
Liberals Revolt Over Public Option
Armed Men Seen Outside Barack Obama Event
Afghan Civilians Soured on US Security Contractors

Monday August 17, 2009

Soldiers Who Just Say No
Soaring Population May Swamp Anti-Poverty Goals
Obama Picks Fight with Left on Health Reform
Obama Administration Redacts Contract Details for Recovery.gov
A Thousand Little Gitmos
'15 Days to Copenhagen'
Developed Countries' Demand for Biofuels Has Been 'Disastrous'
China's Giant Panda Faces Extinction in 'Two to Three Generations'
Charity Sues Government over 'Rendition' of Two Men Handed by British to US Forces
Asia Facing Unprecedented Food Shortage, UN Report Says

Sunday August 16, 2009

Gun Law Complaints Trail Obama During National Park Tours
White House Appears Ready to Drop 'Public Option'
June's Record Ocean Warmth Worries Fishermen, Environmentalists
Valerie Jarrett Heckled And Hissed At Netroots Nation

Saturday August 15, 2009

US Withholds Information About Bagram Detainees
Obama Says No to Nukes, Yes to Conventional Arms
Health Care Stirs Up Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, Customers Boycott Organic Grocery Store
The Brutal Truth About America’s Healthcare

Friday August 14, 2009

Blackwater Still Armed in Iraq
Oil Lobby to Fund Campaign Against Obama's Climate Change Strategy
Canada Court Says its Officials Knew US Abused Detainee
Afghanistan Passes 'Barbaric' Law Diminishing Women's RIghts
200th Death in Afghanistan will Raise Questions over UK Strategy
Should Water Be Legislated as a Human Right?
The Human Timebomb: Why Was He Given Iraq Job?
US to Resume Training Georgian Troops
Indigenous People Troubled by US Military Presence in Colombia
Senators Eliminate End-of-Life Provision
US in Afghanistan for 'A Few Years'
Fear for Obama's Safety Grows as Hate Groups Thrive on Racial Backlash
Six Lobbyists Per Lawmaker Work to Shape Health-Care Overhaul
Major Carriers Shun Broadband Stimulus

Thursday August 13, 2009

Coal Stations Will Be 'Lightning Rod' for Global Dissent, Warns UK Watchdog's Head
Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma
Obama Administration Restating Its Position on Honduran Coup?
Green Revolution, Green Jobs Central to National Clean Energy Summit 2.0
Conflicts to Get More 'Pernicious': ICRC Chief
Key Group to Push Repeal of Prop. 8 in 2012
A Window Into CIA's Embrace of Secret Jails
Cap-and-Trade's Unlikely Critics: Its Creators
Another Soldier Refuses Afghanistan Deployment
Cheney Uncloaks His Frustration With Bush
If US health Care's So Good, Why Do Other People Live Longer?
Report: Israeli Troops Fired on Gazans Waving White Flags
Violent Protests Hit Isolated Honduras

Wednesday August 12, 2009

The Guns of August and Afghanistan
Canadians Back ‘Public Solutions' to Improve Care, Poll Finds
More Concern Over Monsanto's Penchant for Chemical Spraying
Under Pressure from Hawks, Obama Tacks to the Right
Scientists Explore How the Humble Leaf Could Power the Planet
Conservatives Find Town Hall Strategy in Leftist Text
Biotech Startup Codexis Eyes Emerging Carbon Market
President Karzai’s Supporters ‘Buy’ Votes for Afghanistan Election
Half Century of US Military Presence in Colombia
Two AP Journalists Wounded in Afghanistan Bombing
Clinton Presses Congo on Rape Epidemic
Urban Farms Take Root
2 US Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9/11’s Wake

Tuesday August 11, 2009

Rove Personally Pressed for Iglesias Firing
'Evil and Orwellian' – America's Right Turns Its Fire on NHS
Target Of Obama-Era Rendition Alleges Torture
Enviro Groups Tread Lightly With Endangered Species Act in Appalachia
Judge: CIA Interrogations Not Relevant to 9/11 Accused's Sanity
Tensions Rise on Israel's North
Selling Americans on a 'Green-Collar' Economy
Big Powers Faulted for Abuse of Geneva Conventions
US Strike Kills Up to 10 in Pakistan: Officials
Obama Seeks to Block Release of Abuse Photos
Aung San Suu Kyi Found Guilty of Breaking House Arrest
Air Force Training More Pilots for Drones Than for Manned Planes

Monday August 10, 2009

Another 45,000 US Troops Needed in Afghanistan, Military Adviser Says
Time Running Out for December Climate Pact: UN
Guatemala's 'Femicide' Crisis
US Battling CIA Rendition Case in 3 Courts
Where Did That Bank Bailout Go? Watchdogs Aren't Sure
Honduran Coup Leaders Accept OAS Mission
Scores Die in Iraq Bomb Blasts
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Wish You Weren't Here: The Devastating Effects of the New Colonialists
Pentagon Puts Afghan Drug-Traffickers on Hitlist
Clinton Sprinkles US Military Aid Across Africa
Climate Camp: Savior of the Environmental Movement?
Wealthy Group Pushes to be Taxed More

Sunday August 9, 2009

GOP Senator Warns Against Pulling a 'Rumsfeld'
Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly US Campaign in Afghanistan
Ministers Must Explain Destruction of 'Torture Flight' Papers, Says Panel of MPs
Nearly One Million People Flee China Typhoon
Climate Change Seen as Threat to US Security
US 'Biggest' Threat Say Pakistanis
Holder to Name Prosecutor to Probe CIA Abuses: Report

Saturday August 8, 2009

Obama Reverses Stand on Drug Industry Deal
Military Recruiting Rises Among Middle-Class, Suburban Youths in Dallas-Fort Worth Area
At Appalachian Fairgrounds, Charity Tries to Fill Gaps in Health Care
UK 'May Have 40-Year Afghan Role'
Colombia Under Fire From Neighbours Over US ‘Military Aggression’
Obama Administration Asks SCOTUS to Block Detainee Photos

Friday August 7, 2009

US Still Paying Blackwater Millions - Outcry Grows From Veterans, Elected Officials
New Battle on Vieques, Over Navy’s Cleanup of Munitions
Shi’a Unity Deal Explodes US Proxy War Myth
US Air Force Sets Up New Command for Nuclear Forces
Obama's OSM Pick Dodges Questions on Mountaintop Removal
US Eyes Vietnam for Afghanistan Tips
Secret Deal to Keep Karzai in Power
Climate Change Melting US Glaciers at Faster Rate, Study Finds
Hundreds Protest 'Supermax' Prison's Solitary Conditions
US Drops Call to Restore Ousted Honduran Leader
Rights Groups Appeal For UN Investigation of Rendition
Baby Emissions Fuel Global Warming

Thursday August 6, 2009

Bhopal Gas Disaster's Legacy Lives on 25 Years Later
White House Affirms Deal on Drug Cost
Old Tricky Banks, New Lending Tricks
High-Speed Rail in the United States: Back on Track after 50 Years of Neglect
The World's Rubbish Dump: A Garbage Tip that Stretches from Hawaii to Japan
Bailiffs Move to End Vestas Wind Turbine Factory Protest
Honduran Police Crackdown on Student Protests
Nuke-Free World Urged on Hiroshima Bomb Anniversary
Soldier Who Didn’t Obey Is Jailed
Appeals Court Reinstates US Roadless Area Conservation Rule

Wednesday August 5, 2009

US Ruling: California Must Cut Prison Population
Obama Pentagon Plans Speeding Up 'Bunker Buster' Bomb
Toxic Chemical Still Found in 'BPA-Free' Bottles
'Cash for Clunkers' Effect on Pollution? A Blip
Senators, Military Advisers Urge Obama to Double Afghan Forces

Tuesday August 4, 2009

Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
Activists Hold Little Hope for Legal Justice on Agent Orange
Obama Gives Powerful Drug Lobby a Seat at Healthcare Table
Modified Corn Seeds Sow Doubts
Honduras: Regime Says 'Yes' to Talks but Squelches Protests
Obama's Green Credentials Tested by Battle Against Mountaintop Mining
Crackdown Against 'Environmental Criminals' Follows Greenpeace Report
Obama Administration Weighs in on State Secrets, Raising Concern on the Left
75 Million Environmental Refugees to Plague Asia-Pacific

Monday August 3, 2009

Carbon Credits: 'Cure Worse Than the Disease'
Pentagon Eyes Accelerated 'Bunker Buster' Bomb
Military Killer Robots 'Could Endanger Civilians'
Will a Warmer World Make Us Sicker?
The Biggest Shift from North to South: 'Time to De-Grow'
TVA Backs Firm Exploring Small Nuclear Reactors; Critics Bristle
Guantanamo Inmates May Go to Special Prison: Report
Warning: Oil Supplies Are Running Out Fast

Sunday August 2, 2009

Half of All the Fruit & Veg You Buy is Contaminated
Prolonged Aid to Unemployed Is Running Out
Are Wind farms a Health Risk? US Scientist Identifies 'Wind Turbine Syndrome'
UK in Afghanistan for Decades, Says our Man in Washington

Saturday August 1, 2009

US Weighs Risks of Civilian Harm in Cyberwarfare
Bill Would Restrict Antibiotics in Food Animals
Exiled Zelaya Threatens Honduras Govt with 'Violence'
Big Money Fuels Health Care Battle
Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said
Liberals Will Get Single-Payer Vote on House Floor
Talk Radio Campaign Frightening Seniors
GMO Debate Questions Meaning of Sustainable

Friday July 31, 2009

Aquino, Heroine of Philippine People Power, Dies
Plan to Pay Sick Nuclear Workers Unfairly Rejects Many, Doctor Says
Unexploded Ordnance 'May Take Centuries to Clear' in Vietnam
India Orders Arrest of American in Bhopal Gas Leak
Farm Workers’ Union Sues California Agency Over Rules on Heat Safety
Rove: Nothing Wrong With US Attorney Firings
DynCorp Takes Afghanistan: As KBR and Blackwater Get Shut Out, DynCorp Profits From Afghan War
Afghan War Spreads to Residential Areas: UN Report
Bailed-Out US Banks Gave Employees Billions in Bonuses in 2008, Report Says
Pfizer, Nigeria Sign $75 Mln Settlement in Drug Suit: Official
Blue Dogs Receive More Health Industry Backing Than Other Democrats

Thursday July 30, 2009

The Baffler Returns: First New Issue of Thomas Frank's Chicago-Based Leftist Journal Slated for November
US Should Declare Victory and Leave Iraq, Says Top Military Officer
US Judge Orders Guantanamo Prisoner Jawad Freed
Harvey Milk to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Senate Passes Energy Bill That Kills Yucca Facility
Israel Orders Gaza War Probe: Report
Health Deal Sparks Fury on the Left
Iran Police Halt Mourning Protest
Lucrative Fees May Deter Efforts to Alter Loans
Lobbying Showdown Over the Future of Student Loans
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair to Be Star Witness as Iraq Inquiry Launched
Global Poll Finds 73% Want Higher Priority for Climate Change
In Afghanistan, Child Rapist Police Return Behind US, UK Troops

Wednesday July 29, 2009

Blue Dogs Delay, Water Down House Health Care Bill
Hillary Clinton Made Security Help 'Threat' to David Miliband Over Binyam Mohamed Case
Materialism on the Playground: Study Shows Power of Consumption Starts Early
Former Guantanamo Detainees Launch Group to Help Released, Current Inmates
US Revokes Honduran Visas to Pressure Interim Regime
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Militant Jewish Settlers Set up 11 Outposts in the Occupied West Bank
Can the Buck Stop Here?: Supporting the Local Economy
Homeland Secretary to Reveal Security Plans: Report
Prison Looms for Aung San Suu Kyi as Burma Show Trial Draws to a Close
Claims Against KBR Dismissed in Soldier's Death
US Rejects Call for Immigration Detention Rules

Tuesday July 28, 2009

Human Activity Is Driving Earth's 'Sixth Great Extinction Event'
North Vancouver Considers Plan for Farms on Boulevards
Ala. Police: Taser Use on Disabled Man Justified
Afghan War Questioned as More Bodies Flown Home
Migrants to Italy Face 'A Kind of Slavery': OIM
Iraq Exit Poses Daunting Logistics
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
Greenpeace Study Finds Oil Companies May Be Doomed
Watchdog to Challenge Foreclosures
Nuclear Plants Adequately Guarded, Court Rules
Progressive Dems Push for House Vote on Single-Payer Health Care
Better Balance Between Climate and Military Spending Urged
Pollution Still Feeding Gulf Dead Zone

Monday July 27, 2009

World Will Warm Faster Than Predicted in Next Five Years, Study Warns
Carson Soldiers Say Iraq Horrors Led to Crimes
Hope of Freedom for Orangutans Dashed
US Citizens Wrongly Detained, Deported by ICE
Your Nuclear Pursuit Is Futile, Hillary Clinton Tells Iran
Afghanistan Strikes Taliban Truce in Remote Area
Amid Scrutiny, Yoo Pushes Back
GM Crop Trials Start Again in Britain in 'Secret': Report
Climate Change to Force 75 Million Pacific Islanders From Their Homes
US Eyes Private Guards for Bases in Afghanistan
Uranium Contamination Haunts Navajo Country

Sunday July 26, 2009

Zelaya Pledges Resistance, Asks US for Sanctions
Whistleblower Tells of America's Hidden Nightmare for Its Sick Poor
Secrets of CIA 'Ghost Flights' to be Revealed
Clinton's Mideast Defense Claims Set Off Tremors
Revealed: The Secret Evidence of Global Warming Bush Tried to Hide

Saturday July 25, 2009

Clinton Calls Zelaya's Return 'Reckless', Rights Groups Respond
Afghanistan Women Outraged at Proposed Family Planning Law
US Stops Giving Militant Death Tolls in Afghanistan
Protesters Decry Iran Detentions
Global Trend for Sit-Ins and Occupations as Mass Redundancies Continue
Bush Weighed Using Military in Arrests
Trillions to Banks as Taxpayers Left in the Dark
US Admits It has No Case Against Teen Held at Guantanamo

Friday July 24, 2009

Feingold: White House is Whistling Past Afghan Graveyard
Zelaya Makes Brief Honduras Return
Iraq Prison Diary: Whatever Happened to the ‘Six of Clubs’?
Exiled Honduran Leader Heads for Border Showdown
Federal Loan Programs Not Stemming Foreclosures
Report: FEMA Mishandled Toxins in Trailers
Waste ‘Loopholes’ Inquiry as Three Held After Toxic Find in Brazil
Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant
Pro-Israel Groups Push Back Against Settlements Policy
Air Force Report Envisions a Broader Use of Drones
Obama's 'Green-Jobs' Guru: From Activist to Environmentalist
Maliki Hints at US Troop Presence Beyond 2011

