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Headlines - September, 2010

Thursday September 30, 2010

Ecuador in Turmoil as President Denounces 'Coup Attempt'
Breaking: Live Coverage From Ecuador
Obama Administration Should Oppose Any Attempted Coup in Ecuador: CEPR Co-Director
Senator: Fire Afghanistan Funds Inspector, Avoid Repeating Mistakes in Iraq and Afghanistan
FBI Targets US Palestine Activists
Pakistan Cuts Off NATO Supply Route
Rights Activists Share Alternative Nobel

Wednesday September 29, 2010

Human Impact on World's Rivers 'Threatens Water Security of 5 Billion'
WTO Calls On US to Cut Farm Subsidies
Hungry in Gaza, More and More
Trade in Mammoth Ivory 'Is Fueling Slaughter of African Elephants'
Tens of Thousands March in Brussels Over Austerity
One in Five Plant Species Face Extinction

Tuesday September 28, 2010

Austerity Whips Up Anger, Protests Mount in Europe
Plan to Ship Radioactive Parts Over Great Lakes Condemned
BP Spill: Scientists Scramble to Find Out Where the Oil Went
Former US President Jimmy Carter Hospitalized: Official
Landslide Hits Oaxaca Leaving Hundreds Dead
U.S. 9/11 Rescue Workers Still Waiting for Healthcare
GM Maize 'Has Polluted Rivers Across the United States'
Report: Significant Cheating by FBI Agents on Exam
U.S. Mounting First Test of Cyber-Blitz Response Plan
Israel Seizes Gaza Aid Boat

Monday September 27, 2010

Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications
Mass Arrests in DC: We Shall No Longer Be Crucified Upon the Cross of Coal
Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
Ashcroft's Post-9/11 Roundups Spark Lawsuit
Pakistan Furious Over NATO Cross-Border Taliban Raids
Climate Change Crisis 'Can Be Solved by Oil Companies'
Abbas Delays Decision on Talks as Settlement Construction Freeze Ends
Campaigners Defend 'Celebrated Novels' from US Censors
Report: US Would Make Internet Wiretaps Easier
US Army to Hold First Hearing on Grisly Afghan Killings

Sunday September 26, 2010

Pentagon Destroys Thousands of Copies of Army Officer's Memoir
Jewish Activists Set Sail for Gaza from Cyprus
The Former Guerrilla Set to be the World's Most Powerful Woman
Anti-War Activists Targeted by FBI Speak Out
White House Defends Targeted Killing Program
Call for 'Gaza Style' Inquiry on Afghan Deaths

Saturday September 25, 2010

Famed Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Losing Hope
Localism vs Globalism: Two World Views Collide
Iran Open to New Nuclear Talks: Ahmadinejad
Pakistan Erupts After US Jailing of 'Daughter of the Nation' Aafia Siddiqui
US Librarians Lead Fight Against Banned Books

Friday September 24, 2010

Americans Vastly Underestimate Wealth Inequality, Support 'More Equal Distribution Of Wealth': Study
UN Warned of Major New Food Crisis at Emergency Meeting in Rome
FBI Raids Homes of Several Twin Cities War Protesters
Senate Republicans Again Block DISCLOSE Act, Designed to Reveal Special Interest Spending
U.S. Troops Fight on Despite End to Combat in Iraq
This Year, Contractor Deaths Exceed Military Ones in Iraq and Afghanistan
US Executes Grandmother Despite Protests

Thursday September 23, 2010

UK Winning Fight to Soften International Scrutiny of Offshore Drilling
Rising Energy Demand Hits Water Scarcity 'Choke Point'
The Rise of 'Super PACs' Continues, Leaving Voters in Dark as Attack Ads Fill Airwaves
NOPD Officer Gets Three Years For Cover-Up of Danziger Bridge Shootings
GOP 'Pledge To America' Director Lobbied For AIG, Exxon, Pfizer, Chamber
Israel Used 'Incredible Violence' Against Gaza Aid Flotilla, Says UN Human Rights Council

Wednesday September 22, 2010

US Could Continue Afghan Detention
GOP Filibusters 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal, DREAM Act
Massive US Military Buildup Planned for Guam
G20 'Secret Law' to Undergo Independent Review
Corporate Lobbying Is Blocking Food Reforms, Senior UN Official Warns
UN Asks for Action on Nature Loss, Citing Poverty

