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May 31, 2007
5/31/07 Lydersen, ITT, Fighting Corporate Copper in Bougainville
5/31/07 Reynolds, Nation, The Abstinence Gluttons
5/31/07 Doyle, Independent, Goldman Sachs Marches on with Bush's Candidate for World Bank
5/31/07 BBC, Upright walking 'began in trees'
5/31/07 Ford, CSM, As pork prices soar, Chinese put brakes on corn for ethanol
5/31/07 Lubold, CSM, Why so few bomb-safe US military trucks in Iraq?
5/31/07 Wired, May 31, 1977: Trans-Alaska Pipeline a Source of Oil ... and Worry
5/31/07 Axe, Wired, Marines Battle Bureaucrats and Plead for High-Tech Gear
5/31/07 Bloomberg, Perchlorate Levels in Food Safe for Most, FDA Says
5/31/07 Eggen, WP, Justice Dept. Expands Probe To Include Hiring Practices
5/31/0/ Lynch & Knickmeyer, WP, U.N. Council Backs Tribunal For Lebanon
5/31/07 NYT, The Dirty Water Underground
5/31/07 Goodman, NYT, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Agree to Curb Animal Tests
5/31/07 Weisman, NYT, Bush's Nominee Has New Agenda for Bank
5/31/07 Altman & Schwartz, NYT, Near Misses Allowed Man With Tuberculosis to Fly
5/31/07 Reuters, U.S. Economic Growth Weakest in Over 4 Years
5/31/07 Baijaj & Peters, NYT, S.& P. Index Climbs Past the Record It Set 7 Years Ago
5/31/07 AP, Economy Nearly Stalled in 1st Quarter
5/31/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Oral Dissents Give Ginsburg a New Voice on Court
5/31/07 Preston, NYT, Big Disparities in Judging of Asylum Cases
5/31/07 Coonan, Independent, China's water supply could be cut off as Tibet's glaciers melt
5/31/07 Morris, Independent, Prisons 'could be full within two weeks'
5/31/07 Connor, Independent, Why nicotine stimulates the brain and is hard to give up
5/31/07 Laurence, Independent, NHS given green light to hand out pill to beat smoking
5/31/07 Guardian, US authorities net 'top spammer'
5/31/07 BBC, US economy weakest in four years
5/31/07 BBC, Guantanamo Saudi 'kills himself'
5/31/07 BBC, UK 'behind Litvinenko poisoning'
May 30, 2007
5/30/07 Charles, Reuters, New Peace Index Ranks US Among Worst Nations
5/30/07 BBC, Great apes 'facing climate peril'
5/30/07 Spotts, CSM, Earth nears tipping point on climate change
5/30/07 Paulson, CSM, What do states owe the exonerated?
5/30/07 Montero, CSM, Moderate voices from a Pakistani city
5/30/07 Axe, Wired, Grounding Sudan's Air Force
5/30/07 Singel, Wired, Which ISPs Are Spying on You?
5/30/07 Henderson, WP, An ATM That's Out of Money
5/30/07 Mouawad, NYT, Oil May Allow Sudan to Escape Sanctions' Pain
5/30/07 Bradsher, NYT, China Triples Tax on Stock Trades
5/30/07 Shane & Mazzetti, NYT, Advisers Fault Harsh Methods in Interrogation
5/30/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Justices' Ruling Limits Suits on Pay Disparity
5/30/07 Frizell, Independent, Gas distributors reject Ofgem's 'unsustainable' targets
5/30/07 Buncombe, Independent, Cindy Sheehan quits as 'face' of anti-war campaign
5/30/07 Couper & Henbest, Independent, Green gold: How a Brazilian forest of rubber trees is bouncing back
5/30/07 BBC, Bush chooses new World Bank boss
May 29, 2007
5/29/07 Montero, CSM, Pakistan losing territory to radicals
5/29/07 Trumbull, CSM, A retiree healthcare deal astir in Detroit
5/29/07 Farivar, Wired, New Research Brings Invisibility Tech Into View
5/29/07 Woodman, WIred, Hacking My Kid's Brain: How a Child's Neurons Were Rewired
5/29/07 d'Oro, AP, Whaling a 'Necessity' to Eskimos, Senator Says
5/29/07 Cha, WP, China Embraces Nuclear Future
5/29/07 Schwartz, NYT, Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina?
5/29/07 Dean, NYT, Will Warming Lead to a Rise in Hurricanes?
