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Headlines - November, 2010

Tuesday November 30, 2010

NY Assembly Approves Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium
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Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership"
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Wikileaks: US Media Leaves Iranian Threat Narrative Unquestioned
Senate Passes Food Safety Bill
Factory Farm Nation: Map Charts Unprecedented Growth in Factory Farming
Aid Groups Decry Blockade on Gaza
Wikileaks’ Next Target: A Major US Bank
U.S. Federal Reserve Conjures - and Redefines - Money
Crop Failures and Drought Within Our Children's Lifetimes
BP Hails 'Significant Milestone' in Canadian Oil Sands Plan

Monday November 29, 2010

Unions, Progressives Blast Administration For Pay Freeze Proposal
Will Year of Extremes End with a Whimper?
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Deceits, Plots, Insults: America Laid Bare: Diplomatic communiqués released by Wikileaks shine unprecedented light on the US and how it sees the world
Mind the Gap: Bumper Bonuses Are Back, Yet Millions Struggle on Welfare in US
Afghan Gold Mine Raises Specter of 'Resource Curse'
Election Chaos in Haiti as Candidates Cry Foul
Oil Companies and Banks Will Profit From UN Forest Protection Scheme

Sunday November 28, 2010

Amid Major Release WikiLeaks Site Suffers 'Denial of Service' Assault
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US Cables Leak Sparks Global Diplomatic Crisis
Voices from the Frontline of Global Warming
Israel Plans Large-Scale Public Relations, Lobbying Campaign Across Europe
War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat
A Billion People Will Lose Their Homes Due to Climate Change, says Report

Saturday November 27, 2010

Iraq’s Troubles Drive Out Refugees Who Came Back
Politics in a Time of Cholera, Marked by Chaos and Anger
Willie Nelson Charged with Pot Possession
US General McChrystal Approved Peace Talks with Fake Taliban Leader
Giant Earth Art Displays Dramatize Climate Urgency
Thousands of demonstrators march through Dublin to protest against budget cuts and an EU-IMF bailout. (Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP)
Thousands Protest Against Irish Bailout

Friday November 26, 2010

Taliban: Americans Have 'No Right to Tell Us about Democracy'
Economic Boom Worsened De-industrialisation of LDCs
On the Brink of War? Tensions Heighten in Korea
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Tensions Rise as WikiLeaks Release Nears
Haiti Voters Face Mounting Fraud Concerns
MI6 'Promoted Taliban Impostor'
Youth Activists Plan Co-Operation Over Protest at Cancún Climate Summit
Law enforcement officers search protesters after arresting and handcuffing them Saturday afternoon during the annual SOA Watch protest in Columbus, Georgia. (Photo/Mike Haskey)
Police Arrest 22 at SOA Watch Protest in Georgia

Thursday November 25, 2010

Teaching Virtual Resistance to Violence
Hawks, Doves Aflutter Over Pyongyang's Latest Moves
Going Hungry in the Richest Nation on Earth

Wednesday November 24, 2010

US Designates 'Critical' Polar Bear Habitat in Arctic
UN Issues Severe Climate Warning Ahead of Summit
StoryCorps Declares Friday a National Day of Listening
Afghanistan War: US Says Violence Reaches All-Time High
Firms See Long-Sought Goal in Sight: Major Pay Cuts
UK Students Stage Protests Over Fees Rise
US and South Korea to Hold War Games
Several Lawmakers Invested in L-3 Communications, Maker of Airport Body-Scanning Machines

Tuesday November 23, 2010

UN Scientists Say Emission Pledges Fall Well Short of Halting Climate Change
Corporations Show Largest Profits in History Amidst Jobs Crisis
New York City Prepares for Nation's Largest Bike Share System
Report: Body Scanner Makers Doubled Lobbying Cash Over 5 Years
Canadian Gov't, Alberta Fighting Foreign Climate Laws to Push Tar Sands: Report
Illness, Medical Bills 'Plunge Millions Into Poverty'
Korea Tensions Soar as Deadly Attack Launched

