(Oct)  Archive - November, 2006  (Dec)

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11-30	The Indictment--United States v. George W. Bush et al
11-30	Controversy Over Pentagon's War-Spending Plan
11-30	Iraq Panel to Recommend Pullback of Combat Troops  -  Bush Promises Speedier Turnover of Security Responsibility to Iraq  - Think We're Leaving Iraq? Not So Fast  -  Be All That You Can Be: Leave the Army
11-30	Torture, the Geneva Conventions and the School of the Americas
11-30	Bill Moyers: Message To West Point
11-30	Class gulf: Two Americas growing
11-30	Snooping: Peace groups watched?
11-30	Great Lakes Treated Like Great Big Sewer - Report
11-30	Farewell to Senator Bill Frist, R-Frist Family
11-29	KILLING HABEAS CORPUS
11-29	Deeper Crisis, Less U.S. Sway in Iraq   -  Bush Advisers Memo Cites Doubts About Iraqi Leader
11-29	EU nations 'knew of CIA prisons'
11-29	Bolivia passes sweeping land law
11-29	Deadly Mexican labor strike highlighted in Greensboro
11-28	Impeachment Hearings for Bush & Co.? How about War Crimes Tribunals?
11-28	Scientists to gauge worth of nature
11-28	Civil War in Iraq Near, Annan Says   -   Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker  -  Hezbollah Said to Help Shiite Army in Iraq  -  Britain May Start Pulling Out of Iraq
11-28	Ecuador votes for break with past
11-28	Justice Dept. to Examine Its Use of NSA Wiretaps
11-28	Eye of the Hurricane: Milton Friedman and the Global South
11-28	Free or Farmed, When Is a Fish Really Organic?
11-28	Documentary Films Rattle Business World
11-28	An Epidemic No One Understands
11-28	Canada backs Quebec's nationhood
11-28	Thousands of Indonesian Mudflow Victims Protest
11-28	From PCs To Ships: UN Meeting Tackles Toxic Waste
11-28	Church on the Edge of Rome Offers a Solution to Smog
11-27	New River Gorges first houses going up
11-27	Chilling Echo for Lebanon, Mirror of Regional Tension
11-27	Somali troops move towards Ethiopia
11-27	Israel Withdraws From Gaza as Truce Begins, Unsteadily  -  Palestinians shot dead in West Bank
11-27	Jordan king warns of civil wars
11-27	Suicide Bomber Kills 15 People in Afghanistan
11-27	"Americans Can't Handle Another Impeachment," is the Republican Propaganda. Don't Be Deceived.
11-26	We're paying high price for secrecy (scroll down; letters to the editor are great tool-, why not use them?) -  If left alone, Bush would have dictatorship
11-26	Rumsfeld okayed abuses says former US army general
11-26	U.S. Finds Iraq Insurgency Has Funds to Sustain Itself
11-26	U.S. Involved in Iraq Longer Than WWII
11-26	El Salvador-style 'death squads' to be deployed by US against Iraq militants
11-26	As Power Shifts in New Congress, Pork May Linger
11-26	Darfur war crimes charges prepared
11-26	Native American fights corporations
11-26	Pinochet accepts 'responsibility'
11-26	Letter to the Judge Who Sentenced My Husband to Federal Prison for Protesting Nuclear Weapons
11-26	Alice Walker: All Praises to the Pause
11-26	Two-Thirds of China Cities Face Water Shortages
11-25	Iraqi coalition on brink of collapse as country descends towards civil war
11-25	Three Options for Iraq, None Perfect  -  Iraq is Broke Beyond Repair
11-25	Cheney Arrives in Saudi Arabia for Talks
11-25	Genetically Engineered Rice Wins USDA Approval; Grain Tainted U.S. Supply This Summer
11-25	Chile's Student Activists: A Course in Democracy
11-25	A Senate Mystery Keeps Torture Alive - and Its Practitioners Free
11-25	Dems Want to See Citizen-Monitoring Database
11-25	Empty oceans
11-25	Dollar Falls Sharply Against Euro and Pound
11-25	Honduras fines U.S. company subsidiary, saying it illegally trained mercenaries to work in Iraq
11-25	At CIA, Robert Gates advocated air strikes against Nicaragua in 1984, documents say
11-25	The Power and the Glory: Myths of American exceptionalism
11-24	Today is Buy Nothing Day
11-24	Appalachian Trail could be 'canary in coal mine' for eastern U.S.
