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Headlines - June, 2010

Wednesday June 30, 2010

Gulf Spill Galvanizes Activist Community
Feingold: 'Standing Up to the Unholy Alliance Between Washington and Wall Street'
DR Congo Marks 50 Troubled Years of Independence
Ancient Fossils Show Arctic Now Near Climate Tipping Point
Unmanned Drones - Targeted Killing vs. "Collateral Murder"
Barred from Jerusalem for Crime of Being Palestinian
Goldman Admits it Had Bigger Role in AIG Deals
'Worse than Gaza': Conditions in West Bank Areas Reach Crisis Point
BP's Oil Spill Fouls Water, Land and Air
War-Funding Puzzle Stumps Dems
FDA is Sued for Failing to Regulate Bisphenol A
Hurricane Alex Hampers Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Cleanup

Tuesday June 29, 2010

Kerry on Climate Bill: 'We're Prepared to Compromise Further'
US Banks Off the Hook Until 2022
Sessions Compares Citizens United To Landmark Civil Rights Case
As States Cut Public Workers, Congress Is Reluctant to Act
Petraeus: Afghan Withdrawal is a 'Process,' Not an Exit
Live Stream: Kagan Confirmation Hearing - Day 2
Clashes Break Out Once Again as Greeks Resist 'Austerity' Push
Oil Spill in Gulf Could Cause ‘Dead Zone’, Further Hitting Sea Life
Turkey Bans Israeli Military Flight from Its Airspace as Freeze Deepens
Britain, France, Germany Use Torture Intel: HRW
Russia Condemns 'Baseless' US Allegations over 'Secret Agents'
Watchdog: Afghan Forces Won't Be Ready for US Withdrawal
Gun Control Groups Divided on High Court Ruling

Monday June 28, 2010

BP 'Staked Future on Expanding Offshore Drilling'
Angry House Lawmaker Cuts Aid to Afghanistan; War Funding Not Affected
White House's Lobbyist Liaisons Blasted By Watchdogs
Obama Just Can't Quit Blackwater
Why Petraeus Won't Salvage This War
War by Other Means: Aid as a Weapon
The Coup Is Not Over: Marking a Year of Resistance in Honduras
Supreme Court Strikes Down Chicago Handgun Ban
Giant Salmon Will Be First GM Animal Available for Eating
In Wake of Arizona Law, Labor Unites Behind Immigration Reform
As Canada's Democracy Trembles, a New Global Architecture Emerges
US Senator Robert Byrd Dies

Sunday June 27, 2010

Activists Slam G8's Aid Shell Game
Ethiopia’s Great Thirst for Water Power Threatens Survival of Tribes
NATO Says Increased Military Ops Behind Death Toll
Feds Won't Charge Blackwater in Sudan Sanctions Case
Guarding the Coast: Locals Join 'Hands' Against Oil Drilling
Report: Toronto Police Rough up Journalists, Arrest Peaceful Protesters at G20

Saturday June 26, 2010

Massive Rally Calls on G20 to Put People Ahead of Banks
Tropical Storm Alex Threatens More U.S. Oil Spill Chaos
Little Spent on Oil Spill Cleanup Technology
Time to Give Wall Street the Axe, Say Progressive Groups
Native Activist Takes Oil Sands Protest to Toronto

Friday June 25, 2010

BP Accused of Killing Endangered Sea Turtles in Cleanup Operation
UN Rights Chief says Torturers Will Face Justice
Media Missing the McChrystal Point
How Many Americans are Targeted for Assassination?
Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings: I'm a Journalist, "Not a Stenographer"
Youth on Frontlines of Green Justice Struggles
For Clean Campaigns: DISCLOSE and Amend
Obama Losing Hill Liberals on War
Wall Street Smiles as Softened Financial Reform Bill Passes
Police Granted 'Special Powers' to Guard 'Fortress Toronto'
Canada Flunks on Indigenous Rights, Protesters Say

Thursday June 24, 2010

Report: Toxins Found in Whales Bode Ill for Humans
Firms in Gulf Drilling are Working to Limit Liability in Spill
Hands Across The Sand: In Opposition to Offshore Drilling, This Saturday Activists Nationwide Join Hands
‘Gasland’ Documentary Fuels Debate over Natural Gas Extraction
Introduced Legislation to Shift Tax Burden Back to Billionaires
Wall Street vs. Main Street: Final Showdown Threatens Reform
Mass Strikes Against 'Austerity Measures' Hit France
Law to Fight Corruption Takes a Hit with Supreme Court Ruling
Unemployment: Outlook Grim For Jobs Bill Ahead Of Vote
Venezuela to Nationalize US-Owned Oil Rigs
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Could the Right to Rent Stop the Foreclosure Hurricane?
US to Deploy Drones to Shore Up Border with Mexico