5/29/07 Wald, NYT, Uranium Windfall Opens Choices for the Energy Dept
5/29/07 Johnson, McClatchy, China's former top drug regulator gets death penalty
5/29/07 Zoeph, NYT, Desperate Iraqi Refugees Turn to Sex Trade in Syria
5/29/07 Wald, NYT, Efficiency, Not Just Alternatives, Is Promoted as an Energy Saver
5/29/07 AP, Bush Imposes New Sanctions on Sudan
5/29/07 AP, EU, Asia Set 2009 Climate Pact Deadline
5/29/07 Andrews, NYT, Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process ... Comparing Fuels
5/29/07 Sharp, Independent, Appalling weather brings holiday misery for millions
5/29/07 BBC, BP to announce a return to Libya
5/29/07 Murray, BBC, Tackling Nigeria's violent oil swamps
5/29/07 Ehrenreich, Nation, CEOs vs. Slaves
5/29/07 Englehardt, Nation, Colossus of Baghdad
5/29/07 BBC, Outcry over TV kidney competition
5/29/07 Bowdler, BBC, Scientists find bird flu antibody
May 28, 2007
5/28/07 Reuters, Poland to probe if Teletubbies are gay
5/28/07 Al Jazeera, Cows to produce low-fat milk
5/28/07 Yardley, NYT, Victim of Climate Change, a Town Seeks a Lifeline
5/28/07 Zezima, NYT, With Tuition Waiver, Maine Invests in Its 'First People'
5/28/07 Moss, NYT, Militants Widen Reach as Terror Seeps Out of Iraq
5/28/07 Mathews, WP, Core Classes Not Enough, Report Warns
5/28/07 Fletcher, WP, Another Top Bush Aide Makes an Exit
5/28/07 Pincus, WP, U.S. Africa Command Brings New Concerns
5/28/07 Vedantam, WP, If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural
5/28/07 Lyderseon, WP, A Parent in Prison, a Void at Home
5/28/07 Bloomfield, Independnet, Millions who risk death for a better life
5/28/07 Hsu, WP, Immigration Agency Mired In Inefficiency
5/28/07 BBC, Malaysian oil plan gets partners
5/28/07 BBC, Australian pub bars heterosexuals
May 27, 2007
5/27/07 Hindu Business Line, The dynamics of crude oil
5/27/07 Cooper & Revkin, NYT, U.S. Rebuffs Germany on Greenhouse Gas Cuts
5/27/07 Archibold, NYT, Bill Adds Fuel to Flames in a Divided Border State
5/27/07 Rimer, NYT, Elite Colleges Open New Door to Low-Income Youths
5/27/07 Mocallem, NYT, The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration
5/27/07 Gordon & Rubin, NYT, Strife Foreseen in Iraq Exit, but Experts Split on Degree
5/27/07, NYT, Voices on Iraq Withdrawal
5/27/07 Abramowitz, WP, Immigration Bill's Point System Worries Some Groups
5/27/07 Fainaru & al-Izzi, WP, U.S. Security Contractors Open Fire in Baghdad
5/27/07 Eilperin, WP, Fish Story's New Reality Is That Man Bites Shark
5/27/07 O'Shaughnessy, Independent, Why the US is losing its war on cocaine
5/27/07 Hickman, Independent, Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health
5/27/07 Riddell, Guardian, Racism lite masks reality on the streets
5/27/07 Wood, Guardian, Get Carter
5/27/07 Watt, Guardian, Revealed: UK schools dividing on race lines
5/27/07 Lanchin, BBC, Anglicans 'obsessed' by gay issue
5/27/07 BBC, Israel PM vows more Gaza action
5/27/07 BBC, Low caste Indians seek to convert
May 26, 2007
5/26/07 Al Jazeera, Climate document fuels US 'concern'
5/26/07 Stockman, Boston Globe, U.S. disbands unit created to pressure Iran and Syria
5/26/07 Lobe, IPS, Intel Agencies Warned of Post-War Risks
5/26/07 Salahuddin, Reuters, US Show of Force in Gulf Alarming: Afghan Paper
May 25, 2007
5/25/07 Bright, CSM, US Army and armor-maker embroiled in debate over body-armor safety
5/25/07 Peterson, CSM, Stakes rise in US-Iran standoff
5/25/07 Cooperman, WP, Army and Air Force Deny Formal Links To Christian Event
5/25/07 Reuters, Russia says new hitch over Iran's Bushehr
5/25/07 Constable, WP, Worker Visas Intensify Debate on Immigration
5/25/07 AP, Report Seeks F.D.A. Regulation of Tobacco
5/25/07 Labaton, NYT, Congress Passes Increase in the Minimum Wage
5/25/07 Glanz & Shanker, NYT, U.S. Opens a Sheltered Path to Asylum for Some Iraqis
5/25/07 Burns, NYT, Iraqi Tribal Leader Is Killed, and Mourners Are Attacked
5/25/07 AP, Existing Home Sales Down in April ninth straight month of decline
5/25/07 Reuters, U.S. Resupplies Lebanon Army
5/25/07 Porter, NYT, More Than Ever, It Pays to Be the Top Executive
5/25/07 Kirkpatrick, NYT, House Votes to Lift Veil Over Lobbyists' Donations
5/25/07 Hulse, NYT, Congress Passes War Funds Bill, Ending Impasse
5/25/07 Coonan, Independent, Do bananas spread Sars? China gripped by health scare
5/25/07 Connor, Independent, Babies can tell languages apart by facial expression
5/24/07 Koff, Plain Dealer, Kucinich Claims War Masks the Real Objective: Iraqi Oil
5/25/07 BBC, Warm spring 'affecting wildlife'
5/25/07 BBC, US military aid lands in Beirut
5/25/07 BBC, North Korea test-fires missiles
5/25/07 BBC, Thousands march for SA pay rise
May 24, 2007
5/24/07 Mufson & Cohen, WP, Tipping-Point Shock
5/24/07 Knickerbocker, CSM, Federal government slow to act on climate, so US states do
5/24/07 Grier, CSM, In US immigration bill, skills trump family ties
5/24/07 Jerome, Wired, Will Cerberus Stare Down the UAW?