Thursday July 23, 2009

US Courts Convict 91 pct in Terrorism Trials: Study
Mayors, Rabbis Arrested in NJ Corruption Probe
US Business Warns Congress of 'Green Trade War'
Afghanistan's Bravest Woman Brings Her Message to UK
French Panel to Recommend Carbon Tax on Fuel
Hawaii Waves Goodbye to Environmental Protection Law
Chemical Makers Go on the Offensive in Agriculture
Report: Big Cuts Needed at Huge Baghdad Embassy Built by Bush
Christian Right Aims to Change History Lessons in Texas Schools
House to Vote on High-Speed Rail Funding, National Infrastructure Bank
Biden: Afghan War Is 'Worth the Effort'
Byzantine World of Immigration Detention

Wednesday July 22, 2009

Israeli Textbooks to Drop 'Nakba'
Healthcare Reform Seen Critical for Rural US
Justice Department Argues Against Releasing Cheney Interview
Ex-Envoy Warns Against US Plan for Guam
Gun Proposal Further Complicates Defense Bill
Did US Forces Watch Afghan Massacre?
Farmers Told How to Save Huge Amounts of Water
US Holds 1,000th Lethal Injection Execution
US Will Take 'Crippling Action' if Iran Becomes Nuclear, Says Clinton
Pakistan Objects to US Plan for Afghan War
Green Jobs March On: Navajos Lead First Nations With Historic Green Jobs Legislation
Uranium Protesters Descend on Global Uranium Conference
Pentagon Didn't Break Rules, Says GAO
Report: NY, NJ Immigration Raids Violated Rights

Tuesday July 21, 2009

Bank of America, Bailout in Hand, Continues Lobbying Efforts
UN Reports Record Humanitarian Aid Shortfall
Hillary Clinton: US to Build Nuclear Plants in India
No Let-Up in US Drone War in Pakistan
Industry Cash Flowed to Drafters of Reform
Not So Fast: The Argument for Slowing Down in Virtually Every Aspect of Life
Teen Pregnancy and Disease Rates Rose Sharply During Bush Years, Agency Finds
Black Scholar's Arrest Raises Profiling Questions
Guantanamo Report on Detainee Policy Delayed
Judge Accuses CIA Officials of Fraud, Unseals Secret Files
US Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving

Monday July 20, 2009

Fears of Civil War as Honduras Talks Collapse
Afghanistan Exit Could Bring Escalated Air War
Netanyahu Rejects US Call on Building
Subprime Brokers Resurface as Dubious Loan Fixers
Major Cities' Plummeting Crime Rates Mystifying
City Farming Becomes a Social Cause
Americans Won't Back Long Afghan War: Gates
Interior to Halt Uranium Mining at Grand Canyon
IPCC Chief: Benefits of Tackling Climate Change Will Balance Cost of Action
Pentagon Seeks to Overhaul Prisons in Afghanistan
No Repeat of the New Deal Jump-Start
Bailout Overseer Says Banks Misused TARP Funds

Sunday July 19, 2009

Honduras: The Right-Wing Coup d'état is Faltering, but Its Supporters Have Powerful Friends in Washington
Interviews Offer More Nuanced Look At Roles of CIA Contractors, Concerns Of Officials During Interrogations
Air Force Plans for All-Drone Future
Bush's Key Men Face Grilling on Torture and Death Squads

Saturday July 18, 2009

Britain’s Dirty Little Secret as a Dumper of Toxic Waste
Ousted Honduras Leader Gives Talks Until Midnight
Once World's Bread Basket, Iraq Now a Farming Basket Case
Nurses Praise House Vote to Permit State Single-Payer Laws
New, Old Weapons Systems Never Die
Congress, Activists Push for Conditions on IMF Funding

Friday July 17, 2009

Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman, Dies
House Intel Committee to Investigate CIA Program
Conservative Group Offers Support for $2M
House Panels Approve Health Plans
Uighur Detainees: US Helped Chinese Interrogate Us
Embattled Organic Sector Worries About Regulation
Brazil Anger Over Toxic UK Waste
Two Giants Emerge From Wall Street Ruins
Human Rights Group Seeks Probe of Mass Graves in Afghanistan
Al-Jazeera Reporter Imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay to Sue George Bush
US May Seek More Data on People Flying in From EU
Mercenaries' Self-Regulation Sparks Afghan Warning

Thursday July 16, 2009

Small Australian Town Stands Up for the Tap
Paulson Says He Threatened Bank Chief Executive
Dairy Farming Crisis
Senior Obama Official Backs Cheney and CIA, Says Concealment of Assassin Program Legal
Sexual Assault Charges for Former Iraq Contractor
Hundreds May Have Died in Iranian Clashes After Poll, Say Human Rights Campaigners
George Tenet 'Suspended Secret CIA Hit-Squad'
Canadian Spy Service Failed in Khadr Case, Review Finds
Leaked: More Than Fifty House Progressives Privately Commit to Oppose Weak Health Care Bill
Foreclosures at Record High in First Half 2009 Despite Aid
Obama Goes to Bat for Bush Wiretap Program
Bagram Detainees Stage Protest Against US Treatment
US Considers Expanding Army: Pentagon

Wednesday July 15, 2009

Army: Violence by GIs at Home Tied to Combat
July Equals Deadliest Month of Afghan War
US, Colombia Near Base Access Deal
Ousted Honduran Leader Calls for Insurrection
Top Russia Activist Killed in Caucasus: Officials
Call for Fed Transparency Grows Louder
Uranium Mine Linked to US Arms Dealer
Germany Gets Some Nuclear Jolts
Los Angeles Accused of Criminalizing Homelessness
Was Carter Right?
Israeli Soldiers in Gaza Describe a 'Moral Twilight Zone'
Protesters Deliver a Message about Health Care—but Can Leaders Deliver?

Tuesday July 14, 2009

CIA Faces Hostile Scrutiny as Details of 'Dark' Programmes Are Revealed
Rwanda's Ex-Capital Chief Gets Life for Genocide
Democrats Call for Studies as Industry Assails Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing
US Destroyer Anchors off Georgia for Exercises
Bronx Senior Citizens Make Long Trek for Peace with Monday Protests
On Tiny Plots, a New Generation of Farmers Emerges
Arizona Governor Approves Abortion Constraints
Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles
'Gonzo' Filmmakers Hit London for Bhopal Protest
Geopolitics Antithetical to Human Development
Progress on Nukes Is Good, but 'Not Enough'

Monday July 13, 2009

Disputed Iraqi City Fears Oil Will Only Fuel Woes
'The Killing of Women Is Like Killing a Bird Today in Afghanistan'
At 54, Cleve Jones is Ready for his Comeback
Rep. Eshoo Wants House Probe of CIA Program
Game on for Christian Protest
War: Is it Getting More Hellish, or Less?
Cheney 'Set Up Illegal Secret Spy Project'
The Planet's Future: Climate Change 'Will Cause Civilization to Collapse'
Crops, Ponds Destroyed in Quest for Food Safety

Sunday July 12, 2009

Behind Detainee Release, a US-Iraqi Conflict on Iran
Bhopal: The Hiroshima of the Chemical Industry
Stop Bombing Us: Osama Isn’t Here, Says Pakistan
Demolishing Appalachia
Bush Administration Torture Policy May Face Probe From A.G. Holder
Toxins Take a Toll on Troops

Saturday July 11, 2009

Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of CIA Project
New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes
Gun Sales Soar Amid Fears of Barack Obama Weapons Ban
Developing Countries Urge G8 to Impose 40% Emissions Cut by 2020
US General Sees Afghan Army, Police Insufficient
Upside Down Flag Has Vet in Fight for 1st Amendment Rights
Bush Surveillance Program Was Massive

Friday July 10, 2009

US Said to Have Averted Inquiry Into ’01 Afghan Killings
Americans Swap Homes for Hotels as Recession Bites
Arundhati Roy at the London Literature Festival - 2009
Some Aid Can Be Hard to Stomach
House Democrats, White House at Odds over CIA Briefings
Survey Shows Gap Between Scientists and the Public
Obama Quoted in Wiretap Lawsuit in San Francisco
Law Will Let Afghan Husbands Starve Wives Who Withhold Sex
US Demand Fuels Spike in Small Arms Trade: UN Survey
G8 Declares a Lack of Promise
Obama Campaign Vow of Public Debate on Health Care Fading
Growing Numbers of Poor People Swamp Legal Aid Offices
Poll: World Has Little Confidence in Leaders' Economic Measures

Thursday July 9, 2009

UNESCO: US Seriously Damaged Historic Babylon
Groups Seek Federal Probe of NM Wolf Pup Deaths
For Many Americans, Health Cover is Key to a Job
Where's Pentagon 'Terrorism Suspect'? Talking to Karzai
Environmentalists Protest G8 Summit
Michael Moore Calls New Film Capitalism: A Love Story
Poorest Countries to Bear Brunt of Growth
G8: World Leaders Fail to Agree on Specific Target for Climate Cuts
Where in the World Are the Federal Trade Commissioners?
Democrats Say CIA Deceived Congress for Years

Wednesday July 8, 2009

Stricter Labeling Urged for Bottled Water
Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data
No Cap on Troops for Afghanistan
Politics of the Plate: Organic Warfare
Advocates of Full Nationalized Health Insurance Fight On
US Missile Shield Plan Threatens Arms Cuts: Moscow
Report: States Aren't Using Stimulus Funds as Intended
Major Polluters Water Down Climate Warming Ambitions
Obama Makes Nuclear Compromise to Pass Clean Energy Bill
Swiss to Stop UBS Handing over Data in US Tax Row
G8 Climate Change Deal Stumbles at First Hurdle
Campaign Finance Moment of Truth

Tuesday July 7, 2009

New Charges Added to Blackwater Lawsuit
President Tries to Put Out Fire From Emanuel's Health Care Remarks
Protesters Held Ahead of G8 Meeting
Familiar Players in Health Bill Lobbying
Who Really Controls Your iPhone?
Gore: Deal on Emissions from Land Useage Change Critical
KBR Hails Court Ruling as Wartime Suit Protection
Tensions Mount in Honduras as Crisis Talks Move to US
Study: Lenders Avoid Aiding Distressed Due to Lack of Profit
New Climate Strategy: Track the World's Wealthiest

Monday July 6, 2009

Binyam Mohamed Launches Legal Fight to Stop US Destroying Torture Images
Israel Has Right to Hit Iran: Biden
Israel to Deport Gaza Activists
US, Russia Ready to Set New Nuclear Arms Limits
China Says 140 Dead in Xinjiang Riot, Blames Separatists
Unmanned Drones Could Be Banned, Says Senior Judge
Nigerian Militants Say Chevron Facility Destroyed

Sunday July 5, 2009

Zelaya Blocked From Landing in Honduras After Supporters Shot
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Prevented from Returning
Group of Almost 100 US Activists Hoping to Bring Aid to Gaza Strip Arrive in Egypt
Honduran Military Ordered to Turn Back Zelaya's Jet
Italians Protest US Base Expansion, G8
Healthy Examples: Plenty of Countries Get Healthcare Right
Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib... Bagram?
Costa Rica is World's Greenest, Happiest Country
Obama’s Youthful Ideals Shaped the Long Arc of His Nuclear-Free Vision

Saturday July 4, 2009

Weary of War, Young Afghans Pay for an Exit
Obama Urges Liberal Advocacy Groups to Stop Attacks
Free Gaza Activists Still in Custody in Israel
OAS Set to Suspend Honduras as It Renounces Charter
Obama's Nuclear-Weapons Adviser Delivers Doomsday Scenario
Mountaintop Removal: Fourth of July Festival Organizers Fear Violence
Fears for the World's Poor Countries as the Rich Grab Land to Grow Food

Friday July 3, 2009

About Face: Obama to Proceed with Bush-Era Cybersecurity Plan
Anti-US Protest Marks Start of Biden's Iraq Trip
Los Angeles Will End Use of Coal-Fired Power
Loss of World's Seagrass Beds Seen Accelerating
Countries 'Wasting Money and Blood' in Afghanistan
Pakistan Desperately Needs Money to Resettle Swat Residents
WaPo Cancels Lobbyist Event Amid Uproar
Documents Describe Chaos of Gitmo's Early Months
Purity of Federal 'Organic' Label Is Questioned

Thursday July 2, 2009

US Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
Obama Administration Backs Bush White House on Cheney Interview
EPA Allows TVA to Dump Spilled Coal Ash in Ala.
UN to Study Potential Threats to Canada-U.S. World Heritage Site
Organic Farms as Subdivision Amenities
Amnesty Accuses Israel of Using Human Shields in Gaza
Washington Post Sells Access, $25,000+
EPA Ready to Settle Bay Area Pesticide Suit
UN Revisits US Policies on Racial Profiling
US, Canada Rank Last in Curbing Warming, Report on G-8 Says
Extinction Looms, Study Says
To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old
ExxonMobil Continuing to Fund Climate Sceptic Groups, Records Show
Massive US Assault to Seize Taleban Heartland

Wednesday July 1, 2009

Pakistanis Turn on Taliban, but Resent U.S. - Poll
Congress's $1.2 Million a Day Drug Habit—and Pharma's Phony "Gift" to Health Care Reform
Honduran Coup Shines Spotlight on Controversial U.S. Military Training School
Nobel Laureate 'Abducted' by Israeli Navy
Smooth Sailing for 'Oil-Free' Food
Permafrost Melting a Growing Climate Threat: Study
Citi Raises Rates on Millions of Credit Cards: Report
Challenge to Shell's Alaska Drill Plan Dismissed
Zelaya Faces arrest in Honduras as Protests Rise
Many With Insurance Still Bankrupted by Health Crises
Judge Overturns Bush Administration Logging Rule

Tuesday June 30, 2009

Congress Pushing for Federal Reserve Audit
US High Court Delays Decision on Death Row Inmate
When Drones Become Indiscriminate
Nader Nags Obama on Single Payer Healthcare
EPA Approves California Pollution Rule
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules for Al Franken, 5-0; Coleman Concedes
Israel 'Boards Activist Ship Heading to Gaza'
Crosby, Stills and Nash Have Lot to Say to Next Generation
The Scramble for Iraq's 'Sweet Oil'
Zelaya Vows to Return as Honduras Unrest Flares
Justices to Review Campaign Finance Law Constraints
Bush Appointees Buck Barack Obama on Terror Policies
EPA List Shows Dangerous Coal Ash Sites Found in 10 States
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Gay Veteran of Iraq Takes on US Army

Monday June 29, 2009

Crops Face Toxic Timebomb in Warmer World: Study
Fireworks over Baghdad as US Troops Leave
Honduras Coup Poses Challenges, Questions for Obama, Congress
US Urged to Boost Emergency Aid to Displaced
Leftist Leaders Rally Around Honduran President
Thousands of Pakistanis Hold Anti-US Rally
American Troops in Iraq Fade from Major Cities
Israel Approves 50 New Settler Homes in West Bank
How a Loophole Benefits GE in Bank Rescue
Iraqi Whose Lies Made the Case for War Looks on from Afar

Sunday June 28, 2009

President of Honduras Overthrown in Military Coup
US-Russia Report on Scrapping Nuclear Weapons to be Unveiled
How Bribery Became a Way of Life in Iraq
White House Open to New Tax on Health Benefits
Rebellion on the Range Over a Cattle ID Plan
Deal on Gaza Makes Headway
Small Towns vs. Nestlé
Did Toxic Chemical in Iraq Sicken GIs?

