Democracy Now! - Season 2010 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010

2010x68 - Wednesday, April 07, 2010

April 7, 2010

2010/04/07 Headlines: Admin Refuses to Call for Probe of US Killing of Iraqis; Pentagon Claims It Can't Locate Tape of Iraq Attack; Appeals Court Blocks FCC Regulation of Net Neutrality; Revised US Nuke Policy Offers Few Changes; 4 Miners Remain Missing; Gases Limit Rescue Effort; 76 Indian Police Killed in Maoist Attack; Scores Arrested at Egyptian Pro-Democracy Rally; 5 Killed in Kyrgyz Anti-Gov't Protests; Admin: Karzai Remarks May Force Cancellation of US Visit; Ex-UN Diplomat Suggests Karzai Has Drug Problem; Report: US-Born Cleric Placed on CIA Assassination List; Wilma Mankiller of Cherokee Nation Dies at 64

2010x69 - Thursday, April 08, 2010

April 8, 2010

2010/04/08 Headlines: US, Russia Sign Nuclear Reduction Pact; Opposition Claims Control of Kyrgyzstan Following Deadly Clashes; US Suspends Flights at Kyrgyz Military Base; Rescuers Enter West Va. Coal Mine; SEC Proposes Banks Share Losses on Asset-Backed Securities; Greenspan Defends Record at Financial Crisis Hearing; 2 Arrested for Healthcare-Linked Threats to Dem. Lawmakers; Researchers Forecast Above-Average Hurricane Season; North Korea Gives 8-Year Sentence to US National; Israeli Journalist Under House Arrest for Exposing Illegal Assassinations; Qatari Diplomat Held After In-Flight Smoking Incident

2010x70 - Friday, April 09, 2010

April 9, 2010

2010/04/09 Headlines: Rescue Effort Continues at W. Va. Mine; More Safety Violations Revealed; Kyrgyz President, Opposition Claim Control of Gov't; US Troops Killed in Afghan Helicopter Crash; Israeli PM Withdraws from US Nuke Summit; Iranian Minister Hints at Espionage Trial for Jailed US Hikers; Spanish Judge Faces Trial for Franco Probe; Fmr. Citigroup Execs Appear Before Financial Crisis Panel; EPA Faults California Waste Plant for Chemical Disposal; Protesters Demand Firing of SF Officer in 2009 Shooting; ACORN Staffer Reported Prostitution Claims to Police; Virginia Gov. Apologizes for Excluding Slavery from Confederate History Month Proclamation

2010x71 - Monday, April 12, 2010

April 12, 2010

2010/04/12 Headlines: Afghan Civilians Slain in US Attack on Passenger Bus; Clinton Touts US Nuclear Dominance Ahead of DC Summit; Justice Stevens Announces Retirement from Supreme Court; Obama Pick Withdraws Nomination for Legal Office; Gates Defends US Attack on Iraqi Civilians in Leaked Video; W. Va. Toll Hits 29 as 4 Missing Miners Found Dead; Poland Mourns Death of President, Top Officials in Russia Plane Crash; Thai Protesters Killed in Police Attack; Palestinians Face Mass Deportations, Jailings under New Israeli Order; Kazakhstan Grants US Overflight Rights for Afghan War; US Cancels Climate Aid to Bolivia, Ecuador over Copenhagen Opposition

2010x72 - Tuesday, April 13, 2010

April 13, 2010

2010/04/13 Headlines: Afghans Protest Deadly US Attack on Passenger Bus; Obama Pushes Iran Sanctions at Nuke Summit; Interim Kyrgyz Gov't Assures US on Military Base; Up to 71 Killed in Pakistan Military Strike; Indigenous Amazonians Protest Brazilian Dam Project; Japanese Journalist Killed in Thai Clashes; Stern to Step Down from SEIU; Senate Moves Toward Restoring Jobless Benefits; W. Va. Blast Probe to Focus on Nearby Mines; Investors Call for Ouster of Massey CEO; ProPublica Becomes First Online Pulitzer Winner

2010x73 - Wednesday, April 14, 2010

April 14, 2010

2010/04/14 Headlines: Summit Sets 4-Year Timetable for Safeguarding Nuke Materials; US Continues Push for Iran Sanctions; Obama: US Can't Impose Mideast Peace; Israel: Hezbollah Receiving Scud Missiles from Syria; Over 400 Killed in China Quake; Michelle Obama, Jill Biden Visit Haiti; Obama to Attend Funeral for Polish President; Brazilian Rancher Found Guilty in Murder of US Nun; 8 Red Cross Workers Kidnapped in DRC; Arson Suspected in Fire at Greenpeace Indonesian Camp; Gates Criticizes WikiLeaks for Releasing Video of US Attack; Arizona Bill Forces Officers to Determine Immigration Status; Nebraska Gov. Signs Anti-Abortion Measures; Video Captures Md. Police Beating of Unarmed Student; Dem. Wins Vacant House Seat in Florida

2010x74 - Thursday, April 15, 2010

April 15, 2010

2010/04/15 Headlines: Admin Promotes Overhaul of Financial Regulation; US Foreclosures Break Monthly Record; Watchdog: Gov't Program Failing to Rescue Struggling Homeowners; JPMorgan Chase Posts .3B Quarterly Profit; As Contractors Outnumber Soldiers in Afghanistan, Deaths Grow; Lawmakers Introduce Measure for Afghan Withdrawal; McCain: "Pull the Trigger" on Iran Sanctions; Israel Rejects Call to Sign NPT; West Bank Mosque Vandalized; Brazilian Court Delays Bidding on Belo Monte Dam; Gates Visits Latin American Military Allies; Colombians File Class-Action Suit Against Chiquita; W. Va. Gov Orders Mine Inspections; Holder: No Decision Yet on 9/11 Trial in New York; Stern Confirms Departure from SEIU; Study: Uninsured Delay Treatment for Heart Symptoms; Lack of Insurance May Have Factored in Death of Musician Alex Chilton

2010x75 - Friday, April 16, 2010

April 16, 2010

2010/04/16 Headlines: Afghan Prisoners Detail Torture, Abuse at Bagram Prison; Obama Signs Jobless Benefits Bill After Dems Overcome GOP Filibuster; US Extends Healthcare Rights to Partners of Gay Patients; Ex-NSA Official Indicted for Leaking Spy Program Details; Obama Orders Mine Inspections, Faults Owners of W. Va. Mine; Obama Outlines US Space Program; Report: Insurers Shifting Costs to Avoid Healthcare Laws; CIA Officials Expressed Concern over Interrogation Tapes; Tea Party Activists Cap Tour with Anti-Tax Rally; China Earthquake Toll Nears 800; UN Probe: Pakistani Gov't Could Have Prevented Bhutto Killing; Volcanic Eruption in Iceland Disrupts Global Travel; Gates Backs US-Colombia Trade Pact; Gaza Inquiry Head Skips Grandson's Bar Mitzvah to Avoid Protests from Right-Wing Jewish Groups

2010x76 - Monday, April 19, 2010

April 19, 2010

2010/04/19 Headlines: Goldman Sachs Accused of Civil Fraud in Sale of Mortgage Securities; NATO Killings of Afghan Civilians Increasing; Italian Aid Workers Freed Following Arrests; Scores Killed in Pakistan Attacks; Gates Acknowledges Iran Memo; Iran: US Should Destroy Nuclear Arsenal, Withdraw Mideast Troops; Ecuador to Increase State Control of Oil Production; Ash Grounds European Flights for 5th Day; Toyota Agrees to .4M Fine for Hiding Pedal Defects; Widow of Miner Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Massey; Group Challenges Revised Surveillance Law; Court Limits NSA Data Collection; 5 Ex-Blackwater Execs Charged in Weapons Case

2010x77 - Tuesday, April 20, 2010

April 20, 2010

2010/04/20 Headlines: China Earthquake Toll Passes 2,000; Air Travel Resumes in Europe Amidst New Ash Warning; US, Iraq Claim Killings of 2 Militant Leaders; Iran Bars 2 Opposition Parties; Brazilian Court Delays Dam Bidding for 2nd Time; New Zealand Signs UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights; Egyptian Official: Gov't Forces Can Fire on Protesters; US Summons Syrian Diplomat over Weapons Allegations; ALBA Summit Coincides with Venezuelan Bicentennial; Citigroup Posts .4B Quarterly Profit; Goldman Hires Ex-Obama White House Counsel; Hundreds Mark 15th Anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing; Pro-Gun Rallies Held in DC, Virginia; Woman Killed, 2 Others Wounded in Tenn. Murder-Suicide Shooting; Report: Obama Taps White-Collar Attorney for Deputy Attorney General Post; Admin Subpoenaed in Ft. Hood Probe; Arizona Senate OKs Anti-Immigrant Measure; 56,000 Images Captured on Monitored Student Laptops at Pa. Schools

2010x78 - Wednesday, April 21, 2010

April 21, 2010

2010/04/21 Headlines: NATO Attack Kills 4 Afghan Civilians; Fmr. Argentine Junta Leader Sentenced to 25 Years; Iraq Accused of Torturing Sunnis at Secret Prison; Israeli FM Warns Against Peace Effort; Humanitarian Ships to Attempt New Breach of Gaza Blockade; Peoples' Climate Summit Opens in Bolivia; Brazil Auctions Off Dam Project, Indigenous Groups Vow Resistance; Goldman Profits Increase; UK Regulators Open Probe; 6 Arrested in DC Protesting Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Supreme Court Overturns Law on Depicting Animal Cruelty; Evangelist Who Called Islam "Evil" Slated for Pentagon Event; Dorothy Height Dies at 98; Benjamin Hooks Dies at 85

2010x79 - Thursday, April 22, 2010

April 22, 2010

2010/04/22 Headlines: 11 Missing in Oil Rig Explosion off La. Coast; Senate Panel Advances Derivatives Regulation; Obama: Abortion Rights a Factor in Court Pick, But Not a "Litmus Test"; European Flights Resume Following Ash Closures; Pentagon: Iran Attack Not "Off the Table"; Trial Begins in Beating of Iraqi Prisoner; US to Withdraw Troops from Haiti; Israel Again Rejects Call for East Jerusalem Settlement Freeze; DC Council Abandons Incentives for Military Firm; Appeals Court Suspends Ruling Blocking ACORN Funding; Students Arrested Protesting Arizona Immigration Bill

2010x80 - Friday, April 23, 2010

April 23, 2010

2010/04/23 Headlines: Environmental Disaster Feared as La. Rig Sinks; 11 Missing Feared Dead; Inspection Found "Reckless Disregard" for Worker Safety at Massey Mine; Report: Massey Bars Miners from Attending Victims' Funerals; Obama Urges Wall St. to Back Financial Reform; Greece Requests EU/IMF Rescue; Vatican Sued for Alleged Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse; US Envoy Meets Israeli, Palestinian Leaders; Appeals Court Overturns Marine Conviction in 2006 Iraq Murder; US Proposes Sustainable Farming Fund; Pentagon Withdraws Invitation to Evangelist over Islam Remarks