Monday November 22, 2010

America's Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan
Unemployment Extension Standoff 'A Crummy Deal For The American Public'
Kabul Is No Child's Playground
FBI Raids Hedge Funds Level Global and Diamondback in Insider-Trading Probe
US, China, Russia Resist Weapons Pact: Report
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Wikileaks Set to Release New Iraq war Logs 'Seven Times Bigger Than the First'
Thanksgiving Need at Food Pantries Reaches Record Levels

Sunday November 21, 2010

Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback; The Sorrows of Empire, Dead at 79
"The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you," Buffett, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said in the interview. "But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on."
Buffett Tells ABC Rich Americans Should Be Paying `a Lot' More in Taxes
Israeli soldiers 'walk free' in Gaza human shield case
Israeli Soldiers 'Walk Free' in Gaza Human Shield Case
An Iraqi widow waits to receive money from a government office in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq has run out of money to pay for widows' benefits, farm crops and other programs for the poor, the parliament leader on Sunday Nov. 21, 2010, told lawmakers who have collected nearly $180,000 so far this year in one of the world's most oil-rich nations.
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Welfare Funding Runs Out in Iraq

Saturday November 20, 2010

Will Pentagon Be Exempt from Budget Cuts?
US Regulators Omit Wider Implications of GM Salmon
A US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile setting off from its hangar at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. The Obama administration is seeking to expand the areas inside Pakistan where Central Intelligence Agency drones can operate, according to The Washington Post.
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Pakistan Says Obama Seeking to Expand Drone Strikes
Obama's 'Beast' of a Limo Stands Out at Green NATO Summit
Study: Few Afghans Know About 9/11, Reason for War

Friday November 19, 2010

A Sit-In Success Story
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Hotel Workers Lead a New Tide of Labor Militancy
Amid Airport-Security Backlash, a Push to Privatize Pat-Downs
In Canada It's a Gov't Versus Its People on Climate Change
Anti-UN Cholera Riots Spread to Haiti Capital
Good Things Come in Small Farming Practices
Civilian Safety Top Afghan Priority, Warn Agencies

Thursday November 18, 2010

Rush to Approve Frankenfish May Prove Risky
Rocky Road Ahead for DREAM Act
Not Everyone Agrees Deficit Is Major Problem
US Jury Hands Down Ghailani Verdict
Haitians Barricading Streets With Coffins as Protests Against U.N. Continue Over Cholera Outbreak
Climate Change and Disease Will Spark New Food Crisis, Says UN
"Privacy" Protections for Corporations Undermines Government Transparency
World Comparison Shows U.S. Healthcare Lacking

Wednesday November 17, 2010

Schakowsky's Plan to Save Social Security, Reduce Debt, Grow the Economy
Obama's Hopes on Nuclear Arms Fade
U.S. Poll Finds Growing Aversion to Death Penalty
Green Property: The Power of Community Spirit
Afghanistan Could Face 'Eye-Watering Violence' After Troops Leave

