Democracy Now! - Season 2010 - Friday, August 06, 2010

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

2010/05/31 Headlines:$

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

2010x118 - Wednesday, June 16, 2010

June 16, 2010

2010/06/16 Headlines: Oil Spill Rate Estimate Grows to 2.5M Gallons a Day; Obama: BP Will Compensate Gulf Coast Residents; Obama Appoints New MMS Director; Oil Execs, Lawmakers Clash at House Hearing; Exxon CEO: Oil Companies "Not Well Equipped" to Handle Disasters; Israel to Alter Gaza Blockade; UN to Distribute Seized Flotilla Aid; UN Rapporteur Criticizes Israeli Flotilla Probe; Kyrzgyz Toll Could Rise; 75,000 Flee to Uzbekistan; Egyptian Activist Killed in Alleged Police Beating; Pentagon Upholds Gitmo Ban on 4 Journalists; US Citizen Arrested in Pakistan on Alleged Bin Laden Hunt; Report: Blackwater Owner Considering Move to UAE; GAO Report Clears ACORN of Mishandling Funding; Ethics Office Probes 8 Lawmakers; 24 Activists Acquitted for Gitmo Protest; Mass. Teachers Face Punishment for Silent Antiwar Protest; Seattle Police Officer Punches Woman in Face Following Jaywalk; 14 Arrested in Denver Protest for Immigration Reform

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

2010/07/05 Headlines:$

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

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

2010x169 - Thursday, August 26, 2010

August 26, 2010

2010/08/26 Headlines: Over 50 Killed in Iraq Violence; Report: Corruption-Linked Afghan Official on CIA Payroll; New York Taxi Driver Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack; Religious, Civic Groups Form NY Coalition to Back Islamic Center; Islamic Center Vandalized in California; Kentucky Board Rejects Mosque; Top Obama Environmental Advisers Sidelined During Drilling Talks; 72 Killed in Mexico Drug Killings; Pakistani Towns Evacuated; 800,000 Cut Off from Aid; Scores Killed in Somali Clashes; Zelaya: US Subverting Honduran Democracy; Honduran Journalist Found Dead with Gunshot Wounds; Sweden Continues Probe of WikiLeaks Founder; WikiLeaks Releases CIA Report; Ex-RNC Chair Reveals He's Gay; Study: More Than Half of Poor Infants Raised by Mothers Suffering from Depression; Deficit Commission Co-Chair Urged to Resign over Social Security Comments

2010x170 - Friday, August 27, 2010

August 27, 2010

2010/08/27 Headlines: UN: Over 1 Million Pakistanis Displaced in 2 Days; Report: Many Afghan Officials on CIA Payroll; Security Council Voices Concern on Congo Rapes; In Cuba, Richardson Claims Progress on Jailed US Contractor; North Korea Frees US Citizen After Carter Visit; South African Union Threatens to Wide Labor Strike; Israeli Military Court Convicts Nonviolent Palestinian Activist; Victim of Anti-Muslim Stabbing Speaks Out; Admin Sides with Utilities in Emissions Case; 2 Arrested Protesting Mountaintop Removal in West Virginia; Gates Foundation Criticized for Increasing Monsanto Investment

2010x171 - Monday, August 30, 2010

August 30, 2010

2010/08/30 Headlines: Fire Set at Site of Future Mosque in Tennessee; Mexican Mayor Killed in Border State; FDA to Begin Inspections of Factory Egg Farms; UN Report Accuses Rwandan Troops of Committing Genocide in the Congo; Flooding Continue in Pakistan, a Month After Disaster Began; Influential Israel Rabbi: Palestinians Should Perish with a Plague; Glenn Beck Hosts Rally on Anniversary of MLK's March on Washington; Youth Unemployment Reaches Record Level; Heavily Armed Army Veteran Shot Dead in Utah