2010x81 - Monday, April 26, 2010

April 26, 2010

2010/04/26 Headlines: Rescue Effort Ends, Oil Leaking into Gulf; Arizona Governor Signs Immigrant Crackdown Bill; Graham Drops Support for Climate Bill; Thousands Hold Earth Day Rally in DC; Obama Honors Victims of W. Va. Mine Blast; Armed Man Arrested at NC Airport Shortly After Obama Departs; 72 Killed in Iraq Bombings; 3 Afghan Civilians Reportedly Killed in US Raid; NATO Leaders Hold Afghan War Talks; Clashes Follow Israeli Settler March in Palestinian Neighborhood; Israeli Troops Shoot Protesters in Gaza; 90,000 Japanese Protest US Base on Okinawa; Rallies Held Worldwide for Spanish Human Rights Judge; Dems to Hold Cloture Vote on Financial Reform Bill; Goldman Sachs Execs Bragged of Profiting from Housing Crash; 12 Killed in Southern Tornadoes; Jailed US Hikers in Poor Health in Iran

2010x82 - Tuesday, April 27, 2010

April 27, 2010

2010/04/27 Headlines: GOP Blocks Advance of Financial Reform Bill; Goldman Faces New Allegations Ahead of Senate Testimony; US Extradites Noriega to France; Abbas Signs Order Barring Palestinians from Working in Israeli Settlements; Calderón Denounces Arizona Immigration Law; Study Claims Chernobyl Disaster Killed Nearly 1 Million; Oil Spill Grows in Gulf of Mexico; Terror Trial Begins for Jailed US Citizen Held in Lengthy Solitary Confinement; Appeals Court Upholds Wal-Mart Discrimination Suit

2010x83 - Wednesday, April 28, 2010

April 28, 2010

2010/04/28 Headlines: Goldman Execs Grilled at Senate Hearing; Senate Republicans Block Financial Reform Bill for Consecutive Day; US Coast Guard Mulls "Controlled Burn" of Gulf Oil Slick; BP Opposed Drilling Safety Rules; Obama: "Everything on Table" for Deficit Reduction; Hashmi Pleads Guilty on Eve on Terror Trial; Gitmo Hearing Weighs Alleged Torture-Induced Confession; Group Urges US to Probe Journalist Killings in Iraq; Justice Dept. Reviewing Arizona Immigration Law; Site of Mine Tragedy Had Highest Variety of Safety Violations in 2009; Oklahoma Senate Overrides Veto of Anti-Abortion Measures; Appeals Judge Orders University of Wyoming to Allow Ayers Speech; Malcom X Assassin Released on Parole

2010x84 - Thursday, April 29, 2010

April 29, 2010

2010/04/29 Headlines: Gulf Coast Oil Spill Could Be 5 Times Initial Estimate; GOP Ends Filibuster of Financial Reform Bill; Justice Dept. Mulls Suit to Block Arizona Immigration Law; Obama: Immigration Reform Bill Could Be Delayed; US Approves First Offshore Wind Farm; Israeli Troops Kill Unarmed Palestinian Protester in Gaza; Paramilitaries Kill 2 Human Rights Activists in Oaxaca; Reporter Subpoenaed to Reveal Sources for CIA Book; GOP Rep. Backs Deporting Children of Undocumented Immigrants; UC Berkeley Student Senate Fails to Override Veto of Israel Divestment Measure

2010x85 - Friday, April 30, 2010

April 30, 2010

2010/04/30 Headlines: BP Oil Spill Hits Louisiana Coastline; Thousands Gather for March on Wall St.; Goldman Sachs Faces Criminal Probe; Protests, Lawsuits Challenge Arizona Immigration Law; Pentagon: Afghan Violence Up Nearly 90%; NATO Forces Kill Relative of Afghan Lawmaker; UN Closes Kandahar Mission; Gitmo Prisoner Skips Evidentiary Hearing; House Approves Puerto Rico Referendum; 4 Prisoners in Holy Land Case Moved to Secretive, Restrictive CMUs

2010x86 - Monday, May 03, 2010

May 3, 2010

2010/05/03 Headlines: May Day Rallies Held to Protest Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law; Major League Baseball Union Urges Arizona to Repeal Law; Fishing Banned in Gulf Due to Massive Oil Spill; Halliburton's Role in Oil Rig Explosion Probed; Obama Vows to Help Gulf Region; EU and IMF Agree to Billion Bailout of Greece; Pakistani Man Convicted for Role in 2008 Mumbai Attacks; New York Investigate Failed Times Square Car Bombing; Civilian Casualties Soar in Afghanistan; Student Strike Shuts Down University of Puerto Rico; Anesthesiologists Face Censure for Participating in Executions; United and Continental to Merge; Bolivia Nationalizes Four Power Companies; Maoists in Nepal Launch General Strike; Second Brazilian Rancher Convicted in Murder of American Nun; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference Opens in New York; Bill Moyers Signs Off From PBS Show

2010x87 - Tuesday, May 04, 2010

May 4, 2010

2010/05/04 Headlines: Arrest Made in Attempted NYC Car Bombing; BP Attempts to Stop Gulf Oil Leak; 1990 Law Could Cap BP's Payout of Economic Damages at ; Obama Administration Urged to Reverse Offshore Drilling Stance; Obama on April 2: “Oil Rigs Today Generally Don’t Cause Spills”; Report: FCC Plans to Keep Broadband Deregulated; US and Others Walk Out of Ahmadinejad Speech; Pentagon: 5,113 Nuclear Warheads in US Arsenal; US to Send 850 Military Trainers to Afghanistan; Labor Protests in Egypt Call for Minimum Wage Increase; Judge Releases Nine Members of Christian Militia; Baseball Star Threatens Boycott over Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law; Supreme Court: Family Can't Sue over Detainee's Death; New York Governor Unveils Plan to Help Immigrants Facing Deportation; 28 Die in Storms in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky; Reporters Without Borders Lists "Predators of Press Freedom"

2010x88 - Wednesday, May 05, 2010

May 5, 2010

2010/05/05 Headlines: BP: Spill Could Be Ten Times Current Estimate; US: Suspect Admits to Failed Times Square Bombing; NY Officials Push for Expanded Surveillance; Greeks Protest Austerity Measures with National Strike; Ahmadinejad: Sanctions Would Hurt US More Than Iran; Israeli Settlers Accused of Burning West Bank Mosque; EPA Delays Move on Classifying Coal Ash as Hazardous Waste; Phoenix Suns to Protest Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law; Arizona Measure Could Ban Ethnic Studies Program; Plant Overlooked Contaminated Materials in Children's Medicines; Democracy Now! Files Lawsuit over RNC Arrests

2010x89 - Thursday, May 06, 2010

May 6, 2010

2010/05/06 Headlines: BP to Attempt Spill Containment with Giant Dome; US Exempted BP from Environmental Review; Pakistani FM: Attempted Bombing "Retaliation" for CIA Drone Strikes; Sens. Lieberman, Brown to Propose Stripping Terror Suspects of US Citizenship; CIA Received Expanded Authority for Drone Strikes; 3 Killed in Greek Protests; Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua Dies; FCC to Unveil New Broadband Regulations; House Appropriations Chair Obey Announces Retirement; Anti-Gay Scholar Hired Gay Male Escort for Overseas Trip; 6 Protesters Arrested at Cargill HQ

2010x90 - Friday, May 07, 2010

May 7, 2010

2010/05/07 Headlines: BP Oil Slick Reaches La. Shores; US Imposes 3-Week Freeze on New Offshore Drilling Permits; Labor, Civil Rights Groups Urge Arizona Boycott; Senate Defeats Amendment to Break Up Banks; Sen. Sanders Withdraws Fed Oversight Measure; Study: Americans "Bombarded" with Cancer Causes; Fmr. Interrogator: Khadr Was Told of Gang Rape After Capture; Pentagon Bans 4 Reporters from Gitmo Trials; Fmr. Guatemalan Soldier Involved in 1982 Massacre Arrested in Florida; Greek Lawmakers Approve New Austerity Measures; Burmese Opposition Party Dissolves; 2 Palestinian Civil Rights Activists Jailed; Biden Urges EU to Provide Passenger, Financial Data; Filmmaker Ordered to Hand Ecuador Footage to Chevron; Ohio Police Raid Home of Foreclosure Activist

2010x91 - Monday, May 10, 2010

May 10, 2010

2010/05/10 Headlines: Obama to Pick Kagan for Supreme Court; Holder Backs Limiting Miranda Rights for Terror Suspects; US: Pakistani Taliban Directed Times Square Bombing; Civilian Deaths Spike at US Checkpoints in Afghanistan; BP Attempt to Stop Oil Spill Fails; Obama Administration Approves 27 New Offshore Drilling Permits; Holder Expresses Concern over Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law; EU & IMF OK Trillion Rescue Package; Record 40 Million Americans Receive Food Stamps; Evo Morales Discusses Climate Change with Ban Ki-Moon; Senators Urge Obama to Sign Land Mine Ban Treaty; IAEA to Discuss Israel's Secret Nuclear Weapons Arsenal; Mary Kay Henry Named New SEIU President; Pioneering Black Singer and Actor Lena Horne, 92, Dies; Human Rights Attorney Rhonda Copelon, 65, Dies

2010x92 - Tuesday, May 11, 2010

May 11, 2010

2010/05/11 Headlines: Obama: Elena Kagan Is One of Nation's “Foremost Legal Minds”; Leahy: Glad to See Nominee “From Outside the Judicial Monastery”; Friend: Kagan's Judicial Views Remain “Something of a Mystery”; Report: Kagan Backed Ban on Late-Term Abortions; Kagan's Record on Diversity at Harvard Scrutinized; Patches of Oil Wash Ashore in Louisiana; BP Resumes Using Chemical Dispersants in Gulf; Tests Show High High Levels of Airborne Chemicals in Area; 119 Die as Bombs Hit 10 Iraqi Cities; Red Cross: US Is Running Secret Prison at Bagram; Karzai in Washington for High-Level Talks; 14 Die in US Drone Strike in Pakistan; 47 Russian Coal Miners Die in Explosion; Palestinians: Expansion of Israeli Settlements Jeopardize Peace Talks; Iran Issues Visas to Mothers of Detained US Hikers; Egypt to Extend State of Emergency; Bolivian Workers Begin Strike; Hip-Hop Group Cypress Hill Cancels Arizona Concert; Sen. Menendez Calls for Boycott of 2011 All-Star Game in Arizona

2010x93 - Wednesday, May 12, 2010

May 12, 2010

2010/05/12 Headlines: Senate Votes to Audit Federal Reserve; Goldman Sachs and Other Banks Report “Perfect” First Quarters; Agency Overseeing Offshore Drilling to Be Split Up; Cameron to Lead Coalition British Government; Link Between Times Sq. Bomber and Pakistani Taliban Questioned; Clinton Meets with Karzai in Washington; Hersh: US Carrying Out “Battlefield Executions” in Afghanistan; 103 Die in Libyan Plane Crash; Environmental Groups Criticize Kerry-Lieberman Climate Bill; EU Climate Commissioner Proposes 30% Emissions Cuts; Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies in Public Schools; UN Human Rights Experts Criticize Arizona Law; Massachusetts Town Bans Sale of All Bottled Water; 40 Years Ago: KKK Bombs Transmitter of Pacifica's KPFT in Houston

