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December 2004

Friday, December 31
  • Global Analysts Dispute Perceived US Generosity
  • Intimidation, Politics and Drug Industry Cripple U.S. Medicine
  • Widow is Left with Haunting Shadows on a Trusty Laptop
  • Third-Party Candidates Ask Court for Another Recount of Ohio Vote
  • Pentagon Misses Goal for Missile Defense System
  • Justice Thomas Reports Wealth of Gifts
  • Corporate Lobbyists Descend on Bush's Cabinet Nominees
  • Relatives of US Servicemen Killed in Iraq to Hold Vigil on Jordan Border

    Thursday, December 30
  • Dead Soldier's Dad Finds No Enemy in Iraq
  • G.O.P. to Make Ethics Inquiries Harder to Begin
  • Falloujans Get an Unsettling Look at Their City
  • Oil Spill in Alaska Wildlife Sanctuary Worse Than Feared
  • Tsunami Death Toll Jumps Over 120,000
  • Five Million People in 11 Countries Lack the Basic Requirements for Life
  • Republican Judge Takes Aim at Bush Terror Policies
  • 'Pharma Crops' Threaten Food Safety
  • Deadly Year in Iraq Has Grown Worse as Military Struggles to Adjust Tactics

    Wednesday, December 29
  • One Train, More than 1,700 Dead
  • Lobbying Tab Is $1.1 Billion for Half a Year
  • Cardiologist Criticizes Drug Ads Aimed at the Public
  • Aid Grows Amid Remarks About President's Absence
  • Students at Tel Aviv High School Protest 'Militarization'
  • Group Holds Fast to Kerry Cause with Beacon Hill Vigil
  • Did Animals Sense Tsunami?
  • The War on CAFTA Is Just Beginning

    Tuesday, December 28
  • Asian Disaster Toll Surges Past 55,000 as Relief Operations Stall
  • Reelection Honeymoon With Voters Eludes Bush, Polls Say
  • Susan Sontag, Author and Activist, Dies at 71
  • Bereaved Parents Lead Holiday Humanitarian Mission to Iraq
  • Sharp Rise in Grizzly Deaths Alarms Environmentalists
  • US CIA Plane Spirits Terror Suspects to Torturing Countries: Report
  • Study: Water Subsidies Go to Largest Farms
  • Ohio GOP Election Officials Ducking Subpoenas as Kerry Enters Stolen Vote Fray
  • UN, International Aid Groups Mobilize Relief Operations for Tsunami Victims

    Monday, December 27
  • CIA Resists Request for Abuse Data
  • Bush Sending the Wrong Message as Chaos Smolders in Iraq
  • Bodies Piled on Asian Coasts, Tsunami Kills 22,000
  • Group Heads to Jordan to Wage Peace
  • Taxpayers May Be Liable for Oil Cleanup
  • Iraq's Top Sunni Party Withdraws from January Election

    Sunday, December 26
  • Bush Left in the Cold by Climate Allies
  • US Disclosures Signal Wider Detainee Abuse
  • Fears Grow of Plan to Wreck Ukraine Poll
  • Emergency Warning as Global Flu Epidemic Fears Grow
  • Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia, Nearly 9,500 Dead
  • Exit Polls: Liberal Yushchenko Wins Ukraine Election
  • Conservatives Flip Academic Freedom Debate

    Friday, December 24
  • Ex-Hostage: Rebels Wanted Bush Re-Elected
  • Falluja Returnees Angry, 'City Unfit for Animals'
  • Up to 90,000 Students to Lose College Aid in Surprise Move
  • Bush to Revive Failed Judicial Nominations
  • US to Take Bigger Bite of Iraq's Economic Pie
  • Jesse Jackson says Kerry Gave Up Too Quickly
  • US May Strike at Ba'athists in Syria

    Thursday, December 23
  • Bush Monkey Picture Shown on Giant Billboard
  • US Failed to Honestly Assess Iraq Threat - Report
  • Forest Service's Plans Strip Out Environmental Protections, Critics Say
  • Household Chemicals in Direct Link to Asthma Rise
  • US Contractor Quits Iraq as Violence Threatens Elections
  • Ft. Bliss Training Was Poor, Members of Guard Unit Say
  • Democratic Leadership Rethinking Abortion

    Wednesday, December 22
  • Departing Lawmakers Cash in Years of Service for Big Bucks
  • Senior MPs warn British troops will be in Iraq for a decade
  • Democrats: Gregoire Wins by 8 Votes
  • Drug Firms are on the Defense as Filmmaker Michael Moore Plans to Dissect Their Industry
  • Leading Democrat Asking for Exit Poll Data
  • Bush Opponents Plan Huge Demo for Presidential Inauguration