2010x172 - Tuesday, August 31, 2010

August 31, 2010

2010/08/31 Headlines: Obama to Declare End to Combat Operations in Iraq; UN: Iraq Still Faces Humanitarian Crisis; Gibbs: US Is Increasing Fight Against al-Qaeda in Africa and Southeast Asia; Obama Administration Sued over Plan to Assassinate US Citizens; 19 US Troops Killed Since Saturday in Afghanistan; Anti-Mosque Rhetoric in US Reportedly Boosts Taliban Recruitment; Candlelight Vigil in Tennessee Condemns Arson at Mosque Site; Predator Drones to Begin Patrolling Texas-Mexico Border; Suspected Drug Lord Captured in Mexico; Obama Urges Senate GOP to Pass Billion Jobs Bill; One in Six Americans Now Enrolled in Anti-Poverty Programs; Mice, Maggots, Manure Found at Factory Egg Farms Linked to Salmonella Outbreak; Four African Union Troops Killed in Somalia

2010x173 - Wednesday, September 01, 2010

September 1, 2010

2010/09/01 Headlines: Obama Declares End to US Combat Operations in Iraq; 4 Israeli Settlers Killed on Eve of Mideast Talks; Study: CEOs Who Fired Most Workers Earned Highest Pay; Bank Profits Soar, But Lending Drops; Murkowski Concedes Alaska GOP Senate Primary; 5 Arrested After Shots Fired at New York Mosque; Seattle Man Charged with Hate Crime after Attack on Turban-Wearing Clerk; Poll: 71% of New Yorkers Oppose Islamic Center in Lower Manhattan; Deal Reached to Provide Dialysis Treatment to Undocumented Immigrants in Atlanta; Gov't Sues Arizona Colleges for Anti-Immigrant Discrimination; Migrant Deaths Nearing Record in Arizona; Study: Hiring of Immigrant Workers Triggers Economic Benefits; NY Enacts Domestic Workers Rights' Law; Texas Appeals Court Upholds Gay Marriage, Divorce Ban; Greenpeace Shuts Down Offshore Drilling Rig in Greenland

2010x174 - Thursday, September 02, 2010

September 2, 2010

2010/09/02 Headlines: Palestinians: Obama Vows to "Stop the Settlements"; Biden Marks Nominal End to US Combat Operations in Iraq; Over 60 Killed in Pakistan Air Strikes; Justice Dept. Charges Mehsud with CIA Bombing in Afghanistan; UN Increases Estimate of DRC Rape Victims; Evacuations Ordered in NC Ahead of Hurricane Earl; Armed Suspect Killed After Taking Hostages at Discovery Channel; Judge Rejects Dismissal of Suit to Overturn Drilling Ban; BP Ad Spending Tops Since Spill; Recession Spurs Sharp Decline in Undocumented Immigration; Wyoming Town Near Drilling Told Drinking Water Unsafe, Potentially Explosive; WikiLeaks Founder Speaks Out Against Swedish Probe; Lawyer: Mental Health of Alleged Leaker Was Questioned

2010x175 - Friday, September 03, 2010

September 3, 2010

2010/09/03 Headlines: Another Oil Rig Explodes in Gulf of Mexico; BP: Denial of Drilling Permit Threatens Gulf Coast Claims; Calls Grow for Offshore Drilling Ban; US Accused of Killing 10 Afghan Civilians; Main Afghan Bank Faces Collapse; Slain US Army Chaplain Is First to Die in Combat Since Vietnam War; Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Agree to Further Talks; Settlers: "We Are Building" All Over West Bank; Companies Passing on More Healthcare Costs to Employees; 4 Accused of Coercing 400 Thai Workers into Forced Labor; LA Garment Factory to Pay Workers Unpaid Overtime, Allow Monitor; Environmentalist Sentenced to 4 Months for Accepting Facebook Friend Request

2010x176 - Monday, September 06, 2010

September 6, 2010

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2010x177 - Tuesday, September 07, 2010

