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October 31, 2007
10/31/07 Carpenter, CSM, Green roofs start to sprout on urban homes
10/31/07 Chopra, CSM, Stumbling through Burma's new capital
10/31/07 Hart, WP, FCC Ready to Ban Exclusive Cable Contracts
10/31/07 Kaufman, WP, Huge Black Holes May Hold Keys to Galaxy Formation
10/31/07 Warrick, WP, U.S. and Pakistan: A Frayed Alliance
10/31/07 Broad, NYT, Why They Called It the Manhattan Project
10/31/07 Mazzetti, NYT, $43.5 Billion Spying Budget for Year, Not Including Military
10/31/07 AP, MasterCard Profit Soars 63%
10/31/07 Revkin, NYT, The Value and Costs of Travel on a Small Planet
10/31/07 Broder & Johnston, NYT, U.S. Military Will Supervise Iraq Security Firms
10/31/07 Bogdanich, NYT, Chemicals Flow Unchecked From China to Drug Market
10/31/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Justices Stay Execution, a Signal to Lower Courts
10/31/07 Farrell, Independent, Bank of China takes $322m sub-prime hit
10/31/07 BBC, New food standards law in China
10/31/07 BBC, Burma army 'recruiting children'
10/31/07 BBC, Iraq dismisses Mosul Dam warnings
10/31/07 BBC, Warning of Somali 'catastrophe'
10/31/07 Kinver, BBC, California's natural born killers
10/31/07 BBC, Monks return to streets of Burma
10/31/07 BBC, Israel mulls citizenship changes
10/31/07 Akande, Odilli, World Bank woos Africans in the Diaspora
10/31/07 Wallace, ITT, Transgendered Behind Bars
October 30, 2007
10/30/07 Grier, CSM, Frozen assets: US has crimped Al Qaeda funds
10/30/07 Vogel, WP, Army Digging To Recover Old Gas Shells
10/30/07 Barnes, WP, Justices to Examine Punitive Damages In Exxon Oil Spill
10/30/07 Pincus, WP, 2007 Spying Said to Cost $50 Billion
10/30/07 Cho & Heath, WP, Oil and Trade Gains Make Major Investors Of Developing Nations
10/30/07 DeYoung, WP, Immunity Jeopardizes Iraq Probe
10/30/07 Kolata, NYT, Low Buzz May Give Mice Better Bones and Less Fat
10/30/07 Shane, NYT, On Torture, 2 Messages and a High Political Cost
10/30/07 Brown, NYT, Gay Enclaves Face Prospect of Being Passé
10/30/07 Fernandez, NYT, Bias Is Seen as Landlords Bar Vouchers
10/30/07 Fathi, NYT, Russian Envoy on Surprise Visit to Iran
10/30/07 Rohde, NYT, Foreign Fighters of Harsher Bent Bolster Taliban
10/30/07 Johnston, NYT, Immunity Deals Offered to Blackwater Guards
10/30/07 O'Grady, Independent, Crude oil hits record $93, fueling fears of a recession
10/30/07 Buncombe, Independent, India's march of the dispossessed
10/30/07 Morris, Independent, Number of attacks on ethnic minorities soar
10/30/07 Edemariam, Guardian, Mud, sweat and tears
10/30/07 McCurry, Guardian, Japan PM forced to withdraw Afghan war backing
10/30/07 Griggs, BBC, Frog killer fungus 'breakthrough'
10/30/07 BBC, IAEA findings on Iran dismissed
10/30/07 Muir, BBC, Is Turkey planning incursion or invasion?
10/30/07 BBC, Iraq to end contractor immunity
10/30/07 BBC, Iraqi dam 'at risk of collapse'
10/30/07 BBC, US-Iraqi contract 'in disarray'
October 29, 2007
10/29/07 Seeyle, NYT, Study: Media Focused On Tactics Not Issues
10/29/07 Possely, Chicago Tribune, Lawyer Group Wants Executions Frozen ... ABA Statement Summary
10/29/07 Singel, Wired, AT&T Invents Programming Language for Mass Surveillance
10/29/07 Schleifer, CSM, Amid war drums, Turkey's Kurds fear loss of rights
10/29/07 Moore, WP, New Health Warning on Wine Labels Has Many French Seeing Red
10/29/07 Roig-Franzia, WP, U.S. Guns Behind Cartel Killings in Mexico
10/29/07 Mufson & Wright, WP, Iran Adapts to Economic Pressure
10/29/07 Abramowitz, WP, U.S. Promises on Darfur Don't Match Actions
10/29/07 Santos, NYT, Real ID That Spitzer Now Embraces Has Been Widely Criticized
10/29/07 Wald, NYT, Security Upgrades at Several Nuclear Sites Are Lagging, Auditors Find
10/29/07 Knowlton, NYT, Soften the Talk on Iran, ElBaradei Urges U.S.