2010x94 - Thursday, May 13, 2010

May 13, 2010

2010/05/13 Headlines: Federal Criminal Probe of Wall Street Banks Expands; New York Probes Eight Banks over Duping Ratings Agencies; Sen. Dorgan Criticizes Efforts to Reform Wall Street; Report: Owner of Oil Rig Seeks to Limit Liability to ; BP Releases 30-Second Video of Oil Spill; Obama Addresses Rise of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan; Withdrawal of US Combat Troops from Iraq Delayed; Spanish Prosecutor Seeks Arrest of 13 CIA Agents in Rendition Case; Obama Admin Urges Court to Reject Maher Arar Lawsuit; Ex-Bush Admin Attorney Advises Arizona Offices on Detecting Immigrants; 15 Arrested in Tucson Protesting Arizona Law Banning Ethnic Studies; Anti-Gay Activist Resigns Post After Holiday with Male Escort; Laura Bush Voices Support for Gay Marriage and Abortion Rights; Maryland Law Places Restrictions on Military Recruiters; Record 575,000 Stopped & Frisked in NYC in 2009

2010x95 - Friday, May 14, 2010

May 14, 2010

2010/05/14 Headlines: Scientist: 70,000 Barrels of Oil May Be Leaking Every Day in Gulf; Sen. Murkowski Blocks Effort to Increase Liability Cap for Oil Firms; Senators Propose Permanent Ban on Offshore Drilling in Pacific; Interior Dept. Sued over Offshore Drilling Permitting Process; Three Pakistani Men Detained in Times Square Bombing Probe; Report: Defense Intelligence Agency Running Secret Prison at Bagram; War in Afghanistan War Now More Costly than Iraq; NATO Accused of Killing Civilians in Nighttime Raid; Thai Troops Open Fire on Anti-Government Protesters; Protests in Ecuador Force Delay in Vote on Controversial Water Bill; EPA Unveils Rules to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 8 Arrested in NYC Protesting Obama's AIDS Policies; Hip-Hop Artist Pitbull Cancels Phoenix Concert

2010x96 - Monday, May 17, 2010

May 17, 2010

2010/05/17 Headlines: Iran-Turkey Nuclear Fuel Deal Reached; 35 Die in Thailand in Bangkok Clashes; BP Works to Contain Oil Spill; Large Oil Plumes Found in Gulf of Mexico; Obama Calls Testimony of Oil Execs "A Ridiculous Spectacle"; Israel Blocks Noam Chomsky from Entering West Bank; Military Running Private Spy Network in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Detroit Police Kill 7-Year-Old Girl in Her Own Home; Euro Hits Four-Year Low; 20 Killed in Attack on Somali Parliament; Spanish Judge Garzón Suspended over Franco Probe; Report Blames Sri Lankan Military on Mass Slaughter; Episcopal Church Ordains Lesbian Bishop; Massey Energy Facing Criminal Probe; First Arab American Wins Miss USA 2010 Pageant

2010x97 - Tuesday, May 18, 2010

May 18, 2010

2010/05/18 Headlines: Tar Balls in Florida Keys, Oil Plumes Raise Fears of Wider Spill; MMS Official Steps Down; 5 US Troops Among 18 Killed in Afghan Bombing; Supreme Court Issues Rulings on Teen Sentencing, Jailing Sex Offenders; US Downplays Iran Deal, Vows Continued Sanctions Effort; Study: Pentagon Falsely Claimed Missile System Success; Attorney: Video Contradicts Police Claim in Home Raid Killing of 7-Year-Old; Staffers at Rhode Island Public School to Keep Jobs; Civil Rights Groups File Suit over Arizona Immigration Law; 3 Undocumented Immigrants Risk Deportation in Protest for DREAM Act; Barred by Israel, Chomsky to Deliver West Bank Lecture by Video Feed; Following Boycott Calls, Elvis Costello Cancels Israel Concerts; Mothers of Jailed US Hikers Head to Iran; Report: Blumenthal Falsely Claimed to Have Served in Vietnam

2010x98 - Wednesday, May 19, 2010

May 19, 2010

2010/05/19 Headlines: Specter Loses Penn. Democratic Primary; Oil from BP Disaster Reaching Louisiana Marshes; Footage Undermines BP Claims on Containing Oil; GOP Blocks Proposal to Raise Oil Spill Liability; Violence Erupts After Thai Military Raid on Red Shirts; US Submits Draft Proposal on Iran Sanctions; Taliban Fighters Attack NATO Base; US Toll Passes 1,000; 3 Arizona Protesters Face Deportation; Dodd Proposes Weaker Derivatives Provision; Protesters Rally at NY Offices of JPMorgan Chase; GOP Rep. Souder Resigns over Extramarital Affair; Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activists Held on ,000 Bail

2010x99 - Thursday, May 20, 2010

May 20, 2010

2010/05/20 Headlines: BP Oil Spill Enters Loop Current as Leak Estimate Rises; Dissident Dems Help Stall Financial Reform Bill; Dodd Abandons Effort to Weaken Derivatives Measure; Anti-Reform Derivatives Lobbyists Outnumber Pro-Reformers 11 to 1; Foreclosures, Missed Payments at Record Levels; Top Scientific Body Endorses Carbon Tax; Mothers of Jailed US Hikers Arrive in Iran; WikiLeaks Founder Has Passport Revoked in Australia; Activist for Displaced Slain in Colombia; Penn Urges Haiti Aid; Haitian Protesters Call for Préval's Resignation; Obama Hosts Calderón, Criticizes Arizona Law; Second-Grader Cites Mother's Plight in Questioning First Lady on Deportation; GOP Senate Nominee Paul Opposes Enforcing Civil Rights Act at Private Businesses

2010x100 - Friday, May 21, 2010

May 21, 2010

2010/05/21 Headlines: Senate Passes Financial Reform Bill; BP Admits Oil Spill Is Larger Than Prior Estimates; Blair Resigns as National Intelligence Director; Jobless Benefit Claims Increase; Jailed US Hikers Reunite with Mothers in First Public Appearance Since Arrests; Calderón Urges US to Reinstate Assault Weapons Ban; US Probes Killings of Afghan Civilians; Maldives Hosts Afghan Peace Talks; Palestinians Continue Boycott of Israeli Settlement Goods; South Korea Accuses North Korea of Torpedoing Warship; Dalai Lama Encouraged by Tsunami, Haiti Earthquake Response; Cuban Musician Silvio Rodriguez Granted US Visa

2010x101 - Monday, May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010

2010/05/24 Headlines: Tensions Escalate on Korean Peninsula; No Federal Charges for AIG Executives; FDIC: 1/10 of US Banks in Trouble; Court Rules Against Prisoners at Bagram; BP Rejects EPA Demand to Use Less-Toxic Dispersants; Bipartisan Commission to Probe BP Oil Spill; Despite Moratorium, New Offshore Drilling Permits OKed; Rand Paul: Obama's Criticism of BP Is "Un-American"; Sen. McConnell Urges GOP to Back Rand Paul; Report: Haitian Police Shot Dead at Least 12 Prisoners After Earthquake; Aiyana Jones Buried in Detroit; Cop Killers in Arkansas Tied to Patriot Movement; Texas Approves New Right-Wing School Curriculum; Mothers of Detained American Hikers Return to US; Report: Israel Offered Nukes to Apartheid South Africa; Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Vanunu Sent Back to Jail

2010x102 - Tuesday, May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010

2010/05/25 Headlines: Expanded US Military Operations Include Intel for Potential Iran Attack; Fears Grow of Continued Oil Spill Through August; MMS Regulators Allowed Oil Officials to Fill Out Inspection Forms; Democratic Senators Urge Probe into Transocean Dividends; 7 Greenpeace Activists Arrested in Anti-Drilling Protest; More US Troops Now in Afghanistan than in Iraq; Measure Proposes Ending Emergency War Funding; Admin Backs Compromise on Ending "Don't Ask, Don’t Tell"; Supreme Court OKs Chicago Firefighters Suit over Discriminatory Tests; Ex-Sri Lankan Forces: Top Commanders Ordered Killings of Tamil Prisoners; US Continues Funding Segregated West Bank Roads; Free Gaza Movement "Freedom Flotilla" Heads to Gaza; Nearly 40 Arrested in New York Immigration Protest; Iraq War Vet Commits Suicide at Ohio Military Hospital; Activists Mark 20th Anniversary of Earth First Car Bombing

2010x103 - Wednesday, May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010

2010/05/26 Headlines: BP Admits "Fundamental Mistake" Before Oil Rig Explosion; Obama Expands Militarization of US-Mexico Border; North Korea Cuts Ties with South Korea Following Sinking Allegation; Jailed US Activist Lori Berenson Paroled in Peru; Around 30 Killed in Jamaica Clashes; 15 Wounded in Israeli Attack on Gaza Strip; Admin Backs Vatican Immunity in Sexual Abuse Suit; Fmr. FBI Linguist Sentenced for Leaking Classified Documents; Correction

2010x104 - Thursday, May 27, 2010

May 27, 2010

2010/05/27 Headlines: BP Begins "Top Kill" Attempt to Plug Oil Leak; Expert: Continued Leak Would Mark "Disaster Unseen by Humanity"; Admin Suspends Arctic Drilling, New Oil Leases; Dems Reduce Jobless Benefits Package; Admin, Dems Prep Education Aid as 100,000 Teachers Face Layoffs; Police Chiefs: Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law Increases Crime; 5 Protesters Arrested at Chevron Annual Meeting; Aid Flotilla Approaching Gaza; Israel Vows to Block Ships; Berenson Release Expected Today; Peruvian Indigenous Leader Arrested Following Return from Asylum

2010x105 - Friday, May 28, 2010

May 28, 2010

2010/05/28 Headlines: BP Oil Spill Surpasses Exxon Valdez as Worst in US History; "Top Kill" Effort Renews After Lengthy Delay; New Oil Plume Discovered in Gulf; Obama Extends Drilling Moratorium, Defends Response; Reports: MMS Head Forced to Resign; Energy Secretary Chu Tied to BP; House Approves Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; Senate Approves War Funding, Rejects Timetable for Afghan Withdrawal; Israel Readies Prison for Passengers Aboard Free Gaza Aid Flotilla; Israel Charges 2 Leading Palestinian Activists with Espionage; Senior UN Official to Call for End to CIA Drone Strikes; Admin Asserts "Right to Act Unilaterally" in 1st National Security Strategy; Navajo Activists Protest Uranium Mining Plans; Berenson Freed on Parole in Peru

2010x106 - Monday, May 31, 2010

May 31, 2010

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2010x107 - Tuesday, June 01, 2010

June 1, 2010

2010/06/01 Headlines: At Least 10 Activists Killed in Israeli Attack on Gaza-Bound Aid Ship; UN Security Council Calls for Probe of Attack; NPT Signatories Call on Israel to Open Nuclear Sites; BP Oil Spill Likely to Continue Until August; Oil Spill Could Reach Alabama, Mississippi; BP CEO: No Underwater Oil Plumes; Workers Sickened by Food Poisoning; Hundreds Protest BP in New Orleans; Report: US Draws Up Plans for Pakistan Strikes; US Claims to Have Killed Top al-Qaeda Leader in Pakistan; US Faults Officers for Drone Attack Killings of 23 Afghan Civilians; US: Majority of Gitmo Prisoners Low-Level Fighters; Ex-Defense Minister Leads After 1st Round of Colombia Vote; Tens of Thousands Protest Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law; Musicians Launch "Sound Strike" Boycott of Arizona; US Spending on Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan Tops Trillion

