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June 2005

Thursday, June 30
  • Civil Liberties Advocates Question Plan for New FBI Division
  • Alleged CIA Kidnapping Casts Shadow Over US-Italian Relations
  • Question on Impeachment Shows Polarization of Nation
  • The Lobbyists' Scandal: The Secret World of Washington
  • Climate Change: One in Six Countries Facing Food Shortage
  • Recognizing the Female Peacemakers: The Nobel Cause
  • Anti-Europeanism Flourishes on U.S. Rig
  • Bush's Iraq Speech Falls Flat


    Wednesday, June 29
  • Bush Evokes 9/11 to Bolster Iraq War
  • Zapatista Rebels Seek Political Solution to Resistance
  • Desolation Row: Dylan Signs with Starbucks
  • Panel Rejects Nuclear Industry Claim, Affirms Radiation Link to Cancer
  • House Votes to Cut Bush's Democracy Plan
  • Saudi Ambassador to U.S. Resigns
  • US Faces Prison Ship Allegations
  • Poll Examines Schwarzenegger Re-Election
  • Canada Lawmakers OK Gay Marriage Bill
  • Ex-Gitmo Inmate Acquitted of All Charges


    Tuesday, June 28
  • Poll Points to Increasing Doubts on War's Progress, Bush's Reasons
  • Iraq: A Bloody Mess
  • Halliburton's Abusive Practices in Iraq Are in the Spotlight
  • Hungry for an Alternative
  • Canada Poised to Become Third Country to Legalize Gay Marriage
  • Bush Exaggerates Increase in U.S. Aid to Africa
  • Terror Policies Draw Outrage at Home and Abroad
  • Wrong CIA Analysis Triggered Major 2003 Terror Alert


    Monday, June 27
  • Justice Abused Terror-Fighting Tools, Report Says
  • U.S. Has Plans to Again Make Own Plutonium


    Friday, June 24
  • $100m Cut Rejected for Public TV, Radio
  • US General Says Troops Question Support
  • Privacy Advocates Assail Pentagon Recruit Database
  • UN Experts Cite Credible Reports of Torture at Guantánamo
  • U.S. Image Abroad Still Sinking
  • Poll Finds Most Oppose Return to Draft, Wouldn't Encourage Children to Enlist


    Thursday, June 23
  • Iraq Creating New Breed of Jihadists, says CIA
  • Judge Pulls the Plug on Bush and Helps Threatened Salmon Back to Sea
  • Military Enlists Marketer to Get Data on Students for Recruiters
  • Congressman Sold Home -- and Could Pay Dearly
  • U.N. Experts Say They Have Reliable Accounts of Torture at Guantanamo
  • U.S. Doctors Linked to POW 'Torture'
  • Rove Criticizes Liberals on 9/11


    Wednesday, June 22
  • G8 Countries Defying Arms Embargoes, Says Report
  • Public Broadcasting Body Stalls Vote on President
  • Double Blow for Japan's Whalers
  • Worries Raised on Handling of Funds in Iraq
  • Anti-Bush Protester on Trial for RNC Convention Action


    Tuesday, June 21
  • U.S. Moral Authority in 'Free Fall', Senators Warn
  • Republicans Take Aim at Their Small-Screen Enemies
  • US has 'Lots of Secrets to Hide' Regarding Saddam: Iraqi Justice Minister
  • No Climate Change in Energy Bill - Domenici
  • Gov't Collected Data on Airline Passengers
  • RAF Bombing Raids on Iraq No-Fly Zone Defied Foreign Office Legal Advice, say Lib Dems
  • Bolton's Nomination Blocked Again in the Senate


    Monday, June 20
  • Nagasaki Bomb Story Gets Out, 60 Years On
  • Global Warming in Africa: The Hottest Issue of All
  • Bush and Hawks Try Pre-Emptive Strike Vs. Iran Vote
  • Kerry Cautious on Probing 'Downing Street Memo'
  • US Pressure Weakening Proposed G-8 Curb on Global Warming
  • Anti-Whaling Nations Look Set to Maintain Domination of World Body
  • US Strategy in Iraq: Is It Working?


