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Headlines - May, 2010

Monday May 31, 2010

Barack Obama and BP Warn of Risks in Oil Spill 'Open Heart Surgery'
Israel Attacks Gaza Aid Fleet

Sunday May 30, 2010

Oil to Spill Into Gulf 'for at Least Two More Months'
Nigeria's Agony Dwarfs the Gulf Oil Spill. The US and Europe Ignore It
Fuel Swap Shakes Sanctions Draft, Prods U.S. on New Iran Talks

Saturday May 29, 2010

BP: 'Top Kill' Has Failed to Stop Gulf Oil Leak
Detroit to Bulldoze Thousands of Homes in Fight for Survival
Immigration Rallies Drawing Crowds to Phoenix
US Reprimands Six Drone Operators Over Deadly Air Strike in Afghanistan
No End in Sight as Gulf Oil Spill Hits Day 40

Friday May 28, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill Is Public Health Risk, Environmental Scientists Warn
Sources: U.S. Yields to Arab Demand to Pressure Israel on Nukes
US Paves Way for Gays to Serve in Military
Flotilla Set for Final Leg of Gaza Blockade-Busting Bid
BP Oil Spill Confirmed as Worst in U.S. History; Environmental Groups Challenge Continued Oil Operations in Gulf Excluded from New Moratorium
U.N. Biodiversity Plan Demands Voice for Women
UN 'to Seek' End to CIA Drone Raids

Thursday May 27, 2010

Peru Frees US 'Rebel' Lori Berenson After 15 Years
U.S. Senate Rejects Exit Timetable for Afghanistan
BP's 'Top Kill' Mission Halts the Oil Gush – but Is It Stable?
5 Protesters Arrested at Chevron Annual Meeting
Cleanup Boats Sent to Shore After More Workers Get Sick
Rage Against the Machine Lead Arizona Boycott
Scientists Say More Gulf Oil Flowing Than Thought
States Block Progress on Global Justice - Amnesty
Toronto Police Get 'Sound Cannons' for G20
Obama to Extend Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling

Wednesday May 26, 2010

Unchecked Oil Flow Would Cause Disaster ‘Heretofore Unseen by Humanity’
CIA's Secret Iraq Weapon Revealed: A Saddam Gay Sex Tape
Rights Groups Condemn Ruling on Bagram Detainees
Nets Slung Around Apple Factories to Deter Suicidal Employees
End of Alaotra Grebe Is Further Evidence of Sixth Great Extinction
Holding Banks Responsible by Community Organizing
Pentagon Seeks Private Contractor to Move Weapons Through Pakistan/Afghanistan
BP Set to Smother Oil Leak With Mud
Obama's Border Plan Looks Similar to Bush's

Tuesday May 25, 2010

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The Looming Disaster: Oil Follies in the Arctic
Government Workers Tasked With Gulf Oil Industry Oversight Accepted Gifts
Senate Showdown Over EPA Climate Rules Scheduled for June 10
White House Reaches Deal on Gays in US Military
US 'to Expand Covert Operations'
Long-Term Unemployment: No Help for the 99ers
Disaster Must Be Catalyst for Change, Says Jean-Michel Cousteau
McChrystal Strategy Shifts to Raids - and Wali Karzai

Monday May 24, 2010

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How Far Should We Let Big Oil Go?
More US Troops in Afghanistan Than Iraq: Pentagon
US Towns Open Doors to Cleared Gitmo Prisoners
Obama Tells Military: Prepare for North Korea Aggression
Fighting 'Nature Deficit Disorder': Preschools in Forests Take Root in the US
Forces of Fear: US as Bad as Taliban, Refugees Claim
Flotilla Aims to Break Israel's Grip on Gaza
BP Admits Deepwater Rescue Is Capturing Less Oil
French Farmers Turn Champs-Elysees Into Huge Farm
US Funds Apartheid Roads on West Bank
Gulf Oil Spill: Similar Disaster Could Occur in Arctic Later This Year

Sunday May 23, 2010

Nature Conservancy Faces Potential Backlash From Ties with BP
Strontium-90 Discovered in Soil Surrounding Vermont Yankee Leak
Colombia Set to Elect the World's First Green Leader
Perks Unchecked for Some Wall Street CEOs

Saturday May 22, 2010

Wealth Gap Nearly Quadrupled for Whites, Blacks
UN: Case for Saving Species 'More Powerful Than Climate Change'
As Oceans Get Warmer, Congress is Facing Heat
Obama Fail: Month After Oil Gusher, Why is BP Still In Charge?

