Democracy Now! - Season 2010 - Monday, May 03, 2010

2010x36 - Monday, February 22, 2010

February 22, 2010

2010/02/22 Headlines: 33 Afghan Civilian Killed in NATO Air Strike; Dutch Troops to Leave Afghanistan After Gov't Collapses; German Activists Protest Against Afghan War; Sunni Party to Boycott Iraqi Election; Justice Dept. Clears Torture Memo Authors; Report: Netanyahu OKed Assassination of Hamas Commander; Toyota Cited Million Savings by Delaying Safety Regulations; Toyota Expands Lobbying Presence in Washington; House Panel to Probe Natural Gas Drilling; Penn. School Admits to Remotely Activating Webcams on Student Computers; Study: Gay Soldiers Accepted in Foreign Armies; Ron Paul Wins CPAC Poll; Activists Interrupt Israeli Ballet Performance in Vermont; Roslyn Brock to Chair NAACP Board; Ex-Sec. of State Alexander Haig, 85, Dies; Anniversary of Malcolm X's Assassination Marked

2010x37 - Tuesday, February 23, 2010

February 23, 2010

2010/02/23 Headlines: McChrystal Apologizes for Afghan Civilian Casualties; US Death Toll Reaches 1,000; US Commander: Withdrawal from Iraq May Be Delayed; Sudan to Sign Darfur Peace Deal; Democrats Jobs Bill Advances in Senate with GOP Help; Report: Wall Street Bonuses Increased 17 Percent in 2009; Obama Outlines Healthcare Priorities Ahead of Bipartisan Meeting; Afghan Immigrant Pleads Guilty in NYC Subway Bombing Plot; EPA Delays New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations; Energy Department OKs Loan Guarantee for Solar Power Plant in California; Friends of Earth Challenges Proposed New Nuke Plant in South Carolina; Toyota Faces Criminal Probe; Turkey Arrests Former Generals in Alleged Coup Plot; Poland Confirms Secret CIA Flight Landings; Lawmakers Calls for Phasing Out of Military Contractors; Police Officers Acquitted in Sodomy Case

2010x38 - Wednesday, February 24, 2010

February 24, 2010

2010/02/24 Headlines: Admin: "Not Enough Political Support" for Public Option; Toyota Exec Unsure if Recall Will Address Acceleration Issues; Wall St. Securities Bonuses Up 17%; Loans Hit 60-Year Low; 700 Banks at Risk; Dems Losing Wall St. Donations Amid Regulatory Push; Latin American, Caribbean Nations Form New Regional Grouping; Cuban Dissident Dies After Hunger Strike; Blackwater Diverted Weapons Intended for Afghan Army; Palestinians Protest Israeli Decision on West Bank Shrines; FBI, US Attorney Probing Penn. School District's Computer Spying; Correction: US Death Toll in Afghanistan Approaching 1,000

2010x39 - Thursday, February 25, 2010

February 25, 2010

2010/02/25 Headlines: US Installs New Governor in Marjah; House Votes to Strip Insurers of Anti-Trust Exemption; In Healthcare Reform, 8 Lobbyists for Every Member of Congress; Admin Backs Off Consumer Agency, Trading Curbs; Obama Defends Economic Agenda; Senate OKs Jobs Bill; Senate Extends PATRIOT Act Spy Provisions; Blackwater Changed Name to Receive Raytheon Contract; Activist Claims Death Threat from Blackwater Employee; Toyota Head Apologizes for Safety Recall; Udall, Dodd Propose Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Ruling on Corporate Electioneering; Ex-Police Lt. Admits to Cover-Up in Post-Katrina Killings; Vermont State Senate Votes to Close Nuclear Plant; India, Pakistan Hold Peace Talks; Cuba "Regrets" Death of Jailed Dissident; Maryland to Recognize Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages

2010x40 - Friday, February 26, 2010

February 26, 2010

2010/02/26 Headlines: Healthcare Summit Fails to Reach Agreement; 17 Killed in Afghan Attacks; Israel to Build 600 New Homes in East Jerusalem Settlements; Shrine Uproar Fuels New Protests in Hebron; Iraq Reinstates 20,000 Army Officers; Major Storm Headed to Haiti; Thousands of Hondurans March in Anti-Coup Protest; Zelaya Rejects Corruption Charges; Coup Leader Retires; VA to Review Disability Claims of Gulf War Vets; Citibank Cancels Account of Gay Networking Site; Admin to Seek Improved Wages, Benefits at Federal Contractors; US Firms Probed for Role in Greek Financial Crisis; Protests at UC Schools Ahead of Statewide Day of Action