10/29/07 Timmons, NYT, Paulson in India With a U.S. Wish List
10/29/07 Bumiller, NYT, Backing an Iraqi Leader Again, This Time for a Fee
10/29/07 Garner, Independent, Schools told to root out institutional racism
10/29/07 Independent, British minister detained at US airport
10/29/07 McDougall, Guardian, Indian 'slave' children found making low-cost clothes destined for Gap
10/29/07 BBC, Oil prices break through $93 mark
10/29/07 BBC, Dollar plumbs new low versus euro
10/29/07 BBC, US hands over Karbala to Iraqis
10/29/07 BBC, Massive rise in Europe GM crops
October 28, 2007
10/28/07 Whoriskey, WP, By the Mississippi Delta, A Whole School Left Behind
10/28/07 Forero, WP, Venezuela Increasingly A Conduit For Cocaine
10/28/07 Reuters, Israel Apologizes to Turkey Over Syria Air Strike
10/28/07 Reuters, Palestinians Say Israel Cuts Gaza Fuel Supply
10/28/07 Booth, Guardian, Don't let culture be an excuse for demeaning women
10/28/07 Jowit, Guardian, Call to use leftovers and cut food waste
10/28/07 BBC, Oil price 'grounds' N Korea fleet
10/28/07 BBC, Gap pulls 'child labour' clothing
10/28/07 BBC, < href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7065888.stm">Indian landless march into Delhi
10/28/07 Cameron, CommonDreams, An Autumn Without Apples
10/28/07 Jones, Chicago Tribune, Great Lakes Key Front in Water Wars
10/28/07 Jones, Chicago Tribune, Great Lakes Key Front in Water Wars
10/28/07 AFP, India's Poorest March on Capital for Land Rights
October 27, 2007
10/27/07 Bright, CSM, Sudanese oil field attack threatens peace talks
10/27/07 Mason, AP, Poor Health Care System Plagues Myanmar
10/27/07 Whitlock, WP, From CIA Jails, Inmates Fade Into Obscurity
10/27/07 Ford, Times, Tough restrictions will be kept for low-skilled workers from Europe
10/27/07 Arsu & Kramer, NYT, Iraq Plan to Add U.S. Troops at Kurdish Border Is Rejected by Turkey
10/27/07 Dash, NYT, The Price of Any Departure Will Be at Least $159 Million
10/27/07 Archibold & Carless, NYT, Glare of Fires Pulls Migrants From Shadows
10/27/07 Yardley, NYT, 1944 Conviction of Black G.I.'s Is Ruled Flawed
10/27/07 Doyle, Independent, Guantanamo military lawyer breaks ranks to condemn 'unconscionable' detention
10/27/07 Pilger, Guardian, The politics of hypocrisy
10/27/07 Hickman, Guardian, If we all Tread lightly we can make a difference
10/27/07 Taylor & Addley, Guardian, Undiagnosed brain injury - the hidden legacy of Iraq
10/27/07 Al Jazeera, US to force diplomats to go to Iraq
10/27/07 BBC, China to clean up polluted lake
October 26, 2007
10/26/07 Scherer, CSM, No end in sight for housing slump
10/26/07 Mufson, WP, Strike on Iran Would Roil Oil Markets, Experts Say
10/26/07 Yee, WP, Ga Court: Release Man Jailed in Sex Case
10/26/07 Guardian, Google Earth used to target Israel
10/26/07 Moore, NYT, Bodies Are Found on Burned Hilltop
10/26/07 Glanz & Kramer, NYT, U.S. Envoy Presses Iraq to Act Against Guerrillas
10/26/07 AP, Oil Retreats From $92 on Profit - Taking
10/26/07 Malkin, NYT, Mexicans Miss Money From Relatives Up North
10/26/07 Rosenthal, NYT, Cement Industry Is at Center of Climate Change Debate
10/26/07 Smith, Times Online, Earth Is Reaching The Point of No Return, Says Major UN Environment Report
10/26/07 BBC, BP fined $373m by US government
10/26/07 BBC, US dollar touches a new euro low
10/26/07 Schweimler, BBC, Argentina's divisions clear to see
10/26/07 BBC, Syria air strike target 'removed'
10/26/07 BBC, Iran defiant at new US sanctions
10/26/07 Porter, IPS, US Military Ignored Evidence of Iraqi-Made EFPs
10/26/07 Sengupta & Gilmore, Independent, The World of Private 'Security': Unleashed: The Fat Cats of War
10/26/07 Godoy, IPS, 'Non-Lethal Weapons' Tackle Protests Against Globalization
10/26/07 Randerson, Guardian, The Edge of Oblivion: Conservationists Name 25 Primates about To Disappear
October 25, 2007
10/25/07 Reuters, Rice Admits US Erred in Deportation, But Offers No Apology For Rendition
10/25/07 Flaherty, AP, Wars Could Cost $2.4 Trillion Over Decade, Analysis Says
10/25/07 Ford, CSM, What's behind Asia's moon race?
10/25/07 Dagher, CSM, In contractors' shootings, Iraqis search for justice
10/25/07 D'oro, AP, Coast Guard Plans to Set Up Arctic Base
10/25/07 Hedgpeth, WP, Army Opens Review of Contracts in Kuwait
10/25/07 Irwin & Tse, WP, Economy Shows New Signs Of Stress
10/25/07 Bajaj & Andrews, NYT, Reports Suggest Broader Losses From Mortgages
10/25/07 NYT, Dot Earth
10/25/07 Cooper & Santora, NYT, Mideast Hawks Help to Develop Giuliani Policy
10/25/07 Bradsher, NYT, China Says Economy Grew 11.5%
10/25/07 Weinberger, Wired, I Was a Pain Ray Guinea Pig
10/25/07 Canadian Press, US Peace Activist, Retired Col. Ann Wright, Detained at Ottawa Airport
10/25/07 Glanz, NYT, Under Siege, Blackwater Takes On Air of Bunker
10/25/07 Nizza, NYT, Tracking the California Wildfires: Thursday
10/25/07 Treaster, NYT, Fires' Cost to Insurers Is in Range of $1 Billion
10/25/07 Foley, Independent, Merrill Lynch reveals $7.9bn write-down
10/25/07 Doyle, Independent, US claims photos show Syrian nuclear reactor
10/25/07 Morris, Independent, Prisons watchdog: 'Too many of the mentally ill in jail'
10/25/07 Guardian, Inside Gaza: 'Resistance is our strategy'
10/25/07 BBC, 'Bird-friendly' call for gardens
10/25/07 BBC, Organic food rule change warning
10/25/07 BBC, Rebels tell China 'leave Sudan'
10/25/07 BBC, Israel approves Gaza power cuts
10/25/07 BBC, US imposes new sanctions on Iran
10/25/07 Klare, Nation, Beyond the Age of Petroleum
October 24, 2007
10/24/07 Strobel, McClatchy, Firm blamed for Baghdad embassy flaws gains new jobs
10/24/07 LA Times, Following the California Fires
10/24/07 Grier, CSM, Military spending: up and away
10/24/07 Wood, CSM, California's age of megafires
10/24/07 Moreno, WP, Poverty Rate Grows Amid an Economic Boom
10/24/07 Abramowitz, WP, Bush to Announce Steps to Pressure Cuba Toward Democracy
10/24/07 Eggen, WP, Ex-Attorney General Says Politics Drove Federal Prosecution
10/24/07 Drew, WP, Citizens Wait, Worry in Junta's Climate of Fear
10/24/07 Reuters, Protester Waves Blood-Colored Hands in Rice's Face
10/24/07 AP, White House 'Eviscerated' CDC Testimony Regarding Climate Change and Health
10/24/07 DeYoung, WP, Security Firms in Iraq Face New Rules
10/24/07 AP, White House: Report Not `watered Down'
10/24/07 Labaton & Bergman, NYT, BP Settlements Seen on Safety and Price Cases
10/24/07 Liptak & Eden, NYT, Mistrial Is Latest Terror Prosecution Misstep for U.S.