2010x108 - Wednesday, June 02, 2010

June 2, 2010

2010/06/02 Headlines: Flotilla Survivors Deported from Israel; Aid Ship Continues Gaza Trek as New Flotilla Planned; US Maintains Refusal to Condemn Flotilla Assault; Ban: Lifting Gaza Blockade Would Have Prevented Flotilla Deaths; Thousands Worldwide Protest Flotilla Assault; US Student Loses Eye After Israel Fires on West Bank Protest; Justice Dept. Opens Civil, Criminal Probes of BP Oil Spill; Oil Sheen Approaching Florida Coast; Japanese PM Resigns After Backtracking on US Base; US Lawyer Hospitalized After Jailing in Rwanda; Mexican Immigrant Dies in US Custody; Youths Stage Hunger Strike to Urge Support for DREAM Act; Study: African Americans Face Widespread Jury Exclusion in US South; Supreme Court Limits Miranda Rights; New York Lawmakers Advance Labor Standards for Domestic Workers; Painter, Sculptor Louise Bourgeois Dies at 98

2010x109 - Thursday, June 03, 2010

June 3, 2010

2010/06/03 Headlines: All Slain Flotilla Victims Suffered Bullet Wounds; 19-Year-Old US Citizen Among Dead; Netanyahu: Flotilla Passengers "Violent Supporters of Terrorism"; Biden Defends Israeli Assault, Gaza Blockade; UN Human Rights Council Votes for Probe of Flotilla Attack, US Opposed; BP's Latest Effort to Slow Leak Fails; Oil Reaches Alabama, Mississippi; New Drilling Well Approved in Gulf of Mexico; Citing Oil Spill, Obama Calls for Energy Bill Passage; UN Calls for Halt to CIA Drone Attacks; US Altered Military Rules to Protect Drone Operators; Violence Erupts at Afghan Peace Meeting; Obama Expands Benefits for Same-Sex Partners of Federal Workers; Guard at Private Immigration Prison Fired for Sexual Assault

2010x110 - Friday, June 04, 2010

June 4, 2010

2010/06/04 Headlines: MV Rachel Corrie Continues Aid Mission to Gaza; Thousands Mourn Turkish Victims of Flotilla Attack; Passenger: Israeli Troops Fired at Unarmed Passengers, Ignored SOS Calls; Israeli Military Retracts Claim Passengers "Al Qaeda Mercenaries"; Swedish Dockers Boycott Israeli Goods, Ships in Flotilla Protest; BP Caps Well, Awaits Results; Scientists: Spill Could Extend Up Atlantic Ocean; Gov't Could Be Underestimating Spill Size; Widow: Rig Victim Worried of Safety Conditions Before Explosion; BP Lobbyists Have Government Ties; Alabama Prisoners Hired for Spill Cleanup; Report: US Special Forces Deployed in 75 Countries; UN Rapporteur: Drones Attacks Undermine "International Accountability"; Bush: US Waterboarded Alleged 9/11 Mastermind; Study: Over 1,400 Financial Lobbyists Formerly Worked in Gov't; Report: G8 Preparing to Drop Africa Aid Pledge; UN Calls for Probe into Death of DRC Human Rights Activist

2010x111 - Monday, June 07, 2010

June 7, 2010

2010/06/07 Headlines: Israel Seizes Another Gaza-Bound Aid Boat; Report: Israel Had Assassination List; Israeli Navy Kills Four Off Coast of Gaza; Coast Guard Commander: "This Spill Is Holding Everybody Hostage"; Oil Tar Bars Spotted on Pensacola Beach in Florida; Report: Many Gulf Coast Judges Tied to Oil and Gas Industry; US Intel Analyst Arrested for Leaking Wikileaks Video; US Elite Special Forces Deployed Across World; Amnesty: US Missiles Used in Yemen Air Strike; Obama Nominates James Clapper to Intel Post; CIA Personnel Engaged in Human Experimentation; DR Congo Police Chief Suspended in Probe of Activist Death; Eight Convicted for Bhopal Disaster; Tristan Anderson Returns Home to California; US Calls for Probe into Israeli Shooting of American Student; Helen Thomas Under Fire for Comments about Israel; The Pixies Cancel Concert in Israel; Silvio Rodriguez Peforms in US for First Time Since 1980

2010x112 - Tuesday, June 08, 2010

June 8, 2010

2010/06/08 Headlines: Scientist: Rate of Gulf Spill Expanding; Internal BP Probes: Neglect Could Lead to Accidents; Financial Commission Subpoenas Goldman Sachs; 10 Troops, Including 7 Americans, Killed in Afghanistan; Israel Rejects International Probe; Clinton: Honduras Should Be Readmitted to OAS; Attorney Peter Erlinder Denied Bail in Rwanda; Natural Gas Explosions in Texas and West Virginia; Fired Massey Coal Miner Files Whistleblower Complaint; "Lightening" of Faces on Arizona Mural Stirs Controversy; Iranian TV Airs Video Purportedly of Missing Scientist

2010x113 - Wednesday, June 09, 2010

June 9, 2010

2010/06/09 Headlines: Sen. Lincoln Beats Halter in Arkansas Primary; Whitman, Fiorina Win in California GOP Races; Unemployed Veteran Wins SC Democratic Senate Nomination; Tea Party Favorites Win in Nevada and South Carolina; US Border Patrol Agent Shoots Dead Mexican Teen on Mexican Soil; UN Security Council to Vote on Iran Sanctions; Seven Die As NATO Convoy Attacked in Pakistan; Taliban Shoots Down NATO Helicopter in Afghanistan; US Military Rebrands Efforts in Kandahar; Israel to Allow Soda, Candy and Juice into Gaza; Subsea Oil Plumes Stretched 142 Miles in Gulf of Mexico; Immigration Agents Target Oil Spill Cleanup Workers; Sylvia Earle: "The Ocean Is The Key To Our Survival"; Two Die in Natural Gas Pipeline Blast in Texas; Immigrant Youths Continue Hunger Strike at Schumer's Office; Court Grants Filmmaker Stay in Case Against Chevron; Protesters Interrupt Pelosi Speech; Blackwater Put Up for Sale

2010x114 - Thursday, June 10, 2010

June 10, 2010

2010/06/10 Headlines: UN Security Council Approves New Sanctions Against Iran; Turkey and Brazil Vote Against Iranian Sanctions; Iran Threatens to Reduce Ties to IAEA; 86 People Reported Sick in Louisiana and Alabama from Oil Spill; Activist Pours Fake Oil on Herself During Senate Hearing; 2000 Gov't Report Warned About Deepwater Oil Spills; BP Claims There Are No Underwater Oil Plumes; Obama Urges Israel to Loosen Blockade of Gaza; Israeli Document: Gaza Blockade a Form of "Economic Warfare"; Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Kandahar; Obama's Intel Nominee Tied to False Iraq WMD Claim; GOP Senators Try to Strip EPA of Power to Regulate Emissions; Senate Democrats Scale Back Tax Increase on Wall Street; Syed Hashmi Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail; 12,000 Nurses in Minnesota Go On Strike; Judges: NYPD Can Keep Secret 2004 RNC Spy Records; LA to Pay ,000 to Journalists Beaten at May 2007 Protest

2010x115 - Friday, June 11, 2010

June 11, 2010

2010/06/11 Headlines: Government Doubles Oil Spill Size Estimate; Obama Meets with Families of Deceased Rig Workers; BP Hires Firm Specializing in Reducing Cost of Claim Payments; Spill Forces Nation's Oldest Oyster-Shucking Firm to Close; Senate Rejects Effort to Strip EPA of Power to Regulate Emissions; Report: Wealthy Nations Could Increase Emissions Under Climate Deal; Israel & US Agree on Israeli Probe into Flotilla Attack; Video Shows Israeli Commandos Executing Flotilla Passenger; Israel Urged to Join Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; McChrystal: Violence and Casualties Will Rise in Afghanistan; Judge Orders Detention of Guantánamo Prisoner "Unlawful"; Pentagon Searches for Wikileaks Founder; Rep. Clyburn Calls for Probe of Bizarre SC Election Primaries; Million Settlement Reached for Sick Ground Zero Workers; Immigrant Students Stage Die-In at Sen. Schumer's Office

2010x116 - Monday, June 14, 2010

June 14, 2010

2010/06/14 Headlines: Red Cross: Israel Blockade of Gaza Is Illegal; Israel Forms Inquiry into Flotilla Attack; Turkey: We Have No Trust in Israeli Probe; Iran Reportedly Sends Aid Ship to Gaza; Mossad Agent Arrested in Poland; Report: US Discovers Trillion in Afghan Mineral Deposits; Obama Heads to Gulf for 4th Time Since BP Spill; Chevron Oil Pipeline Ruptures in Utah; Arizona Considers Denying Citizenship to Children of Immigrants; Five New Orleans Officers Indicted in Post-Katrina Killing; ICC Adds Aggression to List of Court's Prosecutable Offenses; 27 Anti-Torture Activists on Trial in Washington

2010x117 - Tuesday, June 15, 2010

June 15, 2010

2010/06/15 Headlines: BP Took Risky Cost-Cutting Shortcuts Ahead of Rig Explosion; Last Inspector of BP Rig Was Still in Training; Deepwater Horizon Rig Was Registered in Marshall Islands; Obama to Address Nation in Prime-Time Address; New York Lawmakers Call for Probe of Flotilla Activists; Trial of Newburgh Four Delayed; Court Blocks Deportation over Minor Drug Offenses; Court Orders Death Row Case Back to Lower Court; Activists Demand Arrest of Exec Tied to Bhopal Disaster; US Taxpayers May Be Funding Child Soldiers in Somalia; 15 Federal Police Officers Killed in Mexico; UC Irvine Bans Muslim Student Union; Documents: FBI Monitored Sen. Kennedy in 1961; World Cup Security Guards Stage Strike

2010x119 - Thursday, June 17, 2010

June 17, 2010

2010/06/17 Headlines: BP Agrees to Fund for Oil Spill Compensation Claims; BP Chair Apologizes for "Small People" Remark; BP Privately Estimated Higher Spill Rate Than It Publicly Disclosed; Israel Alters Gaza Siege; Maintains Naval Blockade and Ban on Building Materials; Top Military Leaders Urge Patience on Afghanistan; 4 Soldiers Charged in Afghan Civilian Deaths; US Unveils New Iran Sanctions; Univ. of Puerto Rico Students Declare Victory in 2-Month Strike; US Citizen Barred from Returning Following Yemen Visit; Dems Help Defeat Jobless Benefits Extension; Former Mortgage Exec Indicted for Alleged Fraud Scheme; Prop 8 Trial Concludes in California