11-24	Sectarian Attack Is Worst in Baghdad Since Invasion
11-24	Tom Hayden: U.S. Retreat from Iraq? The Secret Story
11-24	Drug Industry Is on Defensive as Power Shifts
11-24	Money and Violence Hobble Democracy in Nigeria
11-24	Dollar loses ground against euro
11-24	CSIR aims to prove effectiveness of solar disinfection of water in global project
11-24	On the trail of the Yangtze's lost dolphin
11-24	EU to Debate Approving First "Live" GMO in 8 Years
11-24	Taking Wheat to its Wild Side Boosts Nutrients
11-24	UN Drive for Ban on Ocean Bottom Trawling Fails
11-24	Grassroots Political Action in Bolivia
11-24	Thanks -- no, seriously
11-23	Civilian Death Toll Reaches New High in Iraq, U.N. Says
11-23	Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street
11-23	EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing
11-23	US Could Bomb Iran Nuclear Sites in 2007: Analysts
11-23	Rumsfeld and a Mountain of Misery
11-23	Another world is necessary, urgent and possible
11-23	Chertoff's "Chilling Vision"
11-23	Sarasota's "undervotes" were examined in 5 state races
11-23	Women's World Is Far From Equal
11-23	In War-Torn Sudan, Women Wage Peace
11-22	Threatened trees a big draw for nature lovers
11-22	The Decline of Journalism
11-22	Al-Jazeera in the No-Fluff Zone of Eye-Opening Network News
11-22	EPA, DuPont agree to lower C8 level in drinking water (gee thanks, guys)
11-22	Threatened trees a big draw for nature lovers
11-22	Fluoride in Drinking-water
11-22	GOP Leaving Spending Bills to Democrats
11-22	CIA role claim in Kennedy killing
11-22	Class Struggle
11-22	Military Documents Hold Tips on Antiwar Activities
11-22	Judge Orders FBI to Correct Disclosures re 9 /11 evacuation of bin Laden family
11-22	Havin Cake and Eatin It Too?
11-22	Assassination triggers fresh crisis in Lebanon
11-22	"The President Knows More Than He Lets On"   -  Send in the Subpoenas
11-22	EU Won't Appeal WTO Ruling on GMO Moratorium
11-22	Well, that was a brief bit of civility
11-21	White House Brushes Off CIA Report on Iran
11-21	Iraq Death Toll Hits 1,370 for November
11-21	Reno, former Justice Department officials criticize terror law
11-21	Those Missing Media Voices
11-21	Opportunities Lost: When Bullies Derail Dialogue, We All Lose
11-21	U.S. Considers Raising Troop Levels in Iraq
11-21	War on terror could last 30 years: report
11-21	Evolutionary theorist: humanity may "split in two"
11-21	Who Is Threatening Our Dinner Table?: The Power of Transnational Agribusiness
11-21	Risk Assessment at the Biomonitoring Crossroads -- A Guest Commentary
11-21	Altered Cottonseed Could Feed Millions - Scientists  (Most big cotton farms use huge quantities of pesticide.)
11-20	David M. Fryson: Stop ostracizing voices that don't support status quo
11-20	Public owed billions in bonds
11-20	Rep. Rangel Will Seek to Reinstate Draft
11-20	A terrible legacy of hatred and death; This is the hell we have bequeathed to the Arab peoples of Iraq
11-20	U.S. Lawyers: Libby May Have Disclosed Iraq Secrets
11-20	Bush draws mass protest in Indonesia  - Indonesia braced for Bush protest
11-20	SOA Watch Update  -  Thousands protest at Fort Benning in 17-year campaign
11-20	Pentagon May Suggest Short-Term Buildup Leading to Iraq Exit
11-20	Kissinger: Iraq Military Win Impossible   -  Cycle of Revenge Fuels a Pattern of Iraqi Killings
11-20	Americans To Be Tortured For Refusing To Show ID?
11-20	Democrats Aim to Repeal Tax Breaks for Big Oil
11-20	Hersh: CIA Analysis Finds Iran Not Developing Nuclear Weapons  - Is a damaged Administration less likely to attack Iran, or more?
11-20	Judge won't halt AT&T wiretapping lawsuit
11-20	Gonzales Blasts Surveillance Critics
11-20	Israel orders killing of Hamas politicians
11-20	Bush's Desire for a Conflict With Iran Is A Crisis Made in Israel
11-20	Calif. imposes sweeping limits on ocean fishing
11-19	Environmentalists want PPG to stop emitting mercury (scroll down to 11-17 entry)
11-19	Negative campaign tactics backfired, congressmen say
11-19	Embittered Insiders Turn Against Bush
11-19	America: What to Do Next?
11-19	Suddenly, Obama a presidential contender
11-19	Darfur Rebels Say Army Launches Major Offensive   -   So How Come We Haven't Stopped It?