    Tuesday, December 21
  • At Least 24 Killed, 64 Hurt in Attack on US Dining Hall in Mosul
  • Group Says FBI Ruse Used at Guantanamo
  • Poll: Americans' Support for Iraq War Slipping
  • Pentagon Says 22 Killed, 50 Hurt in Mosul Attack
  • FBI Agents Complained of Prisoner Abuse, Records Say
  • Australia Draws Line With United States on Global Warming: Report
  • White House - Bush Criticized Over Social Security Plan
  • Activists, Human Rights Leaders Suspicious in Murder of US Union Leader in El Salvador
  • GOP Corporate Donors Cash In on Smut

    Monday, December 20
  • Report: US Rentals Unaffordable to Poor
  • Congressman Calls for Investigation of Election in Hocking County
  • Six Weeks from Elections, 65 are Killed on Day of Terror in Iraq
  • Iran: Israel, US Rigging Iraq Election
  • Germany Shines a Beam on the Future of Energy
  • Palestinian-Israeli Radio Aims to Unite
  • Voting Machine Vendors Campaign
  • Pennsylvania's School of Creationism

    Sunday, December 19
  • Temperature Clouds Danger of Ozone Hole
  • A Republican hero, but was Abe Lincoln Gay?
  • Democrat Seeks to End Iowa, N.H. Power
  • US Poured Millions into Ukraine, But State Dept. Denies Trying to Influence Vote
  • Rumsfeld Signature Rubber Stamped on Condolence Letters
  • US Fails in Bid to Kill Off Kyoto Process
  • Democrats Eye Softer Image on Abortion

    Saturday, December 18
  • Anti-war Scholar Seymour Melman Dies at 86
  • Energy Firms Lavish Funds on Inauguration
  • South Africa Slams US over AIDS Drug; 'Africans used as Guinea Pigs'
  • Cuba Erects Iraq Abuse Billboards Near US Mission
  • US Isn't Winning Against Iraqi Insurgents, Agencies Warn
  • American Consumers Suffering as More New Drugs Debut in US, Analysis Shows
  • Rebellion Looms over Climate Deal

    Friday, December 17
  • Pentagon Proposes Loosening Its Environmental Policy
  • US and Russian Nuclear Missiles are Still on Hair-Trigger Alert
  • Earth-Hostile Chemical Gets White House OK
  • Judges' Verdict on Terror Laws Provokes Constitutional Crisis
  • Indiana Jones Leads Hollywood Version of Battle for Falluja
  • The Neo-Cons: Are They Serious About Syria?
  • Climate Change: Who Will Pay the Price?
  • Growing Unhappiness with Rumsfeld in US Republican Camp
  • US National Guard Feels Impact of Iraq War as Recruiting Slips
  • Shrinking Glaciers Evidence of Global Warming

    Thursday, December 16
  • White House Conference Bashes Trial Lawyers, Bush Laughs
  • For Faith and Country: Insurgents Fight On
  • Return of the Hanging Chad: Recount Continues in Ohio
  • Sea Levels to Rise Faster - NASA
  • Congressman's New Job Is Top Drug Lobbyist
  • Election Outcome Might Not Please US
  • US Faces Fallout from Missile Flop
  • A Little Blood Thinner With Your Corn Flakes?: Scientists Raise Spectre of Food Contamination US Crops Engineered to Produce
  • Departure of Grace: Moyers' Leaving 'NOW' After 33 Years at PBS is a Blow to Inspired Journalism
  • A Flood of Troubled Soldiers Is in the Offing, Experts Predict

    Wednesday, December 15
  • Details of Marines Mistreating Prisoners in Iraq Are Revealed
  • Several Factors Contributed to 'Lost' Voters in Ohio
  • War Funding Request May Hit $100 Billion
  • Scientists Debate Decline of Oil Stores: Sooner or Later?
  • Honors Reignite Iraq War Questions
  • Red Cross Neutrality Jeopardized by US Action in Iraq, British Chief Says
  • Tentative Settlement Reached in Landmark Unocal-Burma Case
  • The True Cost of Flying
  • American Democracy Hangs by a Thread in Ohio