Wednesday June 23, 2010

Switch to Petraeus Betrays Afghan Policy Crisis
Local Voices Seek National Platform at US Social Forum
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US Private Security in Afghanistan "Pay Off Warlords, Taliban"
Two Killed in Accidents; Containment Cap Removed After Robot Sub Collision
McChrystal Out, Petraeus In: Senseless War Goes On
Each Day, Another Way to Define Worst-Case for Oil Spill
Obama's Deficit Panel Draws Ire from Left
FCC Source: 'We F*cked Up' Secret Internet Meetings
Judge Who Overturned Drilling Bans had Shares in the Oil Industry
CIA Gives Blackwater Firm New $100 Million Contract
Obama Gets Heat to Lead on Climate
Whale Cull Plan Sunk as National Delegates Fail to Agree
Minnesota Law Prof Detained in Rwanda Returns Home

Tuesday June 22, 2010

Judge Who Ruled Against Offshore Drilling Moratorium Invests in Oil Industry
Obama's Real McChrystal Problem: Afghanistan Plan in Trouble
American Power Act Fails to Reduce Emissions Enough to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
Conservationists Hit BP With $19 Billion Clean Water Act Lawsuit
Judge Blocks Gulf Offshore Drilling Moratorium
Would a Push to Curb Carbon Really Reduce US Dependence on Oil?
Haitian Farmers Leery of Monsanto's Largesse
iOS4: Apple to Start Collecting User Location Data
Canadian Rendition Probe Expands to US, Syria
The American Way of War: The Dismal "War on Terror" from Bush to Obama
BP's Other Toxic Legacy: 'Decades of Misery' for Gulf Health
The Runaway General
Auto Dealers Maneuver for Exemption in Financial Reform Bill
Ravitch Warns Obama on Education Policy: 'Change Course Before it is Too Late"
US Indirectly Paying Afghan Warlords as Part of Security Contract
Protesters Disrupt BP Speech as Tony Hayward Pulls Out
Giving Peace Advice to Terrorist Can Be Illegal
US General McChrystal Apologizes for Magazine Remarks

Monday June 21, 2010

Gov. Jindal, Oil Firms Challenge Obama Deepwater Drilling Ban
Overconsumption is Costing Us the Earth and Human Happiness
Police Add Water Cannon to G20 Arsenal
Coalition Urges FCC to Block Proposed Merger of Comcast-NBC
Supreme Court Upholds Terrorism Support Law
Court Backs Monsanto on Biotech Seed Sales
Protesters Prevent Unloading of Israeli ship at Port of Oakland
Economic Outlook: Business as Usual
US Social Forum: Activist Stands Ready to Be Part of Big Movement
BP was Told of Oil Safety Fault 'Weeks Before Blast'
Millions Face Starvation in West Africa, Warn Aid Agencies

Sunday June 20, 2010

Rahm Emanuel Expected to Quit White House
New Jersey Battles Over Tax on Millionaires
Colombia Votes: The FARC Side of the Story
US, Israel Warships in Suez May Be Prelude to Faceoff with Iran
Uphill Battle for Green Candidate as Colombians Vote
BP CEO's Yacht Outing Infuriates Gulf Residents
Obama Administration Keeping Blackwater Armed and Dangerous in Afghanistan

Saturday June 19, 2010

Gaza Convoy Activists Claim Israeli Soldiers Using Debit Cards Stolen in Raid
Photos a Leveller for Maids and Their Employers
Toronto G20 Protest Hints at More to Come
U.S. Testing Pain Ray in Afghanistan
Obama Officials Still Approving Flawed Gulf Drilling Plans
World Opinion Condemns the US for a 'Savage' Execution

