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Headlines - January, 2010

Sunday January 31, 2010

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Leaks Imperil Nuclear Industry; Vermont Yankee Among Troubled
Copenhagen Accord: Poor Response to Climate Deadline
Pentagon to Rank Global Warming as Destabilizing Force
Pie Throwers Serve Up Long Tradition of Political Protest
US Marines Facing a 'Different War' in Afghanistan
Spanish Judge to Probe Guantanamo Torture Claims
Why Do People Often Vote Against Their Own Interests?
Thousands Protest in Tokyo Against U.S. Military Presence in Japan

Saturday January 30, 2010

Fox Most Trusted News Channel in US, Poll Shows
Academics Fight Rise of Creationism at Universities; More Students Believe Darwin Got It Wrong
U.S. Suspends Haitian Airlift in Cost Dispute
Justice Official Clears Bush Lawyers in Torture Memo Probe
'Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Barack Obama Ups Spending on Nuclear Weapons to Even More Than George Bush'
To Gasps from the Gallery, Blair: "We Should Be Proud of the War"

Friday January 29, 2010

US Abortion Doctor's Killer Found Guilty of Murder
Single Payer Docs Arrested Outside Baltimore Hotel While Obama Speaking to Republicans
700,000 Pot Legalization Signatures Filed in California
In Brazil's WSF Many Still Believe Another World Is Possible
EU Farmers Face Genetic Contamination of Seeds
Bin Laden Blasts US for Climate Change
Remember the Illegal Destruction of Iraq?
Revealed: UN in Secret Peace Talks with Taliban

Thursday January 28, 2010

California Senate Passes Medicare for All Legislation
Geithner Testifies: What Did He Decide About AIG Payouts?
Catcher in the Rye Author J.D. Salinger Dies
In Marin, Calif, Some See Obama Speech as Political Switcheroo
Afghan Military Strategy Doomed Without Big Changes, UN Chief Warns
Obama, Biden to Direct $8Bln Into High-Speed Rail
Seniors Wait on Care, Grow Sicker as Copays Rise
Pennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills
Economic Growth 'Cannot Continue'
Obama Fails to Rally Progressive Base in 'Tepid' Address

Wednesday January 27, 2010

Howard Zinn, Historian who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
Oregon Voters Pass Tax Increasing Measures by Big Margin
EPA Requests Feedback on Plan Analyzing Impact of Hazardous Waste on Disadvantaged Communities
Honduras Swears in Porfirio Lobo as President
Kerry: Climate Change Supporters Must Match Tea Party Intensity
House Progressives Push Reid to Put Public Option Back on Table
North America's Long Winter of Discontent
Military Aid Puts Afghans' Lives at Risk - Report
Plan Considered to Buy off Taliban
US Military Teams, Intelligence Deeply Involved in Aiding Yemen on Strikes
Scientists Warn Doing Nothing Will Likely Lock in Worst Consequences of Climate Change

Tuesday January 26, 2010

US Households Struggle to Afford Food: Survey
Behind Cautious Signal, a Decision for Afghan Peace Talks
Anti-ACORN Filmmaker Arrested
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Radioactive Racism at Tennessee Nuclear Waste Processing Company
Two New Aftershocks Rock Haiti
Calif. Governor Looks South of the Border for Prisons
Flaws in Iraqi Police Contract Raise Questions About Afghan Effort
World's Glaciers Continue to Melt at Historic Rates
Straw Ignored Advice That Iraq Invasion Had ‘No Basis’ in Law
US Envoy’s Cables Show Concerns on Afghan War Plans
From Books to Boot Camp: College Grads Increasingly Joining Military
West Urged to Write Off Haiti's $1bn Debt
Obama Scoffed at McCain's Spending Freeze Proposal During Campaign
Chief of Staff Draws Fire From Left as Obama Falters

