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Headlines - April, 2010

Friday April 30, 2010

Pentagon Map Shows Wide Taliban Zone in the South
Oil Reaches Shore as Weather Threatens Cleanup
Pressure Mounts on Energy Giant Chevron to Disclose Revenue in Burma
Greek Rescue is a Matter of National Survival, says Papandreou
Hillary Clinton warns Syria and Iran: US Commitment to Israel is Unshakable
New York Marchers Protest Wall Street, Big Banks
Outsourcing Security Greases Corporate Warmongering
Arlington Man Dies after Police Taser Shock
International Failure to Meet Target to Reduce Biodiversity Decline
Criminal Investigation Being Considered for Goldman Sachs
US Forces Kill MP’s Relative in Botched Night Raid
Dems Spark Alarm with Call for National ID Card
Oil Comes Ashore in Gulf, Scale of 'Historic' Disaster Sets In

Thursday April 29, 2010

Protesters Enter NYC Bank Buildings Before Rally
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Both Parties Deaf to This Call: 'Fix the Economy, Not Wall Street'
Lawmakers Call for Restrictions on Political Ads
5 Green Groups Declare Senate Climate Bill 'Unacceptable'
The Law that Turned Arizona into a Pariah State
'The Exxon Valdez is Going to Pale in Comparison'
'US Seeks Deal' in Guantanamo Child Soldier Case
Crippling, Crushing, and Suffocating Iran
Israeli Troops Kill Gaza Protester
Ecological Disaster Looms as Gulf Spill Moves Toward Fragile Coastline

Wednesday April 28, 2010

ACLU to Obama: ‘Entire World is Not a War Zone’
US to Face Litany of Complaints at UN Human Rights Council
Protests Mount Against Immigrant Crackdown
Interior Secretary Approves Cape Wind, Nation's First Offshore Wind Farm
Economic and Corporate Powers Call for Hike in Global Water Price
Organic, Small Farmers Fret over FDA Regulation
Leaving 'Oil in the Soil': Ecuadoran President Confirms Deal to Leave Oil Under Yasuni Park
Iraqis Tortured at Secret Baghdad Prison, says Watchdog
Oklahoma Enacts Tough Abortion Laws Requiring Ultrasounds
Student Puts the Spotlight on Red Cross' Spending in Haiti
USCG May Ignite Oil Slick to Prevent Unparalleled Destruction

Tuesday April 27, 2010

Monied Lobbying Forces Gird for Immigration Reform Battle
War Propaganda from Afghanistan
Broad Bipartisan Coalition Fighting Fed In Senate
Manuel Noriega - from US Friend to Foe
Goldman Sachs Faces New Accusations
UN Shuts Mission in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Visible from Space, Deadly on Earth: the Gas Flares of Nigeria
US 'to Transfer Bagram Detainees' but Questions (and Many Prisoners) Remain
Big Oil Fought Off New Safety Rules Before Rig Explosion
Developing Nations Gain Clout at World Bank - Depending on Your Math
Wall Street Reform: A Big Flop for the Big Lie Strategy?

Monday April 26, 2010

Democrats Lead Calls to Boycott Arizona over Immigration Bill
US Court Strikes Blow to Wal-Mart in Sex Bias Suit
Iraq Election Chaos as 52 Candidates are Disqualified
Budget Woes Hit Nation's Schools Hard and Harder
Monsanto's GM Crops Go to US High Court, Environmental Laws on the Line
'Hope' Artist Shepard Fairey Not Pleased With Obama's Performance
Louisiana Gulf Rig Spewing 1,000 Barrels (42,000 gallons) of Oil per Day
Afghans Burn NATO Trucks in Response to Killing of 3 Civilians
Will Military Commissions Under Obama Differ From the Bush Era?
Congressman: US Should Fight Ariz. Immigrant Law
Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million People: New Book

Sunday April 25, 2010

Defiant Red Shirts Gear Up for Military Onslaught on Their Bangkok Camp
Thousands Rally for Spanish Judge Garzon
Massive Japanese Rally Against US Air Base
Nobel Laureate Shares Her Views on Peace During PeaceJam at Oregon State University
Guantanamo: Military Court to Review Canadian's Torture Claim
Democrats Move to Stem Corporate Political Cash
Stephen Hawking Warns Over Making Contact with Aliens

