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December 31, 2007
12/31/07 Hadjicostis, AP, Cyprus, Malta convert to euro
12/31/07 Weinberger, Wired, DHS Readies the 'Sick Stick'
12/31/07 Hari, Independent, Bush Has Been Chasing The Wrong Nukes
12/31/07 Frean, Times Online, Rich pull away from poor in the classroom
12/31/07 Rice, Guardian, 130 killed in Kenyan election violence
12/31/07 Stratton, Guardian, 2007 is America's Deadliest Year in Iraq
12/31/07 AL Jazeera, Stranded pilgrims riot in Egypt
12/31/07 Black, BBC, Bodies point to Alaska's past
12/31/07 Merritt, AP, Electronic Voting Is Questioned
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 Shane & Mazzetti, NYT, Tapes by C.I.A. Lived and Died to Save Image
12/30/07 McKinley, NYT, Infection Hits a California Prison Hard
12/30/07 Thoma, McClatchy, Edwards surges, Huckabee's bubble bursts
12/30/07 Doran & Wachman, Guardian, Merrill seeks more funds to avoid crisis
12/30/07 Hill, Guardian, Civil rights fears over DNA 'census'
12/30/07 AL Jazeera, Ebay launches microlending website
December 29, 2007
12/29/07 Borenstein, AP, 2007 a Year of Weather Records in US
12/29/07 Al Jazeera, Fighters deny Bhutto killing link
December 28, 2007
12/28/07 NOW, How Green?
12/28/07 McKibben, WP, Remember This: 350 Parts Per Million
12/28/07 Wright & Kessler, WP, U.S. Brokered Bhutto's Return to Pakistan
12/28/07 Truthout, Klein Interview - Shock Doctrine video
12/28/07 Cooper & Myers, NYT, Salvaging U.S. Diplomacy Amid Division
12/28/07 Walker, Independent, Caviar: The black market in black gold
12/28/07 Burke, Guardian, After Bhutto video
12/28/07 Al Jazeera, Bhutto buried in ancestral village
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Waddington, Times Online, Shades of green
12/27/07 Rose, Times Online, Allergy to medicines 'is killing thousands'
12/27/07 Gettleman, NYT, Malnutrition Up in Darfur Despite Aid
12/27/07 Sharma, Independent, Hindu extremists burn down village churches
12/27/07 Dugan, Independent, Anger at asylum-seeker health cuts
12/27/07 Johnson, WP, Mortgage Probes Face Big Hurdles
12/27/07 Wallace, LAT, Pakistan's Missing Are Doubly Lost
12/27/07 Barnes & Spiegel, LAT, New Armored Vehicles Drive Heated Debate
12/27/07 Page, Times Online, Who killed Benazir Bhutto? The main suspects
12/27/07 Ali & Jamail, IPS, IRAQ: Saddam Provided More Food Than the U.S.
12/27/07 Wells, BBC, NY to reduce greenhouse emissions
12/27/07 Reynolds, BBC, Severe blow to hope for stability
12/27/07 BBC, Obituary: Benazir Bhutto
12/27/07 Poulson, Wired, THREAT LEVEL's Year in Review -- 2007
12/27/07 Gorski, AP, "Gospel of Wealth" Facing Scrutiny
12/27/07 CommonDreams, The Solvency Crisis
December 26, 2007
12/26/07 Graham-Harrison, Reuters, China repeats pledges on energy security, price reform
12/26/07 Acosta, IPS, CUBA: Elizabeth and Monica's Wedding
12/26/07 Donnelly, Boston Globe, Coal's Ascent Is Re-Igniting Familiar Debate
12/26/07 Squatriglia, Wired, Around the World in a Boat Fueled by Human Fat
12/26/-7 Jesdanun, Wired, Researcher: Info Overload Costs Economy
12/26/07 Madrigal, Wired, The Top 10 New Organisms of 2007
12/26/07 Raghavan, WP, Shiite Contest Sharpens In Iraq
December 25, 2007
12/25/07 Vick, WP, Alaskans Weigh the Cost of Gold
December 24, 2007
12/24/07 DemocracyNow, The FCC's Christmas Gift to Big Media
12/24/07 LeVine, Al Jazeera, Blowback, Pakistan-style
12/24/07 Isikoff, Newsweek, Archivist Challenges Cheney
12/24/07 Rogers, Intelligence Daily, NORTHCOM: Constitution Not Important
12/24/07 Fainaru, WP, Warnings Unheeded On Guards In Iraq
12/24/07 Glossenger, ITT, Acid-Mining Michigan
12/24/07 Sullivan, Times Online, The Torture Tape Fingering Bush As a War Criminal
12/24/07 Al Jazeera, Pakistan government under attack