Monday January 25, 2010

Netanyahu Says Some Settlements to Stay in Israel 'for Eternity'
Italian Official Condemns Haiti Earthquake Relief as 'Vanity Parade'
Social Activists Celebrate 10 Years of Flagship Movement
Japan 'May Rethink' US Futenma Air Base After Poll
Yemen: Discontent and Poverty Simmer in West's New Front Against al-Qaida
Climate Bill Drives Energy Companies to Spend More Lobbying
McChrystal Hopes for Taliban Deal
Over 30 Killed as Bombers Hit Baghdad Hotels
Haitian Quake Toll Could Hit 300,000
Myanmar Minister Says Suu Kyi to Be Freed November

Sunday January 24, 2010

Nuclear Power Regaining Favor Amid Recession, Climate Concerns
European Clothing Chains Hit by 'Fake' Organic Label Controversy
Shell Faces Legal Fight Over Arctic Wells
Afghanistan Postpones Parliamentary Election
World Social Forum: Back Seat Driver of Social Change
Judge Dumps Suit Over Bush-Era Wiretapping

Saturday January 23, 2010

24 States’ Laws Open to Attack After Campaign Finance Ruling
CIA Deaths Prompt Surge in US Drone Strikes
US Will Appeal Blackwater Court Ruling - Biden
Israel Pays UN for Gaza War Damage
Legacy of War: Iraq Littered With High Levels of Nuclear and Dioxin Contamination, Study Finds
CBO: Troop Surge in Afghanistan to Cost $36 Billion Over the Next Three Years
Climate Slips Off US Agenda
Obama Quietly Continues to Defend Bush's Terror Policies

Friday January 22, 2010

Judges Urge Congress to Act on Indefinite Terrorism Detentions
US Policy in Gaza Remains Unchanged
Last Decade Warmest Ever: NASA
Arizona Law Would Criminalize Undocumented Immigrants
One Quarter of US Grain Crops Fed to Cars - Not People, New Figures Show
Lobbyists Get Potent Weapon in Campaign Finance Ruling
RFK, Jr., Coal Baron Spar Over Mountaintop Removal, Climate Change
Governments 'Must Tackle' Roots of Nature Crisis
Massachusetts Town Welcomes Detainees but Obama Misses Deadline to Close Guantánamo
Defense Secretary Robert Gates Confirms Blackwater in Pakistan

Thursday January 21, 2010

Air America Stops Live Programming, Heads Towards Bankruptcy
Whose Rights? Challenging Corporate Power
Haiti to Relocate '400,000 Quake Homeless'
Tree-Sitters Shut Down Infamous Mountaintop Removal Operation; TVA Cops Strike Again
FDIC Chief Got Bank of America Loans While Working on Its Rescue
Ruling on Spending May Alter Political Terrain
Jack Straw Tells Iraq Inquiry He Could Have Stopped Britain Joining Invasion
Haiti Elderly Suffer With Help Just a Mile Away
CIA Contractor Now Flying Spy Drone Over Haiti
Obama to Propose New Limits on Banks
Murkowski to Call on Congress to Block Federal Greenhouse Gas Regulation

Wednesday January 20, 2010

Paul Krugman on Obama: He Wasn’t The One We’ve Been Waiting For
TSA Nominee Withdraws Amid 'Political Agenda'
House Progressive Won't Back Senate Healthcare Bill
Military to Lawmakers: Next Round’s on Me
Poll: Mass. Voters Protested Against Weak Wall Street, Health Care Policies
Israel Crushes Local Dissent, Attacks Global Criticism
Human Rights Abusers Turn on Activists in 2009: Report
Gates Warning on South Asia Threat
Whistleblower Reveals How Health Insurers Can Game New Insurance Bill
USDA Pressured to Regulate Commercial Bumble Bee Industry
Haitians Now Join Environmental Refugees
World Aid Agencies Appeal to Israel to Unlock Gaza
Thirst for Oil Imperils South America's Most Biodiverse Wilderness
Strong Aftershock Hits Haiti
Coakley Loses – And So Does Obama

