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April 1, 2008
Embarrassed U.S. Starts to Disown Basra Operation
Gareth Porter
IPS

GAO Blasts Weapons Budget
Dana Hedgpeth
The Washington Post

Iranian who brokered Iraqi peace is on U.S. terrorist watch list
Warren P. Strobel and Leila Fadel
McClatchy Newspapers

Hayden Dismisses Waterboarding As ‘Uninteresting For The CIA,’ Calls Torture ‘A Legal Term’
Think Progress

Military charges accused embassy bomber despite civilian indictment
Carol Rosenberg
McClatchy Newspapers

Intelligence Director McConnell is cast as a lobbyist

Greg Miller
Los Angeles Times

USA 2008: The Great Depression
David Usborne
The Independent

Wal-Mart Cancels or Delays 45 Superstore Projects
Sprawl Busters

Hoyer: The Administration Wants to Talk
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker

Noise pollution makes city songbirds change their tune

Ed Young
GreenChange

Passing the Torch

Stephen J. Pyne
The American Scholar


April 2, 2008
The Green Light
Phillippe Sands
Vanity Fair

John Yoo's Memo
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker


ACLU: Military Skirting Law to Spy
Larry Neumeister
ABC News

Key Pakistani official says U.S. must end attacks on militants
Saeed Shah
McClatchy Newspapers

Rules to Be Waived for Border Fence
Eileen Sullivan
AP

Global Warming Hearing on Oil Profits and Subsidies

The Gavel

Zimbabwe Opposition Declares Victory
Angus Shaw
My Way

China claims Dalai Lama ready to foment violence and mount suicide attacks
Jonathan Watts Wuhan
The Guardian

Business Donors Bypass McCain
Brody Mullins
The Wall Street Journal

A Submarine to Fight al-Qaida’s Navy
Robert Scheer
TruthDig


April 3, 2008
Iraq's Sadr calls million-strong march against U.S
Peter Graff and Ahmed Rasheed
Reuters

Iran torpedoes US plans for Iraqi oil
M K Bhadrakumar
Asia Times

Cheney Opposed Chemical Weapons Convention
Noah Shachtman
Wired

Yoo: Warrant Schmarrant
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker

The Gaza Bombshell
David Rose
Vanity Fair

Bush Wins NATO Nod on Missile Defense
Matthew Lee
AP

Smoking, Cancer May Be Linked By Genetics

Med Headlines

Mexico is on the road to surpassing the U.S. — as world's fattest country
Franco Ordonez
McClatchy Newspapers


April 4-6, 2008
Why we can't see the NIE
Siobhan Gorman
The Wall Street Journal

Jobs Slashed, Pointing to Recession
Jeannine Aversa
AP

Bush Bungles in Basra and BucharestThe president's latest gaffes.
Fred Kaplan
Slate

KBR implicated in another rape in Iraq
Facing South

Conyers Questions Mukasey on FISA Claim
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker

Zimbabwe officials crack down on MDC and journalists
Los Angeles Times

U.S. Funded Health Search Engine Blocks 'Abortion'
Sarah Lai Stirland
Wired

The great carbon con: Can offsetting really help to save the planet?
Sophie Morris
The Independent

Pilotless Drones to Battle Pot Growers
Matthew Brown
My Way


April 7, 2007
Climate target is not radical enough - study
Ed Pilkington
The Guardian


WHO Warns of Climate Change’s Health Effects
redOrbit

Fierce clashes in Baghdad’s Sadr City
Arab Times

Iraq's Sadr to disband Mehdi Army if clerics order
Khaled Farhan
Reuters

Libertarian Bob Barr Jumps Into Presidential Race
Daniel Nichanian
The Huffington Post

Tet Happened, and No One Cared
Frank Rich
The New York Times

Penn's Last Mistake
Christopher Beam
Slate

GOP strategist: Condi Rice 'actively campaigning' to be VP
David Edwards and Chris Tackett
The Raw Story

Where's the justice in this department?
Robyn E. Blumner
St. Petersburg Times

Olympic Torch Relay Descends Into Chaos
Jerome Pugmire and Elaine Ganley
My Way

Housing Crisis Hits Its Own
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
The Washington Post


April 8, 2007
Remember: They Are Liars
William Rivers Pitt
Truthout


Petraeus Calls for Troop Withdrawal Halt
Anne Flaherty
My Way
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Heavy Troop Deployments Are Called Major Risk
Ann Scott Tyson
The Washington Post