2010x41 - Monday, March 01, 2010

March 1, 2010

2010/03/01 Headlines: Over 700 Killed in 8.8-Magnitude Earthquake in Chile; US Begins Planning for Assault on Kandahar; Obama Signs Extension of PATRIOT Act; Documents Reveal Pentagon Spied on Planned Parenthood; Dodd Abandons Efforts to Create Consumer Financial Protection Agency; Hundreds of Thousands Lose Unemployment Benefits Due to GOP Filibuster; David Paterson Withdraws from New York Governor's Race; Report: Two Suspects in Dubai Killing Entered United States; UN Approves Goldstone Report Resolution on Gaza War Crimes; Mohamed ElBaradei Considers Presidential Run in Egypt; Flooding in Haiti Kills 11; Independent Board to Review Findings of International Climate Panel; Judge Orders Anti-Coal Protesters to Stay Away from Massey Mines; Van Jones to Head Think Tank's "Green Opportunity Initiative"

2010x42 - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

March 2, 2010

2010/03/02 Headlines: Chile Appeals for International Help; Chilean Earthquake Slightly Shifted Earth's Axis; Obama to Urge Senate Pass Healthcare Bill by Legislation; Sen. Bunning Continues Filibuster of Unemployment Benefits Bill; Obama Voices Approval for Firing of Rhode Island Teachers; Media Banned from Covering Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan; Violence in Iraq Increases Ahead of Election; Ex-Bosnian Serb Leader Karadzic Defends Himself at UN Tribunal; Report: 230 Civilians Killed in Darfur; Greeks Protest Outside Labor Ministry; Arkansas Sen. Lincoln to Face Challenge from Fellow Democrat; Harold Ford to Not Challenge Sen. Gillibrand; Jerry Brown to Run for Governor in California; ACORN Cleared in New York Probe; Suspicious Substance Found at IRS Office in Utah; Study: Common Weedkiller Turns Male Frogs into Females

2010x43 - Wednesday, March 03, 2010

March 3, 2010

2010/03/03 Headlines: 30 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombings; Witness: State Dept. Officials Sought Exoneration of Blackwater Guards; US Awards KBR .8B Contract in Iraq; Israel Delays East Jerusalem Home Demolitions; UN Humanitarian Chief: Gaza an "Open-Air Prison"; Senate Extends Jobless Benefit After Bunning Drops Filibuster; Nissan to Recall 540,000 Vehicles; Study: Insurance Premium Hikes Far Exceed Costs, Inflation; Report: Right-Wing Extremist Groups Grew 244% in 2009; LA to Warn 5,200 Teachers of Layoffs; Admin to Adopt Second Measure of US Poverty Rate; Supreme Court Refuses to Block DC Gay Marriage Law

2010x44 - Thursday, March 04, 2010

March 4, 2010

2010/03/04 Headlines: Obama Backs Reconciliation Vote on Healthcare Reform; 9 Killed in Iraq Bombings; Biden Vows Ongoing US Combat Operations After Pullout; Report: High Number of Birth Defects Seen in Fallujah; Iran Arrests Opposition Activists; US Circulates New Draft of Iran Sanctions; Clinton: US "Deeply Concerned" about Venezuela; Arab League Backs Resumption of Mideast Peace Talks; HRW: Attacks Increasing Against Honduran Coup Opponents; Report: US Mulls Ending Training Ban on Atrocity-Linked Indonesian Unit; Rangel Takes Leave as Ways and Means Chair; General: Wars Hamper Training of US Troops