10/24/07 Broder & Rohde, NYT, Use of Contractors by State Dept. Has Soared
10/24/07 Nizza, NYT, Tracking the California Wildfires ... interactive map
10/24/07 Fortson, Independent, BP to pay $303m over charges of fixing market
10/24/07 Doyle, Independent, Trillion-dollar war: Afghanistan and Iraq set to cost more than Vietnam and Korea
10/24/07 Popham, Independent, Mafia is 'Italy's biggest commercial business'
10/24/07 Shaw, Independent, Minister defends all-foreign prisons
10/24/07 Ryan, Guardian, Superbugs watchdog will have power to close hospitals
10/24/07 Tran, Guardian, Turkey kills 34 Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq
10/24/07 BBC, Turks discuss attacks inside Iraq
10/24/07 BBC, Climate threat to biodiversity
10/24/07 BBC, China launches first Moon orbiter
10/24/07 BBC, Mapping the wildfires
October 23, 2007
10/23/07 Scherer, CSM, Now, a shakier stock market
10/23/07 Granick, Wired, What's at Stake in the Surveillance Debate in Congress
10/23/07 Merle, WP, GAO Report Cites Waste In Anthrax Vaccine Cache
10/23/07 Hilzenrath, WP, Freddie Mac Woes Foreshadowed
10/23/07 Johnson, WP, Papers Contradict Nacchio's Defense
10/23/07 AP, Countrywide to Modify $16B in Loans
10/23/07 Roig-Franzia, WP, Bush Seeking Aid for Mexico In Drug Fight
10/23/07 Preston, NYT, Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence
10/23/07 Myers, NYT, Bush's Request for Wars Increases to $196 Billion
10/23/07 Eaton, NYT, U.S. Prosecution of Muslim Group Ends in Mistrial
10/23/07 Drew, NYT, Many Red Flags Preceded a Recall of Hamburger
10/23/07 Tavernise, NYT, Kurdish Rebels Ask for Cease-Fire and Talks With Turkey, Which Continues Shelling
10/23/07 Holson, NYT, Privacy Lost: These Phones Can Find You
10/23/07 Lichtblau & Shane, NYT, Companies Seeking Immunity Donate to Senator
10/23/07 Schmitt & Rohde, NYT, Reports Assail State Dept. on Iraq Security
10/23/07 Laurance, Independent, Unveiled: radical prescription for our health crisis
10/23/07 Woodall, AP, Coal Power Opponents Get New Weapon From Kansas
10/23/07 Neff, McClatchy, Congressman: Blackwater Evaded Federal Income Taxes
10/23/07 Jelinek, AP, State Dept. Suspends Iraq Audit of DynCorp
10/23/07 Berthelsen, LAT, Iraqis Weigh Limits On US Military
10/23/07 BBC, 'Unexpected growth' in CO2 found
10/23/07 BBC, Obesity 'epidemic' turns global
10/23/07 BBC, Californians flee as fires rage
10/23/07 BBC, Turkey wins Iraq backing on PKK
10/23/07 BBC, US-Iraqi contract 'in disarray'
October 22, 2007
10/22/07 Wortham, Wired, Instant Housing and Designing for Disaster
10/22/07 Heath, WP, Under Pressure, Carlyle Issues Patient Promise
10/22/07 Struk, WP, At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate
10/22/07 Tyson, WP, U.S. Planners See Shiite Militias as Rising Threat
10/22/07 Santos, NYT, Inch by Inch, Great Lakes Shrink, and Cargo Carriers Face Losses
10/22/07 Shanker, NYT, Joint Chiefs Chairman Looks Beyond Current Wars
10/22/07 Bajaj, NYT, Mortgage Security Bondholders Facing a Cutoff of Interest Payments
10/22/07 Arnold, NYT, Markets Down as Credit Fears Linger
10/22/07 Sorokin, NYT, China Bank to Buy $1 Billion Stake in Bear Stearns
10/22/07 Penketh, Independent, Iran's new hardline nuclear envoy causes jitters in West
10/22/07 Independent, Asylum-seekers 'are left to starve' in Britain
10/22/07 Abramsky, ITT, Prison Breakdown
10/22/07 Lamb, CSM, Thinkers gather to act on world problems
10/22/07 Knickerbocker, CSM, Wounded troops overwhelm care
10/22/07 Jonsson, CSM, South struggles to cope with drought
10/22/07 BBC, Global stocks see sharp declines
October 21, 2007
10/21/07 Irwin, WP, Economies of Sub-Saharan Africa to Grow Steadily, IMF Says
10/21/07 Eilperin, WP, The Wrong Way to Save Right Whales?
10/21/07 White, WP, Pressure Alleged in Detainees' Hearings
10/21/07 Givhan, WP, Symbols of Hatred in the Shadows
10/21/07 Wilson, WP, On the Road to Nowhere, Merchants Pay the Toll
10/21/07 DeYoung, WP, State Department Struggles To Oversee Private Army
10/21/07 Cho, WP, Energy Traders Avoid Scrutiny
10/21/07 Gertner, NYT, The Future Is Drying Up
10/21/07 Cambanis, NYT, Syria Shuts Main Exit From War for Iraqis
10/21/07 Sanger & Rohde, NYT, In Pakistan Quandary, U.S. Reviews Stance
10/21/07 Sang-Hun, NYT, In Myanmar, Fear Is a Constant Companion
10/21/07 Preston, NYT, Tighter Border Delays Re-entry by U.S. Citizens
10/21/07 Mostaghim, LAT, Tehran air clears with anti-pollution efforts
10/21/07 Pae, LAT, Some firms replace offshoring with onshoring
10/21/07 BBC, Poland votes in a snap election
10/21/07 BBC, Russia's red line over Kosovo
10/21/07 BBC, IMF meets amid fears for growth
10/21/07 Al Jazeera, Scores killed in US Iraq raid
October 20, 2007
10/20/07 Hays, Houston Chron., Are oil prices at their highest?