Friday May 21, 2010

Texas State Board of Education Approves New Curriculum Standards
Deadly Blast Hits Iraqi City
EPA Officials Weighing Sanctions Against BP’s U.S. Operations
Appeals Court Rules Against Bagram Detainees
Gulf Oil Spill: Vast Majority of Pollution Could Lurk Below Surface for Months or Years
'Culture Integral to Agriculture'
Germans Approve Euro Rescue Plan
Border Officials Seek to Expand Texas Drone's Range
Low Estimate of Oil Spill's Size Could Save BP Millions in Court
U.S. Senate Approves Sweeping Wall St. Reform Bill

Thursday May 20, 2010

As Oceans Get Warmer, Congress Is Facing Heat
BP Told to Use Less Toxic Dispersant in Oil Spill: Report
Fight Not Over, Say Red Shirts as They Are Herded out of Bangkok
Torpedo Parts Reveal North Sank South Korean Ship
Craig Venter Creates Synthetic Life Form
U.S. Launches Criminal Probe on Soldiers in Afghanistan
Why the Breakup of MMS Won't Work
Malawi Gay Couple Get Maximum Sentence of 14 Years
Maldives Hosts Afghan Peace Talks
U.S. Says Only Reason for Talks with Iran Is Enrichment Halt
Two Dems Help Defeat Senate Cloture Vote On Wall Street Reform
Nightmare Scene of Oil Unfolding in Wetlands

Wednesday May 19, 2010

GOP Running Out Clock on Wall Street Reform
Mortgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures Break Records
Africa's Oil Spills Are Far From U.S. Media Glare
The Other Foreclosure Menace
Taliban Attacks Afghan Air Base
BP Withholds Oil Spill Facts — and Government Lets It
It Was a Bad Primary Night for the Bipartisan Establishment

Tuesday May 18, 2010

Ignoring Calls for Moratorium, Shell Seeks to Drill in Arctic Seas This Summer
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The Relentless Pursuit of Extreme Energy: A New Oil Rush Endangers the Gulf of Mexico and the Planet
Historic Canadian Deal Protects Precious Boreal Forest
US: Deal Reached on Iran Sanctions
Chilcot Iraq War Inquiry Team Quizzes US Officials in Secret
Primary Results In Kentucky, Arkansas, And Pennsylvania Will Have National Significance
Texas Schools Board Rewrites US History With Lessons Promoting God and Guns
Investors Made Millions from People Facing Eviction
Bill for Afghan War Could Run Into the Trillions
BP's Moby Dick?

Monday May 17, 2010

Oil Sands Riskier than Gulf Spill, Say Investor Groups
U.S. Overflowing Prisons Spur Call for Reform Commission
ADHD in Kids Tied to Produce Pesticides
Goldman Sachs Publicly Backs Financial Reform — While Dispatching Army of Lobbyists
Iran Signs Nuclear Fuel Swap Deal With Turkey and Brazil
Tritium Leak Poses Question for Integrity of NRC
Vermont Farmer Draws a Line at US Bid to Bolster Border
Submerged Oil Plumes Suggest Gulf Spill Is Worse Than BP Claims
Greenpeace Claims Sweet Victory Over Nestle

Sunday May 16, 2010

‘There is a Narrative that’s Missing’ Laura Flanders Tells Grassroots Radio Gathering
Noam Chomsky Denied Entry into Israel
Huge Underwater Oil Plumes Found in Gulf of Mexico
Abortion Foes Capitalize on Health Care Law
Quest for Oil Leaves Trail of Damage Across the Globe