2010x45 - Friday, March 05, 2010

March 5, 2010

2010/03/05 Headlines: Students, Teachers Take Part in Nationwide Protests Against Education Cuts; Gunman Dies After Wounding Two Police Officers at Pentagon; White House Hosts Insurance Execs, Dems on Healthcare; House OKs Jobs Bill; House Panel Votes to Recognize Armenian Genocide; Levin Questions Blackwater Bid for Billion Deal in Afghanistan; Study: 1 in 3 US Drone Victims in Pakistan is a Civilian; Aftershock Hits Chile as Gov't Lowers Death Toll; Clinton: US to Restore Honduras Aid; Dems Urge Admin to Probe Honduran Abuses; Mexico City Enacts Gay Marriage Law; Suit: Energy Giants' Emissions Worsened Katrina Impact; Utah Rep. Revises Sweeping Anti-Abortion Bill; Va. GOP Lawmaker: Disabilities Are God's Punishment for Abortions; AIG Units Settle Allegations of Discriminatory Lending; Report: Admin to Scrap Civilian Trial for Alleged 9/11 Mastermind

2010x46 - Monday, March 08, 2010

March 8, 2010

2010/03/08 Headlines: Vote Counting Begins in Iraq; 38 Killed on Election Day; British War Resister Sentenced to Nine Months in Jail; US-Backed Somali Troops Prepare Major Offensive; Hundreds Killed in Nigerian City of Jos; Biden Heads to Israel as Palestinians Agree to Indirect Talks; Protests Set to Mark US Visit by Israeli Military Official; Report: US Gives in Contracts to Firms Busting Iran Sanctions; Voters in Iceland Reject Payment of .3 Billion Foreign Debt; Unemployment Rate Remains at 9.7%; 36,000 Jobs Lost in February; Rep. Massa to Resign; Rep. Delahunt Not to Seek Reelection; Pentagon Shooter Railed About Property Rights and the Monetary System; Texas Judge: Death Penalty Unconstitutional; Seven Muslims Detained in Nevada for Praying Outside; Video Shows Police Beating Student Protesters in California; Historic Night at Academy Awards

2010x47 - Tuesday, March 09, 2010

March 9, 2010

2010/03/09 Headlines: Obama Campaigns for Healthcare Reform; Former Rep. Massa Claims He Was Forced Out over Healthcare Bill; Protests Planned Outside Health Insurance Company Meeting; Gates: “More Dark Days” Ahead in Afghanistan; Claim: Pentagon Peddled Misinformation about Attack on Marjah; Nigerians Bury Dead After Massacre; Greek PM Calls for Crackdown on Financial Speculators; Biden: US Ties to Israel Are “Unshakable”; Burmese Refugees in Bangladesh Face Starvation; UN Official Warns Against Full Body Airport Scanners; Midwestern Towns Sue Manufacturer of Atrazine Weedkiller; Interior Dept. Puts Off Listing Sage Grouse as Endangered Species; Obama Criticized for Adding Just Two Species to Endangered List; Conservationist Edgar Wayburn, 103, Dies

2010x48 - Wednesday, March 10, 2010

March 10, 2010

2010/03/10 Headlines: Israel Announces Major Settlement Expansion Amid Biden Visit; NY Activists Protest Israeli Military Chief; Préval in US Ahead of Aid Request; EU: Climate Proposals Could Increase Emissions; India Advances Historic Measure on Women Lawmakers; Ex-UK Intel Chief: US Misled Allies on Treatment of Prisoners; Thousands Protest Insurers in DC; Utah Gov. Signs Anti-Abortion Measure; Study: Number of US Millionaires Increased 16% in 2009; Bank of America to End Overdraft Fees on Debit Purchases; 1st Gay Marriages Performed in DC; Veteran Activist Doris "Granny D" Haddock Dies at 100

2010x49 - Thursday, March 11, 2010

March 11, 2010

2010/03/11 Headlines: PA Rejects Talks with Israel in Settlement Row; Report: Israel Plans 50,000 New Units in West Bank; Civil Trial Begins over Israeli Army Killing of Rachel Corrie; Gates Pledges Weapons Aid to Saudi Arabia; Préval: US Lawmakers Rejecting Direct Aid to Haitian Gov't; Burma Bars Political Opponents from Elections; Labor Dept: Unemployment Increases in 30 States; Senate OKs Jobs Measure; Proposed Consumer Agency Won't Regulate Major Lenders; White House Faces Opposition to Overhauling Student Loans; Dems to Bar Federal Earmarks for Corporations; Judge Instructs Fed Agencies to Resume ACORN Funding; Kansas City Announces Major School Closures, Layoffs; UN Rapporteur: Obama Admin Should Probe Torture; State Dept. Awards 10 with International Women of Courage Award