Saturday April 24, 2010

Endangered Whales Could Be Killed Legally
Goldman Sachs e-Mails Show Bank Sought to Profit from Housing Downturn
Vermont Legislature Votes to Begin Designing 'Single-Payer' System
All the Tees in China: Golf Boom Threatens Rainforest
WellPoint Routinely Targets Breast Cancer Patients
Allies to Turn Blind Eye to Corruption as Afghan Exit Strategy Agreed
U.S. Nuclear Option on Iran Linked to Israeli Attack Threat

Friday April 23, 2010

Arizona’s Law May Spark Pro-Immigrant Movement
US Chamber Lashes out at Democrats' Campaign-Finance Restrictions
Amend to End Too Big to Fail
US Congressman Renews Attempts to Ban Controversial Herbicide Atrazine
Greenpeace: Industry Lobbyists Succeeding in 'Hijacking' Climate Bill
Obama Slams Arizona Ethnic Profiling Bill
Military's Health Care Costs Booming
Senate panel: Ratings Agencies Rolled Over for Wall Street
Binghamton, NY Mayor Reconsiders Cost-of-War Counter
Food Activist Alice Waters Takes to Web, Mulls TV
Scores Killed in Iraq Blasts
WPCCC: Mother Earth Needs Seat at Future Climate Talks
Whaling Plan Draws Anger from Green Groups
'Major Oil Spill' Feared As Rig Sinks Off US Coast

Thursday April 22, 2010

HCAN on WellPoint: 'Murder By Spreadsheet'
Senate Must Strengthen Financial Reform, Bust Up Big Banks
Chemical Industry Front Groups Look to Undermine EPA
Rent-A-Front: New Group Wages Stealth Battle Against Wall Street Reform
Privacy Groups Challenge US Airport Body Scanners
Islamic Veils Face Ban in Belgium; Human Rights Group Call Law a 'Lose-Lose'
Goldman's White House Connections Raise Eyebrows
The Tea Party's Exaggerated Importance
Not Taxed Enough Already: Thousands of Protesters at Illinois Capitol to Press for Tax Increase
Empty Skies Proved that Airports Cause Pollution, say Researchers
Reclaiming Earth Day: With Climate Chaos on the Horizon, the Environmental Movement Needs Traction
Taliban Defectors 'Are Rejoining Insurgency'

Wednesday April 21, 2010

Awarding of Brazilian Dam Contract Prompts Warning of Bloodshed
Senators Introduce 'Too Big To Fail' Amendment
Pakistan Holding Thousands in Indefinite Detention, Officials say
NATO Admits Shooting Victims Were 4 Afghan Civilians Not 'Known Insurgents'
'Toxic Stew' of Chemicals Causing Male Fish to Carry Eggs in Testes
The 'Rachel Corrie' Ship to Try to Breach Gaza Blockade Next Month
Democrats Haunted by Corporate Ties
US Oil Rig Explosion Injures Workers
Former Miner Details Dangers of Massey Mines
Morales: 'The Central Enemy of Mother Earth is Capitalism'

Tuesday April 20, 2010

Call Grows Louder for FCC to Reclassify Broadband
Protests Begin as Immigration Bill Waits on Arizona Governor’s Desk
Dorothy Height, Heroine of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 98
Under-Fire Goldman Sachs Reveals 90% Jump in Profits
Supreme Court Appears to Back Student Group's Exclusionary Rules
Farm Workers Fight for an Extra Cent and Human Rights
'Too Fat' for Empire? Military Generals Target School Lunches
Report: 'The Big Fat Lie about Doubling Food Production'
New Face of Foreclosure – The Unemployed
Obama Heckled by Gay Rights Protesters In CA
A $600 Trillion Bubble? Lobbyists Swarm Derivatives
US Military Withdrawal Imminent... But Only from Haiti