Saturday May 15, 2010

Campaigners Believe War on Climate Change Will Be Stymied
BP Accused of Using Gulf of Mexico as 'Toxic Testing-Ground'
'Nobody is Winning,' Admits McChrystal
Obama Administration Presses BP for Formal Position on $75 Million Liability Cap
Baby Coral Move Towards Sound, Finds Study
Gov’t Loan Mod Program Leaves Some Homeowners Worse Off
BP Trying to Thread Mile-Long Tube to Help Plug Gulf Oil Leak; Obama Assails Drillers
Army Brings Death and Carnage to Bangkok's Streets
Google Admits its Street View Cars Spied on Wi-Fi Activity

Friday May 14, 2010

Palestinians Mark 'Catastrophe' Day
Ecosystem in Peril After Gulf Oil Spill
Obama Urges Funds for Israel Shield
40 Years Ago: Police Kill Two Students at Jackson State in Mississippi, Ten Days After Kent State Killings
General: Expect War for 5-10 More Years
U.S. Efforts in Kandahar, Barely Begun, Already Are Faltering
Thai Troops Fire on Redshirts as Crisis Escalates
Gulf Spill Could Be Much Worse Than Believed
Lawsuit to Challenge Salazar's Wholesale Disregard of Marine Mammal Protection Laws in Gulf of Mexico
Afghans Angry at 'Civilian Deaths'
Obama, Karzai Still Split on Peace Talks with Taliban

Thursday May 13, 2010

Maryland First State to Bar Schools Releasing Tests to Military
Oil Firms Ignored Warning Signs Before Blast, Inquiry Hears
Afghan War Costs Now Outpace Iraq's
Forensic Science for Human Rights
NY 'Investigates' if Banks Misled Ratings Agencies
'Poor Countries Should Have a Seat at G20 Table'
First Lady Michelle Obama, Nutrition Advocates Aim to Navigate Resistance from Agribusiness, Corporate Lobbies
The Fed Keeps Its Power
Civilian Casualties Rising in Afghanistan
Obama to Force BP to Pay More Cleanup Costs for Deepwater Disaster

Wednesday May 12, 2010

Iraq Violence Set to Delay US Troop Withdrawal
'Top Hat' Dome at Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Site - BP
UK's Ruling Coalition Begins Work
Plans to Cool Planet Heat Up Geo-Engineering Debate
Kerry-Lieberman Climate Proposal a Disaster for Climate

Tuesday May 11, 2010

Senate OKs Fed Audit as Part of Bank Overhaul
David Cameron to Be UK's New Prime Minister
At BP Hearing, Blame Game for 'Cascade of Failures'
US, Karzai Pledge Enduring Ties, Map Out 'Shared Future'
Obama to Split Up Offshore Drilling Agency in Response to Gulf Spill
Red Cross Confirms 'Second Jail' at Bagram, Afghanistan
Predator Drones to Fly Over Texas-Mexico Border by Fall
White House Aims to Use Deepwater Disaster to Win Votes for US Climate Bill
Arizona Immigration Law Violates Human Rights, Say UN Experts

Monday May 10, 2010

Gordon Brown to Resign as Prime Minister as Labour and Lib Dems Prepare for Talks
Pentagon Doubts Grow on McChrystal War Plan
'Shock and Awe' Euro Rescue Lifts Global Markets
Barack Obama Nominates Elena Kagan for Supreme Court
Iraq Hit by Wave of Deadly Attacks
Report: Biodiversity Loss Puts Essentials of Life Under Threat
Containment Dome Fails to Stop Oil Gusher: No Plan B

Sunday May 9, 2010

US Warns Pakistan over Times Square Bomb Attempt
Probe Uncovers Strip Searches, Chains and Racism at Prisons
Greece Warns Against Default as EU Finance Chiefs Meet
Rising Cost of Carbon Capture is Killing the Great Green "Hope"
Gulf Oil Spill: Quick Fix Dashed as BP Tower Fails to Contain Oil

Saturday May 8, 2010

Deepwater Horizon Blast Triggered by Methane Bubble, Report Shows
PLO, Fatah Approve Indirect Israel Talks
Experts: Obama Admin Pioneering Robust Use Of Miranda Exception In Terrorism Cases
Afghans Wary as NATO Rebrands Kandahar 'Process'
Since Spill, Feds Have Given 27 Waivers to Oil Companies in Gulf

