Headlines - May 2009
Monday June 1, 2009
Sunday May 31, 2009
- 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
- Netanyahu: 'If Israel Doesn't Remove Iranian Threat, No One Will'
Monday May 25, 2009
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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
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'