5/24/07 Day, WP, Fed Plans to Revise Credit Card Rules
5/24/07 Higham & O'Harrow, WP, Rules Skirted, Millions Wasted on Navy Boat Barriers
5/24/07 Revkin, NYT, Study Finds Hurricanes Frequent in Some Cooler Periods
5/24/07 Malkin, NYT, Graft Mars the Recruitment of Mexican Guest Workers
5/24/07 Dash, NYT, S.E.C. Revises Its Standards for Corporate Audits
5/24/07 Saul & Harris, NYT, Years Ago, Agency Was Warned of a Drug's Risks
5/24/07 Yardley, NYT, Snubbed by U.S., China Finds New Space Partners
5/24/07 DePalma, NYT, For the First Time, New York Links a Death to 9/11 Dust
5/24/07 McCarthy, Independent, Measures to cut carbon emissions are put to the test
5/24/07 Moore, Independent, BP scraps its carbon capture venture
5/24/07 Verkaik, Independent, Google is watching you
5/24/07 Morris, Independent, UK 'politics of fear eroding human rights'
5/24/07 Vidal & Macalister, Guardian, Prime sites for nuclear power stations identified
5/24/07 BBC, Using drugs as weapons 'unsafe'
5/24/07 BBC, World Trade Center claims settled
5/24/07 BBC, Greenspan fears China market fall
5/24/07 BBC, India tigers 'in rapid decline'
5/24/07 BBC, US checks toothpaste for toxins
5/24/07 BBC, Fighting resumes at Lebanon camp
May 23, 2007
5/23/07 Nichols, Nation, Loyal to the White House, Not the Rule of Law
5/23/07 Weinberger, Wired, Military Dragged Feet on Bomb-Proof Vehicles
5/23/07 Wired, What's in a Name? The Future of Life
5/23/07 Pear & Luo, NYT, Senate Votes to Keep Temporary Worker Program
5/23/07 Sink, NYT, Bubonic Plague Kills a Monkey at the Denver Zoo
5/23/07 Goodstein, NYT, Gay and Dissident Bishops Excluded From '08 Meeting
5/23/07 AP, Bush: Bin Laden Ordered Non - Iraq Attacks
5/23/07 Weisman, NYT, 3 Global Financial Institutions' Roles Questioned
5/23/07 Tisdall, Guardian, Bush may turn to UN in search for Iraq solution
5/23/07 Hulse, NYT, Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill
5/23/07 Archibold, NYT, Debate Raging, Mexico Adds to Consulates in U.S.
5/23/07 Cockburn, Independent, Opium: Iraq's deadly new export
5/23/07 McCarthy, Independent, Carl Linnaeu: The man who named the natural world
5/23/07 Stuart, Independent, The cold, hard facts behind Antarctica's frozen peaks
5/23/07 Independent, Chagos islanders win legal battle to return home
5/23/07 Walker, Guardian, Business gets go-ahead to invest in nuclear power
5/23/07 BBC, Israel could buy Palestinian gas
5/23/07 BBC, Captive shark had 'virgin birth'
5/23/07 BBC, WHO reaches bird flu vaccine deal
5/23/07 Asser, BBC, Obstacles to peace: Water
5/23/07 BBC, Human rights 'eroded worldwide'
5/23/07 Plaut, BBC, UN troops 'traded gold for guns'
May 22, 2007
5/22/07 Rood, ABC, US Government Gave Airtime to Terrorists, Official Admits
5/22/07 Renner, Truthout, White House Coordinated With GOP Consultant on US Attorney Scandal
5/22/07 Foreign Affairs Comm., Oil-rich Iran hikes petrol prices by 25 percent
5/22/07 AP, Study: Climate Change May Imperil Plants
5/22/07 IHT, BP shuts down a quarter of its Alaskan oil production
5/22/07 FIP, CO2 Emissions Rise Outpaces Worst-Case Global Warming Scenario
5/22/07 mongabay, Global warming may worsen infectious disease
5/22/07 Pimlot, FT, Hybrid taxis latest step in NY green plan
5/22/07 CGI, NOAA predicting above-average 2007 hurricane season
5/22/07 Allbritton, Chronicle Foreign Service, In A Lebanese Refugee Camp, 'Lots Of Bodies'
5/22/07 Graves, Wired, In the Event of Global Disaster, the Ultimate Crop Backup System
5/22/07 Spotts, CSM, Global carbon emissions in overdrive
5/22/07 Schulte, WP, First Called to Duty, Then Citizenship
5/22/07 Kahn, NYT, Harsh Birth Control Steps Fuel Violence in China
5/22/07 Connor, Independent, Vanishing habitats: The battle to save the Atlantic Forest
5/22/07 Fisk, Independent, A front-row seat for this Lebanese tragedy
5/22/07 Tisdall, Guardian, Iran's secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq
5/22/07 BBC, Ugandan sugar plantation halted
5/22/07 Shukman, BBC, Science team lands on Ice Island
5/22/07 BBC, Russian faces Litvinenko charge
May 21, 2007
5/21/07 Powell, Hearst, Second Iraq Troop Surge Starts
5/21/07 Tapper, ABC, Gore Blasts Bush in 'The Assault on Reason'
5/21/07 Johnson, McClatchy, Mysterious illness haunts Tibetan highlands
5/21/07 Hussein & Kadhim, McClatchy, For Iraqis, gasoline remains expensive and in short supply
5/21/07 Montgomery, McClatchy, Questions linger about Mexico's `House of Death'
5/21/07 Itano, CSM, Another theater for US-Iran fallout: the South Caucasus
5/21/07 Scherer, CSM, Dollar buying ever less of world's goods
5/21/07 Abramowitz, WP, Second Life for Study Group
5/21/07 Luo & Goodstein, NYT, Emphasis Shifts for New Breed of Evangelicals
5/21/07 Fisk, Independent, Scores dead as Lebanese army battles Islamists in bloodiest day since civil war
5/21/07 Cockburn, Independent, Exclusive: Secret US plot to kill Al-Sadr
5/21/07 BBC, Lebanon clashes 'kill civilians'
5/21/07 Morris, Independent, 'Orwellian' surveillance challenged
May 20, 2007
5/20/07 AFP, G8 says Africa threatened with new round of debt
5/20/07 Kahleej Times, Iran sees oil price up on non-OPEC output
5/20/07 Paul & Panday, Economic Times, Oil expansions hit terror bump
5/20/07 IC, Nigerian oil unions threaten to strike
5/20/07 Decan Herald, India's dams major contributor to global warming: Study
5/20/07 Lewis, AP, Gingrich: Challenge 'radical secularism'
5/20/07 WP, Gonzales likely to resign before no-confidence vote