Saturday June 27, 2009

Climate Change Activists Dismayed by Some of Bill's Provisions
Green Energy for All by 2030?
To Gays Who Supported Him, Obama Hasn't Walked the Walk
White House Is Drafting Executive Order to Allow Indefinite Detention; Move Would Bypass Congress

Friday June 26, 2009

House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change
Gay Rights Movement: 40 Years Since Stonewall Riots
Slowdown in Once-Booming Organics Troubles Farmers
Premier Casting US Withdrawal as Victory for Iraq
Author Naomi Klein Calls for Boycott of Israel
Consumers Don't Buy Water for Health Reasons
New Fed Powers Not Matched with Accountability
Western Aid Declines, Financial Bailouts Mount

Thursday June 25, 2009

Mountaintop Removal Damage 'Irreversible,' Senate Hears
Airstrike Report Belies 'Blame Taliban' Line
Proponents Say Single-Payer Health Coverage is Optimal Rx
How the Talk Became Big Business
More Democracy the Cure for Broken System, UN Says
Friends of the Earth Goes it Alone: Urges 'No' on Climate Bill
US Policies Criticized by UN Rights Watchdog
Obama Leaves Door Open to Tax on Health Benefits
Chemicals in Shampoos and Toys 'Could Lead to Low Birth Weight'
Lawmaker Accuses Fed of 'Cover-Up' in BofA Deal
US, Israel, Russia Absent at Cluster Bomb Talks

Wednesday June 24, 2009

Obama Signs $106 Billion bill for Iraq, Afghan Wars
Health Insurance Insider: 'They Dump the Sick'
Clinton Asked to Keep Canada Sands Oil Out of US
Operation Enduring Folly: US Kills 60 More in Pakistan Air Strike
UN Meet May Short-Change the Poor
Ex-Detainees 'Allege Abuse at US Afghan Base'
Nixon Tapes, Papers Weigh in on Fateful Days
'Courageous' Women Front Iran's Resistance
Gay Couple's Weapon in Lawsuit: Obama's Words
UN Launches 'Seal the Deal' Campaign

Tuesday June 23, 2009

Sen. Bennett: US Needs 100 More Nuclear Power Plants
American Shoppers Misled by Greenwash, Congress Told
Whaling Commission Faced With Quotas Schism
Panel Sets Guidelines for Fighting Prison Rape
US and Kyrgyzstan Sign New Air Base Deal: MP
Civilians 'Bear the Brunt of War'
Pentagon to Outline Shift in War Planning Strategy
Court Allows Gold Mine to Dump Waste in Lake

Monday June 22, 2009

Obama’s Right Turn
Supreme Court Rejects Wilson/Plame Suit
Obama's Undeclared War Against Pakistan Continues, Despite His Attempt to Downplay It
Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
Former Rwandan Minister Gets 30 Years for Genocide Role
Thousands Flee Ahead of Pakistan Offensive
Iran's Guards to 'Crush' Protests
Latin Radicals Take Center Stage at UN Summit Snubbed by the West
US Toughens Airstrike Policy in Afghanistan

Sunday June 21, 2009

Palestinian Lawsuit Condemns Canadian Condo Project as War Crime
EU to Examine National Opt-Outs for GM Crop Growing
Most in US Support Govt-Backed Health Care: Poll
Confidential Memo Reveals US Plan to Provoke an Invasion of Iraq
Iraqi: 'Life Here Is Dead Because of Americans' Presence'
In Stark Legal Turnaround, Obama Now Resembles Bush

Saturday June 20, 2009

Delay in Releasing CIA Report Is Sought
House Unveils Health Bill, Minus Key Details
Avigdor Lieberman: Settlements Are Not Obstacle to Peace
San Francisco Asks Federal Judge to Toss Prop. 8
Foreign Workers for US Are Casualties Twice Over
US Says Afghan Strikes Broke Rules, Orders Retraining

Friday June 19, 2009

Humanitarian Aid Criminalized at the Border
Awaiting Bernanke, House Panel Subpoenas Fed
Justices Reject Inmate Right to DNA Tests
'No US Charges' Likely Over Afghan Raid
'Humanure' Victory: Green Toilet Wins Austin City Approval
Cargill and the Priest: Priest Stands Up Against BigAg and Deforestation
Tony Blair Knew of Secret Policy on Terror Interrogations
Congress Sends $106 Billion War Funds Bill to Obama
14 Arrested in Latest Massey Protest
Panel Slams US Over Immigration Raid Tactics
Peru Indians Hail 'Historic' Day

Thursday June 18, 2009

US Congressmen Tell Dow to Clean Up Bhopal
US Senate Approves Resolution Apologizing for Slavery
Maine Gay-Marriage Foes Hire California Firm That Ran Prop 8
Obama Administration Criticized Over Failure to Disclose Coal Dump Locations
World Powers Push for Financial Sector Reform
Nuclear Funds Hit With Losses
Arms Talks Ahead of Obama Visit 'Constructive': Russia
Partisan Ire Surfaces as Senators Start Work on Health Bill
EPA Declares Public Health Emergency in Asbestos-Ridden Libby, Montana
Daring Dragline Protest Launches 7 Days That Will Shake Mountaintop Removal Operations
Lieberman to Clinton: Israel Won't Freeze Settlements

Wednesday June 17, 2009

McChrystal Looks to Spin Afghan Civilian Deaths Problem
CIA Fights Full Release of Detainee Report
Obama to Unveil Finance Overhaul
Iran Ups Media Crackdown as Reformers Plan Rally
Report: Iraqi Refugees in US Need More Help
Teachers File Racial Discrimination Suit Against Obama Administration's School 'Turnaround' Plan
E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress
US Climate Report Details Energy, Agriculture Harm
Activists Urge Obama to Use Trade Pact as Leverage

Tuesday June 16, 2009

Congress Approves $106 Bln for War, Swine Flu
Carter Decries Destruction in Gaza
Number of People Driven From Homes by Conflict at All-Time High
Massachusetts Suspends Weapons Program
CIA Mistaken on 'High-Value' Detainee, Document Shows
Nigerian Rebels Threaten FIFA Junior World Cup, Continue Attacks on Chevron Facilities
Audit Finds That US Overpaid Blackwater by Tens of Millions of Dollars
Iran Agrees to Partial Recount of Disputed Ballots
Pelosi Puts Pressure on Dems to OK War Funding
Obama Blocks List of Visitors to White House
Water Risks Ripple Through the Beverage Industry
Pentagon Wavers on Release of Report on Afghan Attack

Monday June 15, 2009

Most US Troops Out of Iraqi Cities: US Commander
Obama Tells AMA US Health-Care Costs Are a 'Ticking Time Bomb'
Big Carbon Players Jockey for Advantage
Alleged US Massacre in Afghanistan 'Provoked by False Information'
Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal of the 'Cuban Five'
USA, Canada to Modernize Great Lakes Water Quality Pact
World Bank Loan Withdrawn From Brazilian Cattle Corporation
Brown to Outline Iraq War Inquiry
UN Food Stolen From the Starving in Somalia Fake Camp Fraud
Pennsylvania Town Fights Big Coal on Mining Rights
Tense Iran Braces for Anti-Ahmadinejad March
Pro-English Measures Being Revived Across US

Sunday June 14, 2009

Netanyahu Defies Obama with Harsh Conditions for Palestinian 'Entity'
Unions and Migrant Workers Coalesce from Coast to Coast
Far-Right Shootings Raise Fear of Hate Offensive in America
US Cyberdefense Plan Raises Concerns
Public Not Allowed to Know Location of Hazardous Coal Ash Sites
Secret Papers 'Show How Shell Targeted Nigeria Oil Protests'
Afghan Villagers Slain as They Took Cover

Saturday June 13, 2009

Poll Results Prompt Iran Protests
Indigenous Peoples: 'We Are Fighting for Our Lives and Our Dignity'
Superfund Money to Clean 'Mouth of the Beast'
Judge: Ex-Bush Lawyer Can be Sued Over Torture
Lawmakers Reveal Health-Care Investments
Ahmadinejad Wins Surprise Iran Landslide Victory

Friday June 12, 2009

US Nuclear Industry Tries to Hijack Obama's Climate Change Bill
Today's Electronics, Tomorrow's Garbage Heap
Mitchell Says No Mideast Peace at Lebanon Expense
Abuse Photos Part of Agreement on Military Spending
CIA Secrecy on Drone Attacks Data Hides Abuses
Foreigners Are the Real Pirates, Says Former Somali Fisherman
Obama Mining Plan Draws Criticism From Both Sides

Thursday June 11, 2009

Climate Pledges Bound to Breach Key Warming Target: Scientists
Military Recruiters to Capitalize on Air Show, 'Senior Week'
Bermuda Takes Guantanamo Uighurs
G8 Off Track on Increased Aid to Africa - Report
American Medical Association Opposes Public Insurance Plan
Peru Suspends Decrees That Fueled Amazon Violence
Medical Group Calls for Reducing Use of BPA
Washington to Debate School Lunch and Health Policy Reform
Death Row Case Embodies Systemic Flaws, Critics Say

Wednesday June 10, 2009

Health Professionals Tell Congress They Want Single-Payer
San Francisco OKs Toughest Recycling Law in US
Prison Is Revolving Door for Mentally Ill, Who Don't Get Needed Meds
US War Privatization Results in Billions Lost in Fraud, Waste and Abuse--Report
Chrysler and Fiat Make It Official
US Green Agenda Delivered Blow as Ban on Drilling off Florida Overturned
Farm Suicides Turn Children Into Farmers
Film Aims to Expose Dangers in US Food Industry
Pacific Island of Palau Agrees to Take Uighur Muslims From Guantánamo Bay
Water Stress, Ocean Levels to Unleash 'Climate Exodus'

Tuesday June 9, 2009

China Alone Could Bring World to Brink of Climate Calamity, Claims US Official
Illinois Town Sued, Accused of Lying About Carcinogen-Filled Town Water
Reform Challenger Shakes up Iranian Presidential Race
CIA Urges Judge to Keep Bush-Era Documents Sealed
Dueling Protests Square off Near Bush's Dallas Home
Obama Invokes Jesus More Than Bush
Americans in Jerusalem 'Feel the Hate' for Obama
First Gitmo Detainee Arrives in US for Trial
‘Police Are Throwing Bodies in the River,’ Say Native Protesters
We Failed to Follow Bombing Rules: Pentagon

Monday June 8, 2009

Shell Settles Human Rights Suit for $15.5M
Unions Embrace Street Corner Solidarity
Activist Cindy Sheehan in Dallas to Renew Anti-Bush Protests
Judge Halts Deportation of 4, Cites ICE Conduct
Seeking the Face of Climate Change
Global Weapons Spending Hits Record Levels
Iraqi Security Forces Arrest Five American Civilians
Israel Ministry Wages Settlement War Against US
Democrats Stoke Grassroots Healthcare Campaign
The 'End of the Line' for the World's Oceans
Lobbyists Unlimited in Honoring Lawmakers

Sunday June 7, 2009

George Tiller Funeral Draws Protests but Ends Peacefully
Castro Questions Timing of Cuban Spy Arrests
War, What Is It Good For? It Made Us Less Selfish
Key Figures in Global Battle Against Illegal Arms Trade Lost in Air France Crash

Saturday June 6, 2009

Protesters Want Baucus to Consider Single-Payer System
Doctor Critical of Baucus Promotes Single-Payer Plan
GM Gets Billions, Says No Money for Crash Victims
Ethnic Media Reaching Record Numbers in U.S.
'Global Warming is Baloney' Signs Put the Heat on Burger King

Friday June 5, 2009

Industry Defends Drilling, Ignores Water Contamination
Peru: Police, Indigenous Indians Clash in Protests Over Resources
US Lawmakers Seek More Nuclear Power in Bill
GAO: US Aid Programs Overpay for Food, Delivery
Politics and the Financial Crisis Slow the Drive to Privatize
Texans Sue KBR, Halliburton Over War-Zone Burn Pits
College Grads Flock to Farms
World Environment Day Calls for End to CO2 Addiction
Drugstore Health Clinics Treating More Ailments

Thursday June 4, 2009

SEC Charges Countrywide Co-Founder Mozilo
Homeowners Seeking Gov’t Loan Mods Are Fed Up
Record Turnout at Hong Kong Tiananmen Candlelight Vigil
The Deadly Toll of Abortion by Amateurs
OAS Opens Doors to Cuba Without Conditions
North Korea Tries US Journalists
The Power of Microfinance
UN Human Rights Council Blasts US for Killing Civilians, Drone Attacks and Using Mercenaries
Biden Tells Governors to Plan for Rail-Line Stimulus Money
Maryland's Donna Edwards: Emerging Leader, Liberal Maverick
US Judge Rejects Lawsuits in Wiretapping Cases
Obama: I'll Personally Pursue Two-State Solution
Green Energy Overtakes Fossil Fuel Investment, Says UN