Monday April 19, 2010

Blackwater Indictments Are Like Al Capone Going Down for Tax Evasion
Honduran Truth Commission Under Fire from All Sides
Al-Qaida Kingpins in Iraq Killed Amid Continuing Impasse over Elections
Sanders: Congress Must Make Real Changes on Wall Street
Food Aid Shortfall Threatens Yemen
European Activists Against Economic Growth
Sunnis said Tortured in Secret Iraq Prison
Gun Rights Groups, Right Wingers Battle Each Other In DC
The Fall Of Goldman Sachs?
Environmentalists to Be Honored with Goldman Prizes
Ash Cloud’s Silver Lining Is Leisure Time
Bolivia Climate Change Talks to Give Poor a Voice
Ninety-Four Percent of Kandaharis Want Peace Talks, Not War

Sunday April 18, 2010

Gore Takes Cash for Water Campaign from Chemical Firm
Goldman Case Is Likely Tip of the Legal Iceberg
Major Economies to Delve into Climate Impasse
Warnings About Lejeune's Tainted Water Unheeded for Years
Is This the End of Migration?
Gang Violence Increases as Angry Haitians See Quake Aid Benefitting the Wealthy Elite
Afghanistan: A Conspiracy of Silence
‘Revolving Door’ a Bar to Mine Safety?

Saturday April 17, 2010

Iran Slams US as 'World's Only Atomic Criminal'
Too Much, too Young? Retailers Still Selling Over-Sexualized Clothing to Kids
Evergreen Cooperatives Forge an Innovative Path toward High-Quality Green Jobs
UN Blasted for Sequestering NGOs and Media
Tennessee Clean-Up Sends Coal Ash, Anxiety, to Alabama Site
The Firm Not Charged in Goldman Case Made Billions on Collapse
Flight Bans Extended as Ash Cloud Lingers over Europe

Friday April 16, 2010

In Defense of Pachamama
West Virginia Open to Homicide Prosecution for Massey Coal Mine Deaths
Kucinich: White House Assassination Policy Is Extrajudicial
US Accuses Goldman Sachs of Fraud
A Second Garbage Patch: Plastic Soup Seen in Atlantic
Global Warming Monitoring Needs to Find 'Missing Heat', say Scientists
Green Manifesto in UK Adds 'Radical Change' to Message of 'Hope'
Bhutto Assassination Could Have Been Prevented, says UN Report
Former NSA Official Is Charged in Leaks Case
Destruction of Torture Videotapes Documented in CIA Email

Thursday April 15, 2010

Lautenberg Bill Seeks to Overhaul US Chemical Laws
Terror Suspects Held 'Illegally' in Afghanistan Prison Named by Charity
Powerful Volcano Blast Sends Ash Raining over Iceland, Europe
Clemency Sought for Imprisoned UBS Whistle-Blower
McChrystal Backtracks on Troop Veto for Kandahar Shuras
On Tax Day, A Reminder That War Is Not Free
As Potential Pick for Court, Kagan Gets Fire from Left
Face to Face with the Dirty Coal CEOs
Greens Launch NAFTA Action on Canada Oil Sands
Obama’s Efforts to Foster Harmony on Wall St Reform Erupt into Warfare

Wednesday April 14, 2010

Report Says Contaminated Meat Is in Supermarkets
Tax Day Rhetoric Aside, Americans' Bills are Lower
Climate Scientists at East Anglia University Cleared by Inquiry
Holder Defends 9/11 Civilian Trials, Defuses Critics
Feingold, McGovern, Jones Introduce Legislation to Require Timetable for Deploying US Troops from Afghanistan
International Attention Focused on Berkeley Divestment Vote
Medvedev Fears 'Kyrgyz Civil War'
Indiana Connections to Drone Warfare Technology
Yemen Refuses to Go Along with US Extrajudicial Killing Policy
Only 'Global Democracy' Can Prevent 'Climate Tragedy', says Bolivian Ambassador
Climate Bill Would Curb EPA
Big Banks Draw Profits From Microloans to Poor
No Obama Pressure on Israel Nuclear Policy: Minister
Watchdog Group: Obama's Mortgage Aid Plan Wastes Billions