2010x120 - Friday, June 18, 2010

June 18, 2010

2010/06/18 Headlines: BP CEO Grilled During House Testimony; Protester Removed After Calling Hayward "Criminal"; GOP Rep. Calls Compensation Fund "Shakedown"; Clinton: Obama Admin to Sue Arizona over Anti-Immigrant Law; Unemployment Measure Stalls in Senate as Jobless Claims Rise; Group: Senate Climate Bill Holds Billions in Tax Breaks for Nuclear Industry; Ex-Chicago Police Commander Denies Overseeing Torture of African Americans at Trial; Palestinians, Human Rights Groups Call for Full Repeal of Gaza Blockade; Flotilla Survivors Speak Out at New York Event; German Jewish Group to Send Two Aid Ships to Gaza; Red Cross: Kyrgyz Violence Is "Immense Crisis"; Rwandan Court Frees Jailed American Lawyer Peter Erlinder; Panel Calls for US-Funded Cleanup of Agent Orange in Vietnam; Number of Homeless US Families Grows to 170,000; Utah Prisoner Executed by Firing Squad; Supreme Court: Employers Can Read Employees' Text Messages; Supreme Court Invalidates over 500 NLRB Decisions; Allied Media Conference Opens Ahead of US Social Forum in Detroit

2010x121 - Monday, June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010

2010/06/21 Headlines: Documents: BP Privately Estimates Spill of 100,000 Barrels a Day; BP Used "Risky" Well Design at Explosion Site; Admin Grants New Waivers for Gulf Drilling; BP CEO Criticized for Yachting off English Coast; 10 Afghan Civilians Killed in NATO Attack; Afghan Violence Up 40%; US Awards Blackwater Contract in Afghanistan; 26 Killed in Iraq Car Bombings; Thousands Protest Electricity Shortages in Basra; US Ignores Calls for End to Gaza Seige; Protesters Block Israeli Ship from Unloading at Oakland Port; Ex-Defense Minister Wins Colombia Vote; Report: Admin Intervenes to Oppose Curbing CEO Pay; Study: Blacks, Latinos Hardest Hit by Foreclosures; Pentagon Revives Spy Database; Pro Basketball Player, Activist Manute Bol Dies at 47

2010x122 - Tuesday, June 22, 2010

June 22, 2010

2010/06/22 Headlines: Obama Recalls Afghan War Commander After Published Comments; 9 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Afghan Drug Use Increases; Congressional Probe Confirms US Indirectly Funding Afghan Insurgents with Protection Payoffs; Wikileaks Retains Legal Defense for Detained Servicemember; Oil Companies Challenge Deepwater Drilling Ban; Supreme Court Upholds Material Support Law; Admin to Expand Childcare Rights for LGBT Workers; Times Square Bomb Suspect Pleads Guilty, Threatens Future Attacks; GOP Co-Chair of Obama Deficit Commission Calls Social Security Recipients "Lesser People"; Aid Groups Warn 10M West Africans Face Starvation; India to Renew Extradition Request for Ex-Union Carbide CEO; University of Puerto Rico Students Vote to End Strike; ICE Probes Arrest of Immigrant Following Wife's Letter to Obama; Nebraska Town Approves Anti-Immigrant Crackdown

2010x123 - Wednesday, June 23, 2010

June 23, 2010

2010/06/23 Headlines: Judge with Energy Ties Strikes Down Deepwater Drilling Ban; McChrystal Prepares Resignation Letter Ahead of Obama Meeting; British Envoy to Afghanistan Resigns; Evidentiary Hearing Begins in Troy Anthony Davis Case; Erlinder Returns to US After Rwanda Jailing; Both Sides Claim Victory in Supreme Court Ruling on Monsanto Crop; Greenpeace Activists Disrupt BP Speech; UN Probes Alleged Abuses in Sri Lanka Fighting; Jamaica Arrests Alleged Drug Lord; Israel Advances East Jerusalem Demolitions, Orders Expulsion of 4 Palestinian Politicians; Road Shipments Begin Entering Gaza; Portuguese Novelist Jose Saramago Dies at 87

2010x124 - Thursday, June 24, 2010

June 24, 2010

2010/06/24 Headlines: Obama Taps Petraeus as Afghan Commander After Firing McChrystal; June is Deadliest Month for NATO Occupation in Afghan War; Oil Spill Worsens After Containment Cap Damaged; "Despondent" Gulf Boat Captain Commits Suicide; Report: Iranian Officers Seized US Hikers in Iraq; 5 US Citizens Sentenced to 10 Years in Pakistan; CIA Awards Blackwater Another Contract in Afghanistan; Israel Launches Spy Satellite; Poll: Most Palestinians Support Peace Deal with Israel; Israel Accused of Unlawfully Treating Jailed Nuclear Whistleblower; Swedish Dockworkers Launch Week-Long Boycott of Israeli Ships; UN Calls for Upholding MDG Pledges; Study Ranks US Last on Healthcare; Witnesses Recant Testimony at Hearing for Georgia Death Row Prisoner Troy Anthony Davis; Admin Unveils Homelessness Goals; Judge Rules UC Police Illegally Searched Journalist's Camera; White House Budget Director Orszag to Resign; Oregon Police Investigated Gore for Unwanted Sexual Contact in 2006

2010x125 - Friday, June 25, 2010

June 25, 2010

2010/06/25 Headlines: Obama Backs Down from July 2011 Drawdown in Afghanistan; Congress Negotiators Approve Financial Regulation Overhaul; Senate Republicans Block Unemployment Benefits Bill; NRA, Sierra Club Exempted from Campaign Finance Bill; US to Deploy Predator Drones Along Texas-Mexico Border; Obama Faces Another Setback on Drilling Moratorium; Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Enron CEO; Julia Gillard Becomes Australia's First Female PM; Whale Hunting Talks Break Down; Jamaican Gang Leader Extradited to US; Detroit to Close 77 City Parks

2010x126 - Monday, June 28, 2010

June 28, 2010

2010/06/28 Headlines: Over 600 Arrested at G20 Protests in Toronto; G20 Leaders Agree to Cut Government Deficits in Half by 2013; Elena Kagan Confirmation Hearings Set to Begin; Report: Karzai Meets with Leading Insurgent Leader; CIA Director Panetta Defends Drone Attacks in Pakistan; US to Keep Control of South Korean Military; Turkey Closes Airspace to Israeli Military Flights; Blackwater Won't Face Charges for Deals in Sudan; Guinea Holds First Free Election; Funeral Held for Congolese Human Rights Activist; Manufacturer of Oil Dispersant Beefs Up Lobbying Force; 600 Anti-Offshore Drilling Rallies Held; Sen. Robert Byrd, 1917-2010

2010x127 - Tuesday, June 29, 2010

June 29, 2010

2010/06/29 Headlines: Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Vows to Be Impartial; Republicans Criticize Kagan's Ties to Thurgood Marshall; Sen. Leahy: Kagan Is Well Within the Legal Mainstream; Court Strikes Down Chicago Handgun Ban; Court: Christian Group Can't Bar Gay Members; 1,000 Protest in Toronto Against Police Crackdown During G20; FBI Arrests 11 Alleged Russian Spies; US Launches Major Offensive Near Afghan-Pakistan Border; 10 Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan; Report Raises Doubts About Readiness of Afghan Forces; Rep. Lowey Threatens to Cut Billion in Foreign Aid to Afghanistan; Tropical Storm Alex May Impact Cleanup of BP Spill; Bill Clinton Suggests Blowing Up BP Oil Well; Mexican Gubernatorial Candidate Assassinated; Ousted Honduran President Accuses US of Being Behind the 2009 Coup; Obama Admin Outlines Plan to Expand Wireless Spectrum

2010x128 - Wednesday, June 30, 2010

June 30, 2010

2010/06/30 Headlines: Kagan Faces Opening Day of Questioning at Confirmation Hearings; Petraeus Vows to Review Restrictions on US Attacks in Afghanistan; Taliban Fighters Attack NATO Base; Claim: US Ambassador Threatens Afghan Attorney General with Dismissal; Kerry, Lieberman Offer to Further Weaken Climate Bill; Dems Remove .9B Bank Tax from Financial Overhaul; BP, Coast Guard Sued for Burning Endangered Sea Turtles; Putin Criticizes US Arrests of Alleged Russian Spies; Israeli FM: No Palestinian State by 2012; Supreme Court Orders New Hearing in Siegelman Case; Survey: Majority of Americans Hit by Recession; Olympia Peace Activist Wins ,000 in Damages for Gov't Surveillance; CNN Host Larry King to End Talk Show

2010x129 - Thursday, July 01, 2010

July 1, 2010

2010/07/01 Headlines: Kagan Concludes Testimony at Confirmation Hearings; House Approves Financial Regulation Overhaul; GOP Continues Senate Filibuster of Unemployment Benefits; Senate Panel Votes to Remove Spill Liability Cap; BP Accused of Using Dispersant to Mask Spill Size; BP Fined .2M for False Reporting on Colorado Leases; Senate Approves Petraeus Nomination for Afghan Command; House Panel Votes to Undo Cuba Trade, Travel Restrictions; Puerto Rican Police Quash Protest at State Capitol; Palestinian Children in Israeli-Run West Bank Areas Suffer Worse Conditions than Gazans; Israeli Peace Group Calls for New Flotilla Probe; Study: Media Stopped Calling Waterboarding "Torture" Following Its Disclosure as Routine US Practice; ACLU Sues US over No-Fly List

2010x130 - Friday, July 02, 2010

July 2, 2010

2010/07/02 Headlines: House Approves Over for Escalating Afghan War; Taliban Attack US Contractor in Afghanistan; 42 Killed in Suicide Attack on Sufi Shrine in Pakistan; Tropical Storm Alex Delays Gulf Coast Cleanup; Spill Could Be Worse in Gulf History; House Expands Damages for Victims' Families; Kagan Confirmation Hearings Conclude with Supporters, Critics; Obama Calls for Compromise in Immigration Reform; Obama Signs New Iran Sanctions into Law; Canadians Rally Against G20 Crackdown; 4 Massey Supervisors Charged for Deadly 2006 Coal Mine Fire; New Details Emerge on "Backdoor Bailout" Through AIG; Jury Deliberations Expected in Oscar Grant Killing Trial; New York Lawmakers Approve Labor Standards for Domestic Workers; Penn State Panel Clears "Climategate" Scientist

2010x131 - Monday, July 05, 2010

July 5, 2010

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2010x132 - Tuesday, July 06, 2010

July 6, 2010

2010/07/06 Headlines: Oil from BP Spill Reaches Texas; 2007 Memo: Danger of Offshore Oil Drilling Spill a "Low-Probability" Event; BP Still Has Nearly Billion Pentagon Fuel Contract; Israel Partially Eases Gaza Blockade Ahead of White House Meeting; B'Tselem: Jewish Settlements Control 42 Percent of West Bank Land; Tax-Exempt Funds Aid Settlements in West Bank; Justice Dept to Sue Arizona over Immigration Law; GOP Chair Steele: Afghanistan Is "War of Obama's Choosing"; Costa Rica Approves Plan to Give Access to US War Ships; Syrian Human Rights Attorney Sentenced to Three Years in Jail; US Awards .85B in Loan Guarantees for Solar Projects; Greenpeace Accuses Paper Firm of Destroying Indonesian Rain Forests; Maoist Leader Killed in India; Puerto Rico Probes Police Crackdown on Student; Puerto Rican Analyst Juan Manuel García-Passalacqua, 73, Dies; Thousands Attend Funeral of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