11-19	Harsh urban battle flares near Baghdad
11-19	More than 50 killed in attacks in Iraq
11-19	Cellphone as Tracker: X Marks Your Doubts  -  GPS Surveillance Creeps into Daily Life
11-19	U.N. Leader Urges Biotech Safeguards
11-19	Sewage sludge plans stirs fears in Maryland
11-19	Kremlin Inc. Widening Control Over Industry
11-19	Japanese housewives' movement cleans up one of nation's previously most-polluted cities
11-19	Mountain Homeowners Fight Mineral Claims
11-19	Black Soot and Asthma
11-19	Fixing Halliburton & Iraq?
11-19	Thousands Protest Cancer-Causing Pollution in Industrial Serbian City
11-18	Doomed: Fishless oceans  -  Humanity's Ecological Fishprint Unsustainable
11-18	US Support for Bush's Iraq Policy Hits New Low
11-18	Military Needs $127 Billion to Fund Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
11-18	About 3,000 Protest Outside G20 Meeting
11-18	End Electronic Voting Machines
11-18	Why I'm Not Celebrating Yet
11-18	Prison for Anti-Nuke Clowns, US WMDs Protected
11-18	AP Gets Shocking New Report on Gitmo  -  Pentagon wants to build mini-city for terror trials
11-18	Young Borrowers Face A Life of Debt
11-18	GPS Surveillance Creeps into Daily Life
11-17	C8 science panel wants its own study on DuPont workers
11-17	America Faces a Future of Managing Imperial Decline
11-17	Myanmar Is Left in Dark, an Energy-Rich Orphan
11-17	Sudan Says It Will Accept U.N.-African Peace Force in Darfur
11-17	Misery Spirals in Burma As Junta Targets Minorities
11-17	Violence in Iraq at almost satanic levels, says CIA director
11-17	US plans last big push in Iraq
11-17	The Same Old George
11-17	Swimming With Wolfowitz
11-17	The Media's Crush on Karl Rove Isn't Over
11-16	The Carlyle White House
11-16	CIA Acknowledges Two Interrogation Memos: Papers Called Too Sensitive for Release
11-16	Don't Look for Much From the "Bipartisan" Iraq Study Group
11-16	Sympathetic Labour Pains: Tony Blair's Post-Election Panic Attack
11-16	Sectarian Strife in Iraq Imperils Entire Region, Analysts Warn
11-16	Scientists ponder 'the Lilliput effect'
11-16	Conflict in the Middle East is Mission Implausible
11-16	In Senate Shift, Big Comeback for Trent Lott
11-16	Four U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
11-16	How Rush Limbaugh got his comeuppance
11-15	Cold War Nuclear Plant Created Secret Dump, Set Own Rules (Young is an OVEC member)
11-15	Fixing The 2008 Election
11-15	Abramoff Is to Begin Sentence Today
11-15	Arab Gunmen Kill Hundreds of Villagers in Chad
11-15	What Did the Voters Say?
11-15	U.S. becoming a toxic dumping ground?
11-15	Pol vows to ban LNG tankers in the harbor: Fears deadly disaster
11-15	Congo faces danger of new civil war as opposition rejects election result
11-14	Judge urges cooperation on C8 study   -   Panel tries to determine if link exists between C8, ailments
11-14	House passes food tax cut, after compromise   -  3 bills clear special session
11-14	Administration: Detainees Have No Rights
11-14	20 Iraqis killed; 150 abducted in Baghdad
11-14	Pakistan Link Seen in Afghan Suicide Attacks  -  Insurgent Activity Soaring in "Forgotten War" in Afghanistan
11-14	Cyber sickness
11-14	Rumsfeld sued by German group for war crimes
11-14	Many Nations Forests Regrow, Study Finds
11-14	Bush Faces New Calls to Shift Policies On Mideast
11-14	Breast Cancer Risk Linked To Red Meat, Study Finds
11-14	Evangelical Group's Motto: Breed to Succeed
11-14	Blair's plea to US on Middle East
11-13	Food tax cut stalls in House
11-13	Violence in Iraq claims at least 159  -   Blasts Kill Dozens of Iraqi Police Recruits
11-13	Departing Rumsfeld stands firm  -  Democrats Push for Troop Cuts Within Months
11-13	Fresh Off the Farm in Montana, a Senator-to-Be
11-13	The Women of Kabul
11-13	Bush signed away centuries-old rights (LTEs are great tools--use them! Taylor is an OVEC board member.)
11-13	Impeaching Bush to Preserve the Constitution
11-13	China's environment degraded to dangerous point: official
11-12	Elliot Cohen: Would A Dictator Graciously Relinquish Power?
