* Drilling and Killing: As President Bush Meets with the CEO of Chevron Texaco in Nigeria, a Look at Chevrons Role in the Killing of Two Nigerian Villagers

* Transcript of Drilling and Killing Documentary

Friday, July 11, 2003

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Friday, January 02, 2009

2009/01/05 Headlines: Israeli Troops Invade Gaza; Death Toll Tops 530; US Blocks UN Call for Ceasefire in Gaza; Gaza Hospitals Struggle Without Power & Supplies; Israel Assassinates Hamas Official & His Family; International Protests Against Israel Continue; Commerce Pick Richardson Withdraws; Obama Stimulus to Include $300 Billion in Tax Cuts; Franken Takes 225-Vote Lead Over Coleman; Denver School Chief to Become Colorado Senator; Democrats Threaten to Block Burris from Taking Senate Seat; Coal Ash Disaster: Test Show Arsenic at 300x Normal Level in Water; Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Baghdad; 5,300 Die in Drug-Related Killings in Mexico in 2008; Sri Lankan Military Take Rebel Capital; Cuba Marks 50th Anniversary of Revolution; AirTran Removes Muslim Family from Plane; Texas Activist Admits He Was FBI Informant; Anti-Apartheid Politician Helen Suzman, 91, Dies

Monday, January 05, 2009

2009/01/06 Headlines: Israeli Attack Intensifies; Tanks Enter Khan Yunis; Israel Bombs UN School, Three Killed; Doctor: Most Palestinian Casualties Are Civilians; Red Cross: Gaza Is a “Full-Blown" Humanitarian Crisis; Bush Refuses to Call for Ceasefire; Poll: Americans Divided Over Israeli Attack; Obama Defers to Bush on Gaza Crisis; Obama Taps Leon Panetta to Head CIA; Bush Critic Picked to Head Office of Legal Counsel; Obama: Future Will Be “Dramatically Worse” If Stimulus Plan Is Not Approved; Canvassing Board: Al Franken Won Minn. Recount; Coleman to Sue; US Opens Massive New Embassy in Iraq; Bush to Create World's Largest Marine Protection Area; JetBlue & TSA Officials Pay Raed Jarrar $240,000 Settlement; Video: Police Shoot Dead Unarmed Black Man on Oakland Train Platform

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

2009/01/07 Headlines: Israel Bombs UN School, 40 Killed; Palestinian Death Toll at 680; Israel Death Toll at 10; Obama: “Deep Concern” Over Loss of Civilian Lives in Gaza and Israel; Egypt Proposes Ceasefire; Venezuela Expels Israeli Ambassador; Five Blackwater Guards Plead Not Guilty in Nisoor Square Massacre Case; Senate Democrats Block Roland Burris from Taking Seat; Report: Blagojevich Met with SEIU Head Andy Stern in November; India: “Official Agencies in Pakistan” Involved in Mumbai Attacks; US Rejects Request to Let Haitians Temporarily Stay in US; Pentagon: PTSD Victims Not Eligible for Purple Heart; Russia Cuts Off Gas Exports to Much of Europe; Oakland Police Shooting Victim to Be Buried; Protesters Arrested at Senate Hart Office Building; Obama Offers Surgeon General Job to Sanjay Gupta

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

2009/01/08 Headlines: Palestinian Toll Passes 700; Around One-Third Children; School Bombing Toll Reaches 46 as Israel Retracts Claim of Militant Fire; Red Cross Condemns Israel for Blocking Access to Bombing Site; Lebanese Militants Fire at Northern Israel; Fighting Suspended for 3-Hour Aid Delivery; EU Backs Egyptian Ceasefire Proposal; UN General Assembly to Meet on Gaza Attack; Palestinian, Israeli Protesters Condemn Attack on Gaza; Jewish-Canadian Women Occupy Toronto Israeli Consulate; Senate Dems Reverse Opposition to Burris; Bush Hosts Obama, Ex-Presidents at White House; Officer in Oakland Transit Shooting Resigns; 15 Protesters Arrested

Thursday, January 08, 2009

2009/01/09 Headlines: Israel Continues Gaza Attack as Security Council Calls for Ceasefire; Palestinian Toll Reaches 778; At Least 200 Children Killed; UN, Red Cross Suspend Relief Work After Lethal Israeli Attacks on Aid Convoys; WHO: 21 Palestinian Medical Workers Killed in Gaza Attack; UN: 30 Died in Israeli Shelling of Crowded Home; Vatican Official Compares Gaza to “Concentration Camp”; Carter: Israel Broke Gaza Truce; Protests Worldwide Decry Gaza Attack; Senate Affirms Support for Attack on Gaza; Kucinich Calls for Probe on US-Supplied Weapons to Israel; Report: Obama to Hold Talks with Hamas; Brennan Appointed Obama Counterterror Adviser; Congressional Report Faults Treasury on Bailout Oversight; 25 Gitmo Prisoners Force-Fed; 105 Arrested Protesting Oakland Police Shooting of Unarmed Man