Tuesday September 21, 2010

Israel's Investigations of Gaza Conflict Inadequate, Say UN Experts
Pakistan Drone Attacks Kill Scores
Senate Republicans Use Filibuster to Block Efforts to Repeal 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Policy
Machu Picchu Train Halted Over Water Protests
Poverty Summit: U.N. Chief Looks Beyond 2015 Deadline While NGOs Slam 'Collective Failure'
Israel: It's Against Our Interest to Join Anti-Nuclear Arms Treaty
Reporter: CNN Refused to Air Footage of US War Crime in Iraq
Environmentalists Stop Oil Drilling Ship in Protest at West of Shetland Work
Helicopter Crash Makes 2010 Worst Year of Afghan War
Russia Boosts Research to Support Arctic Territories Claim

Monday September 20, 2010

U.S. Exits Longest Recession Since World War II
IG: FBI Gave Inaccurate Statements on Surveillance
Iowa Activists Drew Extensive FBI Scrutiny
Arctic Ice in Death Spiral
Report Documents Persistent Segregation in Schools
Virginia Set to Execute First Woman in Nearly a Century
World Powers to Tackle Climate Amid Skepticism

Sunday September 19, 2010

BP Finally Seals Leaking Gulf of Mexico Oil Well
IDF Still Using Banned Weapon Against Civilian Protestors
FDA Won’t Allow Food to Be Labeled Free of Genetic Modification: Report
U.S. Army Charges 5 Soldiers Over Afghan Murders: Report

Saturday September 18, 2010

Afghanistan Elections Marred by Deadly Attacks
Thousands Protest Against German Nuclear Plan
U.S. Senators Impressed With Alberta Oilsands Tour

Friday September 17, 2010

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Chorus of Progressive Economists: Govt. Must Spur Demand to End Recession
Obama Names Elizabeth Warren to Set Up New Consumer Body
Pentagon to Funnel US Arms to Yemen to Fight al-Qaeda
Deformed Fish Found in Lake Downstream From Oilsands
U.S. Money for Prisons, Not for Social Services
Texas Hammers EPA on Science of Global Warming

Thursday September 16, 2010

More Americans are Poor than Ever Before, Census Finds
Seven Civilians Killed in US-Iraqi Raid
Corps of Engineers Levee Armoring Plans Have Louisiana Officials Concerned
Warlords, Alleged Killers Seek Re-Election to Afghan Parliament
US Drones Prowl Mexico Bicentennial
Nuclear Waste Piles Up With No Disposal Plan

Wednesday September 15, 2010

World Bank Invests Record Sums in Coal
US Says Idle Gulf of Mexico Oil Wells Must Be Plugged
Doubling of SOF Night Raids Backfired in Kandahar
Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell 'Appalled' by State's Tracking of Activists
Tea Party Gains in US Primaries
Arctic Warms, Sea Ice Shrinks, Extinction Risk Grows
US May File Civil Complaint Against BP Over Gulf Spill
Vegas Drone Trial Makes History
Thousands Protest in Afghanistan

Tuesday September 14, 2010

Fewer Hungry, but More Hunger Waits
As Regulators Weigh Drilling in Marcellus Shale, EPA Opens Public Hearings on Health and Environmental Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing
U.S. Chamber, Energy Trade Groups Urge Spending Panels to Block EPA Climate Rules
France Faces Legal Threat Over Roma
IMF Fears 'Social Explosion' From World Jobs Crisis
Summit Failure on Water, Sanitation Would Be Recipe for Disaster
Industry Has Sway Over Food Safety System: U.S. Study
Utah Agency Approves Oil-Sands Project
A Planet at War With Itself

Monday September 13, 2010

The Proving Grounds: School “Rheeform” in Washington, D.C.
US to Arabs: Don't Make Israel a 'Pariah' at IAEA
NATO Issues New Guidelines for Afghanistan Contracts
More U.S.-Mexico Border Crime a Myth, Officials Say
Congress to Be Told of 60-Billion US-Saudi Arms Deal
The Arctic Oil Rush
Report: 'Rampant Abuse in Iraq Jails'

Sunday September 12, 2010

BP Well Threatens Ancient Libyan Sites
Quran Burning and US Inconsistency
US Poverty Rate Expected to Post a Record Increase

Saturday September 11, 2010

Chamber of Commerce Accused of Tax Fraud
Nine Years, Two Wars, Hundreds of Thousands Dead – and Nothing Learnt
Barack Obama: 'No' to Solar Panels on the White House Roof