Friday June 18, 2010

That's All, Spokes: Colorado Town Bans Cyclists
Is Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution?
Return to Commercial Whaling Could be Determined by Tiny Pacific island
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Iceland Safe Haven for Press Freedom: Wikileaks Insider
ACORN Leader says critics Mounted ‘McCarthy-Era War Against the Poor’ After Report Clears Organization of Wrongdoing
Aung San Suu Kyi's Desperate Plea to the World
Krugman Predicts Painful Road if Deficit Hypocrites Prevail
Farmers Push Comeback of ‘Cereal of the Poor’
Sea Shepherd Activists Free Hundreds of Threatened Bluefin Tuna off Libya
BP 'Complacent' over Oil Well Risks
Iran says UN Sanctions Show Double Standard
Disclosure Act in Jeopardy after Interest Groups Balk at NRA Deal
White House Flip Flops On Reining In CEO Pay

Thursday June 17, 2010

New Clash in World Cup Labor Dispute
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Tax the Wall Street Casino
Billions of New Nuke Giveaways in Kerry-Lieberman Bill Exposed
Global Poll Shows Muslims Leery of US and Obama
"You Should Be in Prison!": Protester Interrupts BP Hearing
BP's $20 Billion Spill Fund Echoes in Bhopal Justice Cry
Dear Reader, Pllllease Sllllow Doooown
Kyrgyz Conflict an 'Immense Crisis'
Arizonan's Target: US-Born Kids' Citizenship
US Banks Send in the Lobbyists to Blunt Reform
Human Rights Groups say Israel's 'Easing of Blockade' Does Not Go Far Enough

Wednesday June 16, 2010

Do Armed Contractors Belong in War Zones?
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WikiLeaks to Release Video of Deadly US Afghan Attack
Massive Spill Forces Fossil Fuels Rethinking
School District Faces 'Nuclear Option' as Chicago Threatens Teacher Layoffs and 35-Student Classrooms
A 'Nightmare Well' Now Everyone's Nightmare
Deficit Fear-Mongering Gets Results in US Senate as Unemployed Pay the Price
Dems Face Backlash over NRA Deal
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The Gulf and Our Oily Campaign-Finance System
Prop. 8 Backers Target 18,000 Same-Sex Marriages
Food Prices to Rise by Up to 40% Over Next Decade, UN Report Warns
Obama Talks Tough On Oil Spill
Marine Jailed for War Crimes Freed

Tuesday June 15, 2010

Beneath the Surface: What Obama Is Overlooking in the Gulf
A State Democratic Party Tells Congress: Reject More War Spending
The Blockbuster Bubble? Wall Street Looks to Gamble on Hollywood
Obey Makes Rare DC Connection Between Domestic Spending and War Funding
Nalco Dispersant Makes Oil More Toxic to Marine Life, Group Says
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ACORN Vindicated of Wrongdoing by the Congressional Watchdog Office
ICC Adds Aggression to List of Crimes Despite US Opposition
Anti-Torture Activists Acquittal a Victory for 'Free Speech'
Amid Unemployment Crisis, Senate Gridlock Leaves Jobs Bill in Limbo
Teachers' Anti-War Message Draws Fire
Petraeus Passes Out Briefly at Hearing
Anxiety Reigns in Washington Over Afghanistan (Petraeus Passes Out During Senate Hearing)
Timing of Leak of Afghan Mineral Wealth Evokes Skepticism
Obama Needs to Show 'Superman'-Like Transformation to Move Nation in New Direction

Monday June 14, 2010

Maher Arar Loses ‘Last Hope’ in US Court Ruling
Obama's Treasury Dept Working To Defeat Derivatives Proposal 'Of Utmost Importance' To Reforming Wall Street
Democrats: Breakthrough on Campaign Finance Bill
Report: US-Backed Somali Government Using Child Soldiers
Iraq Parliament Opens, But Still No Coalition Government
A Lobbying Tempest Engulfs Financial Overhaul
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Wanted by the US: WikiLeaks Founder Keeps His Head Down
BP Oil Spill May Not Be Capped Until Christmas, Expert Warns
Red Cross: Gaza Blockade Illegal
Afghans Beware! US Military Touts Mineral Reserves in Afghanistan

Sunday June 13, 2010

Vietnam, US Still in Conflict over Agent Orange Burden
Kyrgyzstan's Death Toll Rises to 84 as Ethnic Riots Spread
Obama Asks for $50 Billion in Additional Stimulus for Local, State Aid
McChrystal Faces "Iraq 2006 Moment" in Coming Months
Are Big Green Groups Protesting Too Little Amid Oil Disaster?
Arab League Demands Gaza Siege End