December 23, 2007
12/23/07 LaPlante, Salt Lake Tribune, Military Divorce On Rise
12/23/07 Al Jazeera, Turkey continues raids into Iraq
12/23/07 Meyer, LA Times, CIA Needs More Taping, Experts Say
12/23/07 Greenhouse, NYT, Ruling Lets Firms Bar Union E-mail
12/23/07 Brenkley, Independent, Tsunami? We call it the Golden Wave
12/23/07 Wachman, Guardian, New funding crisis to hit banks in 2008
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 Broder & Maynard, NYT, Denial of State Emissions Plan Was Foreshadowed
12/22/07 Story & Barboza, NYT, The Recalls' Aftershocks
12/22/07 Al Jazeera, US snubs Taiwan's UN referendum
December 21, 2007
12/21/07 Mencimer, MoJo, Cheney: No Justice for Jamie Jones
12/21/07 Wilson, LA Times, EPA Chief Is Said to Have Ignored Staff
12/21/07 Al Jazeera, Chavez offers 'oil for food'
12/21/07 Al Jazeera, Chavez offers 'oil for food'
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 Farrell, Independent, Bank's fears for economy point to gloomy 2008
12/20/07 Dugan, Independent, Asylum-seekers from Congo face deportation
12/20/07 Whipple, FCNP, The Peak Oil Crisis: Issues
12/20/07 Broder & Barringer, NYT, E.P.A. Says 17 States Can't Set Emission Rules
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Weiss, WP, 'Clone-Free' Milk Could Get Label
12/19/07 Wallop, Daily Telegraph, Global food inflation to hit UK consumers
12/19/07 Mosedale, MoJo, Oil Spills are Forever
12/19/07 Shanker, NYT, Bush Approves Army Reorganization
12/19/07 Leopold, Truthout, Chertoff Concealed Role in Tape Destruction
12/19/07 Doyle, Guardian, Slave Labour That Shames America
12/19/07 Revkin, NYT, The (Energy) Future Is Not Now
12/19/07 Broder, NYT, Bush Signs Broad Energy Bill
12/19/07 Geist, IPS, FILM-US/IRAQ: Heart of Darkness
12/19/07 Mazzetti & Shane, NYT, Bush Lawyers Discussed Fate of C.I.A.Tapes
12/19/07 Dempsey, Boston Globe, Climate Sanctions Sought Against US
12/19/07 Bhaumik, BBC, Dead fish surface on Indian river
December 18, 2007
12/18/07 Gumbrecht & Taha, McClatchy, Angry Kurdish president won't meet with Rice
12/18/07 Weisman, WP, House Approves Domestic Spending
12/18/07 Tyson & Wright, WP, U.S. Helps Turkey Hit Rebel Kurds In Iraq
12/18/07 Martin, NYT, Food and Fuel Compete for Land
12/18/07 al-Fadhily, IPS, IRAQ: "Bad" Women Raped and Killed
12/18/07 Foley, Independent, Millions at stake as credit crisis gets legal
12/18/07 Sapenfeld, CSM, India's superrich get even richer
12/18/07 Chaddock, CSM, Republicans score key wins on spending
12/18/07 Trumbull, CSM, Now, world buoys U.S. economy
12/18/07 Douglass, ITT, Beware the Credit-Industrial Complex
December 17, 2007
12/17/09 Harkinson, MoJo, A Timeline of Libertarian Thought
12/17/07 Turque, WP, One-Two Punch To Area's Budgets
12/17/07 Abramowitz & Baker, WP, Bush Faces Pressure to Shift War Priorities
12/17/07 Hotakainen, McClatchy, Nation prepares for shift to digital TV
12/17/07 Lydersen, ITT, No New Year Resolutions? SEC proposes curbing shareholder power
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 Fuller & Revkin, NYT, Timetable Is Set to Revive Climate Treaty
12/16/07 Bender & Baron, Boston Globe, Army Knew of Cheating on Tests for Eight Years
12/16/07 Eggen, WP, Destruction of CIA Tapes Defended
12/16/07 Irwin, WP, State of the Household
12/16/07 DeYoung, WP, Balkanized Homecoming
12/16/07 Lichtblau, Et al, NYT, Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry
12/16/07 Shanker & Myers, NYT, Afghan Mission Is Reviewed as Concerns Rise
12/16/07 Salkin, NYT, Before It Disappears
12/16/07 Blumenthal, McClatchy, Oceans' growing acidity alarms scientists
12/16/07 Goldstein, McClatchy, A distant war comes home to America
12/16/07 Doyle, Independent, Rudolph Guiliani: If you think Bush is bad...