5/20/07 Al Jazeera, Arrests after Iraqi girl's stoning
5/20/07 Semple, NYT, Gunmen in Iraqi Army Uniforms Kill 15 in Eastern Village
5/20/07 Connors & Blumenthal, NYT, Solar Flashlight Lets Africa's Sun Deliver the Luxury of Light to the Poorest Villages
5/20/07 Mason, NYT, Immigrants Reject Quebec's Separatists
5/20/07 Duhigg, NYT, Bilking the Elderly, With a Corporate Assist
5/20/07 Archibold & Preston, NYT, Illegal Migrants Dissect Details of Senate Deal
5/20/07 Sanger & Rohde, NYT, U.S. Pays Pakistan to Fight Terror, but Patrols Ebb
5/20/07 Wright, WP, Academics May Boycott Iran Over Scholar's Detainment
5/20/07 Weiss, WP, Tainted Chinese Imports Common
5/20/07 Webb & Lean, The tide is finally turning: Tidal power gains support among MPs
5/20/07 Lean & Webb, Independent, Renewable energy: The tide turns
5/20/07 Webb, Independent, Crown Estate targets energy giants for its wind-farm plans
5/20/07 Webb, Independent, Russians ready to seize back BP's Siberian gas reserves
5/20/07 Sands, Independent, Civilian deaths prompt Nato rethink
5/20/07 Elkins, Independent, US regime 'worst ever' - Carter
5/20/07 BBC, Israel warns of tough Gaza action
5/20/07 Doward, Guardian, Self-harm soars among detainees
May 19, 2007
5/19/07 Dean, NYT, Evolution Opponent Is in Line for Schools Post
5/19/07 Bogdanich, NYT, Poisoned Toothpaste in Panama Is Believed to Be From China
5/19/07 Lacey, NYT, New Routes and New Risk, as More Haitians Flee
5/19/07 Broder & Risen, WP, Contractor Deaths in Iraq Soar to Record
5/19/07 Finn, WP, Cyber Assaults on Estonia Typify a New Battle Tactic
5/19/07 Higgins, Guardian, US government trying to seize new Michael Moore film, says producer
5/19/07 Bhadrakumae, Asia Times, Afghan battle lines become blurred
5/19/07 BBC, China confirms bird flu outbreak
May 18, 2007
5/18/07 David, Huffington, Catching the Tiger in the Act: Exxon Continues Its Reckless Campaign To Delay Action on Global Warming
5/18/07 Cevallos, IPS, Second Chance for Indigenous People After 'Lost Decade'
5/18/07 Richey, CSM, Padilla terror trial meets world of espionage
5/18/07 Chaddock, CSM, How will Iraq share the oil?
5/18/07 LaFranchi, CSM, Iraqi lawmakers argue for caution in shaping oil law
5/18/07 Nation, This Is What the World Bank Looks Like
5/18/07 Fernandez, NYT, Life Resettles for Survivors of Bronx Fire
5/18/07 Weisman, NYT, Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank
5/18/07 Rincon, BBC, Polar ocean 'soaking up less CO2'
5/18/07 BBC, Brussels warns Russia on EU unity
5/18/07 BBC, Sudan accused on Darfur killings
May 17, 2007
5/17/07 Hall, McClatchy, Congress mulls Wall Street's role in subprime woes
5/17/07 Montero, CSM, Afghan refugee crisis brewing
5/17/07 Mongomery, WP, Democrats Make Budget Proposal
5/17/07 Solomon, WP, Scientists Cast Doubt on Kennedy Bullet Analysis
5/17/07 Eggen & Goldstein, WP, Justice Weighed Firing 1 in 4
5/17/07 Lohr, NYT, Energy Standards Needed, Report Says
5/17/07 Urbina, NYT, Gas May Have Harmed Troops, Scientists Say
5/17/07 Revkin & Healy, NYT, Coalition to Make Buildings Energy-Efficient
5/17/07 Romero, NYT, Clash of Hope and Fear as Venezuela Seizes Land
5/17/07 Morelle, BBC, Antarctic 'treasure trove' found
5/17/07 BBC, War-torn Iraq 'facing collapse'
5/17/07 Macalister, Guardian, Rio Tinto and BP plan project to clean up
5/17/07 Crouch, Independent, Preacher power: America's God squad
5/17/07 Buncombe, Independent, BP's oil spill in Alaska blamed on cost-cutting
5/17/07 Independent, Ban lifted to allow animal-human embryos
May 16, 2007
5/16/07 Trumbull, CSM, Corporate concern on climate rises
5/16/07 Baldauf, CSM, Why Africa won't rein in Mugabe
5/16/07 Green, CSM, Would it still be Miami Beach with foreign sand?
5/16/07 Evans, Bloomberg, Oil Trades Little Changed After Rising on Bonny Output Cut
5/16/07 People's Daily, World oil demand to reach 85.4 mln barrels a day in 2007: OPEC
5/16/07 Times of India, Republicans move legislation against Syria
5/16/07 Weiss, WP, FDA Says Quarantined Hogs Are Safe to Eat
5/16/07 Nakashima, WP, Customs Breaks Privacy Laws in Data Collection, GAO Says
5/16/07 Rosen, WP, For New Generation of Evangelicals, Falwell Was Old News
5/16/07 Eggen & Kane, WP, Gonzales Hospital Episode Detailed
5/16/07 Revkin, NYT, Analysis Finds Large Antarctic Area Has Melted
5/16/07 Belluck, NYT, Former Soldier, Now a Professor, Loses His Only Son to a War He Actively Opposed
5/16/07 Johnston, NYT, President Intervened in Dispute Over Eavesdropping
5/16/07 Risen, NYT, Poppy Fields Are Now a Front Line in Afghanistan War
5/16/07 Cockburn, Independent, Whatever happened to Ahmed Chalabi? (the man whose lies about WMDs took us to war)
5/16/07 Usborne, Independent, Plastic: Past, present and endangered future
5/16/07 Guardian, Buenos Aires hit by rush hour rail riot
5/16/07 BBC, Colombia 'militia link' alleged
5/16/07 BBC, 'Chlorine bomb' hits Iraq village
5/16/07 BBC, China defends its role in Africa
5/16/07 BBC, EU targeting illegal employment
5/16/07 Nation, Dems Sell Out on Trade
5/16/07 Chomsky, Intl News, Starving The Poor
5/16/07 LA TImes, Panel Told of a Sickbed Face-Off
May 15, 2007
5/15/07 Abrams, AP, Senate defeats climate change measure
5/15/07 AHN, Israeli Spy Master Warns Against Syria Talks
5/15/07 MSNBC, Pentagon insider named Iraq war 'tsar'
5/15/07 AP, Bush chooses Pentagon official to be 'war czar' for Iraq, Afghanistan
5/15/07 Allen, ITT, Americas Child Soldier Problem
5/15/07 Trumbull, CSM, How deep a cut will Chrysler unions accept?