Tuesday January 19, 2010

Coakley Pollster Defends Campaign Against White House
Marine Corps Concerned About 'Jesus Guns,' Will Meet With Trijicon
Blackwater Wants to Surge Its Armed Force in Afghanistan
Surmont Oilsands Expansion Given Green Light
Doctor: Misinformation and Racism Have Frozen Recovery Effort at General Hospital in Port-au-Prince
At Heart of Prop. 8 Trial, a Clash Over Motives
Officials Try to Prevent Haitian Earthquake Refugees From Coming to US
Guantánamo 'Suicides' Were at Secret 'Black' Site
Haiti Earthquake Survivors Face Growing Disease Threat
Watchdog's Fate in Senate Key to Financial Reform
FBI Broke Law for Years in Phone Record Searches

Monday January 18, 2010

US Accused of 'Occupying' Haiti as Troops Flood In
Gun Control Group Gives Obama Failing Grade; Says It's Been Disappointing Year
U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes
Disaster Profiteering: US 'Security' Companies Offer 'Services' in Haiti
Vets Say Toxic Tests Sickened Them; Government Says Prove It
Iraqis Authorize Government to Sue Blackwater
Cruise Ships Still Find a Haitian Berth
FDA Alters Stance, Has 'Some Concern' About Chemical BPA
Haiti's Elite Spared From Much of the Devastation
What's Still Hidden in AIG's Files?
US Cloaks Case Files Involving Civil Rights
Frustration Mounts Over Haiti Aid

Sunday January 17, 2010

Who Will Lead Haiti's Security?
FBI Uses Spanish MP's Photo for Osama Bin Laden Poster
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Revealed: Jack Straw’s Secret Warning to Tony Blair on Iraq
South Florida Raging Grannies Fight for Progressive Political Causes
Canada Should Consider Slowing Oil Sands Boom: Official
Activists Protest Outside CIA Offices Against Drone Strikes
Afghan, US Forces Shoot, Wound Five Civilians: NATO
US Waves White Flag in Disastrous 'War on Drugs'

Saturday January 16, 2010

Haitians in Mass Exodus from Shattered Port-au-Prince
US Spending in Afghanistan Plagued by Poor US Oversight
The Financial 'Black Box': What's Still Hidden In AIG's Files?
Sheehan, Others To Protest At CIA, Cheney's House
Rights Group Critical of Houston Marathon Sponsor Chevron Expelled from Expo for Criticism
Civilian Casualties Soar; Key Afghan Metric Headed In Wrong Direction
FDA Pledges Closer Look at Chemical Bisphenol A in Plastics
CIA Cable 'Granting Permission' to Destroy Torture Videotapes Surfaces
Haiti: Up to 200,000 Feared Dead

Friday January 15, 2010

Activists Ask for Peace Dividend
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Turns Up the Heat
Massachusetts Vote Could Threaten Health Reform
Utah Argues Case to Ban Foreign Nuke Waste
Obama Aid to Yemen Could Risk Backlash in Arab World
Arctic Permafrost Leaking Methane at Record Levels, Figures Show
Homeowners Say Banks Not Following Rules for Loan Modifications
Haiti Streets Blocked With Corpses as Quake Death Toll Mounts
UN Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories

Thursday January 14, 2010

UN Should Be Sidelined in Future Climate Talks, Says Obama Official
'The Sound of Screaming Is Constant'–Haiti Devastated by Massive Earthquake, Desperate Search for Survivors Continues
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Climate Justice Activists Confront Carbon Trade Summit With Demonstration, Direct Action
US Companies Join Race on Iraqi Oil Bonanza
India Holds Public Meetings on GM Food Crop
Schakowsky Prepares Legislation to Ban Blackwater
Sustainability Expert Urges End to Habits of Consumption
US 2009 Foreclosures Shatter Record Despite Aid
Bailout Watchdog: Shutting Down TARP to Be Tricky, Government Does Not Have Plan to Address 'Too Big to Fail'
Army Charges Mom for Refusing to Leave Infant

