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Headlines - October, 2010

Sunday October 31, 2010

Ted Sorensen, Speechwriter for JFK, Dead at Age 82
Kyrgyzstan Deals Cloaked in Mystery
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War-Weary Iraqis Unmoved by Wikileaks
UK Troops Face 90 New Claims of Abuse in Iraq
Obama Environment Agenda Under Threat from Incoming Republicans
Stewart And Colbert Rebuke The Media At Rally: 'If We Amplify Everything, We Hear Nothing'
Poverty of Ideas: Despite Economy, Right Still Blames Poor for Being Poor
GOP Plans Attacks on the EPA and Climate Scientists

Saturday October 30, 2010

Laughs, Activism Blending at Stewart-Colbert Rally
Pakistan Floods: Forgotten... But Not Gone
US Slides on Corruption Index
Homeowners Get The Boot For Bad Paperwork While Banks Get Millions For Same
UN Seals Historic Treaty to Protect Ecosystems

Friday October 29, 2010

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November 2, Creative Destruction and ‘Repealing the 20th Century’
Bat Disease Threatens Ecological Catastrophe
Local Iraqi Governments Oppose Baghdad Gas Deals
Child Soldiers 'No Bar' for US Aid
Medical Teams Rush to Halt Haiti's Deadly Cholera
With GOP-Controlled Congress, Roubini Predicts US "Fiscal Train Wreck"
Private Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
Climate Change Denial Pervades US Elections
George Bush Thought 9/11 Plane Had Been Shot Down on His Orders

Thursday October 28, 2010

Inquiry: BP, Halliburton Knew Well Cement Was 'Unstable'
Friends of the Earth: Market Mechanisms Are a False Solution to Biodiversity Loss
Gas-Guzzling US Military Confronted with Reality of 'Peak Oil'
Killing Reconciliation: How US Policy Undermines Peace in Afghanistan
Tea Party Candidates Only a Democrat Could Love
Argentina Mourns the President Who Led His Nation Back from Brink
The Right to Food: Corporate, Foreign Gov’t Land Grab Causing Hunger in Poor Countries
The $4 Billion Election: Spending Records Shattered as Republicans Benefit from Late Cash Surge
Largest US Polluters Want EPA to Keep Their Emissions Secret from Public
Indonesia Tsunami Death Toll Soars
John Boehner: GOP 'Not Looking for Compromise' If They Take the House
$1 Trillion in Reserves, But Not Hiring: Is Business 'Anti-Jobs'?
US Can't Untangle Billions in Bush-Era Afghan Spending

Wednesday October 27, 2010

'Our Families Can’t Afford to Stay Home on Election Day'
Planting Oases in a Land of Burgers and Fries
Former Argentina President Néstor Kirchner Dies
Democrat Pushed To The Ground, Arrested By Local Police At Eric Cantor Public Event (Video)
BP Dispersants 'Causing Sickness'
Terrorism Suspect Given 'Victim' Status by Polish Legal Authorities
Drones Spur Yemenis' Distrust of Government and US
Border Guards Profiting from Haitian Child Smuggling
UN Assembly Calls for End to US Embargo on Cuba (Again)
Pack Assange Off to Guantanamo, US Conservatives Tell Obama
UN Investigator Urges Probe of Alleged US Torture
With No Oversight, US Army Amasses Biometric Data in Afghanistan
Clashes Erupt at Israel March
Victory in Afghanistan 'Impossible': Gorbachev

Tuesday October 26, 2010

Despite Heavy Oil, Louisiana Keeps Fisheries Open
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Coming Soon to America: Big Push for Austerity
Sparks Fly on Climate Change as Californians Oppose Prop 23
The Betrayal of Omar Khadr – and of American Justice
US Veteran Who Killed Unarmed Iraqis Wins Tea Party Support
Activist and Novelist, Arundhati Roy, Faces Arrest over Kashmir Remark
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Leaked Report, New Iraqi Alignment Reveal U.S. War Failure
Growing Calls for Moratorium on Climate Geoengineering
Coffee Party Seeks to Outbrew Tea Party in US Politics
Campaign Spending by Outside Groups Tops $257 Million

Monday October 25, 2010

Global Food Crisis Forecast as Prices Reach Record Highs
From Protester to Senator, FBI Tracked Paul Wellstone
Child Soldier, Omar Khadr, Pleads Guilty in Plea Agreement
Meet the Lawyer Who Argued Money Is Speech, and Won
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'Crazy Horse' and Collateral Damage
Tea Party Climate Change Deniers Funded by BP and Other Major Polluters