10/20/07 Wald, NYT, Citing Global Warming, Kansas Denies Plant Permit
10/20/07 Shane & Lichtblau, NYT, Wiretapping Compromise Was Months in the Making
10/20/07 Oppel, NYT, Pipeline Attack in Northern Iraq
10/20/07 Weisman, NYT, Rules Urged to Govern Investing by Nations
10/20/07 Liptak, NYT, Plainly, a Justice Department Pick of Like Mind
10/20/07 Harris, NYT, F.D.A. Panel Urges Ban on Medicine for Child Colds
10/20/07 Burke, WP, Aligning Psyche and Sex
10/20/07 Haynes, WP, Parents Seek Action Over Homeless Presence
10/20/07 Black, WP, Bitter Harvest for Small Farms
10/20/07 Paley, AP, Confusion Cited In Overpayments To Student Lenders
10/20/07 Fears, WP, In Jena and Beyond, Nooses Return as a Symbol of Hate
10/20/07 Zimmerman, LAT, GM to lend SUVs to prove hydrogen fuel holds water
10/20/07 AP, Spies key to functioning Russia, says Putin
10/20/07 Anishky, Guardian, Iraqis who fled homes in fear face new terror as Turkey targets PKK rebels
10/20/07 Walsh, Guardian, Bhutto alleges military link to suicide bombing
10/20/07 BBC, Iran's nuclear negotiator resigns
10/20/07 Glover, Guardian, Riven by class and no social mobility - Britain in 2007
October 19, 2007
10/19/07 Dean, FindLaw, Why, Even If You Have Nothing To Hide, Government Surveillance Threatens Your Freedom
10/19/07 Richey, CSM, US defends its harsh treatment of an American citizen
10/19/07 Irwin, WP, Zoellick's Next Challenge Is Redefining Bank's Role
10/19/07 Wright & Warrick, WP, Syrians Disassembling Ruins at Site Bombed by Israel, Officials Say
10/19/07 Goldfarb, WP, Capital One Reports Loss From Closing Mortgage Unit
10/19/07 Wald & Revkin, NYT, New Coast Guard Task in Arctic's Warming Seas
10/19/07 Urbina, NYT, Schools in Several States Report Staph Infections, and Deaths Raise the Alarm
10/19/07 Rubin, NYT, Shiite Refugees Feel Forsaken in Their Holy City
10/19/07 Connor, Independent, Elephants never forget the smell of a tribesman
10/19/07 Popham, Independent, Five million Burmese are going hungry, warns UN
10/19/07 Doyle, Independent, Clinton bucks the trend and rakes in cash from the US weapons industry
10/19/07 BBC, Dollar stays near record euro low
10/19/07 Morelle, BBC, Creating life in the laboratory
10/19/07 BBC, Chile repeats own Antarctic claim
10/19/07 BBC, Guards 'undermine' US Iraq aims
10/19/07 BBC, 'Slight recovery' for cod stocks
10/19/07 BBC, 'They thought I was cursed'
10/19/07 BBC, Oil prices set fresh record highs
10/19/07 BBC, Lab suspends DNA pioneer Watson
October 18, 2007
10/18/07 Shachtman, Wired, Robot Cannon Kills 9, Wounds 14
10/18/07 Baker & Hederman, Nation, Hillary's Mystery Money Men
10/18/07 Nichols, Nation, An Assault on Media Diversity and Democracy
10/18/07 Schapiro, Nation, Toxic Toys
10/18/07 Rizvi, OneWorld, Economic Costs of Climate Change 'Will Affect Every American'
10/18/07 Higgins, AP, UN: Private Military Recruiting Booming
10/18/07 ABC, After Comments, US Terror Chief Resigns
10/18/07 Gorman, ITT, Suicide and Spin Doctors
10/18/07 LaFranchi, CSM, How 'genocide' vote lost steam
10/18/07 Peterson, CSM, Russia, Iran harden against West
10/18/07 Scherer, CSM, Pocketbook pinch ahead - if soaring oil prices stay high
10/18/07 Schneier, Wired, Economics, Not Apathy, Exposes Chemical Plants To Danger
10/18/07 Tyson, WP, National Guard Faces Call-Ups for 2008, '09
10/18/07 Augstums, AP, Bank of America 3Q Profit Falls 32 Pct
10/18/07 Weisman & Nakashima, WP, Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill
10/18/07 Stolberg, NYT, Nuclear-Armed Iran Risks World War, Bush Says
10/18/07 Glanz, NYT, Iraqi Contracts With Iran and China Concern U.S.
10/18/07 Labaton, NYT, Plan Would Ease Limits on Media Owners
10/18/07 Garner, Independent, Two-tier school system creates poverty trap for disadvantaged
10/18/07 O'Grady, Independent, IMF lowers growth forecasts as Western economies weaken
10/18/07 Ryan, Guardian, Putin declares new nuclear weapons project
10/18/07 BBC, Oil rises on Middle East worries
10/18/07 BBC, France hit by transport strike
10/18/07 BBC, German train strike brings chaos
10/18/07 BBC, Why women still die to give birth
October 17, 2007
10/17/07 Madrigal, Wired, New 'Metamaterial' Brings Scientists Closer Than Ever to a Cloaking Device
10/17/07 Colitt, Reuters, Amazon Loggers Hold Activists Captive
10/17/07 Marquand, CSM, Europe tightens immigration rules
10/17/07 Calore, Wired, Social Capital To Show Its Worth at This Week's Web 2.0 Summit
10/17/07 WP, Birth-Control Foe To Run Office on Family Planning - HHS
10/17/07 AP, Burma Junta: 3,000 Detained in Protest
10/17/07 Boustany, WP, Crackdowns On Bloggers Increasing, Survey Finds
10/17/07 Tyson, WP, New Maritime Strategy to Focus on 'Soft Power'
10/17/07 Eggen & Solomon, WP, Justice Dept.'s Focus Has Shifted
10/17/07 Roberts, NYT, In Shift, 40% of Immigrants Move Directly to Suburbs
10/17/07 Urbina, NYT, Panel Rejects Detention Center for Illegal Immigrants
10/17/07 Sack, NYT, Deadly Bacteria Found to Be More Common
10/17/07 Mouawad, NYT, Record Price of Oil Raises New Fears
10/17/07 Gettleman, NYT, In Southern Darfur, Signs of Another Massacre
10/17/07 NYT, Pressing Mr. Mukasey
10/17/07 Schmitt & shanker, NYT, Pentagon Sees One Authority Over Contractors
10/17/07 Milmo, Independent, Fury at DNA pioneer's theory: Africans are less intelligent than Westerners
10/17/07 Fortson, Independent, SWFs: Enemies of the state?
