Headlines - July 2009
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
- 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
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
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