2010x50 - Friday, March 12, 2010

March 12, 2010

2010/03/12 Headlines: Ground Zero Workers, NYC Reach Settlement on Toxic Exposure; 39 Killed in Pakistan Bombings; Israel Imposes West Bank Closure Hours After Biden Departure; British Journalist Freed in Gaza; UN: Millions Face Starvation in Yemen; Scores Killed in Somalia Clashes; Greeks Hold National Strike Against Austerity Program; Aftershock Hits Chile as New President Sworn In; Ex-Wife Criticizes Nelson Mandela for Deal Ending Apartheid; Reid Informs GOP of Healthcare Reconciliation Plans; House Dems Shun Anti-Abortion Provisions; Dodd to Unveil Regulatory Overhaul Without GOP; Obama Unveils Trade, Export Plan; Senate Panel OKs Weakened Drug Sentencing Proposal; Second NOLA Officer Pleads Guilty in Bridge Shooting Cover-up; Mississippi School Cancels Prom over Lesbian Student

2010x51 - Monday, March 15, 2010

March 15, 2010

2010/03/15 Headlines: White House Predicts Passage of Healthcare Bill; Ambassador: US-Israeli Relations Face Worst Crisis in 35 Years; Report: Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants; 35 Die in Kandahar Bombings; 3 with Ties to US Consulate Killed in Mexico; FCC to Unveil High-Speed Internet Plan; Unemployment Rate for Young Veterans Reaches 21.1 Percent; Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas Creates Tea Party-Linked Lobbying Group; Texas Conservatives Approve Changes to School Curriculum; Fed Panel: NY Discriminated Against Arab Principal; Study Finds Link Between Childhood Obesity and School Lunch; Air Force Sergeant Discharged After Being Outed by Local Police

2010x52 - Tuesday, March 16, 2010

March 16, 2010

2010/03/16 Headlines: US Raid Kills Two Pregnant Women and Teenage Girl in Afghanistan; Federal Auditors Block New Blackwater Contract; House Might Pass Healthcare Bill Without Direct Vote; Dodd Unveils Financial Reform Legislation; Mitchell Delays Trips to Israel over Settlement Dispute; Israel to Close Off Palestinian Village on Days of Wall Protests; UN Munitions Team Finds 84 Unexploded White Phosphorus Shells in Gaza; UN: More Money Needed for Haiti Humanitarian Aid Fund; Thai Protesters Plan to Splatter Blood on Thai Gov't HQ; Ex-Sri Lankan Military Chief Faces Court-Martial; Six More Iranian Protesters to be Executed; German and Irish Churches Face Sexual Abuse Scandals; Study: Black and Latinos Face Longer Prison Sentences; Officials Urge Participation in 2010 Census; Hundreds of Students Protest Cuts in Atlanta; 23,000 California Teachers Receive Layoff Notices

2010x53 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010

2010/03/17 Headlines: 10 Palestinians Seriously Wounded in Israeli Crackdown on Jerusalem Protests; Rejecting US Criticism, Israel Announces New Settlement Construction; Palestinians Name Ramallah Street After Slain US Activist Rachel Corrie; 9 Killed in US Drone Attacks in Pakistan; ACLU Sues US for Disclosures on Drone Attacks; Report: US Sending "Bunker Buster" Bombs to Diego Garcia; Ex-PM Holds Slight Lead in Iraqi Elections; Ban: Haiti in "Race Against Time" Before Rainy Season; Afghanistan Confirms Amnesty Law for War Crimes; NZ Peace Activists Acquitted for Antiwar Protest; 5 Dems Announce Opposition to Healthcare Bill; Penn. Nearly Doubles Cost of Low-Income Insurance Program; Top Economic Officials Foresee "Elevated" Unemployment Rate; Admin Threatens Veto of Intel Funding over Oversight Provisions; US Military: Sexual Assaults Up 11% in 2009; University of Florida Students Protest Police Shooting of African Graduate Student; Irish Activist, Rendition Critic Has US Visa Revoked