10/17/07 Smith, Independent, Nigeria: Learning the hard way
10/17/07 Bloomfield, Independent, Ethiopia's 'own Darfur' as villagers flee government-backed violence
10/17/07 Verkaik, Independent, Legal Opinion: Has Britain been complicit in a US torture programme?
10/17/07 LeGrain, Guardian, Britain's immigration muddle
10/17/07 Sample, Guardian, 'Second Earth' found, 20 light years away
10/17/07 Elliott, Guardian, IMF: Britain at risk of US-style house price crash
10/17/07 BBC, Burma 'still hunting protesters'
10/17/07 BBC, UK looks to make Antarctica claim
10/17/07 BBC, Turkey awaits go-ahead over Iraq
10/17/07 Al Jazeera, India doubtful of US nuclear pact
October 16, 2007
10/16/07 Muwakkil, ITT, Jena and the Post-Civil Rights Fallacy
10/16/07 Madrigal, WIred, Plastic 'Sponge' Could Help Biofuels Scrub CO2 From the Environment
10/16/07 Paynter, Wired, Cloned Beef (and Pork and Milk): It's What's for Dinner
10/16/07 Chaudhry, Nation, Latina America Lavishly Comes of Age
10/16/07 Woodward, CSM, As a land thaws, so do Greenland's aspirations for independence
10/16/07 Allis, Boston Globe, A Look At Cheney's Relentless Pursuit of Executive Power
10/16/07 Marks, CSM, Why US immigration crackdown is stalled
10/16/07 Moore, WP, Turkey Requests Authority to Attack
10/16/07 Glover, AP, Edwards Gets Most SEIU State Support
10/16/07 CNN, Iraqi Adviser: Blackwater Guards Must Go
10/16/07 Lee, WP, States May Reduce Number of Children In Insurance Plan
10/17/07 White, WP, Pentagon Submits Budget, And Services Ask for More
10/16/07 Nakashima, WP, Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders
10/16/07 Blumenthal, NYT, FEMA Offers Up to $4,000 as Home Lure for Storm Victims
10/16/07 Moore, NYT, Troubles Mount Within Texas Youth Detention Agency
10/16/07 Vitello, NYT, Home Insurers Canceling in East
10/16/07 Schemo, NYT, Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard
10/16/07 Fildes, Independent, Supply fears drive oil to record prices
10/16/07 AP, Putin warns of Caspian Sea 'interference'
10/16/07 Tait, Guardian, Putin warns US against military action on Iran
10/16/07 BBC, US loses cotton subsidies fight
10/16/07 BBC, Iraq seeks talks on Turkey threat
10/16/07 BBC, China condemns Dalai Lama US trip
October 15, 2007
10/15/07 Nation, Ten Questions for Michael Mukasey
10/15/07 Sappenfield, CSM, Alongside Al Gore, an Indian 'climate control' engineer
10/15/07 Ford, CSM, In China, new crackdown on dissidents
10/15/07 Goldfarb & Binbaum, WP, Getting Out of the Mortgage Squeeze
10/15/07 Kratovac, AP, Ex-U.S. Commander Goes on Trial in Iraq
10/15/07 Glaberson, NYT, U.S. Mulls New Status Hearings for Guantanamo Inmates
10/15/07 Dugger, NYT, World Bank Neglects African Farming, Study Says
10/15/07 NYT, Iraqi Oil Spoils
10/15/07 Hulse, NYT, Showdown Over Children's Health Care Looms
10/15/07 Shenon, NYT, Interim Heads Increasingly Run Federal Agencies
10/15/07 Brown, Independent, Congo's pygmies take on World Bank to save rainforest from loggers
10/15/07 Coonanin, Independent, China will not bring in 'Western' democracy
10/15/07 BBC, Arctic muds reveal sea ice record
10/15/07 Nation, Ten Questions for Michael Mukasey
10/15/07 BBC, Civilians 'killed in Nato raid'
10/15/07 BBC, UN envoy condemns Burma arrests
10/17/07 Hedges, Truthdig, Outsourcing Torture
10/15/07 Barnes, LA Times, America's Own Unlawful Combatants?
October 14, 2007
10/14/07 Freking, AP, Depression Reported by 7% of Workforce
10/14/07 Wright, WP, U.S. Military Technology Being Exported Illegally Is a Growing Concern
10/14/07 Moore & Wright, WP, U.S. Urges Turkish Restraint On Kurds
10/14/07 Williamson, WP, Getting Around Rules on Lobbying
10/14/07 LaFranier, NYT, As Angola Rebuilds, Most Find Their Poverty Persists
10/14/07 Reuters, Banks to Set Up $80 Bln Fund to Limit Credit Crunch
10/14/07 Mazzetti & Lichtblau, NYT, Pentagon Review Faults Bank Record Demands
10/14/07 Galberson, NYT, Portable Halls of Justice Rise in Guantanamo
10/14/07 Kahn, NYT, In China, a Lake's Champion Imperils Himself
10/14/07 Sanger & Mazzetti, NYT, Analysts Find Israel Struck a Nuclear Project Inside Syria
10/14/07 Sengupta, Independent, Private US military contractors move into Helmand
10/14/07 Harding, Guardian, We will dump nuclear treaty, Putin warns
10/14/07 Holmes, BBC, 'White deaths': Italy's secret shame
October 13, 2007
10/13/07 Reel, WP, Price of a Salad Soars in Argentina
10/13/07 Merle, WP, China, U.S. Near Deal on Safe Food
10/13/07 Nakashima & Eggen, WP, Former CEO Says U.S. Punished Phone Firm
10/13/07 AP, Rice Worried by Putin's Broad Powers
10/13/07 Kahn, NYT, New China Hierarchy May Limit President's Power
10/13/07 Foley, NYT, As Logging Fades, Rich Carve Up Open Land in West
10/13/07 Glanz, NYT, New Evidence That Blackwater Guards Took No Fire
10/13/07 Independent, Kurds preparing 'to cross border'
10/13/07 AL Jazeera, Chavez and Uribe open gas pipeline
10/13/07 Sinjab, BBC, Honour crime fear of Syria women
10/13/07 BBC, Rice encourages Russian activists
10/13/07 BBC, US general damns Iraq 'nightmare'
10/13/07 BBC, Key activists arrested in Burma
October 12, 2007
10/12/07 Grier, CSM, Fight over court role in US eavesdropping
10/12/07 Baker, WP, Free-Trade Fight Reflects Broader Battle
10/12/07 Vick, WP, Lead From Carrion Killing Off Calif. Condors
10/12/07 AP, 'Jena 6' Teen Mychal Bell Back in Jail
10/12/07 Cloud, NYT, Military Seeks Alternatives in Case Turkey Limits Access
10/12/07 Moore, NYT, U.S. Reports 2,002 Deaths in Arrests in 2003-5
10/12/07 Harris, NYT, Manufacturers Remove Drugs for Infant Cold
10/12/07 Grynbaum, NYT, Energy Costs Push Up Producer Prices
10/12/07 Rosenthal, NYT, Legal or Not, Abortion Rates Compare
10/12/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Crackdown Upends Slaughterhouse's Work Force
10/12/07 Fisk, Independent, A reign of terror which history has chosen to neglect - Armenian genocide.