2010x133 - Wednesday, July 07, 2010

July 7, 2010

2010/07/07 Headlines: US Army Analyst Charged in WikiLeaks Case; US Military Restricts Media Access Following McChrystal Controversy; NATO Forces Mistakenly Kill 5 Afghan Soldiers; 3 US Troops Die in Roadside Bombing; Admin Seeks Reinstatement of Deepwater Drilling Ban; Environmental Groups Announce Settlement to Prevent Burning of Sea Turtles; Justice Dept. Sues Arizona over Anti-Immigrant Law; Obama Praises Israeli "Restraint" at Netanyahu Meeting; UK Opens Inquiry of Role in US Torture of Foreign Prisoners, Vows to Compensate Victims; Study: Climate Pledges Will Lead to 4°C Increase by 2100; Heat Wave Breaks Records on US East Coast; Environmentalist Avoids Jail Term for Senate Protest

2010x134 - Thursday, July 08, 2010

July 8, 2010

2010/07/08 Headlines: Appeals Court to Weigh Attempt to Restore Drilling Ban; BP Claims New Target Date for Sealing Well; Report: 27,000 Abandoned Wells Pose Threat to Gulf Coast; 60 Killed in Iraq Bombings Targeting Shiite Pilgrims; US, Russia Negotiate Swap of Alleged Spies; Cuba to Free Over 50 Jailed Dissidents; Indian Forces Impose Curfew in Kashmir in Wake of Protest Deaths; Spanish Court Orders New Probe of US Killing of Spanish Journalist; Ex-Guatemalan Soldier Pleads Guilty to Concealing Role in 1982 Dos Erres Massacre; British Probe Clears "Climategate" Scientists; Obama Vows to Push Trade Pacts; Report: Raytheon Hired for NSA Surveillance of Infrastructure Hacking

2010x135 - Friday, July 09, 2010

July 9, 2010

2010/07/09 Headlines: Appeals Court Maintains Reversal of Deepwater Drilling Ban; Mass. Judge Rules Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional; Protests Erupt in Oakland After Verdict in Grant Trial; CENTCOM Nominee Led Fallujah Assault, Dropped Charges in Haditha Massacre; Over 50 Killed in Pakistan Bombing; US, Russia Swap Alleged Spies; European Lawmakers OK US Monitoring of Financial Transactions; Netanyahu: Israel "Has Done Enough" for Resumption of Talks; Libyan Charity Claims Aid Ship Heading to Gaza; 16 Arrested at G20 Remain Jailed; Police Conduct Probed; Wages for High School, College Graduates Fell in Last Decade; Wealthier Americans Have Higher Mortgage Default Rate; US Denies Visa to Colombian Journalist; CNN Fires Middle East Editor for Twitter Post; Protesters Call for Cancellation of MLB All-Star Game in Arizona; Nixon and Kissinger Admitted to CIA Assassination Attempt in Chile; Nixon Ordered Plans for Nuking North Korea

2010x136 - Monday, July 12, 2010

July 12, 2010

2010/07/12 Headlines: BP Attempts to Put New Cap on Oil Well; Report: BP Pays Out Half of Claims Filed by Gulf Residents; Former BP Contractor: BP's "Bottom Line Is Just About Money"; Over 60 Die in Twin Bomb Blasts in Uganda; Karzai Seeks to Remove Taliban Officials from UN Blacklist; Holder: US May File Another Suit Against Arizona over Anti-Immigrant Law; APA Supports Efforts to Strip License of Psychologist Tied to Torture Program; Toyota Cuts Funding to School After Professor Exposed Vehicle Flaws; Libyan Humanitarian Aid Ship Heads to Gaza; Two Striking Banana Workers Killed in Panama; Greenpeace Marks 25th Anniversary of Rainbow Warrior Ship Bombing

2010x137 - Tuesday, July 13, 2010

July 13, 2010

2010/07/13 Headlines: Abducted Iranian Nuclear Scientist Surfaces in US; US Issues New Deepwater Oil Drilling Moratorium; BP Attaches New Containment Cap Over Oil Well; Coast Guard Lifts Media Restrictions in Gulf; Bill Clinton: Not Enough Done Yet for Haiti; Israeli Military Probe Says Attack on Gaza Flotilla Was Justified; Arab-Israeli Faces Five Months in Jail for Sailing on Gaza Flotilla; ICC Issues New Arrest Warrant for Sudan's Al-Bashir; Somali Militant Group Claims Responsibility for Uganda Blasts; Omar Khadr Rejects Plea Deal; Senate Closer to Passing Financial Reform Bill; Indictment Against Animal Rights Activists Thrown Out; Fidel Castro Gives Rare Televised Interview; Bohemian Poet and Singer Tuli Kupferberg, 86, Dies; Comic Book Author Harvey Pekar, 70, Dies

2010x138 - Wednesday, July 14, 2010

July 14, 2010

2010/07/14 Headlines: Oil Gusher Continues as Containment Test Delayed; Cleanup Workers Photographed Without Protective Gear; Senate to Vote on Financial Reform; Libyan Aid Ship Heads to Egypt After Being Blocked from Gaza Strip; Israel Resumes Demolitions of Palestinian Homes; Palestinian Woman Killed in Israeli Attack; Israeli Parliament Bars Travel for Arab Lawmaker; Afghan Soldier Kills 3 UK Troops; Iranian Scientist Claims US Kidnapping, Returns to Iran; Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC Indecency Rules; Six NOLA Officers Indicted for Danziger Bridge Shootings, Cover-up

2010x139 - Thursday, July 15, 2010

July 15, 2010

2010/07/15 Headlines: BP Halts Containment Test for Consecutive Day; Oil Smears Hundreds of Birds in Gulf Nesting Area; BP to Deduct Spill Costs from Tax Payments; 8 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Iranian Scientist Returns Home as Report Claims CIA Payment of ; Gaza-Bound Libyan Aid Ship Docks in Egypt; Rwanda Opposition Leader Found Dead; US Details Nuclear Arsenal Plans; Survey: Despite Earnings Boost, Most Firms Won't Increase Hiring; Foreclosures Expected to Top 1 Million This Year; Fmr. Insurance Exec Tapped to Implement Healthcare Law; Philip Morris Using Child Labor in Kazak Tobacco Fields; Ex-Police Officer Avoids Jail in Bicycle Assault Case; Supporters Rally on Eve of Lynne Stewart Resentencing

2010x140 - Friday, July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

2010/07/16 Headlines: BP Stops Oil Spill for First Time Since April; Senate Approves Financial Reform Bill; Goldman Settles Fraud Case over Mortgage Investments; 21 Killed in Iran Suicide Bombing; Poll: 62% Say War Going "Badly"; Record US Soldier Suicides in June; US Has Delivered None of Pledged Aid Money to Haiti; France Threatens Legal Action over Haiti Reparations Hoax; Argentina Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage; Suspect Charged in Algiers Point Shooting; BP Cleanup Worker Describes Lax Safety Conditions; Activists Shut Down West Virginia Coal Mine; Iroquois Lacrosse Team Denied Entry to Britain; Ex-Bush Official: CIA Used Unauthorized Torture Techniques; Lynne Stewart Resentenced to 10-Year Term

2010x141 - Monday, July 19, 2010

July 19, 2010

2010/07/19 Headlines: Oil Seep Discovered Near Ruptured Well; Gulf Coast Workers to Have Cleanup Pay Deducted from Claims; At Least 45 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombing; Report: Karzai to Unveil 2014 Withdrawal Deadline; Amidst Clinton Visit, Pakistani Military Accused of Extrajudicial Killings; Netanyahu in 2001: US "Won't Get in the Way" of Israeli Expansionism; Rich Nations Urged to Meet Pledges at Opening of Global AIDS Conference; Study: Half the World's Poor Live in South Asia; Fmr. West Virginia Aide Appointed to Fill Byrd's Senate Seat; Obama Chides Republicans on Unemployment Deadlock; AIG Agrees to Settlement in Fraud Suit; Couple Sentenced on Cuba Spying Conviction; NY Limits "Stop and Frisk" Database; Southwest Workers Union Member Critically Injured in Shooting Attack; Warning Issued to Top Texan Appeals Court Judge; Mandela Honored on 92nd Birthday; US Citizen Remains on No-Fly List After Returning Home; Appeals Court Upholds Sentence for Gitmo Whistleblower

2010x142 - Tuesday, July 20, 2010

July 20, 2010

2010/07/20 Headlines: Karzai: Afghan Forces Will Take Control of Security By 2014; Rocket Fire Forces Diversion of Ban Ki-Moon's Plane; NATO Chief: US & NATO Underestimated Scale of Afghanistan Mission; Senate Democrats Hope to Break GOP Filibuster over Jobless Benefits; White House Confirms Seepage and Leaks Near BP Well; Obama and British PM Cameron to Meet at White House; Marathon Oil Opens New Deepwater Well in Gulf; US National Guard to Arrive on Mexican Border on Aug. 1; US-Made Grenades Used in Mexican Drug War; Afro-Colombian Activist Assassinated; Homeless Pastor Dies in Denver Police Custody After Being Tasered; Maryland Man Could Face 16 Years in Jail for Videotaping Traffic Stop; Olympia Food Co-Op to Boycott Israeli Goods; Israeli Soldier in Tom Hurndall Killing Released Early; Climatologist Stephen Schneider, 65, Dies

2010x143 - Wednesday, July 21, 2010

July 21, 2010

2010/07/21 Headlines: Probe Reveals BP Knew of Problems Ahead Deepwater Horizon Rig Explosion; British PM Rejects Calls for Inquiry into BP's Role in Release of Lockerbie Bomber; Democrats Break GOP Filibuster on Unemployment Aid Bill; Senate Committee Backs Kagan Supreme Court Nomination; USDA Reconsiders Firing of Black Official over NAACP Speech; US Announces New Sanctions Against North Korea; Report: US Forces Step Up Presence in Pakistan; Afghan Soldier Kills Two US Military Trainers; Obama Praises International Conference on Afghanistan; Ex-Head of MI5: Iraq War Increased Threat of Terrorism in Britain; Pentagon to Rescind Rules on Journalists at Gitmo; Two Utah State Workers Lose Jobs for Creating List of Undocumented Immigrants; Oakland Approves Plan for Large Marijuana Production Plants; Palestinian Guilty of Rape after Consensual Sex with Israeli Jew

2010x144 - Thursday, July 22, 2010

July 22, 2010

2010/07/22 Headlines: Ousted USDA Official Offered New Job in Agency; No Charges to be Filed in US Attorneys Scandal; UK Deputy PM Describes Iraq Invasion as "Illegal"; Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Missing After Forced Repatriation; Obama Signs Financial Reform Bill; Record Foreclosures Expected in 2010 Despite Federal Efforts; Ben Bernanke: US Faces "Unusually Uncertain" Prospects; London Officer Involved in Death of Man at G20 Escapes Charges; Flooding Kills More Than 700 in China; Israeli Court Ruling in "Rape by Deception" Case Stirs Controversy; Head of CIA Drone Program in Pakistan Promoted; House Passes Tribal Law and Order Act; Anti-Mountaintop Removal Candidate Enters Race for Byrd's Senate Seat; Rage Against the Machine Urges Boycott of Arizona