2010x54 - Thursday, March 18, 2010

March 18, 2010

2010/03/18 Headlines: Healthcare Bill Gets Boost as 2 Dems Pledge Support; Senate OKs Jobs Bill; Obama Downplays Israeli Settlement Dispute; Lula Backs Palestinian Struggle in West Bank Visit; Thai Guestworker Killed in Gaza Rocket Attack; 5 Jailed US Citizens Charged in Pakistan; Penn. Regulators Probe Suspected Drilling Contamination; Senate Backs Reduction of Drug Sentencing Disparity; Report: Insurance Company Had Policy Targeting HIV-Positive Policyholders; US Reviewing Restrictions on Gay Blood Donors; Detroit to Close 44 Schools; Witnesses: Madoff Assaulted by Fellow Prisoner; Muslim Scholar to Make First US Appearance Since Lifting of Ban

2010x55 - Friday, March 19, 2010

March 19, 2010

2010/03/19 Headlines: House Dems Unveil Healthcare Bill as Obama Delays Trip; Immigration Reform Rally to Be Held in DC; Report: Israeli PM Refuses to Cancel Settlement Expansion, Offers Delay; 2 Palestinians Wounded in Israeli Attack on Gaza; US Criticizes Russia on Iran Nuclear Plant, Holds START Talks; US Begins New Offensive in Afghanistan; Report: Blair Tied to Iraq-Linked Oil Firm; Fmr. Guatemalan PM Alleges Retaliation for Iraq War Opposition in Extradition Order; Activists Protest Mountaintop Removal Outside EPA; EPA to Probe How Fracking Impacts Water Supplies; Oil Leases Suspended in Montana Pending Environmental Review; 2 Arrested at White House Protesting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; Arizona Cancels Children's Insurance Program

2010x56 - Monday, March 22, 2010

March 22, 2010

2010/03/22 Headlines: House OKs Landmark Healthcare Reform Bill; House Backs Student Aid Overhaul; Racial, Homophobic Epithets Shouted at Right-Wing Protest; Up to 500,000 March for Immigration Reform in DC; Peace Activists Mark 7th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion; Israeli Military Kills 4 Palestinian Teens; Israeli PM Vows Ongoing Settlement Expansion; Netanyahu, Obama to Meet at White House; UN Secretary-General Calls for End to Gaza Blockade, "Illegal" Settlement Building; US Drone Attack Kills 8 in Pakistan; Obama Says US to Pursue Iran Sanctions; Salvadorans Begin Marking 30th Anniversary of Romero Murder; Senate Banking Committee Takes Up Financial Reform; Palestinian Journalist Prevented from Entering US; New York Homelessness Soars 34%

2010x57 - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

March 23, 2010

2010/03/23 Headlines: Obama to Sign Healthcare Bill; GOP Prepares Repeal Bid; Senate Banking Committee Backs Dodd Bill; Report: US Mulls Bagram as Next Gitmo; Judge Orders Release of Gitmo Prisoner; Netanyahu Rejects US Call for Settlement Freeze; Code Pink Disrupts Netanyahu Speech, Pulls Off AIPAC Hoax; Karzai Meets with Afghan Militant Group; US Halts Poppy Eradication in Afghan Areas; Iraqi Election Commission Rejects Recount Call; Haitians Protest Bush, Clinton in Port-au-Prince; Bolivia Proposes Declaring Potable Water a Universal Right; Google Closes Search Engine in China; ACORN to Cease Existence as National Organization; NYT Admits Errors in Reporting on ACORN Controversy; Report: Fmr. Blackwater Execs Face Weapons Charges; KBR, Halliburton Withdraw Challenge to Rape Suit; Malcolm X Assassin Granted Parole

