Headlines - August 2009
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
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
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
Saturday August 15, 2009
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
- 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
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
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