5/15/07 Keim, WIred, New Phytoplankton Model May Revise Warming Estimates
5/15/07 Singel, Wired, National ID: Biometrics Pinned to Social Security Cards
5/15/07 Fan, WP, In Rural China, a Bitter Way Out
5/15/07 Glaberson, NYT, Guantanamo Detainees' Suit Challenges Fairness of Military's Repeat Hearings
5/15/07 Rutenberg & Andrews, NYT, Bush Calls for Work for Higher Fuel Efficiency
5/15/07 AP, Tyco to Pay $3 Billion Settlement
5/15/07 Maynard, NYT, In Deal, a Test for the U.A.W.
5/15/07 Richardson, Independent, Marine experts urge action to protect UK dolphins
5/15/07 BBC, Med diet 'cuts lung disease risk'
5/15/07 Judd & Griffey, Independent, Discrimination against girls 'still deeply entrenched'
5/15/07 Wheatley, Reuters, China promises to do more to help Africa
5/15/07 Max, AP, Birds forced to alter migration patterns due to climate change
5/15/07 Harvey & Wagner, Financial Times - Germany, 13 years to turn round global warming
5/15/07 M&C, Three million people unemployed in Iran
5/15/07 Gardner, San Diego, Bush's emissions order called 'recipe for delay'
5/15/07 Chicago Tribune, More stonewalling at Justice
5/15/07 CNN Money, Wolfowitz rejects World Bank ethics ruling
5/15/07 Koring, Globe & Mail, After five years, charges against Padilla peter out
May 14, 2007
5/14/07 Yardley, NYT, In Native Alaskan Villages, a Culture of Sorrow
5/14/07 Fisher & Rohter, NYT, The Pope Denounces Capitalism and Marxism
5/14/07 Masood, NYT, Violence Puts More Pressure on Musharraf
5/14/07 DePalma, NYT, Ground Zero Illnesses Clouding Giuliani's Legacy
5/14/07 Peters, NYT, Rising Exports Putting Dent in Trade Gap
5/14/07 Landler & Maynard, NYT, Chrysler on Verge of Sale to a Private Firm
5/14/07 Chandrasekaran, WP, Defense Skirts State in Reviving Iraqi Industry
5/14/07 Mufson, WP, Federal Loans for Coal Plants Clash With Carbon Cuts
5/14/07 Richey, CSM, A first look at US case against Padilla
5/14/07 Francis, CSM, US ports may choke China's success
5/14/07 Howden, Independent, Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming
5/14/07 Black, BBC, US seeks G8 climate text changes
5/14/07 BBC, Iran admits detaining US academic
5/14/07 Wooldridge, BBC, Charity warns of migration crisis
5/14/07 IOL, Climate, Conflicts to Displace Billion
May 13, 2007
5/13/07 Das, Reuters, Organic Milk Seen Flooding Market
5/13/07 Susman, LA TImes, Iraqis Resist U.S. Pressure to Enact Oil Law
5/13/07 Bengali, McClatchy, Disappeared without a trace: more than 10,000 Iraqis
5/13/07 Strobel, McClatchy, U.S. options in Iraq could soon narrow, ranging from unpleasant to unthinkable
5/13/07 Shanker, NYT, Army Career Behind Him, General Speaks Out on Iraq
5/13/07 Frosch, NYT, Fighting the Terror of Battles That Rage in Soldiers' Heads
5/13/07 Barringer, NYT, On the Snake River, Dam's Natural Allies Seem to Have a Change of Heart
5/13/07 Henriques & Lehren, WP, Religious Groups Reap Federal Aid for Pet Projects
5/13/07 McCrummen, WP, Ethiopians Fear for Their Interfaith Oasis
5/13/07 Gall & Sanger, NYT, Civilian Deaths Undermine War on Taliban
5/13/07 Solomon & Mosk, WP, In Private Sector, Giuliani Parlayed Fame Into Wealth
5/12//07 Naidoo, IPS, "We're Living in a World of Global Economic Apartheid"
5/13/07 D'Souza, Guardian, My name is Christa. I'm an age-orexic
5/13/07 Webb, Independent, Motorists to pay for biofuels shortfall
5/13/07 Cockburn, Independent, Bloodshed rises in Iraq as US demands 'victory'
5/13/07 Woolf & Lean, Independent, Health concerns over mobile phone masts prompt review
5/13/07 Whitaker, Independent, Fury over Zimbabwe's UN role
May 12, 2007
5/12/07 Mazzetti, NYT, Spy Chief Backs Study of Impact of Warming
5/12/07 Glaberson, NYT, U.S. Won't Limit Detainees' Visits With Attorneys
5/12/07 Cloud, NYT, Pentagon Opens Inquiry of Troop-Support Group
5/12/07 Semple, NYT, Majority of Iraq Lawmakers Seek Timetable for U.S. Exit
5/12/08 Glanz, NYT, Billions in Oil Missing in Iraq, U.S. Study Says
5/12/07 Leahy, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Can Capitalism Be Green?