Saturday June 12, 2010

Hunger Strikers' American Dreams
Global Protest Planned over BP's Handling of Oil Disaster
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The Spill, The Scandal and the President
Goal to Eliminate Child Labor Running out of Steam
Climate Deal Blueprint Could Curb US Emissions and Poor Nations' Growth

Friday June 11, 2010

Baghdad Urged to Tackle Water Crisis
Panel Recommends Nearly $1 Trillion in "Defense" Cuts
Bill Clinton Thanks AHIP Lobby for Work on Health-Care Reform
Murders at Guantánamo: The Cover-Up Continues
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Fear of 'Secret Cables' Fuels Pentagon Manhunt for Wikileaks Founder
Ordinary Gazans, Not Hamas, Hurt Most by 3-Year Blockade
Hope for Two-State Solution 'Beginning to Erode': Abbas
Volley of US Missiles Hits NW Pakistan in Two Separate Drone Strikes
Obama's Afghanistan Strategy: The News is Bad
Devastating BP Oil Spill was Inevitable as Government Failed to Learn from Past Tragedies
Government Raises Estimate Of Oil Flow To 20,000 To 40,000 Barrels A Day, More Or Less
Thousands of Minnesota Nurses Strike Twin Cities Hospitals
Flashy Army Recruitment Center in Pa. Mall Closing

Thursday June 10, 2010

BP Oil Leak Aftermath: Slow-Motion Tragedy Unfolds for Marine Life
NY Appeals Court Tosses Ruling on RNC Surveillance
Concerns Grow over Bagram's Prison within a Prison
Experts: BP's Plan to Protect Spill Workers Inadequate
ACLU Chief 'Disgusted' with Obama
With Blue Dog Allies, Alaska Senator and GOP Move to Strip EPA's Authority
Israeli Document: Gaza Blockade Isn't About Security
Effectiveness of Iran Sanctions Widely Questioned
Rich Nations Could Increase Emissions Under Pledge Loopholes, UN Data Shows
Afghan President 'Has Lost Faith in US Ability to Defeat Taliban'

Wednesday June 9, 2010

BP's Continued Denial Of Underwater Plumes Provokes Ridicule
Gulf Oil Spill Reaches the Senate in a Shrimper's Jar
Draft UN Treaty Targets Security Firms in War Zones
Sanders Calls for Repeal of Tax Breaks for Oil, Gas Industry
Watching the Protesters: The Spies Who Know Too Much
Can You Look Her in the iPad?
After BP, A Closer Eye on Shale Drilling
Mexico Anger High after US Border Patrol Kills Teen
Arizona Blocked from Subsidizing State Candidates with 'Clean Election' Funds
Iranian Nuclear Scientist in Video Riddle
Senate Weakens Bid toTax Wall Street Like Rest of Us
UN Set to Vote on Iran Sanctions
Labor Proud, WH Aids 'Anonymous' in Lincoln-Halter Aftermath

Tuesday June 8, 2010

Austerity Anger Grows in Europe
Haitian Farmers Urged to Burn Donated US Seeds
Rig Survivors: BP Ordered Shortcut on Day of Blast
NATO Suffers Deadliest Day This Year in Afghanistan
Rich Nations Accused over 'Logging Loophole' at Bonn Climate Talks
Exxon Valdez Lawyer: Louisianans, 'To Use A Legal Term,' Are 'Just F--ked'
BP 'Manipulating Search Results' on Google Following Oil Spill
Senate Dems May Back Murkowski Plan to Block EPA Climate Rules
Activists Call for 'Public Outcry' over Oil Disaster
Too Little, Too Late for Bhopal
Global Index Finds World has Become Less Peaceful
Turkey Protests as Israel Announces Internal Fotilla Probe
BP Well May Be Spewing 100,000 Barrels a Day, Scientist Says
Years of Internal BP Probes Warned That Neglect Could Lead to Accidents

Monday June 7, 2010

US Progressives: Time to Make Obama Uncomfortable
Charges of Whitewashing Cloud Mine Safety Investigations
US Used Cluster Bombs on Yemen Civilians: Amnesty
Helen Thomas Retires Effective Immediately
Renewables Can Create 8.5 Million Jobs: Greenpeace
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US Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe
Surging Costs Hit Food Security in Poorer Nations
Public Employee Unions: The Great American Scapegoat
Santa Barbara: The Spill That Energized a Movement
Ex-Union Carbide Officials Jailed over Bhopal Leak
Report says Doctors Helped Refine Harsh Methods