Wednesday June 3, 2009

Gay Marriage Approved in New Hampshire
Max Baucus Regrets Killing Single-Payer, Sanders Says
Appeals Court Reinstate Nigeria Activist Case Vs Shell Unit
Big Business 'Failing to Disclose Climate Risks' to Investors
Cheney Led Briefings of Lawmakers to Defend Interrogation Techniques
In Occupied Palestine, Loving the Children is the Easy Part
Economic Crisis Making for More Unstable World
Revealed: The Bid to Corner World's Bluefin Tuna Market
Netanyahu Cites Secret Deal with Bush to Justify More Settlements
Washington Didn't Want You to See this Guantanamo Photo
US Report Finds Airstrike Errors in Afghan Deaths
Tillman's Mother Says General Lied Again About His Death

Tuesday June 2, 2009

Conservation Groups Sue Over Gray Wolf Delisting
Eavesdropping Case Tests Obama Vows on Secrecy
Thomas Berry, Environmentalist-Priest, Dies
Controversial Coal Mining Method Gets Obama's OK
W. Va. Judge Limits Massey Energy Protesters' Legal Arguments
Progressives Divided? Not All Back Obama Policies
Baucus to Meet with Single-Payer Advocates
Tap Water Worries Have You Buying Bottled? Safeway Loves You
US Must Release Guantanamo Evidence: Judge

Monday June 1, 2009

Jimmy Carter Charges Obama 'Doesn't Want to Punish Those Who are Guilty' of Crimes
Cheney: Death Only Option for Some Detainees if Gitmo Closed
Pakistan Plan to Attack Taliban Haven Promises Wider War
Obama Has 250,000 'Contractors' in Iraq and Afghan Wars, Increases Number of Mercenaries
Oil Economy Driving Growth of Controversial Tar Sands
Prop. 8 Opponents Take their Case to Fresno
Even in Crisis, Banks Dig In for Fight Against Rules
Identity of Men on CIA Rendition Flights to British Island Revealed
Amazon Rainforests Pay the Price as Demand for Beef Soars

Sunday May 31, 2009

Local Currencies Really Can Buy Happiness
Doctor's Assassination in Kansas Prompts Day of Mourning
Israel Fumes over US Settlement Demands
Late-Term Abortion Doctor Shot Dead Inside US Church
Venezuela's Chavez Shifts Gears in Leftist Revolution
Tracking the War on Women in Darfur
Contractors Vie for Plum Work, Hacking for the United States
Israel Tests 'Doomsday' Response
Taguba Denies He's Seen Abuse Photos Suppressed by Obama

Saturday May 30, 2009

UN Disarmament Body Ends Deadlock after 12 Years
Documentary on Intensive Pig Farming Faces Legal Threat
'We Know What to Do: Why Don't We Do It?'
Health Care Activists Lament Single-Payer Snub
US-CANADA: Shared Border, Unilateral Policy?
Organic Dairies Watch the Good Times Turn Bad
UN Calls for Inquiry on 'Unacceptably High' Civilian Death Toll in Sri Lanka

Friday May 29, 2009

Nobel Prize Winner Gets Hassled At Bush Intercontinental Airport
The Bogus Torture Coverup
Countries Destroying Cluster Bomb Stockpiles: Report
Car-Driven Society Poses Health Risk for Americans
Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Wars in Cyberspace
Bush Defends Interrogation Program in Michigan Speech
Exxon Mobil CEO Tells Shareholders That Fossil Fuels Have Long Future
Uncle Sam Denying Soldiers Citizenship
Iraq Faces the Mother of all Corruption Scandals
Global Warming Causes 300,000 Deaths a Year, Says Kofi Annan thinktank

Thursday May 28, 2009

Marijuana and Cocaine Should Be Legalized, Says Latin American Drugs Commission
US Rejects British Paper's Report on Iraq Prison Photos
Israel Debates 'Loyalty' Law
Israel Rebuffs Hillary Clinton's Call for Halt in West Bank Settlements
Islamic Charity Leaders Get 65-Year Jail Terms
Do CIA Cables Show Doctors Monitoring Torture?
Soldier Seeking Asylum: 'I Want to Be Able to Atone'
Blackwater Contractors in Fatal Shooting Say They're Scapegoats
Oil Firms and Loggers 'Push Indigenous People to Brink of Extinction'
World Sitting on 'Powder Keg' of Social Unrest: Amnesty
Iraq Redux? Obama Seeks Funds for Pakistan Super-Embassy
Abu Ghraib Abuse Photos 'Show Rape'

Wednesday May 27, 2009

Big Oil Meetings Draw Activists, Some Protest Votes
Damaged Ecosystems Not Lost Forever
Dozens Dead as Pakistan War Hits Lahore
Amazonian Indigenous Protest Provokes Peruvian Government Reprisals
Working Out the Details of Guns in National Parks
US Wants to Paint the World White to Save Energy
Genetics-Based Products Stir Concerns
Healthy School Lunch Efforts Face Daunting Hurdles
US Army Prepared to Stay in Iraq for a Decade
North Korea Restarts Nuclear Reactor and Threatens to Attack South

Tuesday May 26, 2009

"There's No Way I'm Going to Deploy to Afghanistan"
California Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
State Dept. Has Few Who Speak Language of Area Where Taliban Operates
Pakistanis in Swat 'Face Catastrophe'; Clashes Spread
Natural Gas Politics
Shell on Trial: Oil Giant Faces Charges of Human Rights Abuses
How a Greener City Gets Growing
Obama Chooses Sotomayor for Supreme Court Nominee
Drive for Sanctions Likely in Wake of North Korean Test

Monday May 25, 2009

Netanyahu: 'If Israel Doesn't Remove Iranian Threat, No One Will'
Iowan Creates Nonprofit for Food Politics
Climate Change Summit Hijacked by Biggest Polluters, Critics Claim
US Soldiers Options Limited to Protect Afghans from Taliban
North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon 'As Powerful as Hiroshima Bomb'
Israeli Bill Would Impose Loyalty Oath on Arab Citizens
Fate of Iraqis Gone Missing Haunts Those Left Behind
Doctor Pushes Back Against Insurer Scrutiny

Sunday May 24, 2009

Top US Military Officer Pushes Guantanamo Closing
Obama's Supreme Court Nominee Expected This Week
Israel's Lieberman Rules out Return to '67 Borders
'Universal Jurisdiction': Spain's Judges Target Torture
US Relies More on Aid of Allies in Terror Cases

Saturday May 23, 2009

'Israel Won't Yield to US Demands, Won't Halt Settlement Construction'
NRC Contemplates the Next Step on Imported Nuclear Waste
Rwandan Man Convicted of War Crimes in Canadian Court
US Appeals Court Agrees Tobacco Companies Lied
EPA Administrator Forecasts Potential Shift on Bush-Era Drilling Loophole
Concern Mounts Over US Predator Covert Killings
Smile! The US Sees You Coming

Friday May 22, 2009

UN Poised to Close Gender Gap and Create Women's Agency
California High Court to Rule Tuesday on Prop. 8
Alien Species Eroding Ecosystems and Livelihoods
PM Vows Jerusalem Will Remain Israel's Capital 'Forever'
Think Tank: US Climate Bill Falls Short
Advocate for Others Fights to Die at Home
Drinking from Plastic Bottles 'Increases Exposure to Gender-Bending Chemical'
Cheney's Speech Ignored Some Inconvenient Truths

Thursday May 21, 2009

Obama Mounts Defense of Detainee Plan
US Keeps Nuclear 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Israel Aide
Israel Dismantles West Bank Settlement Outpost
America's Poor Are Its Most Generous Givers
Climate Change: The Century's Biggest Health Threat?
Administration Opposes Plame Appeal
Lobbyist Ranks Swell With Advent of Climate Bill

Wednesday May 20, 2009

US Congress Votes to Allow People to Carry Loaded Guns in National Parks
ACLU Sues Knox, Nashville Schools for Blocking Gay Websites
Judge: Some Detainees Can Be Held Indefinitely
Quarter of a Million Sri Lankans Face Two Years in Camps
Arms Sent by US May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands
US Army Paid Bonuses to KBR Despite Questions
Banks in Recovery as Home Foreclosures Hit Record
Two Blackwater-Affiliated Contractors Flee Afghanistan
US and Russia Start Hard Bargaining Over Slashing Nuclear Weapons
Obama Takes a Hit on Guantánamo
UN Rights Inquiry on Gaza to Hold Public Hearings

Tuesday May 19, 2009

US Energy Use a National Security Threat: Study
Panetta: Airstrikes Have Been 'Very Effective'
US-Russian Team Deems Missile Shield in Europe Ineffective
Senate Approves Credit Card Crackdown Bill
Green-Jobs Evangelist Sells Obama's Ambitious Plans
US Supreme Court Rejects Prop. 215 Challenge
Ex-US Envoy May Take Key Role in Afghan Government
Bill Clinton Named New UN Envoy to 'Stabilize' Haiti, a Country He Helped Destabilize
Swat Valley Could Be Worst Refugee Crisis Since Rwanda, UN Warns
Despite Smiles, Obama, Netanyahu Seem Far Apart
Troy Davis Files Final Appeal to US Supreme Court

Monday May 18, 2009

Supreme Court Blocks Sept. 11 Detainee Lawsuit
One State the Alternative to Two-State Solution - Arab League Secretary General Musa
Federal Authorities Crack Down on Sea-Borne Oil Polluters
Possible Defense Contract for Fort Worth Company Shows How Lawmakers Can Tailor Earmarks to One Contractor
Peru Army Moves Into Amazon After Tribes Blockade Rivers and Roads
Suu Kyi Begins Trial, EU Threatens Sanctions
Killed Civilians Bring More Controversy for Blackwater
Nuclear Cleanup Awards Questioned
Gen McChrystal, America's New Army Chief in Afghanistan, Under Fire Over Rough Tactics and 'Prisoner Abuse'

Sunday May 17, 2009

Images, the Law and War
US Drone Attack Kills 29 in North Waziristan
FBI Infiltrated Iowa Anti-War Group Before GOP Convention
Rumsfeld's Biblical Message-Laden Intelligence Briefs
Obama's EPA clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits
Tamil Tigers Admit Defeat After Battle Reaches 'Bitter End'
Pain, Progress, Pride on Day Against Homophobia
MI5 'Used Muslim 007' to Turn British Torture Victim in Moroccan Prison

Saturday May 16, 2009

Sri Lanka: Military Conflict vs. Propaganda War?
Critics Call Obama's Tribunals 'Bush Lite'
Rumsfeld's Renegade Unit Blamed for Afghan Deaths
Sri Lankan Army Pushes on with Final Assault on Cornered Tamils
Even with Obama in Charge, Anti-War Democrats Powerless
Horror and Stresses of Iraq Duty led US Sergeant to Kill Comrades
McChrystal was Cheney's Chief Assassin

Friday May 15, 2009

3 Utah Counties, Oil Companies Sue Interior
In Ecuador, Resentment of an Oil Company Oozes
Obama to Revive Guantánamo Military Tribunals
Leon Panetta's Mission to Stop Israel Bombing Iranian Nuclear Plant
Bush Team Still Haunts Environmentals
New 'Prisoner Abuse' Photographs Emerge Despite US Bid to Block Publication
Powell Aide Says Torture Helped Build Iraq War Case
IAEA Chief Warns of New 'Virtual' Nuclear Powers
House Backs Obama's Afghan Surge, Amid Calls for Exit Strategy
Rights Group: US Must Prevent Civilian Casualties

Thursday May 14, 2009

US Senate to Debate Nearly $40 Billion for Clean Water
'Dirty Tricks' Over Toxic Waste
Judge Condemns 'Mosaic' of Guantánamo Intelligence and Unreliable Witnesses
Why Doesn't Obama Want Us to See What's in the Photos?
Residents Forceful: Shut Yankee Nuclear Plant Down
Rice Stands by Bush Policies During Calgary Appearance
Cheney's Role Deepens
A Different Kind of Boy Scout: Armed and Fighting Terrorism
Lake Swimmer Could Cost Suu Kyi Her Freedom
Chicago Bans Sale of Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups With BPA

Wednesday May 13, 2009

Senate Panel Probes Legality of Torture Memos
Obama Tries to Block Release of Detainee Photos
Sri Lanka Accused of 'War Crime' Over Shelled Hospital
Israel Hands Over Lebanon Cluster Bomb Maps - UN
Bomb Kills 7 Afghan Civilians at US Base
SF School Board Votes to Restore JROTC Program
Sharp Debate Expected at Senate Torture Hearing
Barack Obama's Key Climate Bill Hit by $45M PR Campaign
US Implored to Stop Deporting Haitians
Michael Pollan Dishes out Advice on Healthful Eating
Popular Cereal Is a Drug, US Food Watchdog Says

Tuesday May 12, 2009

US Elected to UN Rights Council
Haaretz Reporter Amira Hass Arrested Upon Leaving Gaza
Massacre Puts War Trauma Under the Spotlight
Canadian Military Plans to Spam Afghans This Summer
Badly-Needed California Water Transfers Blocked by Economic, Environmental Hurdles
High Health Costs Hit Women Hardest
China Marks Anniversary of Quake
Cleaner Air From Reduced Emissions Could Save Millions of Lives, Says Report
Top US Commander in Afghanistan Is Fired
A Year Later, Iowa Raid Still Marks a Flashpoint

Monday May 11, 2009

Pelosi: Torture Protest Improper in '03
Afghan Parliament Wants Law to Curb Foreign Troops
Lawmakers Try to Block New Abuse Photos
Obama Says Healthcare Overhaul Could Save Trillions
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US General Builds A Palestinian Army
iPhones in Iraq – The US Army's New Weapon
Five US Soldiers 'Killed in Iraq Base'
Still There, Foreclosed No Longer
Cheney: Interrogations Saved Lives
Israel Knows That Peace Just Doesn't Pay

Sunday May 10, 2009

White Phosphorus? Concern Over Burns on Afghans Caught in Battle
Obama White House: U.S. Will Not Halt Afghan Air Strikes
Outed!: Documentary Purports to Rip GOP's Closet Doors
Controversial Killing Fleet Tastes Failure as Japanese Lose Their Appetite for Whale Meat
Memos Shed Light on CIA Use of Sleep Deprivation
Afghan Students Protest Against Civilian Casualties
Provacateurs: G20 Police 'Used Undercover Men to Incite Crowds'
Drafted at 19, Opposing Military Recruiters at 61

Saturday May 9, 2009

Obama Breaks Campaign Promise on AIDS
Arctic Groups Demand Global Chemicals' Ban
Global Spread of 'Loose Nukes' Reignites Disarmament Efforts
MoveOn Moves Against Specter
Global Warming's Toll: Glacier in Bolivia is Gone