2010x58 - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

March 24, 2010

2010/03/24 Headlines: Obama Signs Healthcare Bill into Law as Senate Takes Up Revisions; Israel Approves New Settlements as Obama, Netanyahu Hold White House Meeting; Pelosi: Dems, GOP United in Backing Israeli Gov't; UK Expels Israeli Diplomat for Passport Forgery in Hamas Killing; Students Rally for Aid Overhaul, DREAM Act; Graham Proposal Would Continue Indefinite Jailing of Terror Suspects; Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Media Ownership; Compensation Czar Cuts Pay 15% at Bailed-Out Firms; US, Mexico Announce New Cooperation in Drug Fight; Panel: Coca-Cola Owes for Environmental Damage in Indian Village; Pentagon to Review Military Information Operations in Wake of Contractor Scandal; LA Police Officers Fatally Shoot Unarmed Autistic Man; Judge: Miss. School Board Violated Rights of Lesbian Teen in Prom Denial; Jeremy Scahill Wins Izzy Award for Special Achievement in Independent Media; Salvadoran President to Issue Formal State Apology on 30th Anniversary of Romero Murder

2010x59 - Thursday, March 25, 2010

March 25, 2010

2010/03/25 Headlines: GOP Forces New House Vote on Healthcare Bill; Dems Face Threats over Healthcare Bill; Media Barred from Signing of Anti-Abortion Order; US, Russia Reach Arms Pact; US, Israel at Impasse in Settlement Dispute; Report: US Eases Iran Sanctions to Win Russia, China Backing; Afghan Militant Group Submits Peace Offer; US Hosts Pakistani Officials, Pledges Increased Cooperation; El Salvador Offers Apology on 30th Anniversary of Romero Murder; Argentina Marks 34th Anniversary of Military Coup; Island in Bay of Bengal Disappears Under Rising Sea; Pentagon to Announce Curbs on Gay Military Ban; Report: Pope Ignored Molestation of 200 Boys by US Priest; Indonesian Media Reports Nairn Faces Arrest

2010x60 - Friday, March 26, 2010

March 26, 2010

2010/03/26 Headlines: Congress Approves Final Healthcare Provisions; Sen. Sanders Praises Expansion of Primary Healthcare; Report: 1,700 Corporations Lobbied on Healthcare; Suspicious White Powder Sent to Office of Rep. Weiner; Conservative Think Tank Fires Former Bush Speech Writer; Student Loan Package Passed in Congress; GOP Blocks Jobless Benefits Bill; Obama to Announce New Program to Help Homeowners; Pope Faces Increasing Criticism in Sexual Abuse Scandals; Indonesian Human Rights Groups Call on Army to Stop Denying Assassination Report; US-Israel Agree to Arms Deal; Rights Group Criticizes Arrest of Venezuelan Critics; Last Decade Was Warmest on Record; Regulators Reject Entergy's Effort to Spin Off Nuclear Power Plants; Student President Vetoes UC Berkeley Divestment Resolution

2010x61 - Monday, March 29, 2010

March 29, 2010

2010/03/29 Headlines: Suicide Bombings Kill 37 in Moscow Subway; Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan; US Admits Innocent Afghans Killed at Checkpoints; FBI Raids Right-Wing Christian Militia; Iraqi PM Maliki Moves to Overturn Election Loss; US and Russia Seal Nuke Reduction Treaty; Unemployment Rate Increases in 27 States; Obama Makes 15 Recess Appointments; ICE Set Quotas to Deport More Undocumented Immigrants; Two Israelis, Four Palestinians Killed in Gaza; Judge Blocks NYC from Closing 19 Public Schools; 6,000 South Africans March in Walk Memorializing Gandhi

2010x62 - Tuesday, March 30, 2010

March 30, 2010

2010/03/30 Headlines: Death Toll in Moscow Subway Bombing Rises to 39; Michigan-based Christian Military Accused of Plotting War Against Federal Gov't; Skinhead Pleads Guilty to Obama Assassination Plot; Penn. Man Arrested for Threat to Kill Rep. Eric Cantor; Ten Young Mexican Students Killed at Drug Cartel Checkpoint; Israel to Allow First Shipment of Clothes to Gaza in Nearly Three Years; Burmese Opposition Party to Boycott Elections; Lawsuit Filed over Secretive Prison Units; Tennessee and Delaware Awarded in Race to the Top Program; EPA to Delay Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Fires Reported at Three Nuclear Power Plants; GOP Spent Nearly ,000 in Party Funds at Bondage-Themed Nightclub; Details Emerge about 2002 Death in CIA Secret Prison; Postal Service Wants to End Saturday Mail Delivery

