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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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