Friday, January 09, 2009

2009/01/12 Headlines: Death Toll in Gaza Approaches 900; Israel Criticized for Using White Phosphorus in Gaza; Israel Admits Error in Bombing of UN School; Bush Rejected Israeli Request to Prepare for Iran Attack; Over 500,000 Lose Job in December; Official Unemployment Rate at 7.2%; Witness Against Torture Holds Fast Calling for Closing of Guantanamo; Obama: Guantanamo Will Not Be Closed in First 100 Days; Obama Suggests No Prosecution for Bush Admin Crimes; Obama Nominates Panetta and Blair; Bush Admits OKing Torture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed; Conyers Pushes for Nat'l Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties; Illinois House Votes to Impeach Blagojevich; Afghan Militants Attack Base in Pakistan; Son of Charles Taylor Sentenced to 97 Years for Torture; Lori Berenson Moved to New Jail Due to Complicated Pregnancy; Leonard Peltier to be Moved to New Prison; 10,000 Gallons of Slurry Spills Out at Coal Plant in Alabama; Group Campaigns to Ban Drivers from Using Cell Phones; “Waltz with Bashir” Wins Golden Globe

Monday, January 12, 2009

2009/01/13 Headlines: Abbas: Israel Is Aiming to “Wipe Out” Palestinians in Gaza; Red Cross: “There Is No Place Safe in Gaza for the Civilians”; UN Human Rights Council Condemns Israel; US Abstained from UN Vote After Olmert Called Bush; Israel Accused of Testing Experimental Weapons in Gaza; Israeli Soldier Jailed for Refusing to Fight in Gaza; Free Gaza Movement to Send More Boats with Aid to Gaza; Report: Obama to Issue Order to Close Guantanamo; 42 Prisoners at Guantanamo on Hunger Strike; Obama to Sign Pentagon Plan to Send 30,000 More Troops to Afghanistan; Obama Seeks Remaining $350 Billion of Financial Bailout; Judge Rules Madoff Can Stay in Penthouse Until Trial; Bush: “Not Having Weapons of Mass Destruction Was a Significant Disappointment”; Roland Burris to be Seated as New Illinois Senator; Julius Genachowski to Head FCC; Study: US Spends at Least $52 Billion/Year on Nuclear Weapons; Documents: US Officials Knew of Link Between Colombian Military & Death Squads

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Friday, January 01, 2010

2010/01/04 Headlines: 14 Nations to Face Stricter Airport Screening; Federal Judge Tosses Charges Against Blackwater Operatives; Two Blackwater Operatives &amp; Jordanian Spy Among Dead at CIA Base; US Closes Embassy in Yemen Citing Threat; Afghan Parliament Rejects Most of Karzai's Cabinet Picks; Afghan Students Protest Killing of Civilians by US Forces; 101 Died in Pakistani Bombing at Volleyball Match; Report: The 00s Was a Lost Decade for American Workers; Food Stamps Now Only Source of Income for 6 Million Americans; 25-Year Sentence for Ex-Peruvian President Fujimori Upheld; Somali Man Charged with Attacking Danish Cartoonist; Indiana University Professor Don Belton Murdered; US Lifts 22-Year Ban on Visitors with HIV or <span class="caps">AIDS; Effigy of Obama Found Hanging in Georgia Town; Gaza Freedom Marchers Call for Divestment Against Israel

Monday, January 04, 2010

2010/01/05 Headlines: Jordanian Double Agent Blamed for CIA Base Bombing; General Criticizes State of US Intelligence in Afghanistan; Clinton: Situation in Yemen Threatens Global Stability; Senate and House Democrats to Forgo Committee Process to Reconcile Health Bill; Number of Bankruptcies Increases by 32 Percent; Maliki Threatens to Sue Blackwater over Killings; Germany Knew Nothing of Alleged CIA/Blackwater Murder Plot; Israel to Build New Israeli-Only Highway in West Bank; Israeli Military Officers Cancel Trip to Britain Fearing Arrest; Pentagon Resisting Obama's Plan to Reduce Nuclear Arsenal; New York Lawmakers Rally to Oppose Natural Gas Drilling; Greenpeace Activists Sentenced for Mt. Rushmore Action; Chilean Copper Miners Go On Strike; Annise Parker Becomes First Lesbian to Head Major City; President Obama Appoints Transgender Woman as Commerce Adviser

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

2010/01/06 Headlines: 1M Somalis Face Starvation as WFP Suspends Food Aid; Obama: US Intel Could Have Prevented Failed Jetliner Attack; US Won't Release Cleared Yemeni Prisoners from Gitmo; Dozens Wounded as Egypt Blocks Gaza Aid Convoy; McCain Calls for Appeal of Blackwater Ruling; Bolivia to Hold Indigenous Climate Conference; Dem. Sens Dorgan, Dodd Won't Seek Re-Election; Dems Begin Closed-Door Healthcare Talks; Court Upholds Sweeping Authority to Jail Terror Suspects; 10 Arrested at Protest for Jailed Immigrant Rights Leader Jean Montrevil