12/16/07 Beaumont, Guardian, Armed forces 'superbug' menaces UK
December 15, 2007
12/15/07 Schneider, WP, Inflation Jumps on Fuel, Energy Costs
12/15/07 Markon, Wp, Crackdown on Child Pornography
12/15/07 Helfand, LA Times, L.A. must dump water from two reservoirs
December 14, 2007
12/14/07 Blakely, Times, Google unveils rival to Wikipedia
12/14/07 Severson, NYT, Get Squeamish?
12/14/07 Grynbaum, NYT, Consumer Prices Rise 0.8% in November
12/14/07 Bachelet & Chang, McClatchy, OAS seeks to mediate Bolivia's growing political crisis
12/14/07 Pugh, McClatchy, Deception hits mortgage market once again
12/14/07 Wheeler, ITT, Corporate Potluck
12/14/07 O'Grady, Independent, Inflation expectations 'highest in years'
12/14/07 Beutler, ITT, The End of Impunity?
December 13, 2007
12/13/07 Black, BBC, EU 'snub' threat at climate talks
12/13/07 Bengali, McClatchy, Somalia descends into Africa's worst crisis
December 12, 2007
12/12/07 Tyson, WP, Pentagon Critical Of NATO Allies
12/12/07 Mouawad, NYT, Gas Terminal Proposed Off New Jersey
12/12/07 Mazzetti & Johnston, NYT, C.I.A. Director Speaks to Senate Committee
12/12/07 Connor, Independent, Chernobyl: Lost world
12/12/07 Wearden, Guardian, FTSE weaker after US shares slide
12/12/07 Kelly, Guardian, The winds of climate change
12/12/07 Amos, BBC, Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013'
12/12/07 Grier, CSM, New scrutiny on US spy structure
12/12/07 Al Jazeera, Russia withdraws from arms treaty
December 11, 2007
12/11/07 Abramowitz, WP, Libby Decides To Drop Appeal
12/11/07 Warren & Eggen, WP, Waterboarding Recounted
12/11/07 Weisman, NYT, China and U.S. in Food Safety Accord
12/11/07 Macalister, Guardian, Big Oil Lets Sun Set on Renewables
12/11/07 Lever, BBC, Human evolution is 'speeding up'
12/11/07 Al Jazeera, China signs $2bn Iran oil deal
12/11/07 Al Jazeera, Israel launches Gaza incursion
December 10, 2007
12/10/07 Polgreen, NYT, Congo Republic Awash in Oil and Poverty
12/10/07 ElBoughady & Merle, WP, Local Home Foreclosures on the Rise
12/10/07 Landler, NYT, UBS Sells Stake After Write-Down
12/10/07 Love, ITT, Hanging Hate
12/10/07 Guardian, Endangered: the long-eared jerboa video
12/10/07 de Launey, BBC, Cambodia protest over land grabs
12/10/07 Harrabin, BBC, Climate change goal 'unreachable'
12/10/07 Al Jazeera, Baghdad oil refinery ablaze
12/10/07 Pinglay, BBC, Mumbai frees up huge land surplus
12/10/07 Al Jazeera, Sinking kills migrants off Turkey
12/10/07 Al Jazeera, South Korea oil spill spreads
12/10/07 MotherJones, China Eats the World
December 9, 2007
12/09/07 Singletary, WP, A Subpar Plan to Save Subprime Borrowers
12/09/07 Gardner, BBC, India issues stark terror warning
12/09/07 Schweimler, BBC, S America set to launch new bank
12/09/07 Lakshmi, WP, A Transgender TV Debut
12/09/07 McKie, Observer, Pylon threat to mountain wilderness