2010x145 - Friday, July 23, 2010

July 23, 2010

2010/07/23 Headlines: Tropical Storm Bonnie Forces BP to Suspend Relief Well Drilling; Two BP Managers Named as Potential Targets of Fed Probe; BP's Hiring of Prison Labor Cleanup Scrutinized; US Lifts Ban on Training Indonesian Special Forces Unit; Peruvian and Ugandan Contractors Killed in Attack on Green Zone; Rep. Rangel to Face Ethics Violations Trial; Obama Apologizes to Shirley Sherrod; Report: Bailed-Out Banks Paid Out .6B in Excessive Bonuses; Venezuela Cuts Ties to Colombia; IMF Cancels Haiti's Debt But Gives Haiti a New Loan; Trafigura Fined for Exporting Toxic Waste to Ivory Coast

2010x146 - Monday, July 26, 2010

July 26, 2010

2010/07/26 Headlines: WikiLeaks Releases 92,000 Secret Docs About Afghan War; Report: 45 Afghan Civilians Die in NATO Air Strike; US Launches Hunt for Captured Troops in Afghanistan; Cancer & Infant Mortality Rates Soar in Fallujah; Suicide Bomb Targets Baghdad Bureau of Al Arabiya; Former CIA Boss: Iran Attack “Inexorable”; Lt. Dan Choi Discharged from Military over Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Report: Hayward to Step Down as BP CEO; Khmer Rouge Commander Sentenced for Crimes Against Humanity; Two Workers in Penn. Die in Natural Gas Explosion; Report: People with Mental Disabilities Face Risk of Erroneous Deportation; Activists Gather for United National Peace Conference in Albany; Legendary Broadcaster Daniel Schorr, 93, Dies

2010x147 - Tuesday, July 27, 2010

July 27, 2010

2010/07/27 Headlines: Karzai Orders Probe into Deadly NATO Air Strike; Missing US Soldier Found Dead in Afghanistan; As BP Reports Loss, Hayward to Step Down as CEO; BP Fails to Set Up Compensation Fund; Greenpeace Activists Shut Down BP Stations in London; Iran Says It Is Open to Nuclear Talks "Without Any Conditions"; Environmental Ministers Criticize US Stance on Climate Change; WFP: 8 Million Need Food Aid in Niger Due to Severe Drought; SEIU and UNITE HERE Reach Settlement Ending Dispute; Tennessee GOP Candidate Questions Whether Islam Is a Religion; Probe Urged into Murdered Honduran Journalists; Nike Agrees to Compensate Laid-Off Contract Workers in Honduras; 20th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act Marked; Puerto Rican Independentista Freed After 30 Years

2010x148 - Wednesday, July 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

2010/07/28 Headlines: House Votes to Fund Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; Audit: Pentagon Can't Account for 95% of of Iraq Reconstruction Funds; BP Seeks Billion Tax Break to Cover Spill Expenses; 800,000 Gallons of Oil Spill in Michigan; Major Protests Planned in Arizona over Anti-Immigrant Bill; Nebraska City Suspends Anti-Immigrant Housing Bill; NYC to Pay Settlement in Sean Bell Shooting Case; British PM: Gaza Is a "Prison Camp"; US Backs More AU Troops in Somalia; Hans Blix: US Refused to Accept Findings of UN Inspectors in Iraq; Colombia Journalist to Be Allowed Entry into US; Four Mexican Journalists Kidnapped; Republicans Block Campaign Finance Law; Massachusetts Legislature OKs Plan to Bypass Electoral College; Groups: FBI Surveillance Program Invites Racial Profiling

2010x149 - Thursday, July 29, 2010

July 29, 2010

2010/07/29 Headlines: Federal Judge Blocks Part of Arizona Immigration Law; US Seeks Access to More Internet Data Without Court Order; House Reduction of Drug Sentencing Disparity; EPA Blasted over Handling of Michigan Oil Spill; Coast Guard's Role in Fighting BP Oil Rig Fire Scrutinized; Texas Launches Probe of Toxic Release of BP Refinery in Texas City; Local Afghan Media Outlets Paid to Run US Propaganda; Pakistan Declares Day of Mourning After Plane Crash; 2000-2009 Marked Warmest Decade on Record; Israel Refuses to Pay Medical Bills for Emily Henochowicz; Israel Demolishes Bedouin Village in Negev Desert; Peace Activist Art Gish, 70, Dies

2010x150 - Friday, July 30, 2010

July 30, 2010

2010/07/30 Headlines: Dozens of Immigrant Rights Activists Arrested in Arizona Protests; July Becomes Deadliest Month for US in Afghanistan; Obama Signs War Funding Bill; US Moves to Increase Arms Exports; Bradley Manning Moved to Marine Brig in Virginia; Justice Dept Explores Espionage Charges Against WikiLeaks; Army Issues Report on Soldier Suicides; Rep. Rangel Charged with 13 Ethics Violations; GOP Blocks Small Business Loan Fund; House Rejects Bill to Help Sick Ground Zero Workers; Citigroup to Pay to Settle Subprime Mortgage Claims; Wyclef Jean Considers Presidential Run in Haiti; Two NOLA Police Officers Charged over 2005 Beating; Cluster Bomb Treaty to Go into Effect; US Refuses to Sign; US Hikers Held for a Year in Iranian Prison

2010x151 - Monday, August 02, 2010

August 2, 2010

2010/08/02 Headlines: Massive Flooding Kills Over 1,200 in Pakistan; Mullen: US Military Has Plans to Attack Iran If Needed; Report: July Was Deadliest Month in Iraq Since May 2008; WikiLeaks Volunteer Detained, Questioned over Afghan War Logs; Global Treaty Banning Cluster Bombs Goes into Force; Hamas Commander Killed in Israeli Air Strike; Greenspan Opposes Keeping Bush’s Tax Cuts on Wealthy; UAE to Ban Blackberry Services Due to Encryption System; Life Insurance Firms Probed for Defrauding Families of Dead Soldiers; Rep. Maxine Waters to Face Ethics Trial; First Gay Marriages Celebrated in Argentina; Journalist Killed in West Papua; ADL Opposes Plan for Mosque Near Ground Zero; Mothers of Imprisoned Hikers Protest Outside Iranian Mission in NYC; FBI File on Howard Zinn Dates to 1949; Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebron, 90, Dies

2010x152 - Tuesday, August 03, 2010

August 3, 2010

2010/08/03 Headlines: 1,400 Killed, 3 Million People Affected by Floods in Pakistan; Scientists: Nearly 5 Million Barrels of Oil Spilled in Gulf; BP Faces Insider Trading Probe; Israeli Shelling Kills Three Lebanese Soldiers, One Journalist; Six Afghan Children Die in Suicide Bombing; Obama: US on Target to Withdraw Combat Troops from Iraq; UN Panel to Probe Israeli Attack on Flotilla; Republicans Call for Repealing 14th Amendment; Virginia AG OKs Immigration Checks on Anyone Stopped by Police; Countrywide to Pay Million Settlement; IPCC Chief Pachauri: Climate Talks in Cancún Are Very Important; 22 Die in Kashmir as Protests Intensify; Ahmadinejad Calls for Debate with Obama; Jury Convicts Two in JFK Airport Plot; Husband of Rep. Jane Harman Buys Newsweek

2010x153 - Wednesday, August 04, 2010

August 4, 2010

2010/08/04 Headlines: BP Claims Progress in Sealing Well; Worker Kills 8, Self at Conn. Warehouse; Senate Opens Debate on Kagan Nomination; Groups File Suit over Assassinations List; Toll from Pakistan Flooding Tops 1,500; 17 Killed in Iraq Attacks; New York Clears Ground Zero Mosque Plan; US Envoy to Attend Hiroshima Memorial for 1st Time; Senate Delays Vote on Ratifying Russia Nuke Treaty; Pentagon Denies Embed Request to Reporter Behind McChrystal Story; Judge to Rule on California Gay Marriage Ban; Activist Marilyn Buck Dies at 62

2010x154 - Thursday, August 05, 2010

August 5, 2010

2010/08/05 Headlines: Federal Judge Strikes Down California Gay Marriage Ban; Scientists Challenge Admin Claims on Oil Spill Cleanup; Transocean Found Safety Flaws at Gulf Rigs; Senate Advances State Aid Measure; Verizon, Google in Reported Deal for Tiered Internet Use; Treasury Authorizes Groups to Represent US-Born Cleric; Right-Wing Group Sues to Block Ground Zero Mosque; White House Refuses to Take Stance; Kenyan Voters Approve Constitutional Referendum; Palestinian Solidarity Activists Plan New Gaza Flotilla; Indonesia Could Follow Saudi Arabia, UAE Ban on BlackBerry Phones; Study: Increased Deportations Under Obama Admin

2010x155 - Friday, August 06, 2010

August 6, 2010

2010/08/06 Headlines: Pakistan Flooding Devastates New Areas; Afghan Civilians Killed in NATO Attack; Pentagon Demands WikiLeaks Return Afghan War Docs; Activists to Hold Rally for Accused Military Whistleblower; Sealing of Well Raises Questions Around BP's Plans for Remaining Oil; Senate Confirms Kagan Nomination to Supreme Court; Clapper Confirmed as National Intelligence Director; Senate Fails to Approve Settlement for Black Farmers; Mexican Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Law; Wyclef Jean Announces Haitian Presidential Bid; Activists Launch "US Boat to Gaza" Campaign; Bush Admin Returned Gitmo Prisoners to Secret Jails to Avoid Scrutiny; Kucinich Measure Would Bar Targeted Killings of US Citizens; Justice Dept. Accuses 14 of Supporting Somali Militant Group; Jobless Claims, Unemployment Rise; Missouri Voters Reject Insurance Mandates

2010x156 - Monday, August 09, 2010

August 9, 2010

2010/08/09 Headlines: 10 Medical Aid Workers Killed in Afghanistan; 1,325 Afghan Civilians Killed So Far This Year; 131,000 Jobs Lost in July; Unemployment Rate Remains at 9.5%; Romer Resigns as Obama's Chief Economist; Kagan Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice; Devastating Heat Wave Continues in Russia; Ice Island Breaks Off from Greenland; Juan Manuel Santos Sworn In as Colombia's President; Fidel Castro Addresses Cuban National Assembly; Mexican Journalists Call for Government Protection of the Press; Netanyahu Defends Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla; Ex-US Cabinet Official Detained at Israeli Airport; Fareed Zakaria Returns ADL Award over Its Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque; Rep. Boehner Wants Congress to Consider Repealing 14th Amendment; Peace Groups Rally to Support Accused Army Whistleblower Bradley Manning

2010x157 - Tuesday, August 10, 2010

August 10, 2010

2010/08/10 Headlines: UN: 13 Million People Affected by Floods in Pakistan; Google and Verizon Propose Two-Tiered Internet System; Gates Outlines Pentagon Budget Cuts; UN: Civilian Casualties Jump 31% in Afghanistan in 2010; Medical Charity Identifies Aid Workers Killed in Afghanistan; Gen. Petraeus Aims to Build Support for Afghan War; Trial of Omar Khadr to Begin at Guantánamo; Vicente Fox Calls for Legalization of Drugs; Number of Oiled Wildlife Increasing in Gulf of Mexico; Hezbollah Blames Israel for 2005 Assassination of Al-Hariri; Israel Threatens to Pull Out of UN Flotilla Inquiry; Mia Farrow Testifies at Charles Taylor War Crimes Trial; Rep. Maxine Waters Faces Three Ethics Violations