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

2010/01/07 Headlines: 13 Killed in US Drone Attacks in Pakistan; Al-Qaeda Group: CIA Base Bombing Was Revenge for Drone Strikes; Outgoing UN Envoy Warns of Increased Militarization in Afghanistan; Yemen: Jetliner Suspect Met Militant Cleric; Pentagon: 20% of Freed Gitmo Prisoners Engage in Militant Activity; Honduran Prosecutor Seeks Charges Against Military Leaders; Cuba Investigating Jailed US Contractor; Anti-Whaling Vessel Damaged in Collision with Whaling Ship; Aid Convoy Reaches Gaza; Connecticut AG to Run for Dodd's Seat; Fox News Correspondent: Woods Should Convert to Christianity; Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Survivor of Both Atomic Bombings, Dies at 93

Thursday, January 07, 2010

2010/01/08 Headlines: 2 Blackwater Operatives Charged with Murder of Afghans; Blackwater, Iraqi Victims Reach Financial Settlement; Report Faults US Intel for Security Lapses in Failed Jetliner Attack; Yemen Warns Against US Military Attack; Canadian Muslim Alleges Mistreatment at US Border; Koch: "Hundreds of Millions" of Muslims Are Terrorists; Brother: CIA Bomber "Changed" by Israeli Assault on Gaza; Afghan War Killing At Least 3 Children Per Day; Pentagon Probes Beatings, Torture of Afghan Teens at Bagram; Admin Challenges Habeas Corpus for Bagram Prisoners; UN Rapporteur: Sri Lankan Execution Tapes Authentic; Israeli Bombings Kill 3 Palestinians in Gaza; Geithner-Led New York Fed Tried to Hide AIG Payments; Scientists Call for Ban on Mountaintop Removal; EPA Unveils Tougher Smog Standards; Study: 1 in 10 Youths Report Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Facilities

Friday, January 08, 2010

2010/01/11 Headlines: 85,000 Jobs Lost in December; Unemployment Rate at 10%; Wall Street Employees Grumble over Bonuses; Embedded British Journalist Killed in Afghanistan; Blackwater Vies for $1 Billion Afghan Police Contract; Video Aired of CIA Base Suicide Bomber; Four Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan; Report: US Overwhelmed by Air Force Drone Intelligence; Mitchell Issues Loan Guarantee Threat to Israel; US to Double Amount of Military Stockpiles in Israel; GOP Calls for Reid to Resign over Race Comments; ICE Officials Accused of Covering Up Immigrant Deaths in Detention; UBS Whistleblower Begins Jail Sentence; Federal Court to Hear Apartheid Reparations Case; Activists Start Fast on Anniversary of Opening of Guantanamo

Monday, January 11, 2010

2010/01/12 Headlines: Iranian Nuclear Physicist Assassinated in Tehran; Yemeni Cleric Warns Against “Foreign Occupation”; White House Considers New Tax on Large Banks; Federal Reserve Refuses to Release Details about Bailed-Out Banks; Federal Reserve Made $45 Billion in 2009; Federal Trial on Same-Sex Marriage Ban Begins in California; Pope Calls Gay Marriage an "Attack on Creation"; Six Foreign Troops Die in Afghanistan; Suicide Rate for Veterans Jumps 26 Percent; European Doctor: Big Pharma Exaggerated Threat of Swine Flu; Nigerian Leader Breaks Silence; Trial of Killer of Abortion Provider George Tiller Set to Begin; NJ Lawmakers OK Medical Marijuana Bill; Fox News Hires Sarah Palin; Single-Payer Activists Call Democrats to Allow C-SPAN to Air Healthcare Negotiations; Hunger Strikers Call for Closure of Guantanamo

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

2010/01/13 Headlines: Thousands Feared Dead in Massive Haiti Earthquake; Witnesses: NATO Troops Kill Afghan Protesters; 2 US Troops, 4 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Attacks; 16 Killed in US Drone Attack in Afghanistan; Report: Obama to Request $33B for Wars; Obama, Dems to Meet on Healthcare Bill; Insurance Firms Funded Anti-Healthcare Reform Ad Blitz; Obama Received Over $20M from Health Industry in '08; FDIC Calls for Penalizing Risky Compensation; Regulators Accuse BoA of Hiding Merrill Losses; 1 in 8 Americans Receiving Food Stamps; Study Links Monsanto GM Corn to Organ Failure; Activists Protest Carbon Trading Summit; Google to End China Censorship; Japan Delays Decision on Moving US Base; Israel Arrests Anti-Wall Activists; Miep Gies Dies at 100

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

2010/01/14 Headlines: Tens of Thousands Feared Dead Amidst Haiti Devastation; Afghan Civilians Suffered Deadliest Year in 2009; Banking Execs Appear Before Financial Crisis Panel; Supreme Court Bars Airing of Prop 8 Trial; Peace Activists File Civil Suit over Military Spying; US Climate Envoy Blames ALBA for Copenhagen Failure, Backs Sidelining UN; Anti-Wall Palestinian Activists Freed from Israeli Prison; Israel Bars US Journalist From Entry; Judge Rules NY Fire Department Intentionally Discriminated Against Black Applicants