Sunday October 24, 2010

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US Under Pressure on WikiLeaks Allegations
Israelis Fired 308 Bullets Aboard Gaza Ship: General

Saturday October 23, 2010

Blue Plaque for Lennon-Ono 'Two Virgins' Home
Health Workers Scramble to Keep Cholera Out of Haiti's Crowded Camps
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Wikileaks Files Show 'Truth' On Iraq: Assange
Clarence Thomas's Credibility at Issue Again

Friday October 22, 2010

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Iraq War Logs: Secret Files Show How US Ignored Torture
FDIC Called On To Put Bank Of America Into Receivership
Special Report: The Haves, the Have-Nots and the Dreamless Dead
NOAA: Warming Arctic Unlikely to Return to How it Was
George W. Bush Reveals His Biggest Failure Was Not Privatizing Social Security
Talk of Afghan Peace Talks Legit or 'Information Operation'?
'Viva Palestina' Activists Deliver Tons of Aid to Gaza Strip
Toxic Powder, Swastikas Sent to Rep. Raul Grijalva, Progressive Caucus Co-Chair
Deadly Cholera Outbreak Hits Haiti
French Unions: We Won't Pay For 'Failures of Global Finance'

Thursday October 21, 2010

'Not One Word of Remorse' from Driver Who Crushed Rachel Corrie
Leaker of Pentagon Papers Stresses Importance of Telling the Truth to Student Audience
Jewish Settlers 'Building 600 New Homes'
Rash of Spills Puts New Tar Sands Oil Pipeline on Hold
Candidates Ignore Media, But It's Voters Who Stand to Lose
Canada Seeks to Drop Native Peoples from New Biodiversity Pact
'Super PAC' American Crossroads Continues Amassing and Utilizing Hefty War Chest Ahead of Election
Google Exploits Tax Loophole that Costs US $60 Billion Annually
US Announces Massive Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
Familiar GOP Plan Lives: Cutting Social Security to 'Save It'
German Grid Aching Under (Too Much) Solar Power
NATO Surge on Taliban Stronghold Drives Civilians into the Line of Fire

Wednesday October 20, 2010

Recession Ebbs, But Misery Piles on for Families in Poverty
UN Report Sheds Light on Rape as Weapon of War
NAACP Takes On The Tea Parties in New Report
MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election
Iran Confirms Two Detained Americans to Face Trial
Carter in Syria: Israel Must Fully Lift Gaza Blockade
Docs on Pharma Payroll Have Blemished Records, Limited Credentials
US Military Accepts Openly Gay Recruits
Rachel Corrie Case: Israeli Soldier to Testify Anonymously

Tuesday October 19, 2010

High-Level Talks Aim for an End to the Afghan War
US Military Aid Far Outpaces Democracy Assistance
Hoaxers Target New Chevron Advertising Campaign
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Ashcroft Can Be Sued by Detained Citizen
Australian PM Warns of 10-Year Afghan Engagement
Beware of Polls That Exclude Cell Phone-Only Voters
Clashes Break Out as French Protests Hit Streets
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Fearing Increased Wikileaks 'Credibility', Pentagon Asks Media Not to Use Leaked War Files
Eating Less Meat Could Save 45,000 Lives a Year, Experts Claim
Major FAIR Exposé of PBS: Taking the 'Public' Out of Public TV

Monday October 18, 2010

UN Conference Confronts Dramatic Loss Of Biodiversity
Report Shows Drones Strikes Based on Scant Evidence
French Strike Hits Fuel Supplies
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Citizen Protests, Government Repression Mount in Haiti
Stimulating Hypocrisy: Scores of Recovery Act Opponents Sought Money Out of Public View
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Pentagon Braces for Iraq Wikileaks
Alaskan Reporter Detained by Security at Joe Miller Event
A Whole New 'Green' Deal

Sunday October 17, 2010

Canada-US Pipeline on Hold Amid Oil's Recent Woes
Merkel Says German Multi-Cultural Society Has Failed
'Key Time' to Solve Nature Crisis ‎
Independent Groups Set Record Pace for Outside Spending in a Midterm Election
Trade Unionists Speak Out Against FBI Attacks on Civil Liberties

Saturday October 16, 2010

Suit to Make Feds Admit Pot's Benefits Rejected
Protests Threaten France Shutdown
UN Says Global Farm Methods 'Recipe for Disaster'
Seven Years of War and Still No Power to the Iraqi People