    Tuesday, December 14
  • Protest Launched Against Sinclair
  • Rights Group Puts Rumsfeld on Spot Over Afghan Deaths
  • New York Art Shuttered After Bush Monkey Portrait
  • Death Sentences on Decline as Public's Skepticism Grows
  • Death Sentences on Decline as Public's Skepticism Grows
  • Error Discovery Could Give Gregoire Election
  • Pinochet - Indicted and Under House Arrest
  • Israelis Hasten Land Grab in Shadow of Wall
  • Senior Italian Riot Police to be Tried Over Genoa Attack
  • A Quarter of Bird Species in Danger of Extinction, Study Warns
  • Amnesty Club Won't Get Funds from Antioch High

    Monday, December 13
  • Iraq President: Citizens That Feel Humiliated Could Lead to 'Iraqi Hitler'
  • Gay Rights Activists Split Over Taking Softer Course
  • Pentagon Weighs Use of Deception in a Broad Arena
  • One Year On, the Capture of Saddam Hussein Can be Seen as a False Dawn for Iraq
  • Navy Under Global Pressure to Limit Sonar Use
  • US Tapped ElBaradei Calls, Claim Officials
  • Insurgency Roils Iraq a Year After US Captured Saddam Hussein
  • Chilean Torture Victims Demand Compensation, Prosecution
  • US Military Obstructing Medical Care
  • Protesters Urge Delay for Ohio Electors

    Sunday, December 12
  • Anti-War Protesters Call for Wave of Civil Disobedience
  • Victim of Latin American Torture Claims Abu Ghraib Abuse was Official US Policy
  • Dead & Buried: Iraq's Civilian Body Count May Go Officially Undocumented but the Widows and the Orphans Know the True Extent of the Toll
  • US Seen as Laggard at U.N. Climate Change Meeting
  • Pushing Poverty into 'Moral-Values' Debate

    Saturday, December 11
  • 'Climate Witnesses' Testify About Effects Of Global Warming
  • Guantánamo Torture and Humiliation Still Going On, Says Shackled Briton
  • Former Congressman Jailed in Ohio Election Protest
  • Doubts Persist About Election Results
  • Bush OKs Ruling That May Endanger Species
  • Lawmakers Press FDA on Whistleblower
  • Kerik Withdraws from Homeland Nomination
  • Pentagon Ousts Official Under FBI Investigation
  • Graffiti Installation in Gonzalez's Office Gets Mixed Review

    Friday, December 10
  • Bill Moyers Retiring From TV Journalism
  • Bush Manipulated NKorea Intelligence Like He Did in Iraq: US Expert
  • US Stance on Armor Disputed; Company says vehicle orders waiting for OK
  • Nobel Winner Maathai Sounds Alarm Over Planet
  • Charges of Poor Planning in Iraq Revived
  • US Gives Rosy Picture of Rebuilding Iraq, While People on the Streets Seethe
  • At Risk: 1,000,000,000 of the World's Children
  • 'French CNN' to Challenge US View of World Affairs
  • Security Nominee Kerik Got Rich on Tasers
  • Americans in Venezuela to Support Leftist Leader
  • Canada's Same-Sex Marriage Upheld
  • Leading Cleric Asks that Iraqi Vote be Put Off

    Thursday, December 9
  • Critics Say Mysterious New US Spy Program Endangers National Security
  • The Smoketown Six: Anti-Bush Protesters Plan Lawsuit Over Arrests
  • Rumsfeld 'Cavalier' on Iraq Gear, Dodd Says, Demanding Answers
  • UN Diplomats Give Annan Standing Ovation
  • Mishandled Money Plagued US Ruled Iraq
  • Amputation Rate for US Troops Twice That of Past Wars
  • Kerik Accused of Spying for Hospital Boss
  • Climate Change: A Disappointing Start for the Clean Development Mechanism
  • Bush Planning for Permanent Jail for Guantánamo
  • CIA Official 'Sacked Over WMD'

    Wednesday, December 8
  • Killed Unarmed Iraqis, Ex-Marine Tells Hearing
  • Activists Hold Forum Spotlighting Voting Issues in Presidential Election
  • Disgruntled Troops Complain to Rumsfeld
  • Candidates Officially Request Ohio Recount
  • Congress Moves to Cut Aid to Allies That Support World Criminal Court
  • Rape, a Deliberate War Strategy; Violence 'Must Stop' Amnesty Report Says
  • Prisoner Abuse was Worse Than Officials Admitted, Documents Show
  • Huge No-Fishing Zones 'Offer Only Hope' of Saving Marine Ecosystem From Disaster
  • For Displaced Falloujans, a New Battle Underway
  • Truth be Told, Lies are Part of Pentagon Strategy
  • Who Poisoned Yushchenko?