Thursday, January 14, 2010

2010/01/15 Headlines: Red Cross: Up to 50,000 Feared Dead in Haiti; WFP: Food Supplies Looted in Port-au-Prince; Bush to Co-Chair Haiti Relief; Cut Aid, Backed Coup Against Aristide; Aristide Seeks Return to Haiti; 16 Killed in US Drone Attack in Pakistan; 16 Killed in Afghan Bombing; Obama Proposes Bailout Tax on Wall Street; Wall Street to Pay Out Record $145B in Compensation; Record 2.8M Foreclosure Notices in 2009; Obama, Unions Agree on Taxing Insurance Plans; Study: African American Jobless Rate to Reach 25-Year High; Regulators Propose Limits on Energy Commodity Speculation

Friday, January 15, 2010

Monday, January 18, 2010

2010/01/19 Headlines: 200,000 Feared Dead in Haiti; 1.5 Million Homeless; US Military Diverts Aid Planes from Haitian Airport; 18-Month-Old Girl Rescued from Collapsed Building; Gaza Residents Donate to Haiti Relief Effort; Private Security Companies Eye Work in Haiti; Obama Grants Haitian Immigrants Temporary Protected Status; US Military Covered Up Murder of Three Prisoners at Guantánamo; FBI Illegally Collected More Than 2,000 Call Records; Republican May Win Senate Seat in Masschusetts; Taliban Fighters Launch Attack on Kabul; Shell and Exxon Sign Iraq Oil Deals; Right-Wing Billionaire Wins Chilean Presidential Race; Wall Street Firms to Challenge Obama's New Tax Plan; Sen. Dodd Considers Scrapping Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

2010/01/20 Headlines: Powerful Aftershock Hits Haiti; Group: 20,000 Dying Daily from Lack of Surgery; Aid Begins Reaching Quake Epicenter; GOP Candidate Wins Upset Race for Mass. Senate Seat; Supreme Court Tosses Re-Sentencing for Mumia Abu-Jamal; Pakistani Suspect Alleges Torture on First Day of Trial; 8 Killed in Virginia Shooting; Israel Deports US Journalist; Israel Ends Work Permits for Foreign NGOs; Survey: Afghans Paid $2.5B in Bribes in 12-Month Period; US Firm Probed for Stamping Bible Verses on Rifle Sights

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

2010/01/21 Headlines: 10,000 Bodies Buried Daily in Quake Aftermath; Medical Group Faults US Militarization of Haitian Relief; IMF Drops Conditions on $100M Haiti Loan; US Expects 200,000 TPS Applicants; Obama to Propose Limits on Bank Size, Trades; Obama Targets Delinquent Gov't Contractors; Arms Industry Execs Indicted in Bribery Case; Justice Dept. Report Details Illegal FBI Monitoring; UN, Relief Groups Call on Israel to End Gaza Blockade; Netanyahu: Israeli Military Will Surround Future Palestinian State; US Lifts Bush-era Ban on Foreign Scholars; D.R., Honduran President-Elect Agree on Zelaya Exit; Texas Judge Cleared for Rejecting Last-Minute Death Row Appeal; Cindy McCain Opposes Gay Marriage Ban

Thursday, January 21, 2010

2010/01/22 Headlines: Haiti to Relocate 400,000 from Port-au-Prince; Supreme Court: No Limit on Corporate Spending on Elections; Obama Proposes Limits on Bank Size, Trades; Afghans Protest Deadly NATO Raid; Gates Confirms Blackwater, DynCorp in Pakistan; 50 Gitmo Prisoners to Remain Behind Bars Without Trial; 42 Arrested on Eve of Gitmo Closure Deadline; NASA: Previous Decade Was Warmest on Record; Bipartisan Senate Bill Seeks to Block EPA from Regulating Gases; Tree-Sitting Activists Shut Down West Virginia Coal Mine; Edwards Admits to Fathering Child in Extramarital Affair; Air America to Cease Operations, File for Bankruptcy

Friday, January 22, 2010

2010/01/25 Headlines: 150,000 Bodies Buried in Haiti; Death Toll Could Top 300,000; Oxfam Calls for International Community to Cancel Haiti's $890 Million Debt; Hope for Haiti Telethon Raises $57 Million; Obama Assails Supreme Court Campaign Finance Ruling; Emails Show Fed Tried to Keep Details of AIG Bailout Secret; Obama to Reach Out to Middle Class Families in State of the Union; Wal-Mart Lays Off 11,000 Workers; Number of Children in Poverty in US Increases by 2.5 Million Since 2000; US to Appeal Blackwater Ruling; DynCorp Scrutinized over Iraq Police Contract; Report: Aung San Suu Kyi May Be Released in Nov.; Japanese Voters Back Anti-US Base Mayoral Candidate; Evo Morales Sworn In for Second Term; Netanyahu: Israel Will Retain Parts of West Bank Forever; West Virginia Mine Tree-Sit Enters Fifth Day; 450,000 Gallons of Oil Spill in Texas Waterway; Haitian Activist Jean Montrevil Released from ICE Detention