    Sunday, June 19
  • British Bombing Raids Were Illegal, Says Foreign Office
  • Police Target Horn-Happy Motorists at Calif. Protests
  • New US Move to Spoil Climate Accord
  • Bush Says US is in Iraq Because of 9/11 Attacks on US


    Saturday, June 18
  • As She Turns 60, New Calls for Release of Myanmar Activist
  • Critics: US Doing Too Little to Prevent 'Mad Cow'
  • Polls Close in Iran With No Clear Winner
  • British Documents Portray Determined US March to War
  • Japan Uses 'Alarming' Tactics in Whale Vote
  • Halliburton Given $30m to Expand Guantanamo Bay


    Friday, June 17
  • US Lied to Britain Over Use of Napalm in Iraq War
  • Bloggers' 'Victory' Over Iraq war Memos
  • Republican's Iraq Exit Plan Proposal Causes a Ruckus in his Eastern North Carolina District
  • Downing Street Memo a Growing Problem for Bush
  • US Pressure Weakening Proposed G-8 Curb on Global Warming
  • Activists Urge California Not to Use Diebold Voting Machines
  • Collateral Risk: DU Research Gap Could Impact Vermont Troops
  • Congress Said to Steer Military Funds to Pet Projects; US Analysts See War Effort Hurt
  • 'Beginning of the End': War Criticism and Concerns Both Growing


    Thursday, June 16
  • House Democrats' Forum to Examine Downing Street Memo
  • Unions Threaten to Walk Out of AFL-CIO to Revive US Labor Movement
  • Fatal Shooting of Teacher Illustrates Why Iraqis Fear US Convoys
  • Pressure Growing to Plan Iraq Exit; Bipartisan Group Pushes Resolution
  • House Votes to Curb Patriot Act, Defies Bush
  • Black Church Leaders Embarrass Bush over African Aid Shortfall
  • USDA Plants Its Own News; Critics Liken Radio, TV Spots to Propaganda
  • Report: EPA Utilizing Risky Human-Studies Tests
  • Ex-UN Boss in Iraq Seeks End to Gulf War Payouts


    Wednesday, June 15
  • New Memos Detail Early Plans for Invading Iraq
  • Pro-Worker Legislation Bolstered by New Report
  • Oxfam Accuses Wealthy Nations of Cheating
  • White House Official Who Doctored Global Warming Reports Hired by ExxonMobil
  • Inuit to File Anti-US Climate Petition
  • As Death Toll Grows and Public Support for War Campaign Erodes, Bush Resists Pressure for Pullout
  • Exxon Chief Makes A Cold Calculation On Global Warming
  • From Iraq, A Soldier/Father's Perspective On the War


    Tuesday, June 14
  • Iraq News Is Bleak, Even for Pentagon's 'Early Bird'
  • Mother of Dead Soldier Vilifies Bush Over War
  • Privatization Hangs Over Debt Relief
  • Army Lowers Standards and Increases Bonuses, But Still Falling Short of Recruiting Goal
  • African Leaders Complain of Red Tape in Deal With US
  • Conservative's Popularity May Be Problem for GOP
  • Hemorrhaging Money for Homeland Security
  • Rumsfeld Blocked NATO Call for Probe into Uzbek Massacre: Report
  • Amid Military's Recruiting Woes, Efforts Intensify to End Ban on Openly Gay Soldiers


    Monday, June 13
  • Military Action Won't End Insurgency, Growing Number of US Officers Believe
  • Beckett Exposes G8 Rift on Global Warming
  • Poll: USA is Losing Patience on Iraq
  • Venezuela: Chavez Blames Bush for Bolivia
  • Storied Writer and Activist Jezer Dies
  • US Nuclear Plants Vulnerable to Big Attack
  • Arundhati Roy Fights America Again in New Book
  • Wisconsin Dems: Impeach Bush; Cheney, Rumsfeld too


    Sunday, June 12
  • Cabinet Office Paper: Conditions for Military Action
  • Ministers Were Told of Need for Gulf War 'Excuse'
  • When It Comes to Africa, Bush has More on His Mind Than Aid
  • White House Official Resigns After Climate Documents Flap
  • More Babies, Young Kids Going Hungry in US
  • Archbishop Tutu Says Debt Deal Must Be Monitored


    Saturday, June 11
  • Campaigners on Verge of Stunning Victory in Battle for Africa Debt Deal
  • More in Congress Want Iraq Exit Strategy; Unease Grows as War Backing Falls
  • USDA Finds Possible 2nd Case of Mad Cow Disease
  • Professorship Named for Willie
  • UCSC Grad, Once a Marine, Lauded for Insight into Protests by Troops
  • Nuclear Warrior Replaces Bolton as Arms Control Chief