Tuesday April 13, 2010

Breakthrough as US Researchers Replicate Photosynthesis in Laboratory
Anti-American Anger Grows in Afghanistan
Outcrazying The Crazy: How A Prankster Plans To Infiltrate And Destroy The Tea Party Movement
Shell Fights Shareholders' Campaign for Oil Sands Review
Pakistan Airstrike Kills 71 Civilians: Official
Hedge Fund Managers Invest on Capitol Hill
Andrew Stern, Head of SEIU, Plans to Step Down
Obama Considering as Many as 10 Candidates for High Court Opening
'Significant' Damage to Barrier Reef from Ship
Patents Trump Public Interest in Monsanto's Ag Empire
Big Banks Rebel Against Push to Help Struggling Homeowners

Monday April 12, 2010

Tax Day Prompts Rethinking on Climate Policy
US Ignorance of Afghan Society Led to Botched Raids
Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld Knew They Were Innocent
Guantanamo Detainee Ordered Freed
New Clues Emerge in Post-Katrina Vigilante Shooting at Algiers Point
Contentious Climate Talks End with Deal to Talk, Negotiate More
'Food Hero' says to Value Soil, Not Oil
IDF Order Will Enable Mass Deportation from West Bank
Anti-American Protests Sparked after NATO Forces Open Fire on Cilivian Afghan Bus
The 'Obama Doctrine': Kill, Don't Detain
Confidential Document Reveals Obama's Hardline US Climate Talk Strategy

Sunday April 11, 2010

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Gates: WikiLeaks Video 'Painful To See' But Won't Have 'Lasting' Impact
Tribes of Amazon Find an Ally Out of ‘Avatar’
Wisconsin Teachers, Students Mystified by Sex Education Warning
Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, Threatens to Block Nato Offensive
New Evidence: Kissinger Rescinded Warning Against Condor Assassinations

Saturday April 10, 2010

Death Toll Rises as Thai Protesters Battle Troops in Bangkok
Obama Administration Missed Chance To Get Tougher On Unsafe Mines
Study: Cost-Savings of Private Prisons Doubted
The Death of Dawn Johnsen's Nomination
Polish President, His Wife, and Many Others Killed in Plane Disaster

Friday April 9, 2010

US Denies Climate Aid to Countries Opposing Copenhagen Accord
More Banker Outrage: Protesters Plan Marches on Wall Street Banks
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Retiring
12-Year-Old War Peace Activist (and Her Mother) Arrested for Trespassing at Sen. Tom Harkin's Office
Major US Banks Masked Risk Levels: Report
Power Struggle: Inside The Battle For The Soul Of The Democratic Party
Netanyahu Cancels trip to Obama's Nuclear Summit
FDA says Studies on Triclosan, Used in Sanitizers and Soaps, Raise Concerns
Oil Drilling Prompts Al Gore's First Public Split on Climate with President Obama
Inquiry Puts Spotlight on US Special Forces in Afghanistan
World Bank's $3.75bn Coal Plant Loan Defies Environment Criticism

Thursday April 8, 2010

Civil Liberties Groups Oppose Obama’s Plan to Close Gitmo, Absent Serious Changes
Dozens More Massey Mines Cited as Unsafe
Maine Anti-War Campaign Nabs Resolution Victory in State's Largest City
New Orleans Cop Explains How Police Gunned Down Unarmed Civilians In Post-Katrina Incident
Cost Estimate for F-35 to Soar, Pentagon Says
Spanish Judge Indicted for Inquiry Into Franco-Era Abuses
Lucrative KBR Contracts Unaffected by Troop Drawdown
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How Wikileaks Shone Light on World's Darkest Secrets
US Developing New Non-Nuclear Missiles
Barack Obama Signs Nuclear Treaty with Russia
Robert Rubin Returns
Coal Mining Industry Ducks Punishment For Safety Sins By 'Clogging the System' With Appeals, Critics Say