5/12/07 Bondonaro, Asia Times, Turkey stakes a Central Asian claim
5/12/07 BBC, Top Iraqi Shia party changes name
5/12/07 Shahzad, Asia Times, Pakistan running out of options
5/12/07 BBC, Russia clinches gas pipeline deal
5/12/-07 BBC, Violent clashes hit Pakistan city
5/12/07 BBC, Birds 'starve' at S Korea wetland
May 11, 2007
5/11/07 Spotts, CSM, Hurricane season gets an early start
5/11/07 Paulson, CSM, With US ethanol boom, corn is king this season
5/11/07 Mufson, WP, As Gas Prices Rise Again, Democrats Blame Big Oil
5/11/07 Onishi, NYT, Pressed by Police, Even Innocent Confess in Japan
5/11/07 Bowley, NYT, On Carrier in Gulf, Cheney Issues Warning to Iran
5/11/07 Usborne, Independent, Stifling summers forecast by Nasa for US east coast
5/11/07 Buncombe, Independent, Moore 'breached embargo on Cuba' in film production
5/11/07 Moss, Guardian, Life in the 'triangle of death'
5/11/07 Bloomfield, Independent, Chinese envoy to put pressure on Sudan over Darfur
5/11/07 Ross, ITS, Rebelde for the Cause
5/11/07 Landay, Providence Journal, Iraq War Is All About Controlling The Oil
5/11/07 Clifton, IPS, Three US Newspapers Reverse 100-Year-Old Stand on Death Penalty
5/11/07 Glanz, OneWorld, Moms Spend Their Weekend Protesting Iraq Occupation
May 10, 2007
5/10/07 Abbas, Nation, The New Face of Warfare
5/10/07 Pualson, CSM, English 101 for bonobos
5/10/07 Sappenfeld, CSM, Banding together, Indian women change their villages
5/10/07 Singel, Wired, Spying in the Death Star: The AT&T Whistle-Blower Tells His Story
5/10/07 Crutsinger, AP, Trade Deficit Shoots Up in March
5/10/07 Goldstein & Eggen, WP, Number of Fired Prosecutors Grows
5/10/07 Faiola & Russekoff, WP, The Terrorists Next Door?
5/10/07 Lipton, NYT, Missouri Prosecutor Says He Was Pushed to Resign
5/10/07 Shanker, NYT, House Panel Considers Cuts for Missile Defense
5/10/07 Meier, NYT, OxyContin Maker Expected to Plead Guilty Today
5/10/07 Hickman, Independent, 'Only wealthiest will be able to afford solar panels'
5/10/07 Sengupta, Independent, US air strikes kill 21 civilians in Afghanistan
5/10/07 Barret & Hughes, Independent, 'Bad news on ID cards buried'
5/10/07 Williams, Nation, Invisible America
5/10/07 BBC, Nepal hit hard by India oil cuts
5/10/07 BBC, US Marine 'shot unarmed Iraqis'
May 9, 2007
5/09/07 Clayton, CSM, Cheap power to Northeast US: a mixed blessing
5/09/07 McGrane, Wired, The Odor Artist
5/09/07 Dotinga, Wired, 'Humanized' Hybrid Mice Might Speed Search for AIDS Vaccine
5/09/07 Russakoff & Eggen, WP, Six Charged in Plot To Attack Fort Dix
5/09/07 Tyson, WP, Commanders in Iraq See 'Surge' Into '08
5/09/07 Hooker, NYT, Chinese Company Linked to Deaths Wasn't Licensed
5/09/07 Bradsher, NYT, Clean Power That Reaps a Whirlwind
5/09/07 Cloud, NYT, Pentagon Tells 35,000 Troops They May Be Deployed to Iraq
5/09/07 Saulny & Rutenberg, NYT, Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War
5/09/07 Berenson & Pollack, NYT, Doctors Reap Millions for Anemia Drugs
5/09/07 McCarthy, Independent, Green groups dismayed as flights soar to record high
5/09/07 Jackson, Boston Globe, For African-Americans, Folly of This War Hits Home
5/09/07 Doyle, Reuters, US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Up
5/09/07 Lobe, IPS, Pentagon Moved to Fix Iraqi Media Before Invasion
5/09/07 Tran, Guardian, World Bank criticises Israel over Palestinian economy
5/09/07 BBC, Air raid 'kills Afghan civilians'
5/09/07 Vidal, Guardian, Global Rush To Energy Crops Threatens To Bring Food Shortages and Increase Poverty, Says UN
May 8, 2007
5/08/07 CBS, U.N.: Biofuels Could Devastate Environment
5/08/07 Toronto Star, Oil sands given lone exemption
5/08/07 DW-World, UN Says Global Warming is Confusing Birds and Whales
5/08/07 Al Jazeera.com, Assad: U.S. blaming Syria for Iraq failure
5/08/07 Talev, McClatchy, Opposition may delay or repeal Real ID program
5/08/09 Blumenthal, McClatchy, Chefs urge Congress to protect wild salmon
5/08/07 Cannon & Dulaimy, McClatchy, Sunnis give al-Maliki one week to rein in Shiite militias
5/08/07 Trumbull, CSM, US stock markets are hitting record highs. But why?