Friday September 10, 2010

PG&E, Owner of Exploded California Pipeline, Also Runs Major Political Operation
Fireball Tragedy in California Suburb Brings Gas Industry Under Scrutiny
Enbridge Shuts Major Canada-U.S. Oil Line Due to Leak Near Chicago
Judge Rules Ban on Gays in Military Unconstitutional
US Asks Firms to Reveal Gas Extraction Liquid
Petraeus Spin on IED War Belied by Soaring Casualties

Thursday September 9, 2010

Florida Pastor Calls Off Quran Burning
Iran to Free American Sarah Shourd
Calls for Change of Strategy in Afghanistan Grow Louder
Do ‘Environmental Extremists’ Pose Criminal Threat to Gas Drilling?
Goldman Sachs Fined $30.9 Million in UK: Report
Regulatory Capture of Oil Drilling Agency Exposed In Report
Court Dismisses Suit Alleging 'Torture Flights'
US Soldiers 'Killed Afghan Civilians for Sport and Collected Fingers as Trophies'

Wednesday September 8, 2010

Land Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase
During War There Are No Civilians
US Religious Leaders Condemn Growing Islamophobia
Lawsuit Targets US Searches of Global Travelers’ Devices
Shadow Spy Plane Company Releases Unmanned, Video-Controlled Sea Vessel
Oil Industry Lowballs Bird Deaths: Study
UN 'Failed' DR Congo Rape Victims
'Many Failures' Caused BP Spill

Tuesday September 7, 2010

In Mich. Cleanup, a Missed Opportunity for Local Workers and Abuse of Undocumented Ones
Strikes in France, London Foreshadow More Protests
Nobel Laureate Stiglitz Says EU Austerity Is Wrong Bet
First US "Non-combat" Troops Killed in Combat Since "End of Combat Operations" Declared in Iraq
Anti-War Groups Battle for Survival
'Cannibal Cafe' in Berlin a Vegetarian Campaign Hoax
'Honor' Killing: The Crimewave that Shames the World
South Still Battling to Stop North’s Biopiracy
Time Running Out Faster Than Water, Experts Warn

Monday September 6, 2010

BP Spill: WH says Oil Has Gone, but Gulf's Fishermen are Not So Sure
Obama Unveils Huge Jobs and Infrastructure Plan
Obama Should Borrow A Page From FDR This Labor Day
Unions Gear Up to Push Agenda at the Polls

Sunday September 5, 2010

After 20 Years of Protection, Owl Declining but Forests Remain
Mozambique's Food Riots – the True Face of Global Warming
The True Cost of the Iraq War: $3 Trillion and Beyond
Israeli Raids Claim Lives in Gaza

Saturday September 4, 2010

UN to Hold Crisis Talks on Food Prices as Riots Hit Mozambique
Tony Blair Pelted with Eggs and Shoes at Book Signing
BP: Let Us Drill – or We May Not Have Cash to Pay Gulf Claims

Friday September 3, 2010

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The Great Jobs Depression Worsens, and the Choice Ahead Grows Starker
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill’s 30-Year Legacy
Screening Out the Empathy: The Impact of Screen Culture on Our Brains
Report: States Pass Staggering Array of Anti-Choice Laws, Policies and Ballot Measures
Enbridge Announces New Athabasca Oilsands Pipeline Expansion
Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform Explodes, Fueling Debate Over Offshore Drilling
Israel Invited to Join Anti-Nuclear Pact

Thursday September 2, 2010

Big Oil Rallies to Save Big Oil
German Military Report: Peak Oil Could Lead to Collapse of Democracy
Feds Sue Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio, Call His Defiance 'Unprecedented'
Another Oil Rig in Gulf of Mexico Explodes
Settlers Defy Peace Talks With New Construction Across West Bank
Further Victims Identified in DRC Mass Rapes Case
Risks Remain With Gulf Well Cap Coming Off, Govt. Offers No Promises Oil Won't Gush
Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not To Drink Their Water
NATO Probes Afghan Civilian Deaths Claims
Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Abandoning Occupation of Arctic Oil Rig

Wednesday September 1, 2010

Overworked and Underpaid? Productivity Increases, But Wage Growth Declines
Judge Rules Against US Government on Oil Drilling
Afghan War Unwinnable Quagmire, Ex-CIA Man Says
Campaign Finance Reformers Facing Major Political, Legal Obstacles
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Sweden Reopens Investigation Into Rape Claim Against Julian Assange
Army Downplays Depleted Uranium Risk on Hawaiian Island
'Triple Threat' Looms Over Pakistan
US Drones Will Patrol Entire Southern Border
Farewell to Iraq, but No Talk of Mission Accomplished

September 2010