11-12	The new majority is expected to hold hearings on military spending and the Iraq war -- just for starters.
11-12	US vetoes 'biased' UN resolution attacking Israel's Gaza bloodbath
11-12	After billions of dollars in waste, Iraqis say: "what reconstruction?"
11-12	When is a Crime so Great it Shouldnt be Acknowledged?  -  White House in for a hefty dose of oversight
11-12	A lawsuit in Germany will seek a criminal prosecution of the outgoing Defense Secretary and other U.S. officials for their alleged role in abuses at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo
11-11	Democrats, Engaging Bush, Vow Early Action on Iraq  -  White House in for a hefty dose of oversight  -  Democrats may use probes to force policy shifts  -  The new majority is expected to hold hearings on military spending and the Iraq war -- just for starters.
11-11	A Staggering New Bill For Iraq?
11-11	MI5 chief says Iraq war is driving British Muslims into terrorism
11-11	A lawsuit in Germany will seek a criminal prosecution of the outgoing Defense Secretary and other U.S. officials for their alleged role in abuses at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo
11-11	Rumsfeld: War-pusher gone
11-10	Pombo Foe Says Bush Visit Clinched His Win
11-10	A Deep, Deep Breath
11-10	Guardian America: Thank You, America
11-10	Rumsfeld Replacement (Robert Gates) Was Director Of Voting Company
11-10	The Cheney-Gates Cabal  -   The Secret World of Robert Gates  -  Bush to Ask Lame Duck Congress to Confirm Gates
11-10	Environmentalist campaign ousts House Resources chairman in Calif
11-10	Progressive Caucus Rising: This election was no victory for centrists
11-10	Concession in Virginia Race Tips Balance  -  Allen Concedes Election, Democrats Win Control of Congress
11-10	BP plant explosion suit settled for $32 million
11-10	The Real Meaning of the Democratic Sweep
11-10	The Way Out of War: A Blueprint for Leaving Iraq Now
11-10	Democrats to Usher in Change in Judicial Nominations, Investigations
11-10	Agent Orange Exposure Tied to Ills in Vietnam Vets
11-10	Murtha Can Lead an Iraq Withdrawal
11-10	Deforestation exacerbates droughts, floods
11-10	Saddam: Let's now charge the accomplices
11-9	Rumsfeld Resigns; Bush Vows to Find Common Ground; Focus Is on Virginia
11-9	Democrats Take Control of the Senate   -  Rebuke: Backlash against GOP
11-9	Va. election affects W.Va.; Webb win would mean chairmanships for Byrd, Jay  -
11-9	Manchin pressing ahead with tax session
11-9	Nancy Pelosi Is Ready to Be Voice of the Majority
11-9	Robert Gates, a Cautious Player From a Past Bush Team
11-9	Democrat challenger takes Montana
11-9	Garrison Keillor: A Hint of Possibility in the Air
11-9	Activists Decry Destruction in Amazon
11-9	Bradfords complete month of eating locally
11-8	Democrats Seize Control of House; Senate Hangs on Virginia and Montana  -  Democrats Take House
11-8	A Loud Message for Bush  -   A Voter Rebuke For Bush, the War And the Right  -  The Impetus for Changes: Voters Display Frustrations and Dissatisfactions   -  Senate in balance as Bush battered
11-8	Byrd beats Raese in history-making night
11-8	Corruption named as key issue by voters in exit polls
11-8	Profiteers: Billion from Iraq
11-8	US to Send Poll Watchers to 69 Jurisdictions
11-8	Virginia: FBI Looks Into Voter Intimidation  -  Election Fixing Charges Fly in Utah County  -  Poll Workers Struggle With Vote Machines
11-8	Limiting the Damage  -  Iraq: Front and Center
11-8	New Rules, Machines Frazzle Poll Workers
11-8	Armagideon Time: Bush's Nuclear Folly and the National Security Lie
11-8	White House irked after GOP candidate snubs Bush
11-8	Recent stellar blast would have wiped out life on Earth
11-8	14 Dead, 16 Hurt in Iraq Mortar Attack
11-8	Elections Over. Now to Tackle the Realities.