Friday May 7, 2010

BP Vault in Place to Cap US Spill
Iraq Mulls Baghdad 'Security Fence'
UK Election Results: Clegg – Deal or No Deal?
Nuclear Power Nearly as Dangerous as Weapons, Critics Say
Case Is Made vs. US Marriage Law
Why Won't Israel Allow Gazans to Import Coriander?
General 'Tried to Cover Up Truth About Death of Rachel Corrie'
The World Bank in the Hot Seat Over Land Grabbing
Gulf Oil Spill: A Symbol of What Fossil Fuels Do to the Earth Every Day, Say Environmentalists

Thursday May 6, 2010

Scientists Speak Out Against Climate Change Deniers' McCarthy-Like Threats
Debt Crisis: Panic on Wall Street as Dow Plummets 9% Over Fears for Global Financial System
Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Bill
Report: Environmentally Induced Cancer Grossly Underestimated
FCC to Seek Net Neutrality Using New Legal Framework
Israel Official Defends Nuclear Ambiguity as 'Strategic Advantage'
Former Khadr Interrogators Had Been Charged for Detainee Abuse
US to Expand Pakistan Drone Strikes
Greece Urged to Step Back From Brink
UK General Election 2010: Polling Stations Report High Turnout
Feds Let BP Avoid Filing Blowout Plan for Gulf Rig

Wednesday May 5, 2010

Dispersant 'May Make Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill More Toxic'
Knife-Edge British Poll Goes Down to the Wire
Gulf Oil Spill: First Leak Capped, Says BP
Netroots Groups Flood White House, FCC With Calls to Reclassify Broadband
Lawsuit Challenges Police and Secret Service Crackdown on Journalists Covering Protests at Republican National Convention
Disorganization at Banks Causing Mistaken Foreclosures
Nuke-Free Mideast Idea Rises on Global Agenda
Times Square Terror: Drone Payback?
'Los Suns' Back Latinos in Wake of New Immigration Law
Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Cash
Greek Crisis: Clashes Turn Deadly as Thousands Protest Against Cuts
Louisiana's Wetlands Were Ravaged Long Before Oil Spill, Says Activist
Frenzy to Protect Shores, Islands From US Oil Slick

Tuesday May 4, 2010

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Sparks Calls for $10bn Levy on BP and Drilling Ban
Arrests in Pakistan over NY Attempt
States Prepare to Rise to CO2 Challenge as Senate Climate Bill Collapses
Fed Privately Lobbying Against Audit, Documents Show
Protests in Japan Over US Base
May 4, 1970: The Day the War Came Home
Too Big to Jail?
BP to Use Domes to Capture Giant US Oil Gush

Monday May 3, 2010

Israel, Iran Targeted at Nuke Non-Proliferation Meet
NPT Meet Draws Thousands of Anti-Nukes Activists
U.S. Chained Wounded Canadian Teen to Door: Medic
Scientist Doesn't See a Way for Preventing Oil From Reaching Florida Keys, Eastern Seaboard
Christian ‘Doctrine’ Fueled Dehumanization: UNPFII Report
Climate: Focus on Actions Not Treaty, Says UN Official
Arizona’s Immigration Law Spurs Copycat Legislation
In Ironic Twist, BP Finalist for Pollution Prevention Award
Confronting the FAO to Stop GMOs
Anti-Choice Groups Condone 'Biblically Justified' Violence Against Gays, Women
US to Unveil Size of Nuclear Stockpile
Media Watchdog Group Names Freedom 'Predators'
Coastal Fears for Oil's Impact on Fishing, Resorts

Sunday May 2, 2010

Fears for Crops as Shock Figures From America Show Scale of Bee Catastrophe
Oil Spill May Be Five Times Bigger Than Previously Thought
Afghan Civilian Deaths Are Rising, Government Says

Saturday May 1, 2010

Deepwater Horizon: Conservationists Warn of 'True Catastrophe' for Wildlife
Protests Mark May Day
Obama Calls for Reforms in Election Funding
BP Enjoys Lobbying Strength, Close Ties to Lawmakers as Federal Investigation Looms

May 2010