5/08/07 Sappenfeld, CSM, Former weed may fill world's fuel tanks
5/08/07 Banerjee, NYT, New Coalition of Christians Seeks Changes at Borders
5/08/07 Sanger & Shanker, NYT, U.S. Debates Deterrence for Nuclear Terrorism
5/08/07 Mouawad, NYT, Chevron Seen Settling Case on Iraq Oil
5/08/07 Weisman, NYT, Deal Is Offered for Chief's Exit at World Bank
5/08/07 Baijaj, NYT, A Cross-Country Blame Game
5/08/07 Newcombe, Independent, Infant mortality in Iraq soars as young pay the price for war
5/08/07 Lawrence, Guardian, New fears over additives in children's food
5/08/07 Randerson, Guardian, Nasa sees brightest supernova
5/08/07 Mercer, BBC, Coconut oil powers island's cars
5/08/07 BBC, 'Pipelines hit' in Nigeria delta
5/08/07 BBC, China, Russia deny weapons breach
May 7, 2007
5/07/07 Grier, CSM, Iraq's oil production falls short of goals
5/07/07 Brown, WP, How Two Innocuous Compounds Combined to Kill Pets
5/07/07 Miller, Wired, The Smarter Emergency Kit
5/07/07 Daily, Reuters, Alcoa launches $27 bln hostile bid for Alcan
5/07/07 Fahrenthold, WP, Delaware Energy Debate Could Turn on the Wind
5/07/07 Schwartz, NYT, Critic Says Levee Repairs Show Signs of Flaws
5/07/07 Rohter, NYT, As Pope Heads to Brazil, a Rival Theology Persists
5/07/07 Cockburn, Independent, Stoning to death of girl provokes wave of killings
5/07/07 Beale, BBC, US puts trust in Alaska missile shield
5/07/07 MacFarquhar, New Yorker, The Conciliator Where is Barack Obama coming from?
5/07/07 Gordon & Talev, McClatchy, Congress Considers Broadening Justice Department Inquiry
5/07/07 BBC, Who wants to be a trillionaire?
5/27/07 BBC, China warns of population growth
May 6, 2007
5/06/07 Doyle, McClatchy, Change proposed in funding for migrant education
5/06/07 Rosen, McClatchy, Expiration of tax cuts sparks battle in Congress
5/06/07 Johnson, McClatchy, China orders resettlement of thousands of Tibetans
5/06/07 Fairfield, NYT, When Carbon Is Currency
5/06/07 AP, After 9 Die in Kansas, a New Wave of Tornadoes
5/06/07 Johnson, NYT, Torn From Parents, a Top Speller Vents His Anger
5/06/07 Bogdanich & Hooker, NYT, From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine
5/06/07 Hsu, WP, U.S. to Use Interpol Passport Database for Screening
5/06/07 Moreno, WP, 'Shadow Wolves' Prowl the U.S.-Mexico Border
5/06/07 Lean, Independent, Town rejects mast to save bees after IoS report
5/06/07 Lean, Independent, Revealed: the deadly invader that is bleeding Great Lakes fish to death
5/06/07 Webb, Independent, Biofuels: The great green con
5/06/07 Cockburn, Independent, The Great Wall of Baghdad may be going up, but there's still carnage on the streets
5/06/07 BBC, Social lending gains net interest
May 5, 2007
5/05/07 Janabi, Al Jazeera, Row over Iraq oil law
5/05/07 Reuters, Not All Troops Would Report Abuse, Study Says
5/05/07 Cariboni, IPS, Global Campaign Calls for Tackling the Roots of Poverty
5/05/07 Cohen, NYT, A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin
5/05/07 Whitlock, WP, Cloudy Germany a Powerhouse in Solar Energy
5/05/07 Klein & Fainaru, WP, Firms Protest Exclusion From Iraq Security Bid
5/05/07 Alexander, Reuters, US System Trips up Women Seeking Presidency
5/05/07 Spinner, WP, Resilient Infections Worry Military Doctors
5/05/07 Ricks & Tyson, WP, Troops at Odds With Ethics Standards
5/05/07 Schmitt, LA Times, Rove Prepped Justice Dept. Official for Testimony
5/05/07 Porter, Asia Times, US holds Iranians as bargaining chips
5/05/07 BBC, S Pacific to stop bottom trawling
5/05/07 MacAskill, Guardian, Iraq War Strain Leads Troops to Abuse civilians, Survey Shows
May 4, 2007
5/04/07 Stout, NYT, House Votes to Expand Hate-Crime Protection
5/04/07 Steinhauer & Preston, NYT, Action by Police at Rally Troubles Los Angeles Chief
5/04/07 Barboza, NYT, China Makes Arrest in Pet Food Case
5/04/07 Hu, NYT, Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops
5/04/07 Hulse & Healy, NYT, Clinton Proposes Vote to Reverse Authorizing War
5/04/07 Weiss, WP, Pet Food Chemical Was From 2 Firms
5/04/07 Schneider & Henderson, WP, Wall Street Reacts to Weak Jobs Data and Merger Talks
5/04/07 Coleman, WP, Report: Climate Change Plan Affordable
5/04/07 Godoy, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: More Business If Not Cleaner Air
5/04/07 Ciobanu, IPS, BULGARIA: Addicted to Russia's Energy
5/04/07 Richardson, Independent, Butterflies make early appearance
5/04/07 Brown, Independent, Malaria fear as global warming increases
5/04/07 Padgham, Independent, IEA gives warning of global gas shortage
5/04/07 Harrison, Independent, Shell raises the heat on BP with record profits
5/04/07 Buncombe, Independent, The 100 most influential people of the year
5/04/07 Gumbel, Independent, Oil company accused of dumping waste in Amazon
5/04/07 Laurance, Independent, Pill that ends periods sparks health row
5/04/07 BBC, US job creation at two-year low
5/04/07 Black, BBC, Climate curbs: Who will buy?