10/12/07 Laurance, Independent, World failing mothers in childbirth as survival rates fall short of 2015 targets
10/12/07 Rand, Independent, Guru of greed: The cult of selfishness - Ayn Rand
10/12/07 Penketh, Independent, Blackwater faces war crimes inquiry after killings in Iraq
10/12/07 Curtis, Guardian, Study reveals stressed out 7-11 year-olds
10/12/07 Borger, Guardian, China joins UN censure of Burmese regime
10/12/07 Harding, Guardian, Putin threatens withdrawal from cold war nuclear treaty
10/12/07 BBC, Oil price hovers near record high
10/12/07 BBC, US rights group sues Blackwater
10/12/07 BBC, Iraq strike 'kills 15 civilians'
10/12/07 BBC, Russia urges US missile 'freeze'
10/12/07 BBC, Gore and UN panel win Nobel prize
10/12/07 BBC, Restraint urged after Sudan split
10/12/07 Ip, WSJ, Income-Inequality Gap Widens
10/12/07 AL Jazeera, Villagers die in Haiti floods
October 11, 2007
10/11/07 Scahill, Nation, Iraqis Sue Blackwater for Baghdad Killings
10/11/07 Holmes, Nation, Apocalypse Now?
10/11/07 Dreyfuss, Nation, Iraq: The Other Surge
10/11/07 Mazzetti & Shane, NYT, Watchdog of C.I.A. Is Subject of C.I.A. Inquiry
10/11/07 McConnell, CSM, Tuareg nomads set to intensify rebellion in Niger
10/11/07 Rice-Oxley, CSM, Britain to resettle its Iraqi interpreters
10/11/07 Llana, CSM, In Venezuela, uncertainty spurs a middle-class exodus
10/11/07 Madrigal, Wired, New Algae-Growing Technique Could Lead to Earth-Friendly Fabric, Paint
10/11/07 Keim, WIred, Global Climate Engineering: Who Controls the Thermostat?
10/11/07 WP, British Executives Bring Message On Climate Change From a Prince
10/11/07 Tyson, WP, Army Offers Big Cash To Keep Key Officers
10/11/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Guantanamo Detainees Enjoy Historic Protections, Administration Says
10/11/07 Cloud, NYT, Gates Says Military Faces More Unconventional Wars
10/11/07 Naylor, NYT, Syria Tells Journalists Israeli Raid Did Not Occur
10/11/07 Kaufamn, NYT, Homeless Families in New York Lose a Loophole
10/11/07 Preston, NYT, Judge Suspends Key Bush Effort in Immigration
10/11/07 Rubin, NYT, Blackwater Case Highlights Legal Uncertainties
10/11/07 Shanker, NYT, Marines Press to Remove Their Forces From Iraq
10/11/07 Sengupta, Independent, Afghanistan refugees fight to stay in camps
10/11/07 Russell, Independent, Only now, the full horror of Burmese junta's repression of monks emerges
10/11/07 Usborne, Independent, Argentina's disappeared: Father Christian, the priest who did the devil's work
10/11/07 Howden, Independent, Expedition into the unknown uncovers remote Brazilian tribe threatened by hydroelectric dam
10/11/07 Brown, Independent, Households may be left without flood insurance
10/11/07 MacKinnon, Guardian, Burma shuts down last communication links
10/11/07 Tran, Guardian, Turkey condemns US over Armenian genocide resolution
10/11/07 BBC, Ward bug errors cause 90 deaths
10/11/07 BBC, Belarus to 'build nuclear plant'
10/11/07 Cook, ITT, Blackwater Nation
October 10, 2007
10/10/07 Singel, Wired, NSA's Lucky Break: How the U.S. Became Switchboard to the World
10/10/07 Leopold, TurthOut, Congress Ignoring Critical Report on Pentagon Spending
10/10/07 Urquhart, Guardian, Israeli army orders confiscation of Palestinian land in West Bank
10/10/07 Jonnson, CSM, Ire in Gulf over buyout plan
10/10/07 Honan, Reuters, Activists Call For Arms Trade Treaty at UN
10/10/07 Timberg, WP, Nigeria's 'Godfathers' Denounced in Report
10/10/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Torture Appeal
10/10/07 Dugger, NYT, In Africa, Prosperity From Seeds Falls Short
10/10/07 Mazzetti & Cooper, NYT, An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S.
