Month of Category: May 2008 | Return to Uncommon Thought News

May 11, 2008
5/11/08 Lakshmi, WP, U.S. Legal Work Booms in India
5/11/08 MacKinnon, Guardian, Burma exports rice as cyclone victims starve
5/11/08 Osnos & Goering, Chicago Tribune, World's Giants to Alter Food Equation
5/11/08 Streater, Seattle Times, Harmful Chemical Wafts Off Your TV
5/11/08 Harris, Guardian, Hidden gay life of macho hip hop stars
5/11/08 Nylan, Seattle P-I, The Myth of the Stay-at-Home Mom
5/11/08 Al Jazeera, Sudan 'repulses' rebel attack
5/11/08 Al Jazeera, Turkey bombs PKK bases in Iraq
May 10, 2008
5/10/08 Fletcher & Sugden, Times Online, Second catastrophe looms in Burma as regime blocks aid shipments
5/10/08 Collins, News Observer, U.S.: Colleges may admit illegals
5/10/08 Rosenberg, Open Left, Shadow Elites And Religion--Part 1
5/09/08 Wahlstrom, OneWorld, US Urged to Reform Foreign Aid
5/10/08 Van Vuuren, IPS, "Literally, This Is Energy From Dirt"
5/10/08 Pepper, SF Chron., Depleted Groundwater Threatens Food Chain
5/10/08 Al Jazeera, Many killed in Baghdad battles
5/10/08 Al Jazeera, Who's who in Lebanese politics
May 9, 2008
5/09/08 Vidal, Guardian, Fifth of UK bee colonies killed
5/09/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar cyclone: How you can help
5/09/08 Midgley, Times Online, Is in vitro meat the future?
5/09/08 Herman, Asia Times, G7 loses grip on global policy to O5
5/09/08 Madrigal, Reuters, A Close Look at the Colossal Squid
5/09/08 Cavaganol, WP, 'We Have Nothing. How Do We Go On?'
5/09/08 Zigler, Seeking Alpha, NYMEX: Speculators Aren't Driving Oil Market
5/09/08 Yates & Mohammed, Reuters, U.S. says man held in Iraq is not al Qaeda leader
5/09/08 Ali & Jamail, IPS, IRAQ: Running Out of Water in Rising Heat
5/09/08 Sirota, ITT, Acknowledging the Race Chasm
5/09/08 CNN, Oil over $126 a barrel
5/09/08 Al Jazeera, Disease stalks cyclone survivors
5/09/08 Weinberger, Wired, Army Yanks 'Voice-To-Skull Devices' Site
5/09/08 Glanz, FPIF, The Truth About Veteran Suicides
May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Pal, Progressive, Burma in the Grip of Yet Another Tragedy
5/08/08 Chart, Open Left, Global Suicide Pact: Darfur Engine, Pt 1 .... Part 2
5/08/08 Phillips, NYT, Clinton Touts White Support
5/08/08 Klare, MoJo, America Out of Gas
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, Patience wears thin for Myanmar
5/08/08 Mouawad, NYT, Oil Giants to Settle Water Suit
5/08/08 Morris, BBC, Can Tanzania reap bumper harvests?