September 7, 2010

2010/09/07 Headlines: Obama Unveils Infrastructure Proposal; Pakistani Towns Face New Flooding; Scores Killed in Pakistan Suicide Bombings; 7 Killed in Mozambique Food Protests; UN to Hold Summit on Rising Prices; Afghans Protest Church's Plan to Burn Quran; NATO Seeks 2,000 More Troops for Afghanistan; 12 Killed in US-Militant Gunfight in Baghdad; Bahrain Intensifies Crackdown on Opposition, Human Rights Groups; Israeli Foreign Minister: Peace Deal Impossible, Settlements to Resume; Castro Gives First Speech Since 2006; Blair Cancels London Book Signing over Antiwar Protests; Muslim Workers Accuse JBS Swift of Mistreatment, Discrimination; Regulators Exempted Mariner Wells from Environmental Review; Jefferson Thomas of Little Rock 9 Dies at 67

2010x178 - Wednesday, September 08, 2010

September 8, 2010

2010/09/08 Headlines: Obama Rejects Extension of Top-Bracket Tax Cuts; Iraqi Soldier Kills 2 US Troops; Admitting Fault, UN Reports Over 500 DRC Rapes Since July; UN Delays Release of Rwanda-DRC Report; Report: Torture-Linked Ex-CIA Officer Rehired as Private Contractor; Protesters, Police Clash over LA Shooting; Groups File Suit over Laptop Searches; Black Farmers Call for Cloture Vote on Discrimination Settlement; Arizona GOP Recruits Homeless to Run for Green Party; Whistleblower Ordered to Pay Wall St. Giant .7M; Soros Donates to HRW; Pastors for Peace Founder Lucius Walker Dies at 80

2010x179 - Thursday, September 09, 2010

September 9, 2010

2010/09/09 Headlines: Obama Calls for Ending Bush-Era Tax Cuts for Wealthiest Americans; BP Largely Faults Rig Partners for Oil Spill; 10 Killed in US Attack in Pakistan; US Soldiers Accused of Killing Afghans for Sport, Collecting Body Parts; Report: Karzai Seeks to Limit Foreign Role in Corruption Probe; Slain Mexican Mayor Is 3rd Killed in Less Than Month; Arrests Made in Massacre of 72 Migrants; Clinton Suggests Plan Colombia-Style Initiative for Mexico, Central America; Study: 75% of Guns in Mexico Crimes Bought in US; Castro: Ahmadinejad's Comments on Israel, Nazi Holocaust Are Anti-Semitic; Colombian Suspect Arrested in 2001 Killings of Coal Union Leaders; Pastor Vows to Proceed with Quran Burning; Flight Attendant Fired for Revealing Food Stamp Eligibility; BP Consulted for Environmental Curriculum of California Schools; Study: 5 Million Uninsured Children Missed Out on Healthcare Programs Despite Eligibility; 30th Anniversary of Plowshares 8 Action

2010x180 - Friday, September 10, 2010

September 10, 2010

2010/09/10 Headlines: Judge: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Is Unconstitutional; US Troops Accused of Killing Afghans for Fun, Collecting Fingers as Trophies; Florida Pastor Rethinks Suspension of "Burn a Koran Day"; Iran to Release One of Detained American Hikers; Court Rules Against Anti-Immigrant Law in Penn. City; Pentagon Considers Buying and Destroying Copies of Afghan War Memoir; US Carries Out Four More Drone Strikes in Pakistan; 14 Die in Attack on Somali Airport; 230 Dead over Past 2 Weeks; Rape Survivors in the Congo Recall Horror; Obama to Pick Austan Goolsbee to Economic Advisory Post; Univision Tops National TV Ratings for Key Demographic; Peace Rallies and Interfaith Vigils Planned for Sept. 11 Anniversary

2010x181 - Monday, September 13, 2010

September 13, 2010

2010/09/13 Headlines: Amnesty: 30,000 Prisoners Held in Iraq Without Trial; Feds Probe Deadly Natural Gas Explosion in California; Memorials and Protests Mark Anniversary of Sept. 11 Attacks; Imam Rauf: Moving Islamic Center Will Strengthen Radicals; Afghans Protest Planned Quran Burning; Poverty Rate Sharply Rises in US; Chamber of Commerce Accused of Money Laundering; John Boehner Scrutinized for Close Ties to Corporate Lobbyists; Gingrich: Obama Has a "Kenyan, Anti-Colonial" Worldview; N. Carolina Man Arrested for Plotting to Blow Up Abortion Clinic; Obama Says No to Placing Carter-Era Solar Panels on White House; Iran to Release Sarah Shourd on ,000 Bail; Israeli Shelling Kills Three Palestinians in Gaza; African American Scholar Ron Walters, 72, Dies; Puerto Rican Independence Leader Juan Mari Brás, 82, Dies; Folk Magazine Publisher Irwin Silber, 84, Dies