Wednesday January 13, 2010

Banks 'Too Big To Fail' - and They Know It
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The People vs. Cap-and-Trade
Bankers Walking a Fine Line at Hearing
Deadliest Year for Afghan Civilians
Haiti Earthquake: Devastation Emerges
Obama Wants $33 Billion More for Wars
Seeking a Cultural Revolution: From Consumerism to Sustainability
Health Insurers Funded Chamber Attack Ads

Tuesday January 12, 2010

Big Haiti Quake Topples Buildings, Thousands Buried
Obama Received $20 Million from Healthcare Industry in 2008 Campaign
Despite Warnings, Military's Use of Drones on the Rise in Afghanistan
Wal-Mart, the US Retailer Taking Over the World by Stealth
Feingold Wary of Upcoming Ruling on Campaign Finance
Police Fight Cellphone Recordings
Western, Afghan Troops Fire During Demonstration
Federal Grand Jury Targets ‘Tough-Guy’ Sheriff
Yucca Haunts Admin's Lagging Efforts on Nuclear Waste Study Panel
Stronger Controls Urged on Chemicals in Water
Iraq Invasion in 2003 Was Illegitimate: Dutch Probe
Makeover to Turn Guam Into Key US Fortress

Monday January 11, 2010

Activists Protest in DC over Guantanamo Prison
Labor Leader: Democrats Inviting Historic Electoral Losses
America Slides Deeper Into Depression as Wall Street Revels
US Banks Brace for Bonus Backlash
Study: CAFOs a Threat to Public Health
No One Punished Under Congressional Ethics Rules
Iraqis Decry Settlements in Blackwater Shootings
Gay Marriage Ban Goes on Trial in California
Israel Plans Wall for Egypt Border
Biodiversity Loss Is 'Wake-Up Call', Warns UN
CIA Planned to 'Rendition' Suspects in Germany: Report

Sunday January 10, 2010

Popular Kids’ Trinkets Loaded with Toxic Metal
Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Figures for Deaths and Cancers Still in Dispute
Israel Vows 'Powerful Response' to Gaza Attacks
30 Iranian Mothers Arrested at Peaceful Gathering, Group Says
Blackwater Wants $1 Billion to Train the New Afghan Police Force
Israelis Reject US Loan 'Threat'

Saturday January 9, 2010

Officials Hid Truth About Immigrant Deaths in Jail
Did the CIA Deploy a Blackwater Hit Team in Germany?
Palestinians Demand Full Settlement Freeze
Iraq Confiscates Arms in Private Security Crackdown
Did Jesus Oppose Capitalism, as Moore Argues?
Hurricane Propels Jackson's Justice Quest at EPA
Sanders a Growing Force on the 'Far, Far Left'
Going Backwards: Courts Roll Back Limits on Spending in Election Law
British Troops Set to Hand Frontline Afghanistan Role to US

Friday January 8, 2010

Climate Reform’s Good, Bad, and Ugly
Proposed Amnesty Serves to Whitewash Honduran Coup, CEPR Co-Director Says
Giuliani: ‘We Had No Domestic Attacks Under Bush’
House Dems Debate Cadillac Tax on Insurance Plans
After Years in Guantanamo Prison Without Charge, Future Even More Uncertain for Yemeni Detainees
Monsanto Officer Believes It Is 'on the Verge of a Technology Explosion”
US Senators Defend Pakistan Drone Attacks
Green Energy, Military at Odds Over Nevada Land
Rights of Hundreds at Bagram Prison Still Denied
Egypt 'Deports Aid Convoy Leader'
Two Blackwater Guards Arrested by FBI on Murder Charges

Thursday January 7, 2010

Nader Files Lawsuit in Maine; Democrats Targeted for Campaign Tactics
US Scientists Demand Government Ban on Mountaintop Mining
Two Ex-Blackwater Staff Charged With Afghan Murders
Israel to Pay UN Compensation of US $10m
EPA Proposes Strict New Smog Standards
UN Experts Urge Iraq, US to Pursue Blackwater Case
Geithner's New York Fed Pushed AIG to Keep Sweetheart Deals Secret
Pakistan's Displacement Crisis Far From Over: UN
Court Tosses Washington Voting Ban for Felons
How Interest Groups Behind Health-Care Legislation Are Financed Is Often Unclear
Spectre of War Threatens Human Disaster in Sudan, Aid Groups Warn
Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land
Afghan War Kills 3 Children a Day: Report