Monday, January 25, 2010

2010/01/26 Headlines: UN: 2 Million Haitians Need Immediate Food Aid; Canada Hosts Meeting to Discuss Rebuilding Haiti; Obama to Call for Freeze on Non-Defense Spending; Democrats Consider Bills to Limit Foreign Corporate Campaign Donations; White House Debate Legality of Assassinating US Citizen in Yemen; Bombings in Iraq Kill 60; “Chemical Ali” Executed In Iraq; Greek Farmers Stage Protests; Israeli Cabinet Minister: Goldstone Report on Gaza Is Anti-Semitic; Halliburton Asks Supreme Court to Block Rape Trial; Rallies Held in Albany over Natural Gas Drilling

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

2010/01/27 Headlines: Zelaya to Leave Honduras as Coup Leaders Cleared; Tear Gas Fired at Haitians Seeking Food Aid; Earthquake Survivor Rescued After 2 Weeks Beneath Rubble; Report: US Planning, Arming Yemen Military Operations; Obama Continues Bush-Era Assassination Policy; Incumbent Said to Win Sri Lankan Election; World Social Forum Convenes in Brazil; Ex-Adviser: UK Ignored Warnings of Iraq War Illegality; Obama to Deliver SOTU as Healthcare Bill Delayed; 1 in 5 US Households Went Hungry in 2009; Activist Behind ACORN Controversy Arrested for Wiretapping Office of Dem. Senator; 13 Peace Activists Arrested at White House Protest

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

2010/01/28 Headlines: Obama Stresses Job Recovery in State of Union Address; Zelaya Leaves Honduras as New President Takes Office; Report: US Military Spending in Haiti More Than Triples Assistance to Haitian Gov't; Haiti Postpones Parliamentary Vote, Suspends Orphan Flights; Survivor Found Beneath Rubble After 15 Days; Report: Pentagon Sending More Special Ops to Yemen; Aid Groups: Militarization of Aid Endangering Afghan Civilians; Geithner Faces Congressional Outrage for AIG Bailout; Dems Seek to Undo Supreme Court Ruling on Corporate Electioneering

Thursday, January 28, 2010

2010/01/29 Headlines: US Submits Pledge to Reduce Emissions 4%; Divided Senate Confirms Bernanke for 2nd Term; Senate Raises Deficit Ceiling to $14.3T; Obama to Unveil Jobs Plan; Haitians Storm Food Sites as Hospitals Report Medicine Shortages; US Cool to Karzai Overture to Taliban Leaders; Iran Executes 2 Arrested in Election Protests; Senate OKs New Iran Sanctions; California Senate Passes Single-Payer Bill; Oregon Voters Back Progressive Tax Hike; Md. Firm Runs for Congress in Satire of Supreme Court Ruling; Author J.D. Salinger Dies at 91

Friday, January 29, 2010

2010/02/01 Headlines: US to Expand Missile Defense System in Persian Gulf; Obama Seeks $44B Increase for Pentagon; $5B for Nuclear Arsenal; White House Proposes Tripling Loan Guarantees for Nuke Plants; Bush Administration Attorneys Clears Torture Memo Authors; Roeder Convicted in First-Degree Murder of Dr. George Tiller; Watchdog: US Bailout May Result in Deeper Crisis in Future; US Resumes Medical Evacuation Flights from Haiti; Haitians Block Road and Seize Trucks to Protest Lack of Aid; 10 US Baptist Missionaries Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Out Haitian Children; Hamas Accuses Israel of Assassinating Top Hamas Official in Dubai; Israel: No Indictments in Tristan Anderson Shooting Case; Israeli Officers Disciplined for Using White Phosphorus in Gaza; Tony Blair Defends Invasion of Iraq; Iraqi Bombing Kills 41 Shiite Pilgrims; Report: Leader of Pakistan Taliban Killed in Drone Strike; US to Restart Aid to Honduras; CAIR Calls for Probe into <span class="caps">FBI Shooting of Muslim Cleric in Michigan; Education Secretary: Katrina Was “Best Thing” to Happen to Schools in New Orleans

Monday, February 01, 2010

2010/02/02 Headlines: War Spending Increases in Record $3.8T Budget Request; US Resumes Haiti Medical Evacuations After Cost Dispute; Jailed US Citizens Allege Torture in Pakistan; Report: US Drone Attacks Killed 123 Civilians in January; Human Rights Group Rejects Israeli "Whitewash" of Gaza Attack; Report: Israeli Bomb Found in Ruins of Gaza Flour Plant; Report: CIA Operatives Allowed to Work for Private Firms; US Proposes $6B Arms Deal with Taiwan; Autopsy: FBI Agents Shot Detroit Imam 21 Times; Coal Giant Wins Court Injunction Against Nonviolent Protesters; Tennessee Firm Exposed Black Workers to More Radiation than Whites; Arar Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Suit Dismissal