2010x182 - Tuesday, September 14, 2010

September 14, 2010

2010/09/14 Headlines: 10 Killed in US Attack in Pakistan; Indian Police Kill 18 in Kashmir Unrest; US Agrees to Record Weapons Deal with Saudi Arabia; Senate Republicans Oppose Obama Plan to End Tax Cut for Wealthiest; Primaries Held in 7 States, DC; Imam: "All Options" Open on Islamic Cultural Center; Israeli-Palestinian Talks Resume in Egypt; Israeli Military Accused of Sexually Abusing Palestinian Youth; US Asks Arab States to Withdraw Israel Measure at IAEA; US Won't Pay Bail for Sarah Shourd; Cuba to Lay Off 500,000 State Workers; Gov't Scientists, Inspectors: Corporate Interests Threatening Food Safety; Prominent Civil Rights-Era Photographer Was FBI Informant

2010x183 - Wednesday, September 15, 2010

September 15, 2010

2010/09/15 Headlines: Sarah Shourd Freed from Iranian Prison; Tea Party-Backed O'Donnell Wins Senate GOP Nod in Delaware; Rangel Wins Renomination; 12 Killed Amidst Record Month for US Drone Strikes in Pakistan; Verdict Delayed in Trial for Anti-Drone Protest; US Forces Battle Iraqi Militants; UN: Despite Decline, Chronic Hunger Levels "Unacceptable"; Ban Defends MDG Goals as UN General Assembly Begins; Jury Selection Begins in Blackwater Trial

2010x184 - Thursday, September 16, 2010

September 16, 2010

2010/09/16 Headlines: 7 Civilians Killed in US-Iraqi Raid; Israel, PA Remain at Odds over West Bank Settlements; Report: GOP Plan to Extend Tax Cuts for Wealthiest Would Add .1 Trillion to Federal Debt; Obama to Appoint Warren to Advisory Post; Foreclosures Hit Record Levels in August; Penn. Paid Firm to Monitor Activist Groups; Suit Alleges Water Contamination from Drilling in Marcellus Shale; US Orders Closure of Idle Gulf Wells; Massive Fish Kill Discovered in La. Parish; Hayward Defends BP Safety Measures; Mothers of Remaining Jailed US Hikers Speak Out; Corn Refiners Seek Rebranding of Corn Syrup

2010x185 - Friday, September 17, 2010

September 17, 2010

2010/09/17 Headlines: Record Number of Americans Below Poverty Line, Uninsured; Supporters Launch International Days of Action for Bradley Manning; Clinton: Israeli Settlement Freeze "Would Be Helpful"; Israel Carries Out Attacks in Occupied Territories; Palestinians, Lebanese Mark Anniversary of Sabra and Shatila Massacre; Militants Abduct Election Workers Ahead of Afghan Vote; Exiled Pakistani Leader Slain in London; Musharraf to Launch Political Comeback; UN Raises Alarm over Somalia Clashes; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves START; Study: Microbes Consumed Natural Gas, Not Oil, After Spill; Group Sues for Gov't Records on Spill Size; Appeals Court Overturns Conviction of Environmental Activist

2010x186 - Monday, September 20, 2010

September 20, 2010

2010/09/20 Headlines: BP Permanently Seals Ruptured Gulf Well; At Least 56 Killed in Iraq Violence; 17 Killed as Afghanistan Holds Elections; NATO Bombing Kills 7 in Afghan Village; Report: US Won't Change Afghan War Policy; Freed Hiker Returns to US, Urges Freeing of 2 Prisoners; Iran Retracts Claim of US Troop Arrests; Poll: Majority Oppose Attack on Iran, Favor Neutrality on Mideast Conflict; Pope Benedict Faces Protests in Britain; Virginia Scheduled to Execute 1st Woman Prisoner in Century; FDA Panel to Advise on Engineered Salmon; FDA Barring Food Makers from Advertising Products as GMO-Free