Friday May 8, 2009

Bush-Era Polar Bear Rule to Stay in Place
White House Silence Paved Way for ‘Cramdown’ Crash
Child Miners: Legacy of Conflict
More Than One Million Flee Pakistan Fighting, Says UN
Ex-Soldier Could Face Death Over Iraq Murders, Rape‎
China Breaks Silence on Student Quake Toll
Memo Says Pelosi Knew About Use of Harsh Tactics
Ready or Not, Katrina Victims Lose Temporary Housing
Psychologists' E-Mails Stir Interrogation Issue

Thursday May 7, 2009

NY Trial to Decide Shell's Role in Nigerian Deaths
Government Could Destroy Records in Hundreds of Guantanamo Cases
Harvesting the Rain: An Old Idea Takes on New Life
Law Center Study Cites Mistreatment of Latinos in South
After US Strikes, Afghans Describe 'Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;' Obama Readies 21,000 More Troops
Geithner: US Banks 'Safe From Insolvency'
Af-Pak Troubles Coming to a Head
US Security Firm Blackwater Ends Iraq Operation
Sensitive US Missile Defense Data Found on Computer Disk Bought on eBay

Wednesday May 6, 2009

Justice Dept. Finds Many Flaws in FBI Terror Watch List
Informants Say Blackwater Guards Tried to Unload Arms
Maine Becomes 5th State to Approve Gay Marriage
Vietnam Veterans Are Falling Ill, but Why Now?
Obama Urged to Sign Native Rights Declaration
Red Cross Confirms Dozens Dead in Afghan Air Strikes
Weapon of Choice: Depleted Uranium
Inspector at Pentagon Says Report Was Flawed
Justice Dept. Investigators Say No Criminal Prosecutions, Just 'Disciplinary Actions'
UN Blames Israeli Army for Gaza War Attacks

Tuesday May 5, 2009

Truckloads of Dead Civilians After Afghan Battle
Health Care Activists Disrupt Senate Finance Committee Hearing
Democrats Seek More Interrogation Documents
Palestinian Patients 'Interrogated Before Leaving Gaza for Treatment'
Economic Casualties Pile Into Tent Cities
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Pakistan's Forgotten Casualties of War
Taliban Prepare for US Surge
Supreme Court to Consider Life in Prison for Juveniles
At Annual Meeting, Pro-Israel Group Reasserts Clout

Monday May 4, 2009

Spanish Judge to Probe Israel's Deadly Gaza Strike
Problem of Guantánamo Detainees Returns to Haunt Barack Obama
Senators Accuse Pentagon of Delay in Recovering Millions
US Denies Letting Troops Convert Afghans
Environment Emerges as a Major Casualty in Gaza

Sunday May 3, 2009

Obama Set for 'Intense' Pakistan, Afghan Summit
Lack of Housing, Funding, Support Dooms Many Mentally Ill Residents to a Life on the Streets
Iran Executes Woman for Alleged Murder Committed as a Juvenile
Advisor: ‘US Needs to Call off Drone Strikes in Pak’
Russia to Build Floating Arctic Nuclear Stations
Accidental Deaths Plaguing US in Iraq

Saturday May 2, 2009

EPA Seeks Rules for Utilities' Polluted Runoff
It's Show and Tell Day for US Banks
Mission to Break up Pacific Island of Rubbish Twice the Size of Texas
Bhopal Residents Bring Toxic Warnings
Flu Outbreak Highlights Broken US Health System
US May Revive Guantánamo Military Courts
Freedom of the Media Declines Worldwide, Report Says

Friday May 1, 2009

Psychologists Told CIA Waterboarding Was Safe
May Day Protesters Clash With Police in Turkey, Greece and Germany
Cluster Munition Coalition Receives Major Peace Award
Australia Muscling up as America's Power Wanes
US to Drop Spy Case Against Pro-Israel Lobbyists
US to Limit Guantanamo Releases
Castro Says US Wants Cuba to Be Slave
How Britons Fuel Destruction of the Rainforest
Abu Ghraib Guards Say Memos Show They Were Scapegoats
US Supreme Court Justice Souter to Retire: Reports
US Slow to Fulfill 'Promises to the Persecuted'

Thursday April 30, 2009

Gaza Still Waiting for Pledged Aid: UN Official
Air Pollution Endangers Lives of Six in 10 Americans
Defying Threats, Fighting Oppression: The Woman Leading Protests in Afghanistan
Canadian Federal Government Spends Millions on Bottled Water
Climate Chaos Predicted by CO2 Study
Feds Wrongly Deport Citizen Living in N.C.
Culture of Unpunished Sexual Assault in Military
British Troops Officially End Combat Operation in Southern Iraq
Baghdad Violence Worst in Year

Wednesday April 29, 2009

Spanish Judge Opens Probe into Guantanamo Torture
Justice Department Urges Equalizing Drug Sentences
Accused BLM Bid Monkey-Wrencher de Christopher Pleads Not Guilty
Landmark Civil Rights Law in Jeopardy?
Kyrgyzstan Denies Talks With US on Air Base
Investigator Sought for Torture Probe
Bybee Defends Signing Interrogation Memos
100 Days of Latitude

Tuesday April 28, 2009

Court Rebuffs Feds, Reinstates Torture Suit
NCLB No Panacea: US Educational Skills Improve; Learning Gap Stagnates
Senator Specter to Switch Parties
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How ’07 ABC Interview Tilted a Torture Debate
Democrats Pushing Bybee Impeachment, Special Prosecutors
Plan to Cut Weapons Programs Disputed
30,000 Flee Army Raid on NW Pakistan: Local Official
Poaching, Human Encroachment Force Elephants to Abandon Troubled Zimbabwe
Climate Change Hitting Entire Arctic Ecosystem, Says Report

Monday April 27, 2009

US Seeks to End Bush Mountaintop Coal Mining Rule
Bracing for New Prisoner Abuse Photos
Obama Puts Gun-Control Issue on Back Burner
Washington Forum Draws Worst Greenhouse Polluters
Activists Serve Blackwater With 'Statement of Foreclosure for Moral Bankruptcy'
Water Controversies Boil Over
Radiation From 1960s Nuclear Tests Is Still Hurting My Family
Non-Violent Protests Against West Bank Barrier Turn Increasingly Dangerous
Iraq PM: Deadly US Raid 'Breach' of Security Pact

Sunday April 26, 2009

100 Days Later, Nation Waits for FDA Overhaul
Pair Seek to Make Health Care System Navigable
Torture? It Probably Killed More Americans than 9/11

Saturday April 25, 2009

Fatal New Flu Strain Threatens Mexico, US
Big Health Insurer's Calls to Members Draw Criticism
Crisis Pushing Key Poverty Goals Out of Reach
US Seeks Reins in New Set of Climate Talks
CIA Official: No Proof Harsh Techniques Stopped Terror Attacks

Friday April 24, 2009

At Least 60 Killed, Over 100 Wounded in Suicide Attacks in Iraq
Sri Lanka Guilty of 'Humanitarian Disaster'
Beehive Design Collective Shares Stories of Activists
Democrats Split on Bush-Era Interrogation Probe
Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate
US to Release Photos Showing Alleged Abuses by American Personnel
Wildfires Add to Speed of Global Warming
New Promise of a Nuclear-Free World

Thursday April 23, 2009

An Unearthed Resource: Gas Drilling in Northeast Raises Health and Environmental Concerns Among Residents
G8, Poor Nations Seek Deal to Stem Biodiversity Loss
Bombings Kill More Than 70 in Iraq
Israeli Forces 'Can't Clear Themselves'
BigAg Ticked at Michelle Obama's Organic Garden
GI’s to Fill Civilian Gap to Rebuild Afghanistan
Senate Report: Rice, Cheney OK'd CIA Use of Waterboarding

Wednesday April 22, 2009

Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown
IDF: Probes Prove No War Crimes Committed in Gaza
Border Policies Need Overhaul, Group Says
US Congress Begins Drive for Climate Change Bill
Nobel Laureate Accuses Israel of 'Ethnic Cleansing'
Senator Kerry's Panel to Call Afghanistan Veterans
Senate Panel: Military Agency Had Hand in Developing CIA Interrogation Methods

Tuesday April 21, 2009

RFK Jr. Blasts Obama as 'Indentured Servant' to Coal Industry
US Lacks Capacity to Win Over Afghans
Obama Leaves Door Open to Bush Officials' Prosecution
Fears of Bloodbath as Sri Lankan Forces Push Into Tamil Tiger Enclave
Civil Lawsuit Over Katrina Begins
Gore: 2009 Turning Point in Environment Battle
California's Gay Marriage Trailblazers Look East for Signs of Progress
In Iraq, 'Everybody Knows Somebody Killed by the War'
Cheney Demands Release of CIA Memos Proving Torture 'Success'
Climate Concern Unites Natives at UN Conference in Anchorage

Monday April 20, 2009

Palestinian Water Crisis Deepens
Marijuana Advocates Point to Signs of Change
The Second Scramble for Africa Starts
Delegates Walk out of UN Racism Conference
Sources: Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC
Stressed Americans Postpone Healthcare: Study
CIA Waterboarded al-Qaida Suspects 266 Times

Sunday April 19, 2009

Presidents Thaw US-Venezuela Rift
Just $6bn Will Save a Generation From Starvation, Says UN
Four CIA Chiefs Said 'Don't Reveal Torture Memos'
Tamil Civilians Slaughtered as Army Shells 'No-Fire Zone'

Saturday April 18, 2009

Israel Stands Ready to Bomb Iran's Nuclear Sites
Bartering is a Modern Trade
G20 Death: Met Police Officer May Face Manslaughter Charge
Barack Obama Shakes Hands with Hugo Chavez
CIA Director Asked to Preserve Secret Prisons
Greens Hail Obama's OK to Regulate Greenhouse Emissions
Afghanistan's Women Find Their Voice

Friday April 17, 2009

Released Memos Could Lead to More Disclosures
EPA to Propose Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Compost Flies at Nuclear Regulator Commission Meeting
Kite Runner Joins Gay Penguins on Top 10 Books Americans Want Banned
US Mulls Asylum for Haitian Immigrants: Clinton
Obama Won't Ease Restrictions at US-Canada Border
Interrogation Memos Detail Harsh Tactics by the CIA
Obama Envoy Tells Israel US Wants Palestinian State
Obama in Mexico: More Rhetoric for Change

Thursday April 16, 2009

It's Official: Obama Will Not Prosecute CIA Torturers
What's It Like to Be a Pirate? In Dirt-Poor Somalia, Pretty Good
Israel Won't Cooperate With UN Probe of Gaza War
Pet Trade Puts Orangutans at Risk
EPA Will Mandate Tests on Pesticide Chemicals
Iraq Air Raids Hit Mostly Women and Children
Spanish Prosecutors Oppose Guantanamo Torture Probe
US Foreclosure Filings Jump as Moratoriums End
Anti-Obama Rebellion Poses Risk for the GOP
NSA’s Intercepts Exceed Limits Set by Congress
Holder: Closing Guantanamo Is 'Most Daunting Challenge'
Across the United States, Waters in Crisis

Wednesday April 15, 2009

Errant Drone Attacks Spur Militants in Pakistan
Lehman Brothers Sitting on a Stockpile of Uranium 'Yellowcake'
Will Obama Block Release of Key Bush-Era Torture Memos?
Economic Survivalists Take Root
Medical Marijuana Requests Climb Sky High
Birds Face Longer Migration Due to Climate Change, Experts Warn
Liberals Signal More Scrutiny on Afghan Policy
Right-Wing Extremism May Be on Rise, Report Says
1,500 Farmers Commit Mass Suicide in India
Education Standards Likely to See Toughening
A Voice of Hope for Afghanistan's Women
US Readies Plans for High-Speed Rail Development
Weighing in on Offshore Drilling

Tuesday April 14, 2009

Corn, Soy Yields Gain Little From Genetic Engineering: Study
A Long, Dark Journey to Joyous Night in El Salvador
Regulating Radioactivity: Derision for Uranium Disposal Decision
Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn
The Bush Six to Be Indicted
US Appears Set to Boycott UN Session on Racism
Overfishing to Wipe out Bluefin Tuna in 3 Years: WWF
World Will Not Meet 2C Warming Target, Climate Change Experts Agree

Monday April 13, 2009

Local Police Increasingly Target Migrant Communities
Australian Unions Call for Action to Oversee Nanotechnology
Agency Opposes Water Recycling at Homes
Immigration Rallies: Activists Plan Vigils, Lobbying Efforts to Push Immigration Reforms
New Sofas to Blame for Rash of Allergies
Female Vets Struggling to Get Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Targeted Killing of Women's Rights Activist Shocks Afghans
Rising Circulation at Papers Sold by Homeless
Will Obama Prosecute the Captured Somali 'Pirate' in a US Court?
GM Told to Prep for Bankruptcy Filing: Report

Sunday April 12, 2009

Warning That Pakistan is in Danger of Collapse Within Months
UK Minister Says US Foreign Policy on Pakistan is Damaging Britain
Obama Administration's Early Friction with New Israeli Govt
Political Winds Shift in Favor of Legalized Pot
At Cal, Global Poverty Minor's Hot, Humane
Cuyahoga River Fire Galvanized Clean Water and the Environment as a Public Issue

Saturday April 11, 2009

Is America's Love Affair with Suburbia Over?
Obama, Who Vowed Rapid Action on Climate Change, Turns More Cautious
KU Professors Found Companies Realized Big Tax Savings by Spending for Lobbyists
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Contracted to Lobby for Turkey
Is Gates Channeling Cheney on Iraq with 'Last Gasp' Remark?
Community Organizing Never Looked So Good

Friday April 10, 2009

Water Crisis Rocks LA, Mexico City; Who's Next?
Congresswoman Blasts Obama's War-Funding Request
Recession Blamed for Sharp Increase in Shooting Sprees
Sonoma County's Signature Apple Making Slow Comeback
Revolving Door, Bailout Edition
With Advocates’ Help, Squatters Call Foreclosures Home
Canada’s Seal Hunt Left Obama Outraged in ’06
General Ray Odierno: We May Miss Iraq Deadline to Halt al-Qaeda Terror
Israel-Palestine: One-State Supporters Make a Comeback
CIA to Close Secret Overseas Prisons, End Security Contracts
Health Risks of Shipping Pollution have been 'Underestimated'

Thursday April 9, 2009

Where the Poor Pay More for Water
US Made Little Progress on Food Safety in 2008
Protesting Priest's Path Leads Repeatedly to Jail
Senate Budget Revives 'Nuclear Pork'
US Can Send Noriega to France: Court
Military Used Pigs in Blasts to Test Armor
Poor Pay Price of Progress in India
Anti-US Demo Six Years After Saddam Statue Toppled
Recession Anxiety Seeps Into Everyday Lives
Obama Risks Liberal Backlash on War Funding
Obama Climate Adviser Open to Geo-Engineering to Tackle Global Warming

Wednesday April 8, 2009

Modern Life's Pressures May Be Hastening Human Evolution
Maine Lawmakers Tout Single-Payer Healthcare System
Putting the 'Pirate' Attack in Context
London Man Who Died at G20 Protest Attacked by Police, Video Shows
Too Old for Foster Care, and Facing the Recession
Military Sonar Blamed for Mass Dolphin Strandings
Former Oilsands Exec Named Head of Climate Working Group
National Parks on Front Lines of Climate Debate
Experts: Earth Warming Faster; A Trigger for "Dangerous" Change?