2010x63 - Wednesday, March 31, 2010

March 31, 2010

2010/03/31 Headlines: Obama Proposes Lifting Offshore Drilling Moratorium; Final Installment of Healthcare Bill Signed; Heath Insurance Companies Drop Plan to Exploit Loophole in Bill; 12 Die in Pair of Blasts in Southern Russia; Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager During “Land Day” Protest; Obama Calls for New Sanctions Against Iran; Report: Iranian Nuclear Scientist Defects to US; Haiti to Unveil Reconstruction Plan at UN Donors Conference; CodePink Protester Attempts to Make Citizen's Arrest of Karl Rove; Father of Dead US Marine Ordered to Pay Anti-Gay Protesters; Report: Global Warming Skeptics Bankrolled by Koch Industries; UK Panel Clears "Climategate" Scientists; Northeastern States Declared Disaster Areas After Heavy Rains; Indonesian TV Station Cancels Nairn Interview Due to Military Pressure

2010x64 - Thursday, April 01, 2010

April 1, 2010

2010/04/01 Headlines: Judge: NSA Wiretapping Program Illegal; Obama Authorizes New Gas Drilling Off US Coasts; Donors Pledge .9B for Haiti Reconstruction; Haitian Earthquake Refugees Detained in US Immigration Jails; Clinton: Security Council Ready to Discuss Iran Sanctions; US Reportedly Tests Nuke-Capable Missiles; Chechen Rebel Admits to Moscow Subway Bombing; Report: Vatican Received 1963 Warning on Pedophile Priests; Majority of Jailed Male Youths Abused in Afghanistan; Study: Homeowner Program Favoring White Borrowers; New Orleans Police Officer Indicted in Shooting Cover-Up; Obama Appoints Pesticide Executive to Top Trade Post

2010x65 - Friday, April 02, 2010

April 2, 2010

2010/04/02 Headlines: EPA Places New Limits on Mountaintop Removal; US Limits Greenhouse Emissions in Cars; Murderer of Abortion Provider Dr. George Tiller Sentenced to Life Term; Israel Threatens New Assault on Gaza Strip; Karzai Accuses Ex-UN Official of Steering Electoral Fraud; Amazonian Land Activist Killed in Brazil; Report: Africa Lost .8T to Illegal Outflows; US Alters Airport Screening Rules; Justice Dept. Sues KBR for Security Billing; Army Secretary: No Easing of Don't Ask, Don't Tell; US Bankruptcies at 4-Year High; California Probe Clears ACORN of Unlawful Activity; Haitian Earthquake Survivors Freed from Immigration Jails

2010x66 - Monday, April 05, 2010

April 5, 2010

2010/04/05 Headlines: Three Die in Attack on US Consulate in Pakistan; Suicide Bombers Target Foreign Embassies in Iraq; US Forces Admit Killing Two Pregnant Afghan Women & Teenager; Karzai Lashes Out at Western Nations; 200,000 Unemployed Workers Lose Jobless Benefits; 162,000 Jobs Created in March; Jobless Rate Remains at 9.7 Percent; Justice Stevens to Decide Soon on Retirement; DHS Report Criticizes 287(g) Immigration Program; South African White Supremacist Murdered; Pro-ElBaradei Book Publisher Arrested in Egypt; Indian Point Nuclear Plant Denied Key Permit; Obama Adopts Bush-Era Mining Rule; Anti-Whaling Activists Block Japanese Ship; State Governors Receive Threatening Letters; 115 Chinese Coal Miners Rescued After a Week

2010x67 - Tuesday, April 06, 2010

April 6, 2010

2010/04/06 Headlines: 25 Die in WV Coal Mine Explosion; Obama to Issue New Nuclear Posture Review; Leaked Video Shows US Killing Reuters Staff in Iraq; 28 Die in Baghdad Bombings; NATO Air Strike Kills Four Civilians in Afghanistan; US-Backed Pakistani Troops Accused of Carrying Out Assassinations; Some Schools Reopen in Haiti; US to Fine Toyota .4 Million; WellPoint CEO Receives 51 Percent Salary Increase; Texas Man Arrested for Threatening Abortion Clinic; Record Temperatures Reported in Northeast; UC Berkeley Student Protesters Face Seven-Month Suspension

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

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

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

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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