2010x187 - Tuesday, September 21, 2010

September 21, 2010

2010/09/21 Headlines: Crash Makes 2010 Deadliest Year for NATO in Afghanistan; Probe: FBI Improperly Spied on Activist Groups; NBER: Longest Recession Since WWII; Obama: Majority Thinks White House "Too Soft" on Wall St.; Leaders Gather for Poverty Talks at UN; Mexican Newspaper Urges End to Attacks on Journalists; Spill Fund Won't Subtract Workers' Wages from Claims; Reporter: CNN Refused to Air Footage of US War Crime in Iraq; Muslim Leaders Denounce Islamophobia; Senate to Take up DADT Repeal, DREAM Act

2010x188 - Wednesday, September 22, 2010

September 22, 2010

2010/09/22 Headlines: Senate GOP Blocks Vote on Repealing Military Gay Ban; Summers to Resign as Top Economic Adviser; Book: Top US Officials Doubt Afghan War Strategy; NATO Arrests 2 Al Jazeera Journalists in Afghanistan; US Drone Strikes Kill 28 in Pakistan; Pakistani FM: Flooding Poses Crisis of "Biblical Proportions"; 10 Killed in Iran Bombing; Ahmadinejad: Capitalism Coming to End; Palestinian Killed, 5 Wounded in Jerusalem Clashes; Toronto G20 Protest Leader Arrested for Panel Appearance; ACLU Sues Pittsburgh Police over 2009 G20 Arrests; Carter Retracts "Superior" Comment on Post-White House Record; Scientists: Record Heat Endangers World's Coral Reefs

2010x189 - Thursday, September 23, 2010

September 23, 2010

2010/09/23 Headlines: Military: All 9 NATO Crash Victims Were US Troops; US to Maintain Prison, Rendition Flights in Afghanistan; AIDS Activists Heckle Obama at Fundraiser; Vowing Foreign Aid Reform, Obama Pushes Foreign Investment; FAO Chief: Corporate Influence Undermining Development; UN Probe Recommends Prosecution of Israel for Attack on Gaza Flotilla; Clashes Erupt After Settler Guard Kills Palestinian in East Jerusalem; Factory Egg Owners Appear before House Panel; Ex-NOLA Officer Sentenced for Cover-Up of Danziger Shootings; Study: Majority of US Tax Breaks, Incentives Benefit the Wealthy; US: Militant Plots Harder to Detect; Florida Court Overturns Gay Adoption Ban

2010x190 - Friday, September 24, 2010

September 24, 2010

2010/09/24 Headlines: CIA Drone Strikes in Pakistan Have Killed Americans; Contractor Deaths Exceed Military Ones in Iraq and Afghanistan; Ahmadinejad: US Behind 9/11 Attacks; At UN Summit, Brazil Criticizes US Invasion of Iraq; Democrats Put Off Vote on Repealing Bush Tax Cuts; Virginia Executes First Woman in Nearly 100 Years; Muslim Workers Face Increasing Employment Discrimination; Pakistani Scientist Sentenced to 86 Years in US Prison; US Grants Asylum to Mexican Journalist; Colombian Rebel Commander Killed; FCC Votes to Open up TV White Spaces for Wireless; Tea Party Backer David Koch Becomes Wealthiest New Yorker; WPFW Programmer Ambrose Lane, 75, Dies; Thousands to Gather for Appalachia Rising in DC

2010x191 - Monday, September 27, 2010

September 27, 2010

2010/09/27 Headlines: Obama Invokes "State Secrets" to Defend Assassination Program; Soldier Faces Military Tribunal for War Crimes in Afghanistan; Abused Iraqi Prisoners Held at Abu Ghraib Never Received Compensation; Obama Criticizes GOP Economic Plan; Karl Rove Builds Shadow Republican Party; West Bank Settlement Freeze Ends; IAEA Rejects Resolution Urging Israel to Join Nuke Treaty; Jewish Activists Set Sail for Gaza; Five Haitians Die as Storm Sweeps through Camp; Activists Shut Down Australian Coal Port; Harvard Students Protest Martin Peretz; Stephen Colbert Testifies on Capitol Hill