11-8	U.S. Considers Bird-Friendly Communications Towers
11-8	Hello, Speaker Pelosi! Dem House Majority Could Be 30-plus
11-8	Campaign '06: Goodbye and Good Riddance
11-8	Bird death disaster could spread
11-7	Bush and the Environment
11-7	Cost of Taking Fuel to Iraq Is Questioned in New Audit
11-7	Clinton Is Midterm Campaigns Biggest Spender, Records Show, at $29.5 Million and Counting
11-7	Repeat Calls Spur a Debate Over Tactics
11-7	Angry Campaigns End on an Angrier Note   -   'The worst Republican period since Watergate'
11-7	President Who Sees in Absolutes Awaits Voters' Definitive Answer
11-7	Saddam's Unindicted Co-Conspirator: Donald Rumsfeld
11-7	Ortega back in power, early poll results show  -  Ortega leads Nicaragua poll race  -  Ortega race brings back the past
11-7	Forest protection could earn tens of millions for Ghana  -  Stopping deforestation could net Burma $1 billion
11-7	Anti-Fast Food Fair Spreads Epicurean Revolt
11-6	Iraq War Will Cost More Than $2 Trillion
11-6	Bush Cites Oil As Reason to Stay in Iraq
11-6	Saddam Verdict Date "Rigged" for Bush  -  Bush Trumpets Iraq Verdict to Rally Support
11-6	The Difference Two Years Made
11-6	New Telemarketing Ploy Steers Voters on Republican Path
11-6	Voters Could Toss Out Gingrich Disciples
11-6	Israel Mounts Intense Air Strikes in Gaza
11-6	Apocalypse No! Christian Fascism And The Nazi Legacy
11-6	Bush and Cheney and Their Disdain for Democracy
11-6	Plastic Trash Vortex Menaces Pacific Sealife
11-5	G.O.P. Glum as It Struggles to Hold Congress  -  Democrats, on the Offensive, Could Gain Both Houses
11-5	Resigned preacher has close White House ties
11-5	Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death (Where's Osama?)  (Now  on to justice for other heads of states who have committed or are committing crimes against humanity...)
11-5	Oil, Cash and Corruption
11-5	Chavez Threatens to Halt Oil to U.S.
11-5	U.S. Pesticide Stockpile Under Scrutiny at World Ozone Meeting in India
11-5	Possible Iraq Deployments Would Stretch Reserve Force
11-4	British Believe Bush Is More Dangerous Than Kim Jong-il
11-4	Congressman in Lobbyist Scandal Resigns
11-4	Anxious GOP Focuses on Not Losing Senate: Tight Races in Va., Mo. and Tenn. Seen as Crucial; House Outlook Remains Grim
11-4	Punished for Being Female
11-4	U.S. Seeks Silence on CIA Prisons
11-4	As Vote Nears, Parties Prepare for Legal Fights
11-4	Oaxaca Governor Pledges Not to Quit
11-4	Haggard Case Fuels Debate Over Hypocrisy  -  Top Evangelical Resigns, Denies Gay Tryst
11-4	You're Kidding Me, Right?
11-4	Rumsfeld's Lethal Denial  -  Papers sold to military: Rumsfeld must go
11-4	PAN, parks group seek appeal dismissal
11-4	Rush for Wealth in Chinas Cities Shatters the Ancient Assurance of Care in Old Age
11-4	Air Americas ABC Blacklist: The Real Story
11-3	Study Sees Global Collapse of Fish Species
11-3	Democrats Predict Voter ID Problems
11-3	Hemlock-killing bug will cost Kentucky millions
11-3	State Department screened speakers for possible dissent
11-3	Eternal Vigilance: The Fight to Save Our Election System
11-3	Rights Groups: Jumble of State Laws Could Disenfranchise Voters
11-3	Scuffle at Allen Event Under Investigation
11-2	Callaghan joins elite Democratic list
11-2	Party lines: Optical-scan ballot layout unfair to Democrats
11-2	Woman succumbs to injuries from Route 80 rockslide  -  Fatal rock slide prompts safety concerns
11-2	With Iraq Driving Election, Voters Want New Approach
11-2	The Great Divider
11-2	Scandals Alone Could Cost Republicans Their House Majority
11-2	Bush Works to Solidify Base With a Defense of Rumsfeld
11-2	Bill Moyers: America 101
11-2	Blair's Syrian peace initiative fails to impress
11-2	Missiles fired in Iran exercise  -  Iran's gulf of misunderstanding with US
11-1	Very narrow agenda: Parental notification law is working
11-1	Large developments prompt call for zoning review
11-1	Tax plan would help seniors, families   -   GOP blasts Manchin tactics
11-1	Iraqi Demands Pullback; U.S. Lifts Baghdad Cordon
11-1	Chocolate's Horror Show
11-1	Teens Call Hyper-Sexualized Media Images "Normal"
11-1	Italian Arms Contractor and a GOP Congressman Share Close Ties
11-1	Blood in the Gutters
11-1	Protesters regroup after march in Oaxaca
11-1	After the Storm, Students Left Alone and Angry