Tuesday April 7, 2009

Obama Sides With Banks Accused of Racism
World 'Abandoned' Rwanda During Genocide: Kagame
New Budget, Not Quite a Fundamental Shift
Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage With Veto Override
US Congressmen Visit Aid Projects, Ruins in Gaza
Government Able to End Hunger in US, Activist Says
Mine-Filled Iraq to Accelerate Clearance
Bob Dylan on Barack Obama, Ulysses Grant and American Civil War Ghosts
RCMP Still Uses Tasers Too Often, Watchdog Finds
Ranks of Homeless Swell as Middle Class Teeters
More Drone Attacks in Pakistan Planned
Supreme Court Won't Allow Prolonged, Secret Questioning of Crime Suspects

Monday April 6, 2009

Medical Officers Violated Ethics While Overseeing Interrogations, Red Cross Says
Judge: US Used Mentally Ill Witness in Guantanamo Cases
Pfizer to Pay £50m After Deaths of Nigerian Children in Drug Trial Experiment
Landmine Victims Defeat Diplomats in Soccer Match
Climate Warning as Antarctic Ice Bridge Shatters
Communities Print Own Currencies to Keep Cash Flowing
Official: Uganda to Rebury Rwanda Genocide Victims
Torturer Says US Policy Fueled Rise of Khmer Rouge
Obama Goes Ahead With Missile Defense Shield Despite Disarmament Pledge

Sunday April 5, 2009

Obama Asks Security Council to Punish N. Korea
Will Dams on Amazon Tributary Wreak Global Havoc?
Thousands Flee Bomb Attacks by US Drones
Shell in Court Over Alleged Role in Nigeria Executions

Saturday April 4, 2009

NATO to Commit Extra Troops to Afghanistan
Ice Shelf About to Break Away From Antarctica
Walling Off the Slums…or ‘Eco-Barrier’?
Ex-Blackwater Workers May Return to Iraq Jobs
Suit Seeks Hundreds of Millions From BP
Barack Obama's New Offensive Against Nuclear Weapons
Gates Envisions 'Fundamental Shift' in Weapons Spending

Friday April 3, 2009

UN Official Pleads for Opening of Gaza Borders
A Mutiny Among Militia Threatens Peace in Iraq After US Airstrike
Groups See US Troop Surge Harming Afghan Civilians
Unanimous Ruling: Iowa Marriage No Longer Limited to One Man, One Woman
Judge Rules Some Prisoners at Bagram Have Right of Habeas Corpus
Same-Sex Partners Mired in Deportation 'Nightmare'
Climate Change the Biggest Loser of G20 Summit, Warn Environmental Groups
Admiral Says War Veterans Will Suffer for Years
Budget Passes House With No GOP Votes
Study: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Expected
Honoring the New Age: Ithaca College’s Park Center for Independent Media Presents First Izzy Award

Thursday April 2, 2009

Jury: University of Colorado Wrongly Fired Prof Ward Churchill
National Parks Seek to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Workers, Visitors
Student Is Charged With Obstructing Utah Land Auction
Chavez in Iran: Obama Still Leads 'Empire'
EU Wary About Pushing Vote on France GM Maize Ban
Aid Group: G20 ‘Must Give Money to Africa’
Law in Afghanistan Legalizing Rape in Marriage Prompts Outcry
Obama Weighing More Troops for Afghan War
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New Israeli FM Lieberman Rules out 'Concessions' to Palestinians
Baltimore City Hall Garden Plots to Be Planted in Veggies
Electronics Firms Urged to Boycott 'Blood Minerals'

Wednesday April 1, 2009

Stopping Foreclosure: One Woman's Home
Climate Change Bill Could Side-Swipe Oilsands
Boeing Co. Given $20 Million Contract to Beef up Surveillance on US/Canadian Border
Obama White House Close to Settling Missing Emails Case
US to Reverse Bush Policy on Human Rights
US Expands Pakistani Drone-Strike Zone
G20: One Size Does Not Fit All
US and Russia to Consider Reductions of Nuclear Arsenals in Talks for New Treaty
G20 Protests: Thousands Flood Into City of London

Tuesday March 31, 2009

Syncrude Triples Number of Dead Ducks From Oil Sands
Chavez: Indict Bush, Not Bashir
US and Iran at Afghan Talks
Blame Is Put on Management, but More Pain Looms for Hourly Workers, Retirees
US Troops in Iraq Forced to 'Rough It' on British Basra Base
Santa Cruz Medical Pot Outfit on the Brink of Survival
US Lawmakers Press Fed for Minority Access to Bailout
Vow to Fight Raises Question: Is Calm in Iraq Just the Eye of the Storm?
Climate Change Experts Call on G20 Members to Commit to Action

Monday March 30, 2009

Workers Say Obama Treated Autos Worse Than Wall Street
Peacekeepers-for-Hire? Not So Fast, Critics Warn
Healthcare Reform Vital, US Health Agency Says
IDF Ends Gaza Probe, Says Misconduct Claims Are 'Rumors'
Expert: Global Recession Could Be Time to Reverse 'the Culture of Consumerism'
Obama Girds for Global Test
Khmer Rouge Trials May Expose US, China
US Soldier Guilty in Killing of 4 Iraqis in 2007
Winds of Change Evident in US Environmental Policy

Sunday March 29, 2009

Tax Havens in Spotlight at G20 Meet
Wind Industry Expects its Slowdown to be only Temporary
'People Come First' Say Progressive Leaders
Maddow Annoyed by Dems, Flattered by Groupies
G20 Protesters Face Police with Tasers
Earth Hour 2.0 a Success

Saturday March 28, 2009

Spanish Judge Accuses Six Top Bush Officials of Torture
Spokane Residents Smuggle Suds Over Green Brands
Beijing Orders Scaling Back of Earth Hour to Celebrate Tibet 'Liberation' Day
Some Strategists Cast Doubt on Afghan War Rationale
Monsanto Planting Cyber Seeds
Police Trying to 'Smear' Peaceful G20 Protests
Forging a Hot Link to the Farmer Who Grows the Food
Obama Affirms New Focus on Afghanistan, Pakistan

Friday March 27, 2009

Lights Worldwide to Go Dark for Earth Hour
New York Eases 1970s Drug Laws
G20 Summit: Thousands Prepare to March for 'Jobs, Justice and Climate'
Religion Still a Factor in Texas Science Classrooms
US Official: Talks on Kyrgyzstan Base Continue
US Wilderness Conservation Law Hailed as 'New Dawn for American Heritage'
Number of Chronically Hungry Tops 1 Billion
Obama Shifts Strategy in Afghanistan: More Troops, Modest Goals
Farmers Worry About Proposed Legislation
US Eyes Nuclear Rebirth After Three Mile Island

Thursday March 26, 2009

Hidden Homeless Emerge as US Economy Worsens
Neo-Con Ideologues Launch New Foreign Policy Group
NRC Racing to Answer Questions on Depleted Uranium
US Historian John Hope Franklin Dies at 94
US Infrastructure Is Deplored
Hope Rising in US for National Death Penalty Ban
Alaskan Villages Will Get Free Citgo Heating Fuel Again
US Troops Still Dodging Deadly Showers
Barack Obama May Delay Signing up to Copenhagen Climate Change Deal
Leaders and Champions of Alternative Media

Wednesday March 25, 2009

Pentagon Exploring Robot Killers That Can Fire on Their Own
Study: Range of Pharmaceuticals in Fish Across US
Israel Accused of Indiscriminate Phosphorus Use in Gaza
Despite Obama’s Vow, Combat Brigades Will Stay in Iraq
Federal Judge Says No to Modified Crops on US Refuge Land
US Bill Seeks to Rescue Faltering Newspapers
Most Electronic Voting Isn't Secure, CIA Expert Says
Urban League Asks Obama to Address Ongoing Inequalities
Labor Agency Is Failing Workers, Report Says
US Interior Chief Touts Renewable Energy Zones
'Global War on Terror' Is Given New Name
Amnesty International Lambastes US for Treatment of Immigrant Detainees
Obama Channeling Bush on State Secrets Claim

Tuesday March 24, 2009

Amnesty International: Death Shows Taser's Risks
EPA Halts Hundreds of Mountaintop Mining Permits
Detainee Offered Freedom for Silence on Torture
France to Compensate Nuclear Test Victims
Cut to Pieces: The Palestinian Family Drinking Tea in Their Courtyard
Serbia Marks the 10th Anniversary of the Nato-Led Bombing Campaign
Plans to Kill Plants Along US/Mexico Border Reminiscent of Agent Orange Use
Fighting for Life: American Peace Activist Shot by Israelis
Same-Sex Marriage Bills Gain in N.E.
Oil Plagues Sound 20 Years After Exxon Valdez

Monday March 23, 2009

Veils of Secrecy Lifting in Washington
EPA: Global Warming Threatens Public Health, Welfare
Nobel Laureate Krugman Slams Geithner Bailout Plan
Guardian Investigation Uncovers Evidence of Alleged Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
Activists Emphasize Need to Keep Pushing for Peace
US Sought Ex-Guantanamo Detainee's Silence: Court
Troubled Waters Hard to Bridge
Under Obama, US Drops Hostility to ICC: Experts
Def. Sec. Gates: Use of Private Contractors 'Vital'
South Africa Bars Dalai Lama From Peace Conference
US Will Appoint Afghan 'Prime Minister' to Bypass Hamid Karzai

Sunday March 22, 2009

Coming Soon: Declassified Bush-Era Torture Memos
Obama Policies Fresh Air for Medical Marijuana Advocates
World Bank: G20 Warned Unrest Will Sweep Globe
IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot at Gaza Rescuers, Note Says
Anti-Globalization Group Circulates Faked German Newspaper from 2010

Saturday March 21, 2009

Activists Slam World Water Forum as a Corporate-Driven Fraud
G20 Protesters 'Will Try to Bring London to Standstill'
Iraqis Burn US Flags to Mark War Anniversary
More People in Love Than Previously Thought
Israeli Soldiers Say Army Rabbis Framed Gaza as Religious War

Friday March 20, 2009

Commander Change in Afghanistan, but No End to Civilian Deaths
Homeless Campers to Be Moved out of Sacramento's Tent City
NRC Decision on Depleted Uranium Draws Rebuke on Hill
Mountaintop Mining Fight Heads to Washington
Nations Near Arctic Declare Polar Bears Threatened by Climate Change
British Whistle-Blower Urges Iraq War Public Inquiry
Court Decision Blocks Guns in National Parks
Israeli Soldiers Admit to Deliberate Killing of Gaza Civilians
Obamas Ready to Start a White House Garden
At Failed Firms, No Bad Deed Goes Unrewarded
The State of Birds in the US
Top Geithner Aide Fought CEO Pay Reform

Thursday March 19, 2009

Ex-Bush Admin Official: Many at Gitmo Are Innocent
Coping in a World of 'Peak Water'
Israelis Using 'Excessive' Force Against Protesters
Policy Shift Good News for Medical Marijuana Advocates
In DC, a Sea Change on Dump Plan
Ruling Clears Way for Depleted Uranium
Fairbanks Protesters Call for Peace on Anniversary of Iraq Invasion
IDF in Gaza: Killing Civilians, Vandalism, and Lax Rules of Engagement
Army to Phase Out 'Stop-Loss' Practice
Suggestions Abound at Vermont Health Care Forum
Richardson Abolishes N.M. Death Penalty

Wednesday March 18, 2009

Leading Climate Scientist: 'Democratic Process Isn't Working'
NRC Expects Requests for 7 New Nuclear Reactors
Obama's Traveling Forum on Healthcare Visits Vt.
US Weighs Taliban Strike Into Pakistan
Shell Dumps Wind, Solar and Hydro Power in Favor of Biofuels
Sources: US to Sign UN Gay Rights Declaration
Obama Pressed for Mountaintop Removal Ban
New Deal for Blackwater
Military Rape Reports Rise, Prosecution Still Low

Tuesday March 17, 2009

Rage on the Streets in Calgary as Bush Visits
Nations Line up to Slam Big Powers' UN Veto Rights
Groups Bash US Health Care for Detained Immigrants
Russia to Deploy New Warheads in December: Report
US Moves to Replace Contractors in Iraq
Gazans Struggle for Clean Drinking Water
Drones Are Weapons of Choice in Fighting Qaeda
Scientist: 'Risks of Massive Changes in the Climate System'
Red Cross Report Renews Call for Probe of Bush Era
Gates Readies Big Cuts in Weapons
Calgary Welcome Assured for Bush
Liberals Voicing Anger, Outrage Over President's Handling of Bailouts

Monday March 16, 2009

Plan to Split Taliban Lures Obama Deeper Into War
New Generation of Nuclear Power Stations 'Risk Terrorist Anarchy'
Dollars from Dirt: Economy Spurs Home Garden Boom
The Face of Pot Politics: Why Don Haumant - and Some Legislators - Want Minnesota to Legalize Medical Marijuana
Drilling Stalled in Allegheny National Forest
Campaigners Vow to Disrupt World Water Forum
US Could Use Crisis to Wage 'Financial Warfare'
El Salvador Elects First Leftist President
Red Cross Described 'Torture' at CIA Jails
End of the Road for Agent Orange Victims?