2010x192 - Tuesday, September 28, 2010

September 28, 2010

2010/09/28 Headlines: CIA Drastically Increases Drone Campaign in Pakistan; US Attack Helicopters Strike Inside Pakistan; Video: US Soldier Confesses to Role in Killing Afghan Civilian; Israeli Commandos Block Gaza-Bound Aid Ship; Income Gap Between Richest and Poorest Widens to New Record; White House Seeks Greater Power to Wiretap Online Communications; Hundreds Protest FBI Raids in Chicago and Minneapolis; FBI Agents Accused of Cheating on Exam; Oil Spill Commission Holds Hearing; Hugo Chávez's Party Retains Control of Venezuelan Parliament; Opposition Colombia Senator Removed from Office; Retired Military Officers Urge Lifting of Cuba Travel Ban; Mistrial Declared in Blackwater Murder Case; Report: WikiLeaks Staffers Quit in Dispute; Over 100 Arrested at Anti-Mining Protest; Arizona Protester Tackled by Sen. McCain's Security Team

2010x193 - Wednesday, September 29, 2010

September 29, 2010

2010/09/29 Headlines: Court Exempts Corporations from Alien Tort Law; Judge Restores Stem Cell Funding Pending Appeal; US Soldier Held for Killing 2 Troops in Iraq; Passengers of Jewish Aid Boat to Gaza Allege Israeli Mistreatment; Aid Convoy Arrives in Turkey en Route to Gaza; Pakistan Threatens to End Protection of NATO Supply Routes; Thousands Protest Siddiqui Sentencing in Pakistan; Sen. Coburn Stalls Over in Haiti Aid; Ousted Colombian Senator Vows to Continue Mediation Efforts; Study: 22% of Plant Species Face Extinction; Protests Continue Against FBI Raids, Subpoenas of Antiwar Activists

2010x194 - Thursday, September 30, 2010

September 30, 2010

2010/09/30 Headlines: Pakistan Blocks Afghan War Supply Route after NATO Strike; UN Human Rights Council Backs Gaza Probe; Federal Judge Rejects Gitmo Deaths Suit; Gitmo Prisoner Appeals Standards on Court Challenges; Thousands Protest Austerity Measures in Europe; House Backs Tariffs on China; Lawmakers Authorize .4B for 9/11 Responders; Dems Abandon Net Neutrality Bill; US Imposes Sanctions on 8 Iranian Officials; JPMorgan Chase Suspends Foreclosures; Anti-Gay Bullying Leads to 4 Suicides Nationwide; 2010 Right Livelihood Award Winners Announced

2010x195 - Friday, October 01, 2010

October 1, 2010

2010/10/01 Headlines: Ecuador in State of Emergency after Attack on Correa; NATO Tankers Set Ablaze in Pakistan; Video Shows Apparent Executions by Pakistani Forces; Report: 4 Afghan Children Killed in NATO Attack; Emanuel to Leave White House for Mayoral Run in Chicago; Obama Decries "Enthusiasm Gap" Ahead of Midterm Elections; Obama Meets with Freed US Hiker; Report: Israel Rejects US Incentives to Extend Settlement Freeze; US Wins Pledges from Energy Companies to Cut Iran Ties; 4 Iraq, Afghan War Vets Commit Suicide at Fort Hood; Whitman Accused of Hypocrisy on Hiring Undocumented Workers; Progressive Groups to Hold "One Nation Working Together" Rally in DC