Wednesday January 6, 2010

Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress?
Court Rules Obama’s Detention Powers Not Limited by Laws of War
Hilton San Francisco Is Target of Union Boycott; AFL-CIO President, Others Arrested
US Envoy Meets Honduras Politicians Amid Stalemate
New Toxic Milk Case in China Kept Secret for a Year, Reports Say
US-Led Forces Accused of Executing Schoolchildren
Lethal Clashes at Gaza-Egypt Border
Activist: 'We Now Have a Real Whale War on Our Hands'
Vandana Shiva: Farmer Suicides in India Linked to Debt, Globalization
Cancer – The Deadly Legacy of the Invasion of Iraq

Tuesday January 5, 2010

Egypt Police, Activists Clash Over Gaza
CIA Agents in Afghanistan Are 'Menace to Themselves,' Former Operatives Claim
New Revelations Tear Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story
US Considering Debt Relief for Poor Countries
C-SPAN's Lamb to Congress: Open Health Care Debate
Lexington Co. GOP Censures Senator Graham
War Crimes Fears Force Israelis to Cancel UK Trip
GOP, Warning of a 'New EPA', Oppose Independent CFPA
School Lunches: Push for Healthier Foods Faces Barriers
White House Accuses Downing Street of Making 'a Mistake' Over Intelligence Claim
Democrats in Final Push on US Healthcare Overhaul
TSA's Echoes of Ashcroft

Monday January 4, 2010

Climate Change Scepticism Will Increase Hardship for World's Poor: IPCC Chief
Swimming in Natural Gas: The Greenwashing of an Industry
Energy Companies Face Climate Action in States
'Orchard of Fighters' Grows out of Poverty and Mistrust in Yemen
US Plan Calls for Mideast Peace Deal in 2 Years: Report
Chinese Environment Officials Fail to Stop Oil Slick From Polluting Yellow River
Use of Potentially Harmful Chemicals Kept Secret Under Law
2010 Year of Biodiversity Tries to Rein in Runaway Extinctions
Iraq to Support Blackwater Lawsuit in US Courts
Surge in Casualties Predicted in Afghanistan
After Americans Visit, Uganda Weighs Death for Gays

Sunday January 3, 2010

World's Climate Refugees Unable to Return Home
Iraq Spokesman: Ex-Blackwater Employees Not Wanted in Iraq
Mortgage Foreclosures Still Swamping Federal Efforts to Help
Charges Faced by Climate Protester in Danish Jail Dismissed as Absurd
UN Envoy Warns of Power Vacuum After Afghan Parliament Rejects Karzai Cabinet
Catalonia Votes to Ban Bullfighting
Cities, Counties Take Back Corporate Tax Breaks

Saturday January 2, 2010

Aughts Were a Lost Decade for U.S. Economy, Workers
U.S. Loan Effort Is Seen as Adding to Housing Woes
Opponents of a Health Insurance Mandate Mobilize
Concern as China Clamps Down on Rare Earth Exports

Friday January 1, 2010

Intel Officer: CIA Officers' Deaths Will Be 'Avenged'
Iraq 'to Appeal Blackwater Verdict'
For CIA, Afghan Attack a Historic Blow
Suicide Bomber Kills Scores at Pakistan Sports Event
US Bails Out General Motors-Related Company GMAC With Further $3.8bn
Ex-Homeland Security Chief Chertoff Pushes Body Scanners, Abuses Public Trust
US Aid Tied to Purchase of Arms
Iran's Mousavi Ready to Die for Opposition Cause
Construction in West Bank Settlements Booming Despite Declared Freeze
 

January 2010