Sunday March 15, 2009

Newark Program for Gay Youths Would Be First of its Kind
Preparing for Water Quarrels, if Not Wars
EPA Official Might Have Conflict over C8
Labor Union Bill Raises Broader Capitalism Issues
Women in Congo Speak Out about Rape Despite Taboo
Pakistan Ex-PM Sharif Defies House Arrest

Saturday March 14, 2009

Perils Seen in Obama's Afghan Strategy
Suburban Peace Activists Say Obama Withdrawal Plan Is Not Enough
In Bad Economy Patients Are Putting Off Surgery, or Rushing It
Labor Secretary Proposes Suspending Farm Rules
Obama Administration Insists It's Neutral in Salvador Poll
Ex-Cal Tree-Sitter Hurt in West Bank Protest
Obama's New Detainee Policy: Break from Bush, or the Same?
Downturn Could Kill 400,000 Children, Warns Margaret Chan
Jon Stewart Becomes Angry Public's Avenger

Friday March 13, 2009

Obama Admin Moves to Protect Military Officials
Freeman Affair Puts Israel Lobby in Spotlight
Probable Carcinogens Found in Baby Toiletries
America Unprepared for Climate Change, Say Policy Advisers
Oil Spill Fears Deepen as Ship Firm Admits Error
New Information Shows How UK Govt 'Spun' Britain Into Iraq Invasion
US Still Skeptical About Global Warming: Survey
Sacramento Tent City Is Just One of Dozens in an Ailing America
National Guard Called Last Resort at US-Mexico Border
Obama Takes US Closer to Total Ban on Cluster Bombs
Obama Sets New Course at the UN

Thursday March 12, 2009

Canada Should Bar or Prosecute Bush: Lawyer
ACORN, MoveOn Target House Dems
NGOs Hail Congressional Moves to Ease Cuba Embargo
We Can All Be Big Brother: Guarding the US-Mexico Border, Live From Suburban New York
Clinton: US Gaza Aid Tied to Recognition of Israel
Judges Deal Blow to CIA 'Kidnap' Trial
Probe: Federal Agency Ignores Health Hazards
Ocean Expected to Rise 5 Feet Along Coastlines
Ban Bush From Canada for War Crimes: Lawyers
UN Warns of Widespread Water Shortages
Report: US Health Care System Is a Liability

Wednesday March 11, 2009

Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh Describes 'Executive Assassination Ring'
Homeowner Rip-Offs Spark Scores of Lawsuits
Non-Profit Sues Feds Over Border Fence
85 Per Cent of Amazonian Rainforest at Risk of Destruction, Researchers Warn
21% of Americans Scramble to Pay Medical, Drug Bills
Obama Faces 'Revolution' If He Imposes Tough Carbon Targets, Warns IPCC
Forest Service Ignored Concerns About Drilling
Military Judge's Release of Pleading by 9/11 Defendants Draws Criticism
Scientists Warn of Catastrophic Rises in Sea Level
Nuclear Waste Has No Place to Go
Ten Wasted Years: UN Drug Strategy a Failure, Reveals Damning Report
Freeman Withdrawal Marks Victory for Israel Lobby

Tuesday March 10, 2009

Sub Makers Stress Economic Stimulus Mission
Climate Change Accelerates Water Hunt in US West
UN Experts to Probe Secret CIA Detention Centers
NATO Cluster Bombs Still Threaten Thousands in Serbia: Report
Canada Has Cooled Its Welcome for US Deserters
In Environmental Push, Looking to Add Diversity
Ex-Guard Speaks out in Support of Khadr
UN Condemns Britain's Role in Torture Cases
1 in 50 American Children Experiences Homelessness
Tibetan People Put Through 'Hell'
Activists Set to Defy Ban on WVa Mining Protests
Carbon Emissions Creating Acidic Oceans Not Seen Since Dinosaurs

Monday March 9, 2009

Russian Advice on Afghanistan: More Troops Won't Help
Aren't There War Criminals in The US?
Consumers Curb Medical Treatment to Save Money
Court Refuses to Expand Minority Voting Rights
Calls for a Paradigm Shift in the War on Drugs
Call for Inquiries Into Mohamed Torture Case
Public Transit 2008 Ridership Highest in 52 Years
Federation of Canadian Municipalities Asks Members to Ban Bottled Water
Carbon Cuts 'Only Give 50/50 Chance of Saving Planet'
Turkey Warns Obama Against 'Genocide' Recognition
Czech Leader Joins Meeting of Climate Change Deniers
Obama Aims to Shield Science From Politics
Terror-War Fallout Lingers Over Bush Lawyers

Sunday March 8, 2009

Israeli Airstrikes Continue to Haunt Gaza Children
Women's Day Marks Crisis of Poverty, Violence for Some
Scientists to Issue Stark Warning Over Dramatic New Sea Level Figures
Iraqis Resilient but Mental Health Care Lacking: UN
Obama Will Use Spring Summit to Bring Cuba in from the Cold
Time to Ratify Women's Treaty, Groups Urge

Saturday March 7, 2009

Colombia: 'Drug Lords' Getting Free Pass on Worse Crimes?
East Jerusalem Settlements Ratchet Up Tensions
Call to 'Resist and Deter' Nuclear Iran Gains Key Support
Afghan Refugees Risked Their Lives but are Frustrated by Resettlement in US
It’s Breasts, Not Bombs, at Paraguay Nuke Protest
For Ex-Offenders, Older Workers, Uneducated, Jobs Even Harder to Find
Obama Ends Bush Ban on Embryo Stem Cell Research
Salazar Upholds Bush-era Decision to Delist Gray Wolves

Friday March 6, 2009

What Bush's Brain Knew
A Little Equality Could Save a Lot of Lives
Fur-Wearing Celebrities Shamed on PETA's Worst-Dressed List
US Top Court Dismisses Al-Qaeda Case
Arctic Summer Ice Could Vanish by 2013: Expert
Food Problems Elude Private Inspectors
Pots of Urine, Feces in the Refrigerator - How IDF Troops Vandalized Gaza Homes
A Million Face Starvation as Sudan Shuts Down
Never Waste a Good Crisis, Clinton Says on Climate
Aid Group Says Rape Growing Problem Around Globe
No Child Left Inside
Justices Seem to Be Leaning in Favor of Prop. 8
Rights and Wrongs of Rendition
Intelligence Failures Crippling Fight Against Insurgents in Afghanistan, says Report

Thursday March 5, 2009

Military Dominance in Mideast Proven a Costly Myth
US Calls for High-Level Afghanistan Conference, Iran Invitation Expected
Workers Retrain for Wind-Energy Jobs
Invited to Summit, Single-Payer Group Cancels Protest
Gaza Reconstruction Has a Political Price-Tag
Anti-Surveillance Filmmaker Plans Eye-Socket Camera
Supreme Court Rules Patients Can Sue Drug Makers
Coal Industry Tries to Hide Dirty Facts Behind 'Clean' Claims
Ithaca College Program Relishes Change in Media
Israel: Slowly Beating Back the Persecution Psyche
Intel Council Head Draws Ire of Israel Lobby
Aid Groups Expelled from Sudan
Chavez Orders Expropriation of Cargill Rice Plant
Obama Bid to Stamp Out Tax Havens
Rove, Miers to Testify... Behind Closed Doors
Scandal at Treasury: Official Quits Amidst Fraud Scandal
Gay Couples Hold Vigils Urging Justices to End Prop. 8

Wednesday March 4, 2009

10 Things We Didn’t Know About Food
Clinton: Israeli Home Demolitions 'Unhelpful'
ICC Issues War Crimes Warrant for Sudan's Beshir
EPA Urged to Toughen Coal Ash Rules
Controversy Over Yucca Mountain May Be Ending
John Seed, Town Crier for the Global Village
Is the FDA a Broken Agency?
Obama Must Pass Climate Laws Ahead of Copenhagen, Danish Minister Warns
Release of Memos Fuels Push for Inquiry Into Bush’s Terror-Fighting Policies
Financial Crisis Threatens Women's Meager Gains

Tuesday March 3, 2009

Eco Groups Fear Opportunity Lost
Clinton Stresses Two-State Solution, Maintains Unrelenting Commitment to Israel
Obama Sends Letter to Moscow on Missile Defense, Iran
Global Recession Emerged From US, Brown to Tell Congress
Obama Restores Endangered Species Act Provision
Human Factor Suspected in Mass Beaching of Whales in Australia
Married Gays in Mass. Sue US for Federal Benefits
Guantánamo for Kids
Israel Boycott Movement Gains Momentum
Cheney Deposition Is Ordered in Lawsuit by Protester
DOJ Memos Reveal Legal Thinking Behind Controversial Bush Terrorism Policy

Monday March 2, 2009

No Justice for Victims of Agent Orange
One in Every 31 Adults in Prison; Prison Spending Outpaces All but Medicaid
The Price of Tomatoes: Keeping Slavery Alive in Florida
EU Commission Fails in Push for Genetically Modified Corn
CIA Admits to Destroying More Interrogation Videos
'We're Like a Katrina Without the Flood': Residents Fight Toxic Legacy
Afghan Civilians Could Bear Brunt of Increased War
Obama Follows Bush Line on Aid to Gaza
Thousands of Youth Demand New Climate Change Policy
Blackwater Founder Steps Down as CEO
Few Safety Nets for Women of Color
Group: Expanded Settlements Have Intent to Destroy Two-State Solution
Iraq: A New Democratic Dawn - or Back to the Bad Old Days?

Sunday March 1, 2009

Veterans' Families Question Cause of Deaths
Death Toll Continues to Rise in Sri Lanka
Number of Homeless Students Rising in Dallas-Area Districts
Maine Town Takes a Stand: Closes Tap on Water Privatization
Iraqi Refugees Returning to Danger Zone to Escape Poverty in Utah
Activists Protest Immigration Raids in Phoenix
Down Economy Boosts Military

Saturday February 28, 2009

Ottawa Wades Into Oilsands Debate
The Perpetual Protester
US Won't Participate in UN Racism Conference
California Declares Drought Emergency
U.N. Official Faults Evidence and Foreign States Linked to Guantánamo Interrogations
'We Are Trained to Kill, so Civilian Life Is Tough'
W.Va. Guard Members May Have Been Exposed to Toxin in Iraq
Activists Warn US Lawmakers of Uranium Mining Perils
Drawdown Plan May Leave Combat Brigades in Iraq

Friday February 27, 2009

Obama to Troops: Iraq Mission to End in August 2010
Recruiting for the Military in Schools and the NCLB Policy
Government Could Own up to 36 Pct. of Citigroup
The Heat Is on Washington
Medical Marijuana Stance Changing Under Obama
New Owners to Reopen Window Plant, Site of a Sit-In in Chicago
Adapting to Water Woes
Jewish Leaders Blast Clinton Over Israel Criticism
Obama Administration May Rescind 'Conscience Rule'
Senate Panel Prepares to Investigate CIA's Detention and Interrogation Operations
Tiananmen Mothers Call for Probe of 1989 Crackdown
Climate Change: New Thinking to Tackle Old Problems
Dismay at Obama Plan to Leave 50,000 US Troops in Iraq after 2010

Thursday February 26, 2009

Bloggers, Liberal Groups Challenge Corporate Dems
Sewage Spills Foul San Francisco Bay Over and Over
Israel Blocks Pasta Shipment to Gaza, and Tensions Boil
Amazon Teetering on the Edge
Government Admits Britain Handed Suspects to US for Rendition
Power Shift Cimate Protest Gathers Momentum in Washington
Greenwash: Why 'Clean Coal' is the Ultimate Climate Change Oxymoron
Trapped Between the Wall and the Green Line
Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests
US Is Arms Bazaar for Mexican Cartels
Banks to Get Nearly Unlimited Federal Funds

Wednesday February 25, 2009

New Rule Enacted by Bush Administration Impedes Cases Against Nursing Homes
Uncle Sam Bank Not Open for Bank Business, Yet
New Report Shows Explosive Growth in Climate Change Lobby
Kathleen Merrigan, Developer of Organic Regs, Chosen as No. 2 at the USDA
Iraqi Police Shoot Dead Four US Soldiers: Ministry
Guantanamo Abuse Has Worsened Since Obama: Lawyer
Scientists Find Bigger than Expected Polar Ice Melt
Many Plans to Curtail Use of Plastic Bags, but Not Much Action
UK Gov't Accused of Cover-Up over Iraq War Minutes
It's Not Universal Health Care, but…
Climate Change Timetable Slips as Obama Backtracks on 2008 Deadline

Tuesday February 24, 2009

Report Contradicts Gov't Claims of 'Humane' Detention
Expert: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Could Last Millenniums
Vilsack Adviser Predicts Vegetable Garden on White House Lawn by Summer
No Quick Fix for Malnutrition and Hunger
Who's Minding Your Food? Surprise! It Depends
Treasury Department's Bank Stress Test a Mystery
Climate Change Risk Underestimated: Study
Veterans Advocates Riled by Report on Army charity
Administration Draws Fire for Report on Guantánamo
Farming Policy: An End to French Hypocrisy?
Climate Change Lays Waste to Spain's Glaciers
Health Spending Takes Rising Share of US Economy
Doomsday Clock May Finally Stop Ticking

Monday February 23, 2009

Treat U.S.-Held Prisoners Like Gitmo Detainees, Afghans Urge
Activists Protest Award for Comedian
Police Warn of G20 Protests in 'Summer of Rage'
Freed Guantanamo Detainee Says US Behind His Torture
Great-Grandson Raising Money to Buy Gandhi's Personal Belongings at New York Auction
Iraq’s War Widows Face Dire Need With Little Aid
Climate Fears Are Driving 'Ecomigration' Across Globe
US Wants to Keep Banks Private in New Rescue Plan
West Blamed for Rapid Increase in China's CO2
Suspend Military Aid to Israel, Amnesty Urges Obama after Detailing US Weapons Used in Gaza

Sunday February 22, 2009

Probe Finds Army Charity is Hoarding Millions
Mass Migrations and War: Dire Climate Scenario
Anti-Billboard Activists Recall Rebel Tradition
Hillary Clinton China Visit Blamed for the Detention of Activists
Will Obama Back 'Truth Commission' to Probe Bush Practices?