Wednesday April 7, 2010

House Liberals Shift Climate Change Tactics, Will Not Draw 'Lines in the Sand'
Kyrgyzstan Opposition 'In Charge'
Kyrgyzstan at the Hub of Superpowers’ Plans
Afghan Official Says US Raiders Hid Killings
Green Groups Fight to Keep EPA's Power Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Climate Justice Movement: From Copenhagen to Cochabamba
Fraud Claims Mount in Chevron-Texaco Ecuador Oil Pollution Trial
Goldman: We Are Not 'Vampire Squid Wrapped Around Humanity's Face'
At Least 17 People Killed in Kyrgyzstan Protests as Government Stormed
Mixed Reviews for Obama's Nuclear Strategy
Groups Make Stink over San Francisco 'Biosolid' Compost
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Iraq Outrage over US Killing Video
Obama Targets US Citizen for 'Kill or Capture'

Tuesday April 6, 2010

US Court Rules Against FCC on 'Net Neutrality'
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Iraq Slaughter Not an Aberration
Afghan Poll Body Backs Karzai on Electoral Row
Obey says Deficit Fears Shouldn't Trump Job Creation Efforts
Suit Challenges Ultra-Restrictive Prison Units
Brief History, Destructive Impact: Geologists Debate 'Human Epoch'
Economist's Cry: Break Up the Banks!
Multiple Explosions Rock Baghdad
Barack Obama to limit use of US nuclear weapons
US Mine Explosion Leaves 25 Dead

Monday April 5, 2010

Watchdog Group Raises Alarm Over ‘Payday Loans’ at Mainstream Banks
Hansen: Obama's Second Chance on the Predominant Moral Issue of This Century
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'Collateral Murder': Wikileaks Reveals Video Showing US Air Crew Shooting Down Iraqi Civilians
Civilian Deaths a 'Daily Worry' as Drones Hum above Pakistan
Sold Up But Not Sold Out, Ben and Jerry are Still the Poster Boys for Fair Trade
Unemployment Benefits Expire for Thousands
EPA May Try to Use Clean Water Act to Regulate Carbon Dioxide
Pakistan Attacks Kill 38, Strike at US Consulate
Stranded Ship 'Time Bomb' to Great Barrier Reef
US Special Forces 'Tried to Cover Up' Botched Khataba Raid in Afghanistan

Sunday April 4, 2010

RN Strike at Temple, Day Four: In Your Easter Bonnet
BP Fights to Limit Controls on Shale Gas Drilling
On Job Creation—Local Fruits and Vegetables vs. Corn and Soybeans
Grounded Ship: 3km Oil Spill on Great Barrier Reef
Triple Basts in Baghdad Embassies Kill Dozens

Saturday April 3, 2010

Legality of Drone Strikes Still in Question
Flat Unemployment Rate Masks the Race Gap
More Than 200,000 to Lose Jobless Benefits Monday With Congress Out
Dozens Dead in Baghdad Shooting

Friday April 2, 2010

Obama Expands Military Involvement in Africa
Feds Found Pfizer Too Big to Nail
Voluntary Foreclosure Prevention Fails to Deliver
800 Cases Filed on Civilians Killed in US Wars: ACLU
Native Peoples Reject Market Mechanisms
FBI Warns Extremist Letters May Encourage Violence
What's Driving Up Oil Prices Again? Wall Street, Of Course
Top Fed Official Wants To Break Up Megabanks, Stop The Fed From Guaranteeing Wall Street's Profits
New Regulations Will Put an End to Mountaintop Mining
A Once-Unwelcome Scholar Speaks in US
Israel Threatens New Gaza Offensive
US 'to Begin Profiling Air Passengers'

Thursday April 1, 2010

Immigrants' Rights Activists Up in Arms Over Deportation Quotas
Israeli Planes and Helicopters Bomb Gaza Targets
US Unveils 35.5-mpg Rule by 2016
New Tally Focuses on Expansive Role of Federal Reserve in Wall Street Bailout
New Contamination Found At Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant
CIA Given Details of British Muslim Students
Mohamed ElBaradei Hits Out at West's Support for Repressive Regimes
Copenhagen Accord Climate Pledges Too Weak: UN
Going Trash-Free for One Year
Iran Holds Talks with Beijing after China Backs US Call for Sanctions
Kill the Drill: Environmentalists Outraged Over Obama's Offshore Plan
Rushed From Haiti, Then Jailed for Lacking Visas
Big, Dirty Energy Firms Block Renewables Nationwide

April 2010