10/10/07 Pandey, BBC, Indian children work despite ban
10/10/07 Last, BBC, Vaccine-linked polio hits Nigeria
10/10/07 BBC, IMF warning over slowing growth
10/10/07 BBC, Doors closing on Iraqi displaced
October 9, 2007
10/09/07 Brecher & Smith, Nation, How the Military Can Stop an Iran Attack
10/09/07 LaFranchi, CSM, As Mideast realigns, US leans Sunni
10/09/07 Weiss, WP, Long-Hidden Dangers? Early Exposure to DDT May Raise Risk of Breast Cancer
10/09/07 Burns, AP, U.S. Weighed Radioactive Poisons
10/09/07 Milbank, WP, At the Army Expo, It's a Gorge Zone
10/09/07 Birnbaum, WP, Buyout Firms to Avoid a Tax Hike
10/09/07 Weiss, WP, Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs
10/09/07 Maag, NYT, In the Battle Against Cancer, Researchers Find Hope in a Toxic Wasteland
10/09/07 Reuters, Hunger Persists Despite Argentina's Economic Boom
10/09/07 Mouawad, NYT, A Quest for Energy in the Globe's Remote Places
10/09/07 Gross, NYT, Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight
10/09/07 Lichtblau & Hulse, NYT, Democrats Seem Ready to Extend Wiretap Powers
10/09/07 BBC, Security guards 'kill two Iraqis'
10/09/07 BBC, US company settles pollution case
10/09/07 BBC, Turkey threatens Iraq border raid
10/09/07 BBC, Battles rage on Pakistan border
October 8, 2007
10/08/07 Pollitt, Nation, Poverty Is Hazardous to Your Health
05/20/05 Henthoff, Village Voice, An Ally from Hell - Sudan & CIA
10/08/07 Mufson, WP, Nuclear Power Primed for Comeback
10/08/07 Partlow, WP, Top Iraqis Pull Back From Key U.S. Goal
10/08/07 Risen, NYT, Blackwater Chief at Nexus of Military and Business
10/08/07 Sciolino, NYT, Immigration, Black Sheep and Swiss Rage
10/08/07 Semple & Golden, NYT, U.S. Renews Bid to Destroy Opium Poppies in Afghanistan
10/08/07 Savage, LA Times, 'State Secrets' Case May Get Airing
10/08/07 Eaton-Robb, AP, Homeless Families on the Rise, with No End in Sight
10/08/07 Grant, BBC, CIA man recounts Che Guevara's death
10/08/07 BBC, China reels after Typhoon Krosa
October 7, 2007
10/07/07 Holland, AP, Labor Dept. Balks at Cost of Mine Probe
10/07/07 Joling, AP, Melting Ice Pack Displaces Alaska Walrus
10/07/07 Lomberg, WP, Chill out. Stop fighting over global warming -- here's the smart way to attack it.
10/07/07 Nakashima, WP, Democrats to Offer New Surveillance Rules
10/07/07 Kessler, WP, Iraq Embassy Cost Rises $144 Million Amid Project Delays
10/07/07 Gettleman, NYT, Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War
10/07/07 Pear, NYT, Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans
10/07/07 Bolton, NYT, A Heavy Toll From Disease Fuels Suspicion and Anger
10/07/07 Tavernise, NYT, In Life of Lies, Iraqis Conceal Work for U.S.
10/07/07 Lean, Independent, Public health: The hidden menace of mobile phones
10/07/07 Whitaker, Independent, Behind the scenes, Bin Laden raises the stakes
10/07/07 Buncombe & Waraich, Independent, Pakistan election: A charade masquerading as democracy
10/07/07 BBC, New York opens slave burial site
10/07/07 BBC, Powerful storm hits Chinese coast
10/07/07 BBC, Iran envoy 'elite force member'
10/07/07 BBC, Waziristan clashes leave 32 dead
10/07/07 BBC, Army-controlled Darfur town razed
10/07/07 Al Jazeera, More protesters held in Myanmar
10/07/07 Seattle PI, EPA Refused to Warn of Asbestos Dangers; Millions of Homeowners at Risk
October 6, 2007
10/06/07 BBC, Windscale fallout underestimated
10/06/07 Weiss, WP, Probe Into Tainted Rice Ends
10/06/07 WP, Blackwater: On Guard and Unregulated - compendium of stories.
10/06/07 Glaberson, NYT, War-Crimes Prosecutor Quits in Pentagon Clash
10/06/07 Laurance, Independent, Bird flu virus mutates into a strain more infectious to humans
10/06/07 Judd, Independent, Worldwide day of protest sends stern message to junta
10/06/07 Cockburn, Independent, Why? Six years on from the invasion of Afghanistan
10/06/07 Healy, NYT, Clinton Strategist Represents Blackwater
10/06/07 Vidal, Guardian, 'We said to them, 'Come closer' but they said to us, 'Go further back''
10/06/07 Pilkington, Guardian, I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer
10/06/07 BBC, Global rallies to pressure Burma
10/06/07 BBC, Iraq Shia leaders sign truce deal
10/06/07 Al Jazeera, Nairobi dump harming children
October 5, 2007
10/05/07 Thomas, Seattle PI, The Democrats Who Enable Bush
10/05/07 Montlake, CSM, Monks flee crackdown in Burma
10/05/07 Boustany, WP, Syria Plans Disruption In Lebanon, Hariri Says
10/05/07 Schneider, WP, Bush Says U.S. 'Does Not Torture'
10/05/07 Raghavan, WP, Blackwater Faulted In Military Reports From Shooting Scene
10/05/07 Corn, Nation, Judge Radhi Testifies on Iraqi Corruption; GOPers Attack
10/05/07 Lipton, NYT, U.S. Called Lax at Policing Labs Handling Biohazards
10/05/07 AP, Iraqi Judge Says Maliki's Government Shields Officials Accused of Corruption
10/05/07 Knowlton, NYT, Globalization, According to the World, Is a Good Thing. Sort Of.
10/05/07 Stranger & Omnivore, NYT, Foreign Policy, Privatized
10/05/07 AP, Treasurys Plunge After Jobs Data
10/05/07 AP, Amazon Group Bans Loggers and Miners
10/05/07 Rohde, NYT, Army Enlists Anthropology in War Zones
10/05/07 Fortson, Independent, Spanish worries mount as bank hoards cash
10/05/07 Hari, Independent, Inside France's secret war
10/05/07 Herszenhorn, NYT, Bill Applies U.S. Law to Contractors
10/05/07 Howden & Steven, Independent, South America chokes as Amazon burns
10/05/07 BBC, Fiji to lift state of emergency
10/05/07 Milmo, Independent, Number of pensioners going bankrupt rises by 700% in five years
10/05/07 Harper, Toronto Star, White House On Defensive Over Torture Memos
10/05/07 Newsome, Wired, The Inconvenient Science of Racial DNA Profiling
10/05/07 Borger, Guardian, Climate change disaster is upon us, warns UN
10/05/07 BBC, Merrill in $5.5bn sub-prime loss
10/05/07 BBC, Living in fear in Burma
10/05/07 Al Jazeera, US raid in Iraq kills 'civilians'
10/05/07 Vaessan, Al Jazeera, West Timor's forgotten crisis
10/05/07 AL Jazeera, US tightens Blackwater controls
October 4, 2007
10/04/07 Stirland, Wired, 'Open-Source Politics' Taps Facebook for Myanmar Protests
10/04/07 Scahill, Nation, Blackwatergate
10/04/07 Hertsgaard, Nation, The Making of a Climate Movement
10/04/07 Parenti, Nation, The Fight to Save Congo's Forests
10/04/07 Lampman, CSM, Are U.S. troops being force-fed Christianity?