5/08/08 Chapman, BBC, Wild times in changing China
5/08/08 Raja M, Asia Times Public water, privately bottled profits
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar survivors fight for life
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, China steps up child virus fight
5/08/08 Al Jazeera, Putin confirmed as Russian PM
May 7, 2008
5/07/08 Englehardt, Nation, The Next War
5/07/08 Leaver, FPIF, The "Surge" of Iraqi Prisoners
5/07/08 Kazmin, WP, 60,000 Dead or Missing in Burma
5/07/08 Kozloff, IntelDaily, U.S. is Promoting Secession in Bolivia
5/07/08 Sevenso, BBC, Making big money in Zimbabwe
5/07/08 Myrie, BBC, Iraq prepares for Baghdad exodus
5/07/08 Porter, Asia Times, Yes, the Pentagon did want to hit Iran
5/07/08 Al Jazeera, Millions left homeless in Myanmar
May 6, 2008
5/06/08 Scheltus, Independent, Bolivia's richest region votes for autonomy
5/06/08 Harkinson, MoJo, Scenes From the Tar Wars
5/06/08 Harkinson, MoJo, Bottom of the Barrel
5/06/08 Myrie, BBC, Unicef warns of Iraqis 'at risk'
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Indonesia considers Opec pullout
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Asia's deadliest storms
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Myanmar cyclone toll soars
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Astore, Nation, Leaving Cheyenne Mountain
5/05/08 McDonnell, LAT, Bolivian province votes for autonomy
5/05/08 Sheikh & Mohamed, Reuters, Mogadishu rocked by food demonstrations
5/05/08 Wyss, Miami Heerald, U.S. base is no longer welcome in Ecuador
5/05/08 Tierney, NYT, Rethinking the Oil Curse
5/05/08 Sinharoy, ITT, A Boon for T. Boone
5/05/08 Pinglay, BBC, No let up in India farm suicides
5/05/08 Mackinnon, Akron, Remembering Kent State Shooting Victims
5/05/08 Dummett, BBC, Bangladesh companies in food move
5/05/08 Al Jazeera, US gets Grameen micro-credit bank
5/05/08 Al Jazeera, UN set to suspend Gaza food aid
May 4, 2008
5/04/08 Kotlowitz, NYT, Blocking the Transmission of Violence
5/04/08 Al Jazeera, Asian bank unveils food aid plan
5/04/08 Stockman, Boston Globe, Shell Firms Shielded US Contractor From Taxes
May 3, 2008
5/03/08 Dahlberg, SacBee, Residents rattled in Reno
5/03/08 Saleh, BBC, Food price crisis bites in Egypt
5/03/08 Greene, Miami Herald, Small-town residents living on deadly ground
5/03/08 Gimbel, Fortune, Hunting for oil beneath the ice
5/03/08 Al Jazeera, New nuclear incentives for Iran
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 Lungescu, BBC, Detained migrants riot in Belgium
5/02/08 Scott, IntelDaily, Affirmative action for capitalism
5/02/08 Kearsley, News Tribune, No work at ports as longshore protests war
5/02/08 Felsenthal & Hughes, Reuters, Global central banks extend lifeline to credit markets
5/02/08 Kirchoff, USA Today, Surplus U.S. food supplies dry up
5/02/08 Hawthorne, Chicago Tirb, EPA Official Ousted While Fighting Dow Chemical
5/02/08 Hotakainen, McClatchy, Fed proposes sweeping change to credit card rules
5/02/08 Morelle, BBC, Study sheds light on spider sex
5/02/08 al-Fadhily & Jamail, IPS, IRAQ: Corruption Eats Into Food Rations
5/02/08 Baddorf, IPS, IRAQ: Refugees Look to Europe
5/02/08 Eccelston, Telegraph, Ape Genius reveals depth of animal intelligence
May 1, 2008
5/01/06 Phillips, MoJo, Pork Power States
5/01/08 Escobar, TomDispatch, The Iranian Chessboard
5/01/08 Stearn & Strobel, MaClatchy, What's McCain thinking when he says boot Russia from G-8?
5/01/08 Al Jazeera, Bolivia nationalises key firms
5/01/08 Al Jazeera, Anti-war strikes hit US ports
5/01/08 Ridgeway, MoJo, Scrubbing King Coal
5/01/08 Kennedy, Miami Herald, Report: Gas pipeline carries risk
5/01/08 Reynolds, BBC, Still no 'mission accomplished'
5/01/08 Middle East Online, Non-OPEC oil producers unable to boost output
5/01/08 de Sousa, Oil Drum, The Coal Crunch is Materializing
5/01/08 MacGillis & Mufson, WP, Clinton Gas-Tax Proposal Criticized
5/01/08 Brabrant, BBC, Lesbos islanders dispute gay name
5/01/08 Al Jazeera, US bombing kills Somali fighters
5/01/08 Al Jazeera, US 'terror' report targets Iran