2010x196 - Monday, October 04, 2010

October 4, 2010

2010/10/04 Headlines: Bank of America Suspends Foreclosures in 23 States; "One Nation Working Together" Rally Held in Washington; Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Paris over Austerity Cuts; Al-Sadr Throws Support Behind Iraqi PM Al-Maliki; Brazil's Presidential Race Headed for Runoff; US Infected Hundreds of Guatemalans with Syphilis in 1940s; 20 Oil Tankers Bound for Afghanistan Set on Fire; US Military Loans Drones to CIA for Attacks in Pakistan; Blackwater Wins Portion of State Department Contract; PSYOPS Soldiers Embed in CBS Affiliate TV Stations; Ecuadorian Police Colonels Face Probe after Uprising; Jewish Settlers Set Palestinian Mosque Ablaze; Israeli Soldiers Convicted of Using Gaza Child as Human Shield; UN Issues Report on War Crimes in the Congo; GOP Candidate Paladino Questioned over Tax Breaks; Murdoch Donates to Chamber of Commerce; CNN Fires Anchor Rick Sanchez

2010x197 - Tuesday, October 05, 2010

October 5, 2010

2010/10/05 Headlines: US Drone Kills 8 German Citizens in Pakistan; Aid Workers Warn of Malaria Outbreak in Pakistan; Supreme Court Opens New Term; Refuses to Hear NSA Suit; Ex-Justice Stevens Regrets Ruling Upholding Death Penalty; Special Interest Group Campaign Spending Soars; GOP Senate Candidate Christine O'Donnell: "I Am Not a Witch"; Rahm Emanuel's Eligibility Questioned for Chicago Mayoral Race; Tenn. Fire Department Allows Home to Burn Down over Unpaid Fee; Report: Debtor Prisons on the Rise; Video: Israeli Soldier Belly Dancing Beside Bound Palestinian Woman; Israel Deports Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire; Oxfam: Int'l Community Is Undercutting Haitian Agriculture; Developer of In Vitro Fertilization Wins Nobel; Solar Panels to Be Installed on White House

2010x198 - Wednesday, October 06, 2010

October 6, 2010

2010/10/06 Headlines: Report: Afghanistan and Taliban Enter Peace Talks; Afghanistan Begins Disbanding Private Military Firms; NATO Tankers Set Ablaze in Pakistan; Shahzad Sentenced to Life in Prison for Failed Times Square Bombing; First Civilian Trial for Gitmo Prisoner Opens in NY; Fundraising Falls Short on UN Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Toxic Sludge Floods Hungarian Towns; Congo Rebel Leader Arrested for Mass Rapes; Pelosi Calls for Federal Probe of Foreclosure Fraud; Antiwar Activists to Defy Grand Jury Subpoenas; Sen. DeMint: Bar Single Women, Gays and Lesbians from Teaching

2010x199 - Thursday, October 07, 2010

October 7, 2010

2010/10/07 Headlines: NATO Convoy Torched in Pakistan as US Apologizes for Fatal Attack; Panel: Admin Censored Disclosure of Spill Size; Citing Coerced Testimony, Judge Bars Witness at Gitmo Trial; Ohio AG Sues Ally Financial for Foreclosure Fraud; Wells Fargo Reaches Settlement for Deceptive Loans; JPMorgan Chase Agent Breaks into Home of Borrower; US Deportations Hit Record 392,000; FBI Arrests 133 in Puerto Rico Corruption Probe; Clinton Vows Delivery of Stalled US Aid to Haiti; Cuba Commemorates 1976 Airliner Bombing; Nobel in Chemistry Awarded to US, Japanese Scientists; Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Anti-Gay Funeral Protests; Poll: Two-Thirds Back Minimum Wage Hike; Students to Hold National Day of Action to Defend Public Education; Peruvian Novelist Llosa Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

2010x200 - Friday, October 08, 2010

October 8, 2010

2010/10/08 Headlines: Obama Won't Sign Foreclosure Bill; Obama Warns on Private Spending Ahead of Elections; Judge Upholds Federal Healthcare Law; Admin Exempts Companies from Healthcare Provision; Court-Martial Recommended for Alleged "Kill Team" Soldier; Antiwar Vets Protest Deployment of Traumatized Soldiers; Jailed Chinese Activist Liu Xiaobo Wins Nobel Peace Prize; Peruvian Author Mario Vargas Llosa Receives Nobel for Literature; Report: 70% of Haitian Camps Mismanaged, Dangerous; US Professor Accuses Belgian Police of Abuse; Dobbs Defends Hiring Practices Following Exposé; Inspectors: New Massey Safety Violations Could Have Caused Explosion; On 79th Birthday, Tutu Retires from Public Life