Friday October 15, 2010

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Foreclosuregate: Time to Break Up the Too-Big-to-Fail Banks?
US Weighs Endorsing Indigenous Rights Declaration
The GOP's Million-Dollar Men
German Renewable Energy Pioneer, Hermann Scheer, Dies
Report: US Military Continues 'Toxic Burn Pits' in Afghanistan and Iraq
US to Probe China's Green-Tech Trade Policies
Canada Declares BPA Toxic. Is the US Next?
Palestinians Furious at Israeli Plan to Build More Homes in East Jerusalem
French Strikers Cut Fuel Pipeline to Paris
Tomato Pickers Secure Path-Breaking Deal with Florida Grower
DR Congo Troops Accused in New Rape Atrocities

Thursday October 14, 2010

US Presses Allies on Missile Shield
After Flood, Pakistani Children Face Winter Peril
How 2 Civilian Sleuths Brought Foreclosure Problems to Light
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WikiLeaks says Funding Has Been Blocked After Government Blacklisting
‘Are You Guys Eventually Going To Disclose?’ Chamber Responds Bluntly, ‘No!’
Insurance Companies Struggle to Keep Sick Kids Profitable
50 Dems Urge EPA to Ignore Manchin, Fight Against Mountaintop Mining
Report: Afghans Allege Abuse at Secret US Jail
Afghan Peace Council Chief: Taliban Ready to Talk
US Spend-or-Cut Debate Rages on at World Knowledge Forum in Seoul
Conservative Group, Flush with Funds, Turns to House

Wednesday October 13, 2010

AFL-CIO’s ‘Job Tracker’ Continues Electoral Season Attention to Corporate Offshoring
Officials in 50 States Launch Foreclosure Probe
Western Lifestyles Plundering Tropics at Record Rate, WWF Report Shows
In Clean Energy Race With China, Both Countries Come Out Ahead
Palestinians Call on US, Israel to Set Borders
Helen Thomas: You Cannot Criticize Israel in the US and Survive
California's Green Candidate for Governor Arrested Outside Debate Tuesday Night
Campaign Finance Reform: R.I.P?
Afghan Civilian War Injuries Double in Kandahar Conflict
Massey Cited for Serious Violations at West Virginia Mine
First of 33 Trapped Chilean Miners Lifted to Safety After 69 Days Underground

Tuesday October 12, 2010

Outside Cash Leaves Scorched Earth in US Campaign
Rand Study: Marijuana Legalization Would Markedly Cut Mexican Drug Cartel Profits
Court Orders US to Cease Enforcing Gay Military Ban
World Bank Pressured over Record Fossil Fuels Lending
President Obama to End Deep-Water-Drilling Ban
They Hate Us for Our Occupations
Google Invests in $5bn Wind-Power Superhighway
France: Strikes over Pension Reform Begin
Wall Street Pays Out Billions in Record Compensation: Report
Israeli Cabinet Approves Loyalty Oath for Non-Jews
Families, Veterans Call Operation Name on Arlington Headstones Propaganda Move
Israeli Troops Accused of Shooting Children in Gaza

Monday October 11, 2010

Candidates Exploit Ranked-Choice Endorsements
Malnourished Children Swell Ranks of World's Hungry
“Cover-up” Alleged Over U.K. Aid Worker's Death
Accountability: Corporate Arrest in Hungarian Toxic Mud Disaster

Sunday October 10, 2010

What a Scientist Didn't Tell the New York Times About His Study on Bee Deaths
Torture Victim Sues Obama Administration Over `Kafkaesque Nightmare'
How Hank Paulson's Inaction Helped Goldman Sachs

Saturday October 9, 2010

Why is This GOP House Candidate Dressed as a Nazi?
Gaza Flotilla Attack: Calls for International Criminal Court to Step In
Pakistan's Convoy Halt Forces US to Reduce Tensions
10/10/10: 7,000 Events Planned in 188 Countries

Friday October 8, 2010

'Don't Worry, Be Happy': Canada Sees Climate Change Prosperity Instead of Calamity
Report: Haiti Recovery 'Paralyzed'
Obama Kills Bill Which Would Have Made It More Difficult for Homeowners to Challenge Foreclosures
Senate Report: Mismanaged US Contractor Money Aids Enemy in Afghanistan
Senate Report: Mismanaged US Contractor Money Aids Enemy in Afghanistan
It Pays Not to Cultivate GM Crops, Survey Finds
Chinese Dissident Wins Nobel Peace Prize; China Outraged