2010x158 - Wednesday, August 11, 2010

August 11, 2010

2010/08/11 Headlines: Pakistan Evacuations Continue as Groups Urge Global Aid; Toll in China Flooding Doubles to 700; Primaries Held in 4 States; Obama Signs State Aid Bill After Dems Cut in Food Stamp Funding; Storm Forces Delay of BP Relief Well Effort; Lawsuits to Be Heard in New Orleans Court; UN Envoy: Khadr Trial Could Undermine Child Soldier Protections; Rights Groups Ask WikiLeaks to Censor Afghan Docs; Graphic Provides Geospacial Rendering of Afghan Attacks; Venezuela, Colombia Restore Ties; Mexican Supreme Court: Mexico City Same-Sex Marriages Must Be Recognized Nationwide; Greenpeace: Russian Wildfires Could Spread Chernobyl Fumes; Israel Bulldozes Palestinian Cemetery; Rangel Rejects Ethics Charges in House Floor Speech; Waters' Attorneys Accuse Ethics Panel of Double Standard; Gibbs: Critics of Bush-Like Obama Policies Should Be "Drug Tested"; New York City Allows Anti-Mosque Ads on Public Buses; Fmr. GOP Senator Ted Stevens Dies in Plane Crash

2010x159 - Thursday, August 12, 2010

August 12, 2010

2010/08/12 Headlines: UN Warns of More Pakistan Deaths Unless Aid Reaches Flooded Areas; US Denied Helicopters for Pakistan Relief Effort Due to Afghan War; US Accused of Killing 3 Afghan Civilians; Military Officials to Push for Delayed Afghan Withdrawal; Top Iraqi General: US Troops Should Remain Until 2020; Report: US Pressuring Allies to Target WikiLeaks Founder; BP Ties Compensation Fund to Gulf Coast Drilling Revenues; Texas Sues to Overturn Deepwater Drilling Freeze; Top 5 Insurance Companies Paid Execs Nearly in 2009; Florida AG Unveils Anti-Immigrant Measure; Clinton Urges Senate Ratification of START Treaty; Gitmo Prisoner Sentenced to 14 Years; Argentina's Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo Nominated for Nobel Prize; Lebanon Vows to Reject US Military Aid If it Limits Self-Defense; Wells Fargo Ordered to Repay Customers for Overdraft Fees; Dozens Injured in Massive Turnout for Subsidized Housing in Georgia

2010x160 - Friday, August 13, 2010

August 13, 2010

2010/08/13 Headlines: Prop 8 Backers Given 6 Days to Block Resumption of Gay Marriages; Poll: Most Americans Back Same-Sex Marriage; Jobless Claims Reach Six-Month High; Foreclosures Rise 9%; Report: Wall St. Bonuses to Increase for Consecutive Year; BP Fined .6M for Safety Hazards at Texas Refinery; Alabama AG Sues BP and Other Firms over Spill; Congress Approves Border Militarization Bill; Poll: Majority of Border Residents Feel Safe; Israel Rejects Palestinian Offer for Peace Talks; Pentagon Warns WikiLeaks on New Document Release; Congress Members Seek to Reduce US Compensation for Iraqi Victims of US Attacks; Iraqi Commander: US Troops Needed Until 2020; Pakistani Province Faces New Round of Flooding; Pakistani Journalists Protest Media Crackdown; Burmese Junta Announces Election Date; Canadian Navy Seizes Tamil Migrant Ship; Haitians Hold Sit-in to Protest Forced Evictions; Lesbian of Color Files Civil Rights Suit Against NYPD

2010x161 - Monday, August 16, 2010

August 16, 2010

2010/08/16 Headlines: UN Chief: Pakistan Is Worst Disaster I've Ever Witnessed; Gen: Petraeus Hints Scheduled Afghan Withdrawal Could Be Postponed; Karzai Reportedly Orders All Private Security Firms to Disband; Shadow War: US Secretly Carries Out Strikes in Yemen; Obama Backs the Rights of Muslims to Build Mosque Near Ground Zero; US Threatens to Cut Off Arms Deal to Turkey over Criticism of Israel; US to Fund Israeli Purchase of 20 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters; White House Expresses Concern over Election in Rwanda; 23 Killed in Mexico; Grenade Hits Monterrey TV Station; Peruvian Prosecutor Seeks to Put Lori Berenson Back in Jail; France Urged to Repay Billion "Independence Debt" to Haiti; Curfew Continues in Kashmir After Police Kill Four Protesters; Backers of Open Internet Protest Outside Google HQ; Turkey Deports US Journalist; Laborers’ International Union Rejoins AFL-CIO; Singer, Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln, 80, Dies

2010x162 - Tuesday, August 17, 2010

August 17, 2010

2010/08/17 Headlines: Same-Sex Marriages Put on Hold in California; Sen. Reid Opposes Mosque in Lower Manhattan; At Least 50 Die in Suicide Bombing in Baghdad; Number of Troops Killed Under Obama in Afghanistan to Surpass Bush; Robert Gates to Retire in 2011; US Continues Drone Strikes in Pakistan Despite Floods; Lori Berenson Appears in Peruvian Court; US to Ease Travel Rules to Cuba; Videotapes from Secret CIA Prison Uncovered; New Deepwater Oil Drilling Regulations Outlined; Researchers: 79% of Oil from BP Spill Still Has Not Been Recovered; Justice Department Drops Probe of Former GOP Leader Tom DeLay; Israeli Soldier Posts Photos with Palestinian Prisoners; Mexican President Open to Debate on Drug Legalization; US Pressured over Ban on Mexican Cargo Trucks; Judge Orders Release of Californian Jailed Under Three Strikes; Activist Arrested After Throwing Pie at Sen. Carl Levin

2010x163 - Wednesday, August 18, 2010

August 18, 2010

2010/08/18 Headlines: UN: 40% of Pakistan Aid Appeal Received; Haiti Reconstruction Commission Approves .6B for Rebuilding Projects; France Rejects Call to Repay Haiti "Independence Debt"; Colombian Court: US Military Base Deal Unconstitutional; Blackwater Owner Prince Moves to Abu Dhabi; Scientists: Oil Contaminating Vital Gulf Habitat; 68 Killed in Iraq Bombings; Blagojevich Convicted on One Count in Corruption Trial; Murray, Rossi Win Washington St. Primaries; News Corp. Donates to Republican Governors Association; Dr. Laura to End Radio Show After N-Word Tirade

2010x164 - Thursday, August 19, 2010

August 19, 2010

2010/08/19 Headlines: US Withdraws Last Combat Brigade from Iraq, But 56,000 Troops Remain; Hundreds Protest Deadly US Raid in Afghanistan; US: Afghan Ban on Armed Contractors Could Threaten Aid; US Boosts Pakistan Aid to ; Lori Berenson Reimprisoned in Peru; US Still Holding Gitmo Prisoner Cleared for Release in 2004; ACLU Files Suit over Torture, Jailing of US Citizen in UAE; Howard Dean Opposes Islamic Community Center Near Ground Zero; US Accused of Pressuring India to Drop Bhopal Claims; US Deported Record 393,000 in 2009; Justice Dept. Threatens to Sue Arizona Sheriff for Rebuffing Investigators; Bailed-Out GM Files Papers for Public Offering

2010x165 - Friday, August 20, 2010

August 20, 2010

2010/08/20 Headlines: UNICEF: Aid Appeal Inadequate to Address Pakistan's Growing Crisis; Global Donations for Pakistan Lag Compared to Recent Disasters; Scientists Confirm Gulf Oil Plume, Dispute White House Claims; BP Delays Well Sealing Until September; Transocean Accuses BP of Obstructing Probe into Rig Explosion; Report: BP Settlements May Indemnify Gulf Firms; Jobless Claims Hit 9-Month High; Reports: Israelis, Palestinians Agree to Hold Talks; UN: Israel Denies Palestinians Access to 17% of Gaza; Women Activists to Attempt Gaza Sailing; Report: US Claims Israel Won't Attack Iran for at Least 1 Year; Calderón: US Gun Laws Fueling Mexican Drug War; Report: Wyclef Jean Denied Bid for Haitian Presidency; Protesters Call on Trader Joe's to Adopt Humane Conditions for Tomato Pickers; Report: Donations Surge to Sway Judicial Elections; Homeless Man Jailed for Stealing Food Freed After 13 Years

2010x166 - Monday, August 23, 2010

August 23, 2010

2010/08/23 Headlines: UN: Lack of International Support for Pakistan Is "Quite Extraordinary"; US Drone Strike Killed Six in Pakistan; Israeli and Palestinian Authority Agree to Direct Talks; Sweden Drops Rape Charges Against WikiLeaks Founder; Rallies Held For and Against NYC Islamic Cultural Center; Soldiers Punished for Refusing to Attend Christian Concert; Gen. Odierno: US Troops May Stay in Iraq After 2011; US Soldier Killed in Southern Iraq; Haitian Authorities Release List of Qualified Presidential Candidates; UN Report Exonerates Shell for Oil Pollution in Niger Delta; 33 Chilean Miners Still Alive; GOP Candidate Proposes Housing Welfare Recipients in Jails; California Jail to Test Ray Gun on Prisoners; Recall of Eggs Expanded by 170 Million Eggs; Blackwater Agrees to Pay Million in Fines; CodePink Founder Arrested at Home of Blackwater's Erik Prince

2010x167 - Tuesday, August 24, 2010

August 24, 2010

2010/08/24 Headlines: Senators McCain, Murkowski Face Primary Challenges; Judge Blocks Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research; One Million Pakistanis Face Starvation in Balochistan; Relief Agencies Blocked from Using Pakistani Air Base Tied to US; US Drone Strike in Pakistan Kills 4 Women, 3 Children; NATO Troops Accused of Killing Eight Afghan Civilians; Imam Feisal Defends Islam as a Peaceful Religion; Thousands of Dead Fish Found in Mississippi River; Almost 200 Women Gang-Raped in the Congo; Suicide Bomber and Gunmen Attack Somali Hotel; 100,000 Left Homeless by Floods in Niger; Eight Tourists Killed in the Philippines; Report: 8.4 Million Californians Lack Health Insurance; US Submits First Ever Human Rights Report to the UN; Charges Dropped for 100 G20 Protesters; Protesters Block Buses Carrying Soldiers at Fort Hood

2010x168 - Wednesday, August 25, 2010

August 25, 2010

2010/08/25 Headlines: 33 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Iraq Violence; Witnesses: 8 Afghan Civilians Killed in US Attack; Top US Marine: Withdrawal Deadline Boosting Taliban Morale; WikiLeaks Announces Release of CIA Paper; Study: Microbes Eating Up Oil in Gulf of Mexico; McCain Holds Off Challenger; Murkowski Trails in Alaska GOP Race; Rep. Meek Defeats Billionaire Challenger in Fla. Dem Senate; MSHA Fines Safety Violations at 4 Mines; Admin to Appeal Blocking of Stem Cell Funding; Report: NOLA Officers Ordered to Shoot Looters After Katrina; Carter Lands in North Korea to Free US Prisoner; Israeli FM: Settlement Construction to Resume Next Month; Texas School Rejects Admission for Daughter of Lesbian Couple