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

2010/02/03 Headlines: Military Leaders Back Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell; 1M Earthquake Survivors Lack Food Aid; Missionaries Appear Before Haitian Judge; 3 US Soldiers Among Dead in Pakistan Bombing; 17 Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan; 20 Killed in Attack on Shiite Pilgrims; Ex-UK Minister: Cabinet Misled on Iraq Invasion; Report: US, Russia Reach Nuke Deal; Iran: "No Problem" with Enrichment Deal, Prisoner Swap Possible; Iran to Execute 9 Arrested in Post-Election Unrest; ICC Ordered to Review Genocide Omission in Bashir Case; Italian Peace Activists Protest US Military Base; AIG to Pay $100M in Bonuses; Justice Dept. Probes Imam Killing; Oscar Nominees Include Docs on China Earthquake, Burma and Pentagon Papers

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

2010/02/04 Headlines: Haiti Confirms Toll of Over 200,000; Clinton to Coordinate Haiti Relief for UN; Soldier Killings Highlight US Military Role in Pakistan; NATO, Afghan Forces Prepare War's Largest Joint Offensive; Iraqi Appeals Court Overturns Candidate Bans; Powell Backs Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Toyota Admits New Flaws Amidst Mass Recall; House Bill Would Repeal Health Industry Antitrust Exemptions; EPA Guidelines Could Boost Ethanol Production

Thursday, February 04, 2010

2010/02/05 Headlines: 27 Killed, 75 Wounded in Iraq Bombing; Intelligence Chief Confirms US Can Assassinate Americans Abroad; US Missionaries Charged with Kidnapping Haitian Children; Zelaya Criticizes Foes from Exile in Dominican Republic; Hundreds Protest Siddiqui Conviction in Pakistan Rally; Romania to Host US Missiles; Toyota Considers Prius Recall as Regulators Probe Brakes; Bank of America, Ex-Execs Indicted on Civil Fraud Charges; Google-NSA Partnership Draws Ire of Privacy Groups; Study: Charter Schools Increasing Racial Segregation in Classrooms; Right-Wing Activists Attend Inaugural Tea Party Convention; Vancouver Activists Prepare Anti-Olympic Protests

Friday, February 05, 2010

2010/02/08 Headlines: G7 Nations Pledge to Forgive Haiti's Debt; One Million Remain Homeless in Haiti; 20,000 Jobs Eliminated in January; Unemployment Rate Decreases; Goldman Sachs CEO Receives $9 Million Bonus; Regulators Probe Goldman Sachs Role in Collapse of AIG; Laura Chinchilla Elected President of Costa Rica; Two International Solidarity Movement Activists Arrested in West Bank; Israel Blocks Palestinian Geographer from Traveling Abroad; Iran Pledges to Build 10 New Uranium Enrichment Facilities in Next Year; Iran Arrests Seven Linked to US-Funded Radio Farda; At Least Five Workers Die at Power Plant Explosion in Conn.; Mitch Landrieu Wins New Orleans Mayoral Election; Canada Blocks Olympic Critic from Entering Country

Monday, February 08, 2010

2010/02/09 Headlines: US Pushes for New Sanctions Against Iran; Toyota Expands Recall to Include 2010 Prius; Rainy Season Approaches in Haiti; Anthem Blue Cross to Raise Rates by 39 Percent; Eli Lilly CEO Earned $16 Million in 2009; Report: Democratic Governors Assoc. Takes in Record Amount of Corporate Donations; First Lady Launches Campaign Against Childhood Obesity; Soda Industry Successful in Campaign Against Soda Tax; Russian-Backed Politician Wins Ukrainian Election; Report: Head of Pakistan Taliban Killed in Drone Strike; Chinese Court Sentences Earthquake Activist to Jail; Israeli Court Orders Release of International Activists; 12 Arrested at UC Irvine at Speech by Israeli Ambassador; Canadian Air Force Commander Charged with Murder; Army Sergeant Accused of Waterboarding Four-Year-Old Daughter; Rep. John Murtha, Iraq War Critic, Dies at 77

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

2010/02/10 Headlines: US Prepares New Sanctions on Iran; Haitian Death Toll Revised to 230,000; Haitian Women Protest Lack of Aid; US Firms Lobby Haiti for Reconstruction Deals; US Frees Jailed Iraqi Journalist; NATO Warns Afghan Civilians Ahead of Assault; India Blocks Sale of Monsanto GM Crop; Dems Help Defeat Nomination of Union Attorney to Labor Board; Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike at Texas Immigration Jail; Another US Activist Denied Entry to Canada Ahead of Olympics