Thursday October 7, 2010

Barack Obama Accused of Exaggerating Terror Threat for Political Gain
Lou Dobbs, American Hypocrite
US Drone Strikes in Pakistan Could Backfire
Pakistan: No Justification For US Drone Attacks
Companies Using Piles Of Cash To Buy Back Stock, Not Generate Jobs
White House Squelched Release of BP Oil Spill Estimates

Wednesday October 6, 2010

Powerful Nations Withhold Climate Aid, Trample World's Poor
Labor Pains: Clash Between Two Unions Could Change Face of US Labor
One Nation Fails to Impress Corporate Media
There Is Class War, and Rich Are Winning
Is Digital Activism an Effective Medium for Change?
Civilian Trial of ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Due to Start in New York
Special Report: The Pentagon's New Cyber Warriors
Enbridge Investors Told Pipelines Feed Fossil Fuel Addictions
Daschle Admits -- Then Denies -- That White House Agreed With Industry To Scrap Public Option
Taliban in Talks with Karzai Government: Report

Tuesday October 5, 2010

Anti-War Activists Whose Homes Were Raided To Refuse Orders To Testify
In Kenya, Farmers Grow Their Own Way
Urban Farming: Detroit Grows its Own Good News Story
NGOs Condemn Merger of Immigration and Criminal Justice
Exclusive: Foreign-Funded ‘U.S.’ Chamber Of Commerce Running Partisan Attack Ads
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Reich: Corporate America's Race to the Bottom 'Now Official'
'Ecological Catastrophe': Toxic Sludge Deluge in Hungary Kills 3
US Scrambles to Save Peace Talks
Amid Soaring Deaths, Obama Affirms Afghan Strategy
Here Comes the Sun: White House to Go Solar

Monday October 4, 2010

UN Warns of Global Refugee Crisis
US Top Court Refuses to Hear Guantanamo Wiretap Case
Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Deportation Order on Pro-Palestinian Nobel Laureate Maguire
Justice Stevens says He Only Regrets Vote to Uphold Death Penalty
Cancún Failure Would Make Climate Talks 'Irrelevant', EU Negotiator Warns
Himalayas Unsettled by Melting Glaciers, More Avalanches
Sanders: GOPs 'Do Not Want Americans to Succeed'; Obama Should Steer Left
Israel Convicts Troops of Using Human Shield in Gaza
Interest-Group Spending for Midterm up Fivefold from 2006; Many Sources Secret
Malaria Threatens 2 Million in Pakistan as Floodwaters Turn Stagnant

Sunday October 3, 2010

Afghan Violence Kills 13 Civilians
UK and US Terror Alerts Raise Fears of al-Qaida Offensive in Europe
Jon Stewart, TV Scourge of America's Right, Turns His Satire Against Barack Obama
Afghanistan Begins Disbanding Private Security Firms
Rutgers Student Tyler Clementi's Suicide Spurs Action Across US
$5,000,000,000,000: The Cost Each Year of Vanishing Rainforest

Saturday October 2, 2010

Tens Of Thousands Of Progressives Rally At The Lincoln Memorial For Jobs, Justice And Education
Former Marxist Guerilla and Political Prisoner Poised to Become Brazil's First Woman President
Iran 'Detains Western Spies' after Cyber Attack on Nuclear Plant
Parties Unite to Back Maliki for New Term as Iraqi PM
Murdoch Doubles News Corp Support for Republicans
Deaths in Pakistan 'Drone' Attacks
Palestinians Say No Talks While Settlements Built
Ecuador Calm After Police Unrest

Friday October 1, 2010

One Nation Rally Energizing Liberals
Special Report: The Ties That Bind at the Federal Reserve
US Still Taking a Hard Line on Peace Talks with Taliban
State Department Re-Ups With Blackwater
Stiglitz: More Stimulus Now or Economic Pain Will Endure
Four Suicides in a Week Stun Fort Hood, But Fit Growing Trend
Sorry: US Apologizes for Syphilis and Gonorrhea Experiments on Guatemalans
Global Unemployment to Trigger Further Social Unrest, UN Agency Forecasts
Female Sexual Dysfunction 'Was Invented by Drugs Industry'
Iraq Breaks Record for Longest Time with No Government
Rahm Emanuel's White House Replacement Expected to be Peter Rouse
NATO Tankers Set Ablaze in Pakistan
A High-Risk Energy Boom Sweeps Across North America
Troops Free Ecuador President

October 2010