12/09/07 Guardian, Child 'witches' in Africa video
December 8, 2007
12/08/07 Mufson & Weisman, WP, Senate To Rework Ambitious Energy Bill
12/08/07 Rucker, Wp, Cupboards Are Bare at Food Banks
12/08/07 Richter, LAT, State Dept.'s chief watchdog resigns
12/08/07 Morris, Independent, Protesters adopt new strategies
12/08/07 Lightbody, Independent, Independent Appeal: Return of the child soldiers
12/08/07 Skelton, Independent, Choc tactics: Cocoa co-operatives
12/08/07 MacAskill, Guardian, Intelligence expert who rewrote book on Iran
12/08/07 Duffy, BBC, Brazil deforestation slows again
12/08/07 Al Jazeera, Island states urge climate action
12/08/07 Al Jazeera, Gates calls Iran threat to region
December 7, 2007
12/07/07 Coleman, BBC, Students 'should use Wikipedia'
12/07/07 Klein, WP, The Army's $200 Billion Makeover
12/07/07 Lightman, McClatchy, Candidate Ron Paul's devotees a mixed bag
12/07/07 Fadel, McClatchy, U.S., Iraq at odds over Sunni groups
12/07/07 Tady, ITT, The Military's Stealth Test
12/07/07 Klare, FPIF, Iraq and Climate Change
December 6, 2007
12/06/07 Crawford, BBC, 9,000 radioactive items made safe
12/06/07 Andrews & Bajaj, NYT, Deal Reached on Freezing Rates on Some Mortgages
12/06/07 Randerson, Guardian, Dogs smarter than we think, study shows
12/06/07 Gorman, ITT, Third Time's the Charm?
12/06/07 Al Jazeera, Malaysian protesters denied bail
December 5, 2007
12/05/07 Inquirer.net, 'Climate refugees' seek help in Bali
12/05/07 Lehmann, Battleboro Reformer, Leahy Plans Contempt Vote
12/05/07 Al Jazeera, Malaysia charges more protesters
12/05/07 Al Jazeera, Pakistan retires dissident judges
12/05/07 Weisenmiller, IPS, Peace Group Barred From Florida Schools
December 4, 2007
12/04/07 Youseff, McClatchy, Beyond the surge, an Iraqi city suffers
12/04/07 Griffin, Independent, Are we in for a China crisis?
12/04/07 Al Jazeera, Iran welcomes US nuclear report
12/04/07 Al Jazeera, US falls short of refugee target
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 Shanker, NYT, Inside the Pentagon Chief's Jet
12/03/07 Vartabedian, LA Times, Yucca Mountain Remains Nuclear Waste Dump Choice
12/03/07 Mazzetti, NYT, U.S. Says Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work
12/03/07 Bachelet, McClatchy, Bush administration hails Chavez defeat
12/03/07 Ritter, AP, Young Chimp Beats College Students
12/03/07 Montgomery, McClatchy, U.S. military joins green movement
12/03/07 al-Fadhily, IPS, IRAQ: Government Fragments Further
12/03/07 Russell, Independent, Warlords replace Army in Basra
12/03/07 Zizek, ITT, China's Valley of Tears
12/03/07 Guardian, Flattened forests - Papua video
12/03/07 Allam & Naggar, McClatchy, Iraqis in Syria face food shortages
12/03/07 Lyon, BBC, Afghan army to 'treble in size'
12/03/07 Frayssinet, IPS, BRAZIL: Sanitation for All...in 115 Years
December 2, 2007
12/02/07 Priest & Hull, WP, 'A Soldier's Officer'