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

2010/02/11 Headlines: Iran Curbs Opposition Protests, Blocks Communications; Declaring Uranium Enrichment, Ahmadinejad Says Iran a "Nuclear State"; US, UK Lose Bid to Censor Docs in British Torture Case; Iraqi Official Calls for Expulsion of Ex-Blackwater Forces; Ex-Employees Accuse Blackwater of Defrauding US, Billing for Prostitutes; Freed Iraqi Journalist Speaks Out Upon Release from US Military Prison; Obama Hosts Civil Rights Leaders on African American Unemployment; Study: Lowest-Income Americans Face 30% Unemployment; Student Files Suit over Detention for English-Arabic Study Materials; Appeals Court to Hear Arguments in Cell-Phone Tracking Case; Insurance Company Sued for Denying Treatment to 5-Year-Old Cancer Patient; Ex-Rep. Charlie Wilson Dies at 76

Thursday, February 11, 2010

2010/02/12 Headlines: Top Insurers Post Record Profits While Dropping 2.7M Policyholders; Improved Corporate Profits Not Leading to Job Growth; Survey: Quarter of Job Losses Will Be Permanent; Reid Touts Dems' "Jobs Agenda"; Labor Dept. Reverses Bush-Era Farmworker Regulations; Legislation Seeks to Curb Supreme Court Ruling on Corporate Electioneering; Ending Family Era, Rep. Kennedy Announces Retirement; US Sets May 1st Target for Sheltering Haitians, Long After Rainy Season Begins; Judge Calls for Release of Detained Missionaries; US Dismisses Iranian Claims on Uranium Enrichment; Iranian Forces Arrest Opposition Leaders, Disrupt Protests; European Lawmakers Reject Financial Data-Sharing with US; Report: 700 Military Bases in Afghanistan; US Army to Discharge Single Mother Who Refused Deployment; Poll: 75% Support Openly Gay Men and Lesbians in Military; Openly Gay Servicemember Resumes Military Drills; Iraq War Vet Faces Court-Martial for Song Criticizing Forced Redeployment

Friday, February 12, 2010

2010/02/15 Headlines: 12 Die as US Bombs Wrong House as Part of New Afghan Offensive; Targeted Killings Increase Under President Obama; Haitians Hold Day of Mourning One Month After Earthquake; Record $3.47 Billion Spent on Federal Lobbying in 2009; Report: Goldman Sachs Helped Greece Hide Mounting Debts; Clinton: Iran Moving Toward a “Military Dictatorship”; Israel to Reroute Part of West Bank Wall Following Years of Protest; Palestinians Dress as Avatar Na'vi to Protest Israeli Wall; British Journalist Jailed in Gaza; Burmese Pro-Democracy Leader Released from Detention; Report: Oceans to Become More Acidic than Any Time in 65 Million Years; Anthem Blue Cross Puts Off Plan to Raise Rates; Forestry Company to Pay $2.75 Million to Immigrant Guestworkers; Floridians Protest Offshore Oil Drilling Proposal

Monday, February 15, 2010

2010/02/16 Headlines: Report: Taliban's Top Military Commander Captured; Civilian Casualties Mount During US Offensive in Afghanistan; 11 Face Arrest for Assassination of Hamas Commander in Dubai; Four Haitian Children Die in School Collapse; Haitian President: It Will Take Three Years to Remove Rubble; Regulators: Toyota Flaws Linked to Deaths of 34; Anti-Coup Activists in Honduras Still Facing Human Rights Abuses; US to Give Loan Guarantees to Build New Nuclear Reactors; 26 Arrested at Anti-Nuke Protest in Britain; Hundreds Protest in Geneva Calling for Human Rights in Iran; Egyptian Dissident Ayman Nour Considers 2011 Presidential Run; New York to Give $72 Million to Help Build Charter Schools; Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) Will Not Seek Reelection; Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Faces Right-Wing Challenger; Polk Award Given to Unnamed People Who Filmed Death of Iranian Student

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

2010/02/17 Headlines: Afghan Civilian Toll Rises in NATO Assault on Marjah; US Drone Attack Kills 3 in Pakistan; Obama to Boost Nuclear Loan Guarantees; Study: Haiti Damage Could Top $13.2B; Clinton: Iran World's "Largest Supporter of Terrorism"; Ahmadinejad: Iran Open to Fuel Swap; White House Won't Rule Out Military Action in Iran; US to Appoint Ambassador to Syria; Judge Dismisses Lawsuit over Gitmo Deaths; Group: Record Killings of Journalists in 2009; No Civil Rights Charges in Police Killing of Sean Bell; La. Jury Acquits White Officers in Killing of 73-Year-Old African American

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

2010/02/18 Headlines: Obama: Stimulus Saved 2 Million Jobs, Averted Depression; As US Seizes Marjah, UN Rejects "Militarization" of Aid; UN: US Restrictions Curbing Aid Efforts in Somalia; UN Relief Coordinator "Disappointed" in Haiti Response; 8 Missionaries Freed in Haiti, Return to US; UK, Ireland Summon Israeli Ambassadors over Dubai Killing; 10 Killed in Iraq Bombing; Interior Minister: Iraq to Seize Weapons from Foreign Contractors; UN: Cluster Bomb Treaty Could Be Ratified; Top UN Climate Change Negotiator Resigns; Poll: Wide Majority Opposes Supreme Court Ruling on Corporate Electioneering; Portland Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed African American; Va. Governor Rescinds Workplace Protections for Gay Men and Lesbians; Johns Hopkins Students Disrupt Yoo Speech; ACLU Asks UN Rapporteur to Intervene for Montana Prisoner