Tuesday November 16, 2010

Halliburton’s Stonewalling Works in Pa., but Sparks Subpoena at EPA
Jobless Benefits About to Lapse As Senate Dems Mull Strategy
UN Expert Urges Full US Torture Investigation
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As the UK Government Announces Compensation for Ex-Guantánamo Prisoners, Is the Return of Shaker Aamer Part of the Deal?
Pittsburgh Bans Gas Drilling in City
In First Interview Since Critical Injury at West Bank Protest, U.S. Peace Activist Tristan Anderson Urges Iran to Free Jailed Hikers
"It's not liberals that Obama is having a clash with, it's reality," Jane Hamsher, founder of the liberal blog Firedoglake.com said. "And anyone who thinks his problems are just with the base is not paying attention. (photo by Flickr user firedoglakedotcom)
Angry Left to Obama: Stop Caving on Agenda
Drew Everhart, a homeless man, sits at the Urban Ministry soup kitchen in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 16, 2009. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Land of the Food Insecure: Record Rates of Hunger in US
Gruesome Find Told at US Hearing into Afghan Killings
Thirteen years after the company paid $333m (£207m) to settle the class-action suit against it spearheaded by Ms Brockovich, the silent scourge in the soil may be back.  (photo of PG&E stacks from Flickr user Hey Paul)
Erin Brockovich Prepares for a Real-Life Sequel
Puneet Talwar, special assistant to the president and senior director for the Gulf States, Iran and Iraq on the National Security Council (NSC) staff, made remarks that suggest the Obama administration was planning to adopt a ruse to keep combat troops in Iraq after the expiration of the U.S.-Iraq troop withdrawal agreement on Dec. 31, 2011, while assuring the U.S. public that all U.S. troops had been pulled out by the deadline. (REUTERS/Saad Shalash)
U.S. Envoy Secretly Offered Troops in Iraq after 2011

Monday November 15, 2010

"We do not have an exit strategy but a transition strategy," Obama's special representative Holbrooke said, adding that "2014 is not the end of international presence in Afghanistan but to be sure there will be some drawdown of troops in July next year. The size and pace will be decided by the president." (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
US Defends Afghanistan Tactics After Karzai Calls for Troop Reduction
Haiti Cholera Protest Turns Violent
Death Toll From Cholera in Haiti Reaches 900
No Let-Up in Afghan Violence Ahead of NATO Summit
None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A World Without Birds
Amnesty Says EU 'Failing' Over CIA Renditions

Sunday November 14, 2010

Climate Change: Science's Fresh Fight to Win Over the Sceptics
Nato Should Reduce Operations in Afghanistan, Karzai Says
U.S. Offers Israel Warplanes in Return for New Settlement Freeze

Saturday November 13, 2010

DNA Could Have Saved the Last Man Executed by Bush
Obama Is President of Extra-Judicial Killing, Says Ex-Guantánamo Inmate
Afghan Women Continue to Suffer Despite the West
Popular Knowledge Can Transform People's Worlds
Myanmar Frees Democracy Icon Suu Kyi

Friday November 12, 2010

Shocking State Fair Scandal, Wage Theft Epidemic, Spur Nationwide Protests
For Cancun Climate Summit, Activists Consider the Long View
U.S. Defaults on Vow to Reform Asylum System
Tar Sands Boom Brings Land Buy-Up to Canadian Province
Gates to Open for Aung San Suu Kyi
Google to Be Investigated by FCC
Consider Smaller Afghan Force: US Panel

Thursday November 11, 2010

Workers wearing face masks load discarded piles of sacks onto a truck at a rare earth smelting plant located on the outskirts of the city of Baotou in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (REUTERS/David Gray)
Toxic Hotspots Require Global Superfund
Suicide Rates Soaring Among WWII Vets
Kucinich to Force Vote on Withdrawing Troops From Afghanistan
Cholera Death Toll in Haiti Passes 600
UK Silent on Torture Intelligence Amid Bush Furor
Arctic Oil Spill Clean-Up Plans Are 'Thoroughly Inadequate', Industry Warned
White House Gives In On Bush Tax Cuts
EPA Subpoenas Halliburton, Seeking Fracking Secrets

Wednesday November 10, 2010

Behind Drone Issue in Yemen, a Struggle to Control Covert Ops
Deficit Panel Targets Social Security and Taxes
Student Fees Protest: 'This Is Just the Beginning'
Confidential JPMorgan Chase Memo Predicts Congressional 'Gridlock'
Biofuel Plan Will Cause Rise in Carbon Emissions
'No Charges' for Destroying CIA Interrogation Tapes
Obama Officials Moving Away From 2011 Afghan Date
Documents Leak from Notorious US-Backed Unit as Obama Lands in Indonesia