Sunday June 6, 2010

Polluted Justice: Many Gulf Federal Judges Have Oil Links
Mainer Brings Home Memories – But Alas, No Film – of the Gaza Aid Clash
Israel Rejects UN Call for Inquiry into Flotilla Raid
Lame BP Ads Get Criticism, Not Sympathy
Obama Dealmaking Look Like Politics as Usual
Activists Still Challenge Official Estimate of Exxon Valdez Spill
GM Lobby Helped Draw Up Crucial Report on Britain's Food Supplies
The Hijacking of the Truth: Film Evidence 'Destroyed'

Saturday June 5, 2010

Maine Video Producer Recounts Gaza Flotilla Ordeal
Arizona Police Officer Challenges Migrant Law
BP And Halliburton Build Legal Teams, Attempt To Buy Off Government Officials
Gaza Flotilla Activists Were Shot in Head at Close Range

Friday June 4, 2010

Real People v. Corporate “People”: The Fight Is On
If World Governments Will Not Confront Israel, What Path Should Civil Society Take?
School Districts' Answer to Budget Woes: Less School
BP Looks to Profit from Oil Salvaged from Gushing Well
EU to Allow Nations to Ban Approved GM Crops
Afghan Gathering Agrees Peace Moves with Taliban
Behind the Camera Lens in Honduras
US Calls for Rwanda to Release Professor
US 'Secret War' Expands Globally as Special Operations Forces Take larger Role
BP Wrestles Cap over Leak as Obama Heads Back to Gulf
Freedom Flotilla: MV Rachel Corrie Bravely Heads for Gaza
Oil's Gruesome Toll on Wildlife Slowly Emerging

Thursday June 3, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill Likely to Hit U.S. Atlantic Coast This Summer
Severe Drought Causes Hunger for 10 Million in West Africa
FCC to Debate Comcast-NBC Merger with Public Forums
Monsanto’s 475-ton Seed Donation Challenged by Haitian Peasants
Secretive Bilderberg Club Ready for Protests
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Ellsberg says Internet Would Have Eased Publication of Pentagon Papers
Revolving Door: 1,447 Former Government Workers Lobbying For Wall Street
Turkey Mourns Dead as Controversy Rages; American Teenager Among Slain
The Strange Case of Peter Erlinder
CIA Drone Operators Oppose Strikes as Helping al Qaeda
Guantanamo Deaths in 2006 Won't Go Away
Ban Ki-moon: Gaza Blockade 'Must be Lifted'
BP Seeks Yet Another Way to Stop Oil Leak as Protests Loom
George W. Bush Admits Torture, Says He Would 'Do It Again'

Wednesday June 2, 2010

The Upper Delaware’s Last Stand: Threat of Gas Drilling Earns River Most Endangered Status
CIA Drones Claim 'License to Kill' with Impunity: UN Expert
UN Urges Global Move to Meat and Dairy-Free Diet
Student Immigrants Use Civil Rights-Era Strategies
Israel Deports Aid Activists
Lawsuit Seeks Full Disclosure of Dispersant Impacts on Gulf’s Endangered Wildlife
Radioactive Fish Near Vt. Nuke Plant Deemed Common
BP Could Face Ban as US Launches Criminal Investigation
As World Decries Israel's Action, Obama Seeks to Quiet Outrage over Gaza Flotilla Killings
Taliban Attacks Afghan Peace Jirga
Indefinite Detention at Gitmo Criticized as "Legal Nihilism"

Tuesday June 1, 2010

Reporting Israeli Assault Through Israel's Eyes
Storm Warning for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Clean-Up
BP Faces FBI Probe over Oil Spill
Supreme Court: Suspects Must Verbally Insist on Silence
Wars’ Living Victims Honor the Dead, Push for Peace
Israelis Opened Fire Before Boarding Gaza Flotilla, say Released Activists
BP Clashes with Scientists over Deep Sea Oil Pollution
Afghanistan Head of al-Qaida 'Killed in Pakistan Drone Strike'
Israel Isolated as World Demands Probe, End to Gaza Blockade
US Drone Strikes Draw Int'l Scrutiny
Turks March Against Israeli Attack

June 2010