2010x201 - Monday, October 11, 2010

October 11, 2010

2010/10/11 Headlines: White House Opposes National Moratorium on Foreclosures; 96,000 Jobs Lost in September; China Places Wife of Nobel Peace Prize Winner under House Arrest; Nobel Prize For Economics Awarded; NY GOP Candidate: Stop Brainwashing Children about Homosexuality; Photos Show GOP Candidate in Ohio Dressed as a Nazi; Jim Jones Retires as National Security Adviser; Israeli Cabinet Approves Loyalty Oath for New Citizens; Former Guantánamo Prisoner Sues US Citing "Kafkaesque Nightmare"; SOA Graduate Implicated in Attempted Coup in Ecuador; Gunman Cites Glenn Beck as Inspiration for Plot Against ACLU & Tides; 10/10/10 Climate Work Party Events Held in 188 Nations; Lennon Ono Peace Award Winners Given Out on Lennon's 70th Birthday

2010x202 - Tuesday, October 12, 2010

October 12, 2010

2010/10/12 Headlines: Attorneys General to Announce Foreclosure Probe; Report: Wall Street Pay to Hit Record ; Obama Touts Infrastructure Plan; Taliban Claims Helicopter Attack in Afghanistan; US Soldiers May Have Have Killed British Hostage; PA Rejects Israeli Demand on Partial Settlement Freeze; "Alarming" Hunger Found in 25 Countries; Hungary Arrests CEO of Alumina Plant; Nobel Laureate in Economics Denied Fed Confirmation; NY GOP Candidate Defends Anti-Gay Remarks; Pa. School District Settles with Monitored Students

2010x203 - Wednesday, October 13, 2010

October 13, 2010

2010/10/13 Headlines: Chilean Miners Rescued After Over 2 Months Underground; Judge Orders Halt to Military Ban on Gays on Lesbians; Admin Appeals Ruling Against Gay Marriage Ban; US Lifts Deepwater Drilling Ban; Sen. Landrieu Vows to Continue Blocking OMB Nominee; Attorneys General to Unveil Foreclosure Probe; Lawyer: Lenders Hired Workers with No Experience to Approve Foreclosures; Study: Denial of Health Insurance for Medical History Jumps 49%; Opening Statements Given in Gitmo Trial; Defendant in Ft. Hood Shooting Seeks Trial Delay; Supreme Court Denies Case of Denver Residents Removed from Bush Speech; Google Invests in Offshore Wind Project; Portugal Elected to Security Council over Canada; Thousands Join Anti-Austerity Protest in Paris

2010x204 - Thursday, October 14, 2010

October 14, 2010

2010/10/14 Headlines: Chile Celebrates Rescue of 33 Miners; Attorneys General Launch Probe as Foreclosures Break Records; Report: US Allows Movement of Taliban Leaders for Afghan Talks; 6 US Soldiers, 4 Italian Troops Killed in Afghanistan; Report: Civilian Injuries Soar in NATO Assault in Kandahar; Ahmadinejad Greeted with Mass Rally in Lebanon; Alleged Crime Syndicate Charged with Medicare Fraud; US to Allow Insurers to Charge Higher Rates for Sick Children

2010x205 - Friday, October 15, 2010

October 15, 2010

2010/10/15 Headlines: Admin Seeks to Block "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal; Pentagon Vows Compliance; Judge OKs Challenge to Healthcare Law; US Confirms Backing of Afghan-Taliban Talks; ICC Petitioned to Probe Israeli Attack on Gaza Flotilla; Ahmadinejad: Israel Will "Disappear"; UN: DRC Troops Committing Rape; US Agents Spying through Social Networking Sites; Torture-Linked Psychologist Awarded Military Contract; 2 Convicted of Hate Crime in Beating Death of Mexican Immigrant; WikiLeaks: US Committing Financial Warfare