Tuesday November 9, 2010

Pennsylvania to Become 'Gasland'?
Echoes of Iraq as Hawks Push for Attack on Iran
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Banks Get Big Bucks, Consumers Get Bupkis
BP Had Little Defense Against a Disaster, Federal Investigation Says
Indonesia Under Fire Over 'Farcical' Abuse Trial
Chemicals in Fast Food Wrappers Show Up in Human Blood
Netanyahu Pounds War Drums

Monday November 8, 2010

Obama Administration Claims Unchecked Authority to Kill Americans Outside Combat Zones
Hundreds of Survivors of Bhopal Disaster Protest Obama India Visit
US Researchers Fight to Reclaim Climate Science Message
Walmart Wants Iowans to Farm by Its Principles
US Army Mulls More Charges Over Horrific Afghan Killings
BP Blamed for Toxification

Sunday November 7, 2010

As Cholera Spreads, Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc in Haitian Camps
Tens of Thousands of Missing Central American Migrants
Thousands Protest in Seoul Before G20 Summit
GOP Senator: US Needs to 'Neuter' Iran

Saturday November 6, 2010

'Smoking Gun': Scientists Find Damage to Coral Near BP Well
Anti-Nuclear Rally Protests Against 'Chernobyl on Wheels'
Keith Olbermann Move Highlights MSNBC's Identity Crisis

Friday November 5, 2010

Extended Unemployment Could Outlast Extended Unemployment Insurance
Justice Dept. Renews Enforcement of Subpoenas for Antiwar Activists Targeted in FBI Raids
US to Step Up Military Presence Across Asia, into Indian Ocean
Iraqi Victims of UK Abuse Want Public Inquiry
UN Report Warns of Threat to Human Progress from Climate Change
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US Weathers Calls for Torture Probes at UN Rights Meet

Thursday November 4, 2010

Media Misreading Midterms: As Usual, Press Urge a Move to the Right
New Report Refutes Industry Argument that Genetically Modified Salmon will Feed Hungry World Populations
Pentagon Awards $630m Afghanistan Contract to Controversial Supplier
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WikiLeaks Founder Urges US to Investigate Alleged Abuse by Its Troops
Suburban Poverty by the Numbers
Indonesia's Mount Merapi Erupts Again, Tens of Thousands Have Fled
Sexual Violence Is Not "Collateral Damage"
US Sues to Close Safety Law-Violating Massey Mine in Ky.
Cholera-Hit Haiti Braces for Looming Storm
Alberta’s Dirty Oil Image Cleaned by U.S. Midterms

Wednesday November 3, 2010

US to Spend $511 Million to Expand Kabul Embassy
Barack Obama's Green Agenda Crushed at the Ballot Box
AIPAC Lauds Re-Election of Pro-Israel Stalwarts
Climate Law Survives Prop 23 Challenge at California Polls
Election Day Loss: ACORN Declares Bankruptcy
With All Eyes on the Gulf, BP Alaska Facilities Are Still at Risk
Republicans Deal Stinging Rebuke to Obama

Tuesday November 2, 2010

Scores Die in Bomb Attacks on Baghdad Shia Areas
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Your Vote, Your Economy—Why Today’s Election Matters to Your Pocketbook
Death Toll Hits 52 After Assault on Baghdad Church
British Group Says It's Suing to Stop Export of Execution Drug to U.S.
Earth Will Take 100,000 Years to Recover from Global Warming Say Geologists
Haiti Scrambles to Prepare for Feared Hurricane Hit
BP Oil Spill Costs Surge to $40 Billion
Polls Open in Crucial US Midterms

Monday November 1, 2010

Torture Orders Were Part of US Sectarian War Strategy
Iran Expresses Concern Over Human Rights Situation in US
Broad Coalition Rallies for BP Accountability
US Considers Sending Hunter-Killer Teams to Yemen
Democrats in Desperate Bid to Rally Voters
Brazil Elects New Leader, Dilma Rousseff
Japan Looks to Ancient Village Wisdom to Save Biodiversity
'The Movement to Ban Cluster Bombs Is Working'

November 2010