10/04/07 Clayton, CSM, US trumps states over siting power lines
10/04/07 Marquand, CSM, Russia flexes new muscle in Europe
10/04/07 Schneier, Wired, Gathering 'Storm' Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets
10/04/07 Wright & Tyson, WP, Iraqis to Pay China $100 Million for Weapons for Police
10/04/07 Johnston, NYT, Australian Fires Add to Fears on Climate Change
10/04/07 Mydans, NYT, Monks Are Silenced, and for Now, Internet Is, Too
10/04/07 Reuters, Myanmar Junta Rounds Up Scores More
10/04/07 Reuters, Senate Approves Funds For Troops on The Border
10/04/07 Shane et al, NYT, Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
10/04/07 Morris, Independent, Police target suburban sex slaves
10/04/07 Walsh, Guardian, Violence in Afghanistan has soared by 30%, UN report says
10/04/07 Harrabin, BBC, Democrats eye key climate summit
10/04/07 BBC, 'Unknown' Peru Amazon tribe seen
10/04/07 Gregory, BBC, Iraqi Kurds sign four oil deals
10/04/07 BBC, Bhutto upbeat over power-sharing
10/04/07 Asser, BBC, Palestinians struggle in dire straits
October 3, 2007
10/03/07 McConnell, CSM, How Tuaregs, Hausas are avoiding another Darfur
10/03/07 Peterson, CSM, Are U.S. and Iran headed for war?
10/03/07 AP, Schools Embrace Ways to Help Environment
10/03/07 Barnes, WP, Court Revisits Sentencing Guidelines
10/03/07 Cody, WP, Marking Time in Thailand
10/03/07 Montesquiou, AP, Carter Gets Into Shouting Match in Sudan
10/03/07 Witte, WP, Pakistan Seen Losing Fight Against Taliban And Al-Qaeda
10/03/07 Fainaru, WP, Guards in Iraq Cite Frequent Shootings
10/03/07 Loven, AP, Bush Vetoes Child Health Insurance Plan
10/03/07 Shanker, NYT, Iraqis Need a Year to Control Baghdad, U.S. General Says
10/03/07 NYT, The Verizon Warning
10/03/07 Reuters, Services Growth Slips In September: ISM Survey
10/03/07 Blumenthal, NYT, Texas Ruling Signals Indefinite Halt to Executions
10/03/07 Glanz & Rubin, NYT, From Errand to Fatal Shot to Hail of Fire to 17 Deaths
10/03/07 Independent, New crackdown on sex slave trade
10/03/07 BBC, Blackwater boss grilled over Iraq
10/03/07 Rainsford, BBC, Women condemn Turkey constitution
10/03/07 BBC, Monks 'seeking to flee Rangoon'
October 2, 2007
10/02/07 CNN, Blackwater Contractor Wrote Government Report on Incident
10/02/07 Hess, AP, Ex-White House Lawyer Targets Spy Tactic
10/02/07 Kravetz, Wired, Jurors Schooled in Techno Speak in Nation's First RIAA Copyright Case
10/02/07 Nichols, Nation, Blackwater's Enablers at the State Department
10/02/07 Trumbull, CSM, For U.S. workers, anxious times
10/02/07 Shachtman, Wired, Bomb-Zapper = "Rube Goldberg Solution"
10/02/07 Apuzzo, AP, Former Presidents Can't Withhold Records
10/02/07 Eggen, WP, Report Finds FBI Still Vulnerable To Espionage
10/02/07 St. George, WP, Police Tool Assesses Domestic Abuse 'Lethality'
10/02/07 Cohen & Balz, WP, Most in Poll Want War Funding Cut
10/02/07 Revkin, NYT, Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts
10/02/07 Schmitt, NYT, Report Details Shooting by Drunken Blackwater Worker
10/02/07 AP, Blackwater Chief Defends Actions in Iraq
10/02/07 Downe, NYT, Fair Trade in Bloom
10/02/07 Broder, NYT, Report Says Firm Sought to Cover Up Iraq Shootings
10/02/07 Schipani, Independent, Aboriginal victims of Argentina's 'silent genocide'
10/02/07 BBC, Ten dead in Philippines violence
10/02/07 Doyle, Independent, US plan for air strikes on Iran 'backed by Brown'
10/02/07 BBC, Pakistan MPs in election boycott
10/02/07 BBC, Correa 'to shut' Ecuador Congress
10/02/07 Head, BBC, The hardship that sparked Burma's unrest
October 1, 2007
10/01/07 Parker & Salman, San Jose Mercury-News, A Divided Iraq Unites Against Partition Plan
10/01/07 Chase, Globe&Mail, Climate change top issue, CEOs declare
10/01/07 Science Daily, Scientists Call For 80 Percent Drop In U.S. Emissions By 2050 To Avoid Dangerous Warming
10/01/07 Science Daily, Americans Consider Global Warming An Urgent Threat, According To Poll
10/01/07 Reuters, Study: Toddler TV-viewing Should Be Curbed by Age 5
10/01/07 O'Harrow, WP, Air Force Arranged No-Work Contract
10/01/07 Shanker, NYT, U.S. Is Top Arms Seller to Developing World
10/01/07 Lichfield, Independent, French face tough choices to help save the planet
10/01/07 Wearden, Guardian, Citigroup in shock profit warning
10/01/07 Kinver, BBC, Advisers endorse tidal power plan
10/01/07 Jason, Global Politician, Early CIA Involvement in Darfur Has Gone Unreported
10/01/07 BBC, Assad sets conference conditions
10/01/07 BBC, Banks reveal US mortgage losses