    Friday, June 10
  • New Bolivian Leader Promises Early Election
  • Bush's Psychological Warfare Effort to be Outsourced
  • Animal Activists on Trial Under Terrorism Law
  • India "Boom" an Environmental Disaster, Arundhati Roy says
  • More Americans Dying from Roadside Bombs in Iraq
  • Lawmakers Want Probe in Charge White House Doctored Climate Change Reports
  • Eco-Friendly Motor Rally Sets Off from Kyoto to Celebrate Environment
  • Israel Warned It Could Provoke Third Intifada


    Thursday, June 9
  • Latest Confirmed Nominee Sees Slavery in Liberalism
  • Americans Turn Against Bush and a War on Iraq that is Getting Nowhere
  • Latin States Shun U.S. Plan to Watch Over Democracy
  • Illegal Detentions in Iraq by US Pose Great Challenge: Annan
  • Congress Moves to Cut U.N. Funding in Half
  • Front-Runner for Public Broadcast Agency Job Is Former GOP Chair
  • Groups Say UK-US Aid for Africa Falls Woefully Short
  • Bolivian Lawmakers to Name New President
  • Major Political Scandal Unfolding in Ohio


    Wednesday, June 8
  • Revealed: How Oil Giant Influenced Bush
  • 'Downing Street Memo' Gets Fresh Attention
  • US Scientists Pile on Pressure Over Climate Change
  • Broken Promises Leave Three Million Children to Die in Africa
  • Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming


    Tuesday, June 7
  • In God We Trust: America's Rising Religious Zealotry
  • Watergate Weighs on Today's White House
  • World Military Spending Topped $1 Trillion in 2004
  • Iraqis Desperate for Work, Blind to Dangers
  • Judge Wants to Question US Troops on Media Deaths in Iraq
  • Report: Uzbekistan Crackdown Was 'Massacre'; US Urged to Rethink Ties
  • 9/11 Commission for Prisoner Abuse?


    Monday, June 6
  • Right's Hostility to NGOs Glimpsed in Amnesty Flap
  • Supreme Court: Government Can Bar Medical Marijuana Use
  • 'War on Terror' Has Latin American Indigenous People in Its Sights
  • Despite US Pledges, Fear of Draft Persists
  • India: Calls to Ban GM Crops Intensify After Rats Suffer
  • US Running 'Archipelago' of Secret Prisons: Amnesty International


    Sunday, June 5
  • Judge Orders Pentagon to Release 100 New Photos of Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse
  • Richest Are Leaving Even the Rich Far Behind
  • US Probes Isle of Man Scheme Used by Billionaire Bush Donors
  • Greenpeace Activists Storm Car Dealerships in 'National Day of Action' Against 4x4s
  • Bolton Said to Orchestrate Unlawful Firing
  • World Marks Green Day; UN Warns of Booming Cities
  • Champion of the Bomb Recants
  • Brian T. Hart, Former Supporter, Joins Foes Over War


    Saturday, June 4
  • NGOs: The 'World's New Superpower' Seeks 'Better World'
  • The Old Late Friday Media Trick: Pentagon Admits Koran Abuse


    Friday, June 3
  • Growing Problem for Military Recruiters: Parents
  • McGovern: White House Needs a 'Deep Throat' Today
  • Court: Seattle Police Perhaps Erred in WTO Protest
  • Finding Work Hard for GI's Back From War
  • Guard and Reserve Death Toll in May Matched Highest Monthly Total of Entire War
  • Advocates See Veterans of War on Terror Joining the Ranks of the Homeless
  • Arctic Warming Is Drying Up Lakes, Study Finds
  • Gambling, GOP Politics Intertwine; Casino Payments Seen as Influential
  • We Killed Police for Revenge, Israeli Soldiers Confess
  • Man-Made Pesticides Blamed for Fall in Male Fertility Over Past 50 Years


    Thursday, June 2
  • Nukes-Against-Global Warming Strategy Scored as Too Costly
  • Suicide Attacks Rising Rapidly: Increasingly, the Bombers are Iraqis
  • Lotions, Soaps Won't Carry Organic Label
  • Postwar Iraq Paying Heavy Environmental Price
  • Crushing Defeat Leaves EU Vision in Tatters
  • Resounding No Shocks European Leaders
  • Police Scramble to Draw Up Plans to Deal with Protesters After Geldof's March Plea
  • Amnesty Defends 'Gulag,' Urges Guantanamo Access
  • Insurance Industry Reform Said Vital for Doctors' Financial Health


    Wednesday, June 1
  • Bush, Cheney Attack Amnesty International
  • 'World' Bodies Under Fire for Serving the Few, Not the Many
  • Top Israeli News Anchor Attacks Occupation
  • Downing Street Memo Mostly Ignored in US
  • Watergate Case Shows Value of Anonymous Sources

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