Saturday February 21, 2009

Peace Activist Peter DeMott Dead After Fall
Obama Sides With Bush: Tries to Kill E-Mail Case
Obama Nixed Full Surge After Quizzing Brass
Recession Challenges Fair Trade
Obama Widens Missile Strikes Inside Pakistan
Soros Sees No Bottom for World Financial "Collapse"
Activists 'Shocked' at Clinton Stance on China Rights

Friday February 20, 2009

Obama Sides With Bush: No Rights for Bagram Prisoners
Rich Nations Failing to Meet Climate Aid Pledges
Federal Water May Be Cut off From Calif. Farms
Guantanamo Bay Inmate Binyam Mohamed to Be Sent to Britain
Hundreds Gather to Support N.Y.U. Protest
Prince of Darkness Denies Own Existence
ACORN Urges Civil Disobedience in Foreclosure Evictions
UK Gardeners Grow Their Own with National Trust
Europe Ignores Obama's Demands for More Troops in Afghanistan
Nationalizing Troubled Banks May Be the Only Answer
Newly Poor Swell Lines at Food Banks
Rhetoric and Reality Clash on Obama's First Foreign Visit
Binyamin Netanyahu to be Israel's Next Prime Minister

Thursday February 19, 2009

Afghanistan, the Next US Quagmire?
UBS Move Shakes Foundations of Swiss Banks
Events Commemorate Unjust WWII Japanese Detentions
Pentagon Says US Still Looking to Keep Kyrgyzstan Base
Tutu Urges Obama Apology on Iraq
Dig for Recovery: Allotments Boom as Thousands Go to Ground in Recession
Buildup of US Troops in Afghanistan May Be Just the Start
US Lawmakers Make Rare Visit to Hamas-Ruled Gaza
US State's 'Personhood' Law Would Hit Birth Control: Opponents
Trees Absorb a Fifth of Carbon Emissions Pumped out by Humans
Publish Secret 'Torture' Documents, MPs Tell Obama
Google Earth Reveals Secret History of US Base in Pakistan
Herbert Pushes for Grassroots Activism
Bush's 'Icy Smile' Enraged Iraq Shoe-Thrower
Holder: US a 'Nation of Cowards' on Race Issue

Wednesday February 18, 2009

UN Seeks a Green Revolution in Food
Vilsack Calls for Stricter Food Labels
Obama Unlikely to Wade Into Oil Sands Debate
Hundreds Call for End to Mining Damage
Neighbors Helping Neighbors—to Break Into Vacant Houses
US States May Axe Executions to Cut Costs
Greenspan Backs Bank Nationalization
Obama’s War on Terror May Resemble Bush’s in Some Areas
US/Canada Border Increasingly Militarized
Civilian Casualties May Surge as Well
Wetlands Decline Along East, Gulf Coasts, Report Shows
Watchdog: Bush FDA Decision Put Patients in Danger
Secrecy and Denial: Pakistan Lets CIA Use Airbase to Strike Militants

Tuesday February 17, 2009

Obama to Send 17,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
British Scientists Condemn Using Children in GM Food Trials as Unacceptable
Judge Refuses to Toss Charges in Blackwater Case
EPA to Review Bush Rule on Warming Emissions
Commanders in Iraq Challenge Petraeus on Pullout Risk
Huge Oil Slick From Russian Ship Heads for British Coastline
Activists Calling for Uprisings for Causes
Call for End to USDA's Wildlife Killing Agency
Stimulus May Put Some Wind in Clean Energy's Sails
Ministers 'Using Fear of Terror'
Obama Administration Defending Bush Secrets
Republicans Try to Block Guantánamo Detainees From State Prisons
Elderly New Yorkers Angry as Crisis Hits Poorest
UN: Afghan Civilian Deaths Rose 40 Percent in 2008
US Reverses, Seeks Global Treaty on Mercury

Monday February 16, 2009

Democrats Divided Over 'Reckoning' for Bush
EU Foiled in Bid to Force France, Greece to Allow GM Crop
Bank Nationalization Attracts GOP Support
Dairy Cows Head for Slaughter as Milk Prices Sour
US 'War on Terror' Eroded Rights Worldwide - Experts
UN Urges G20 Leaders to Back 'Green New Deal'
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Attack of the Killer Robots
Same-Sex Marriage Movement Looks to 'Obamify'
Obama Slows Down Troop Boost Decision
Cambodian Horror on Trial
No 10 Rejects New 'Torture Cover-Up' Claims
Nuclear Subs Collided in Atlantic
A 'Fraud' Bigger Than Madoff
Hamburgers are the Hummers of Food in Global Warming: Scientists
Israel Takes Control of More West Bank Land
Chavez Wins Reform Vote in Venezeula

Sunday February 15, 2009

Massive Effort Underway to Save Endangered Seeds
Global Warming Seen Worse Than Predicted
Experts: Nationalization Is Only Way Out
Rise in Jobless Poses Threat to Stability Worldwide
Inquiry on Graft in Iraq Focuses on US Officers
'Pashtunistan' Holds Key to Obama Mission

Saturday February 14, 2009

Venezuela's Vote Sunday Could Make or Break Hugo Chavez
Scientists Celebrate Dawn of Barack Obama's Age of Reason
Soviet Vets, 20 Years On, Warn Obama on Afghanistan
G7 Finance Ministers Reject Protectionist Measures
Israel Says No Truce Without Release of Captured Soldier
Sundance Honor for Film of Early Save-the-Earth Activists
Human Slavery Thriving in the Shadows
Australian Bushfires Pump Out Millions of Tons of Carbon
Stimulus Plan Places New Limits on Wall St. Bonuses
Coal Industry Wins a Round on Mining

Friday February 13, 2009

House Passes Stimulus With No GOP Votes
Appeals Court Overturns Mountaintop Removal Ruling
US Security Firm Mired in Iraq Controversy Changes Its Name
If You Love This Planet, Make Art
Penguins in Peril as Food Search Turns Into Marathon
US Envoy in Kabul to Map out Surge
Gay Couples Protest at Marriage Bureaus Across US
Large US Banks on Edge of Insolvency, Experts Say
Defense Role in CIA's Secret Jails
Judges Plead Guilty in Scheme to Jail Youths for Profit
Homeless Kids Lack School to Call Home
US Scientists Defend Darwin From Attacks on Evolution
New Bid to Ban Indiscriminate Weapons
Latin American Leaders Say 'No' to U.S. Drug War

Thursday February 12, 2009

Americans Favor Probe of 'War on Terror' Excesses
Thousands of US Weapons Astray in Afghanistan: Auditors
Bills Would Limit Use of 'State Secrets'
Activists Push for Offshore Energy Drilling Ban
David King: Iraq as the First 'Resource War' of the Century
Anthropologist's Death Highlights Questionable Role of Social Science in War
Poll: Most Want Inquiry Into Anti-Terror Tactics
Just Breathing in Katrina-Flooded Homes Poses Health Risks
Binyam Mohamed Torture Evidence 'Hidden From Obama'
NAACP at 100 Now Seeks Equal Rights for All

Wednesday February 11, 2009

Students Are Revolting: The Spirit of '68 Is Reawakening
Privatized Health Care More Placebo than Panacea
Australia Fires a Climate Wake-up Call: Experts
UN Ordered to Pay Legal Fees of Oil-for-Food Chief
Fewer Women Winning Jobs in Executive Suites
America’s Predators: Fighting the Afghan War From Las Vegas
Van Spirits Away Protester in Egypt, Signaling Crackdown on Criticism Over Gaza
Climate of Fear Pervades Many Newsrooms
Gates Orders Review of Ban on Photos of Coffins
Where'd All That Money Go? Bank Execs Testify Today

Tuesday February 10, 2009

White House Delays Move Toward More Offshore Drilling
Guy Chichester, Clamshell Alliance Co-Founder, 1935-2009
Immigration Agency's Airline Flies Tens of Thousands of Deportees out of US
US Dominance Over Iraq Has Ended: Maliki
Opponents in Missouri Mobilize Over Positioning Nuke Plants as 'Clean'
New Media Breaks in, but Tradition Lives On
Under Obama, Same Stance on Rendition Suit
UK Minister Fears Rise of Fascism Amid Economic Gloom
Are Bush's Secrets Safe With Obama?
Global Warming Changing Birds' Habits
Petraeus Leaked Misleading Story on Pullout Plans

Monday February 9, 2009

Senator Seeks Bush-Era 'Truth Commission'
Artist Questions 'Motivation and the Timing' of Boston Arrest
Scientists Plan Emergency Summit on Climate Change
'Poverty Olympics' Ridicule Games
The $800 Billion Gamble: Economists Say Stimulus Cuts Could Be 'Disastrous'
Debate Persists About Long-Term Effects of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Giant Marine Park Plan for Chagos
US Using British Atomic Weapons Factory for Its Nuclear Program
Rendition Case in S.F. to Test Obama Policies
Bracing for More Drone Attacks
Ala. Teen's Bus Defiance Set Stage for Rosa Parks
Antiwar Lawmakers Wary of Adding Troops in Afghanistan
Senate's Socialist Scores a Win

Sunday February 8, 2009

Citizen Scientists' Notes Pinpoint Effects of Climate Change
Gay Woman Fights over Hospital Visitation Rights in Miami court
Israeli Elections: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid
Stimulus Compromise Cuts Education Spending
US Warns of Battle Worse Than Iraq in Afghanistan
Australian Bushfire Death Toll Its Worst Ever
United on Climate Change? Obama's Chinese Revolution

Saturday February 7, 2009

Taser Policies May Get Supreme Court Review
Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Arrested in Boston
Haitian President Appeals for Emergency Aid
AP CEO: Military Emphasizes Spin, New Rules Needed
US and Russia in Talks to Slash Nuclear Arsenals
Hamas Is Not Going Away
Tajikistan Ready to Fill Kyrgyzstan Gap; Help US with Afghanistan Supplies
A Truce Too Big to Fail?
Centrist Compromise Clears Stimulus for Senate Passage

Friday February 6, 2009

Obama's Executive Pay Limits Have Loopholes: Report
The Children of Guantanamo
US Environmentalists Hail Halt of Land Lease for Gas Drilling
Panetta Open to Tougher Methods in Some C.I.A. Interrogation
Senators Berate Food Regulators
Warning Over British 'Surveillance State'
Letters Prove US Threats to Halt Intelligence to UK
Key Bush Gitmo Advisers Still on Job at Pentagon
Nationalized Banks Are 'Only Answer,' Economist Stiglitz Says
Naomi Klein: We’ve Got to Make Obama Do It!

Thursday February 5, 2009

Watchdogs: Government Overpaid for Wall Street Assets
Advocacy Groups Fear New Wave of Homeless
Israeli Navy Intercepts Lebanese Boat of Gaza Aid
Navy Plan to Increase Warfare Training off Oregon Coast Draws Objections
Portrait of an Activist
Environmental Activists Bring Coal Fight to Seacoast
Galbraith on the Crash... It Has a Familiar Ring
US Searches for Alternative to Kyrgyz Base
ICC Investigating Israel War Crimes
Obama's Energy Secretary Outlines Dire Climate Change Scenario
Israel Defends Gazan Deaths
Protests as US Warship Docks in Nagasaki
Obama to Expand Bush Faith Program
Hawks Urge Boosting Military Spending

Wednesday February 4, 2009

Monkey-Wrencher Thrilled That Interior Boss Is Scrapping Utah Lease Sale
World's Major Fishing Nations Failing on Sustainability
President Obama Seeks Russia Deal to Slash Nuclear Weapons
US Threats Mean Evidence of British Resident's Guantánamo Torture Must Stay Secret, Judges Rule
Target of Immigrant Raids Shifted
UN Says Cluster Bombs Being Used in Sri Lanka
More Troops, More Worries, Less Consensus on Afghanistan
More Uninsured Lean on Low-Cost Care
Rider Paradox: Surge in Mass, Drop in Transit
US Supply Routes to Afghanistan Suffer Two Huge Blows
US Must 'Save Capitalism' From the Banks: Nassim Taleb

Tuesday February 3, 2009

Bailed-Out Wells Fargo Plans Las Vegas Junket
Kyrgyzstan Closing US Base Key to Afghan Conflict
Japanese Whalers Accused of 'Military-Grade' Weapons Againt Protesters
North Korea Set to Test Long-Range Missile as Tension Rises in Region
Climate Change May Be Stoking Stronger Winds, Altered Oceans
Pentagon Letter Undercuts DOJ in Blackwater Case
Some Call for Bush Administration Trials
Drought Threatens Peace in Iraq's Marsh Eden
From Have Less to Have None?
Obama’s Pledge to Reform Ethics Faces an Early Test
Nader Throws Hat in the Ring Against Limbaugh

Monday February 2, 2009

Commission Gets Grim Report on Wartime Spending
Aung San Suu Kyi Allowed Out of House to Meet With Ibrahim Gambari
Generals Seek to Reverse Obama Withdrawal Decision
Changing How We Live and Eat, One Fig at a Time
Welfare Aid Isn’t Growing as Economy Drops Off
Sanders, McKibben Urge Move to Sustainable Future
Call to Try Bush

Sunday February 1, 2009

Sri Lanka Threatens to Expel Media as Army Closes in on Rebels
Gaza Desperately Short of Food After Israel Destroys Farmland
Leftist Forum Ends in Amazon; Capitalism Seen Dying
Rebound of Nuclear Plants Raising Worries Over Waste
Parched: Australia Faces Collapse as Climate Change Kicks In
Late Move on Drugs by Bush FDA Could Be Dangerous
US Turned Blind Eye to Somalia Abuses: Rights Group
Darwin's Galapagos Species Under Threat
Israel Vows 'Disproportionate' Strike on Hamas

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

Researchers Shocked: Tasers Cause Dramatic Rise of In-Custody Sudden Deaths
Top Chefs Push Obama to Improve Food Policy
Activists Seek New ways to Get Food to 35 Million
Obama Restores Some of the 'Freedom' to FOIA
Growing Concern Over Israel's Weapons Use

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

Obama to Order Iraq Withdrawal on Day One, Axelrod Says
Pelosi Open to Prosecution of Bush Administration Officials
America: What in the World Does It Want to Be?
Shock, Awe, and a Belated Soul-Search
Bearing Hopes of a Nation, Obama Arrives in Washington
Villagers Tell of Israeli 'War Crimes'

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

US Rejected Aid for Israeli Raid on Iranian Nuclear Site
Obama Vows Stimulus Plans Will Create Millions of Jobs
How "Green" Are Your Gadgets?
Some Israelis Cry Out for Peace
Shell Oil's Pursuit of Local Waters Could Have Big Impacts
In US, War of Words Over Gaza
Obama Not Looking Back on Torture

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

Thousands Join March to Protest Against Israeli Action
Saving Kenya's Orphan Elephants
US Starts Pullout, Transfers Base to Iraq
Invasion a Monstrosity, Says UN Leader
US Plans for Military Buildup Leave Guam Wary

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
 

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