Thursday, February 18, 2010

2010/02/19 Headlines: Admin to Seek Senate Ratification of Test Ban Treaty; Report: Largest Corporations Responsible for $2.2T in Environmental Damage; Obama to Back Health Bill through Budget Reconciliation; Study: Highest Medicaid Enrollment in Decades; Admin Criticizes Insurer Profits, Rising Premiums; UN Launches Record $1.4B Appeal for Haiti; Second Major Rainfall Since Quake Hits Haiti; 6 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan Offensive; IAEA: Iran Could Be Developing Nukes; US Changes Name of Iraq War; Niger President Overthrown in Military Coup; Texas IRS Building Attacked in Suicide Flight; Obama Names Bipartisan Panel on Deficit; US Reaches $1.25B Settlement with Black Farmers; Family of Slain Journalist Brad Will Praises Release of Oaxaca Activist; Kerik Sentenced to 4-Year Term

Friday, February 19, 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 $100 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

Monday, February 22, 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 $15B 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

Tuesday, February 23, 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

Wednesday, February 24, 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 $15B 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

Thursday, February 25, 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

Friday, February 26, 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"

Monday, March 01, 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

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

2010/03/03 Headlines: 30 Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombings; Witness: State Dept. Officials Sought Exoneration of Blackwater Guards; US Awards KBR $2.8B 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

Wednesday, March 03, 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

Thursday, March 04, 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 $15B Jobs Bill; House Panel Votes to Recognize Armenian Genocide; Levin Questions Blackwater Bid for $1 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

Friday, March 05, 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 $107B in Contracts to Firms Busting Iran Sanctions; Voters in Iceland Reject Payment of $5.3 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

Monday, March 08, 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

Tuesday, March 09, 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

Wednesday, March 10, 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 $138B 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

Thursday, March 11, 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

Friday, March 12, 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

Monday, March 15, 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

Tuesday, March 16, 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

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

2010/03/18 Headlines: Healthcare Bill Gets Boost as 2 Dems Pledge Support; Senate OKs $18B 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

Thursday, March 18, 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

Friday, March 19, 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%

Monday, March 22, 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 <span class="caps">ACORN Controversy; Report: Fmr. Blackwater Execs Face Weapons Charges; KBR, Halliburton Withdraw Challenge to Rape Suit; Malcolm X Assassin Granted Parole

Tuesday, March 23, 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 $47M 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

Wednesday, March 24, 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

Thursday, March 25, 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 $250M 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

Friday, March 26, 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

Monday, March 29, 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 $600M in Race to the Top Program; EPA to Delay Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Fires Reported at Three Nuclear Power Plants; GOP Spent Nearly $2,000 in Party Funds at Bondage-Themed Nightclub; Details Emerge about 2002 Death in CIA Secret Prison; Postal Service Wants to End Saturday Mail Delivery

Tuesday, March 30, 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

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

2010/04/01 Headlines: Judge: NSA Wiretapping Program Illegal; Obama Authorizes New Gas Drilling Off US Coasts; Donors Pledge $9.9B 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

Thursday, April 01, 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 $1.8T 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

Friday, April 02, 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 &amp; 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

Monday, April 05, 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 $16.4 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

Tuesday, April 06, 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

Wednesday, April 07, 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

Thursday, April 08, 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

Friday, April 09, 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

Monday, April 12, 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

Tuesday, April 13, 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

Wednesday, April 14, 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 $3.3B 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

Thursday, April 15, 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

Friday, April 16, 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 $16.4M 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

Monday, April 19, 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 $4.4B 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

Tuesday, April 20, 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

Wednesday, April 21, 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

Thursday, April 22, 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 $56B 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

Friday, April 23, 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

Monday, April 26, 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

Tuesday, April 27, 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

Wednesday, April 28, 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

Thursday, April 29, 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

Friday, April 30, 2010

2010/05/03 Headlines: May Day Rallies Held to Protest Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law; Major League Baseball Union Urges Arizona to Repeal Law; Fishing Banned in Gulf Due to Massive Oil Spill; Halliburton's Role in Oil Rig Explosion Probed; Obama Vows to Help Gulf Region; EU and IMF Agree to $146 Billion Bailout of Greece; Pakistani Man Convicted for Role in 2008 Mumbai Attacks; New York Investigate Failed Times Square Car Bombing; Civilian Casualties Soar in Afghanistan; Student Strike Shuts Down University of Puerto Rico; Anesthesiologists Face Censure for Participating in Executions; United and Continental to Merge; Bolivia Nationalizes Four Power Companies; Maoists in Nepal Launch General Strike; Second Brazilian Rancher Convicted in Murder of American Nun; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference Opens in New York; Bill Moyers Signs Off From PBS Show

Monday, May 03, 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 $75M; 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"

Tuesday, May 04, 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

Wednesday, May 05, 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

Thursday, May 06, 2010

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