5/04/07 BBC, Climate change 'can be tackled'
5/04/07 BBC, Iran FM attacks US policy in Iraq
5/04/07 Al Jazeera, Haitians die after boat capsizes
5/04/07 Al Jazeera, Indonesia 'shame' over forest loss
5/04/07 Mazzetti, NYT, Bill Proposes Climate Study Focused on U.S. Defense
5/04/07 BBC, Afghan council accuses US forces
May 3, 2007
5/03/07 Philpot, Military.com, Military Gets Big Pay Raise
5/02/07 Wired, 'New Horizons' Captures Stunning Images of Jupiter and Moons
5/03/07 Constable, WP, Karzai Says Civilian Toll Is No Longer Acceptable
5/03/07 Finn, WP, Virulent New Strain of TB Raising Fears of Pandemic
5/03/07 ANdrews, NYT, I.R.S. Curtails Many Audits in Tax Havens
5/03/07 Wafa & Gall, NYT, Afghans Say U.S. Bombing Killed 42 Civilians
5/03/07 NYT, Reforming the F.D.A.
5/03/07 Erlanger, NYT, Israeli Foreign Minister Calls on Olmert to Resign
5/03/07 Bunkley, NYT, G.M. Profit Down 90% From 2006
5/03/07 Dewan, NYT, Feeling Warmth, Subtropical Plants Move North
5/03/07 Connor, Independent, Researchers 'seed' ocean with iron to soak up CO2
5/03/07 Wong & Stolberg, NYT, Iraqi Blocs Opposed to Draft Oil Bill
5/03/07 Sappenfeld, CSM, Rogue Pakistani scientist still actively involved in proliferation
5/03/07 Spotts, CSM, Nature's carbon 'sink' smaller than expected
5/03/07 Bright, CSM, US reconstruction 'successes' in Iraq falling apart
5/03/07 Cohen, MarketWatch, Smog down, but soot in Eastern states worse: report
5/03/07 MediaCorps, US warns of suicide link to antidepressants
5/03/07 Ratzlav-Katz, ArutzSheva, Iran, Syria Hold Conferences on a 'Culture of Resistance'
5/03/07 Casey, AP, A plea for aid on climate change
5/02/07 NewsDaily, Arctic ice retreating faster than expected
May 2, 2007
5/02/07 Flesher, AP, Scientists Protest New Reading of Endangered Species Act
5/02/07 Risen, NYT, Administration Pulls Back on Surveillance Agreement
5/02/07 Goldenberg, Guardian, Tape 'Reveals Order' to Shoot Vietnam Protesters
5/02/07 Blomfield, SMH, Russia Suspects US Plans to Monopolize Fuel from Moon
5/02/07 Debussman, Reuters, Around Globe, Walls Spring Up to Divide Neighbors
5/02/07 Liu, Asia Times, China and Appeasement, Part 1 <> China and Appeasement, Part 2 <> China and Appeasement, Part 3
5/02/07 Escobar, Asia Times, Baghdad up close and personal
5/02/07 Rasheed, Reuters, Iraq sends oil law to parliament, powers in Egypt
5/02/07 Doskoch, CTV, The IPCC report: Fighting climate change
5/02/07 IOL, Civilian casualties unacceptable: Afghanistan
5/02/07 Bowers, CSM, What's US economy's future? Ask illegal immigrants.
5/02/07 Nunes, CSM, Global terror report: steep hike in Iraq, Afghanistan
5/02/07 Lubold, CSM, Key US Army ranks begin to thin
5/02/07 Shachtman, Wired, Army Tests Fighting 'Bot
5/02/07 Weinberger, Wired, New Air Force Bomber Takes Shape
5/02/07 Singel, Wired, DHS Sweats Out National ID Town Hall Meeting
5/02/07 Weisman, NYT, Former World Bank Officials Detail Discord Over Wolfowitz
5/02/07 NYT, Spying on Americans
5/02/07 Stolberg & Zeleny, NYT, Bush Vetoes Bill Tying Iraq Funds to Exit
5/02/07 Marks, Independent, Aboriginal health 'a hundred years behind whites'
5/02/07 Laurance, Independent, Science in the 21st century: Miracle in sight
5/02/07 BBC, Turkey PM condemns court ruling
5/02/07 Weaver, Guardian, US 'wants British Pakistanis to have entry visas'
May 1, 2007
5/01/07 Roos, CIDRAP, New FDA job to focus on food safety strategy
5/01/07 Mundell & Reinberg, WP, FDA: Millions of Chickens Fed Contaminated Pet Food
5/01/07 Hedges, Chicago Tribune, FDA names food safety czar
5/01/07 Byron, CNN, FDA: Contaminated feed could affect farms nationwide
5/01/07 Tayac, McClatchy, The story of Jamestown through the eyes of a Native American
5/01/07 Bachelet, McClatchy, Chavez plans to pull out of the World Bank and the IMF
5/01/07 Marks, CSM, In imams' airline case, a clash of rights, prejudice, security
5/01/07 Honan, WIred, Brand-New Bag
5/01/07 CSM, How did Al Qaeda emerge in North Africa?
5/01/07 Weinberger, Wired, Pentagon to Merge Next-Gen Binoculars With Soldiers' Brains
5/01/07 Weiss & Cha, WP, Pet Deaths Spur Call for Better FDA Screening
5/01/07 Paley, WP, Warnings On Student Lenders Unheeded
5/01/07 Dean, NYT, Coral Is Dying. Can It Be Reborn?
5/01/07 Nizza, NYT, Immigration Protests Across U.S.
5/01/07 Greenhouse, NYT, High Court Puts Limits on Patents
5/01/07 Preston, NYT, As Deportation Pace Rises, Illegal Immigrants Dig In
5/01/07 BBC, Venezuela to take over refineries
5/01/07 Featherstone, Nation, Human Rights at Wal-Mart
5/01/07 Chaudhry, Nation, The Supergirl Syndrome