    Tuesday, December 7
  • Reasons for Optimism on Global Health Front
  • US Firmly Anti-Kyoto as U.N. Climate Talks Start
  • CIA Memo Paints Bleak Picture of Iraq's Future
  • Despite Cabinet Shuffle, Neocon Ideology Remains
  • Deaths of Palestinian Children Draw Scrutiny of Israeli Forces
  • Climate Change: Poor and Vulnerable Countries Demand Compensation
  • Coral Reef Damage Rising Worldwide
  • Ukraine in Turmoil as Agreement Crumbles
  • 1,000th US Soldier Killed in Action in Iraq
  • Guantanamo Abuse Detailed in FBI Letter
  • Democrats Turning to Experts to Study Alleged Ohio Voting Problems
  • More Than 100 Clear Channel Stations to Get Fox Newscasts

    Monday, December 6
  • 45 Million Children To Die in Next Decade Due to Rich Countries' Miserliness
  • Eight Soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait to Sue Over Army Policy
  • Yesterday's Draft Dodgers Help Today's War Resisters
  • Web Sites Spin Fallujah Battle Different Ways
  • Clear Signs People Aren't Over the Election
  • Antiwar Icon Brings Message Home
  • 45 Million Children To Die in Next Decade Due to Rich Countries' Miserliness
  • Returning Fallujans Will Face Clampdown
  • US Admits the War for 'Hearts and Minds' in Iraq is Now Lost
  • Two Veteran Journalists Critical Of Today's Media Coverage
  • US Giant's Defense on Bhopal Could Be Undermined by Company Papers

    Sunday, December 5
  • US Admits the War for 'Hearts and Minds' in Iraq is Now Lost
  • Creationists Try to Edge Around Ban
  • Returning Fallujans Will Face Clampdown
  • UC Scholar to Help Democrats Refine Message
  • Bush Sets Out Plan to Dismantle 30 Years of Environmental Laws
  • Howard Dean Seeks to Rally Demoralized Democrats
  • Fresh Doubts Over Iraq Elections
  • Massacre in Woods Conjures Ghost of War Exiles Betrayed by US
  • Annan Under Attack, But the Real Target is the Idea of a Powerful UN
  • US Deserter Turns to New Line of Defense on Eve of Canada Hearing
  • Aid Cuts Threatened by US Over War Crimes Tribunal
  • Rally Demands Speedy Ohio Recount

    Saturday, December 4
  • Bush Victory Margin in Ohio Shrinks
  • Washington State Election Count Heads into Round Three
  • Navy Probes New Iraq Prisoner Photos

    Friday, December 3
  • MoveOn.org Regroups for New Battles; Group to Announce New Agenda
  • Evidence Gained Through Using Torture OK, US Officials Say
  • US Soldiers Seek Asylum in Canada
  • Ukraine's Supreme Court Orders Repeat Vote Within 3 Weeks
  • US Says No Plans to Sign New Climate Change Pacts
  • Bhopal Hoax Sends Dow Stock Down
  • UN Fears for Refugees Who Fled Attack on Falluja
  • Feminization of AIDS Defies Bush's ABC Strategy
  • Abuse at US Prisons in Iraq Mirrored at Jails in Afghanistan
  • Documents Show CIA Knew of Venezuela Coup
  • British MP Wins Libel Case Over Iraq Allegations

    Thursday, December 2

  • Bhopal: A Living Legacy of Corporate Greed
  • Bush in Halifax: Thousands March in Peaceful Opposition
  • ACLU Seeking FBI Files on Activist Probes
  • Vioxx Scandal Raises Global Doubts on US Drug Safety
  • Deadly Hot Summers 'to Become the Norm'
  • Despite 25 Years of Drug War, US Prices are Down
  • Iraqi Rebels Creeping Back into Fallujah's Secure Zones: US Military
  • Fast Internet Service for The People; Telecoms Fight Plans For Public Networks
  • CBS, NBC Refuse to Run Church Ad Welcoming All
  • Pentagon Expanding Force in Iraq by 12,000 Troops

    Wednesday, December 1

  • PR Meets Psy-Ops in War on Terror
  • US Military in Iraq Suffers Deadliest Month
  • US Generals in Iraq Were Told of Abuse Early, Inquiry Finds
  • Voters to Challenge US Election
  • Rocket Fuel Chemical Found in Organic Milk
  • Neglect Follows Siege of Fallujah
  • Iraq's Doubtful Democracy Will Not Inspire Others
  • UN Delivers Rebuke to White House
  • 5,000 Anti-Bush Protesters Scuffle With Police

    November 2004

     

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