Secret US plan for military future in Iraq
Seumas Milne
The Guardian

Truckers Protest, the Resistance Begins
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara’s Blog

AdBuster's Ads Busted
James H. Ewert, Jr.
In These Times

Tibet and Palestine
Uri Avnery
CounterPunch

Bush biographers mixed on script for Oliver Stone's 'W'
Stephen Galloway and Matthew Belloni
The Hollywood Reporter


April 9, 2007
Everything His President
Wants to Hear
Robert Scheer
TruthDig

U.S. Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars

Abid Aslam
IPS

U.S. at turning point on Iraq strategy
Carolyn Lochhead
San Francisco Chronicle

US Water Pipelines Are Breaking
Colleen Long
AP

A 'surge' of smooching diplomacy?

Carrie Sheffield
The Washington Times

Lee Hamilton denies Michael Mukasey's claim about 9/11
Glenn Greenwald
Salon

World: Governments Take Action To Curb Rising Food Prices, But At What Cost?

Kathleen Moore
Radio Free Europe

Is Hugo Chavez Friends with FARC?
Jens Glüsing
Spiegel


April 10, 2007
Rice And Cheney Approved Torture In Detail
Andrew Sullivan
The Atlantic

Maliki Disagrees With Petraeus’s ‘Pause,’ Says ‘U.S. Troops Should Be Pulled Out’
Think Progress

Ron Paul's Questions for David Petraeus
Video Clip of the Day

Guantanamo defendant calls trial a 'sham'
Carol J. Williams
Los Angeles Times

Powell: Troops in Iraq Must Be Reduced

My Way

Climate Change Brings Health Risks
H. Josef Hebert
AP

Army under stress from long wars
Pauline Jelinek
AP

Brain-Dead Trade Debate
Robert Borosage
Campaign for America’s Future

Trapped on Technology's Trailing Edge
Peter Sandborn
IEEE Spectrum

The dubious politics behind the Beijing Olympics protests
David Walsh
WSWS

Powell Praises Obama, Fears Afghanistan Growing 'More Difficult' Than Iraq
Ed O’Keefe
ABC News

Biofuel brews up higher German beer prices
MSNBC

The Changing Bookstore Battle
Michael S. Rosenwald
The Washington Post

Simpsons ditched by Venezuelan TV
BBC News

  April 11-13, 2008
Bush's Dou
ble Talk on Iraq
Fred Kaplan
Slate

An Argument For ‘Going Into Iran
Think Progress

House Dems file contempt motion in court
Susan Crabtree
The Hill

Gunmen Kill Aide to Shiite Cleric in Iraq
Stephen Farrell
The New York Times

NATO Cancels Local Afghan Police Program Amid Sedition Fears

World Politics Review

Cheney, Others OK'd Harsh Interrogations
Lara Jakes Jordan and Pamela Hess
AP

Lengthy Pentagon review delays report on terrorism interrogations
Marisa Taylor
McClatchy Newspapers

Cops and Former Secret Service Agents Ran Black Ops on Green Groups
James Ridgeway
Mother Jones

Nominee To Be EPA’s Top Lawyer Embraces ‘Unitary Executive’ Doctrine
The Wonk Room

The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Amy Goodman/ Raj Patel
Democracy Now!

House Votes to Put Off Trade Deal Bush Sought
Carl Hulse
The New York Times

The former PM's legacy of illegal actions
Nigel Morris and Ben Russell
The Independent

OAS chief to US Congress: no Venezuela-terrorist link

AFP

Starving Haitians riot as food prices soar
Leonard Doyle
The Independent

Are You Unhappy? Is It Because of Consumer Addiction?
Charles Shaw
AlterNet

Senator Straight Talk Won't Go on the Record with Project Vote Smart

Jonathan Stein
MotherJones

McCain's lack of candor on reproductive rights
Joe Conason
Salon

Barack Obama may lose support in Philadelphia over 'street money'

Peter Nicholas
Los Angeles Times

April 14, 2008
Bush: Yeah, We Signed Off on Torture. So What?
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker

The Torture Conspiracy: Will They Get Away With It?
buhdydharma
Docudharma

Berkeley Law Dean: Yoo Was Not The Decider
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker

Iraq security forces fire 1,300 deserters

Tina Susman
Los Angeles Times

Perino: Iraq Agreement ‘Not Subject’ To Congressional ‘Yes-Or-No’, Regardless Of What ‘Other Countries’ Do
Think Progress

Afghan Detainees Sent Home to Face Closed-Door Trials
Candace Rondeaux, Josh White and Julie Tate
The Washington Post

Refugees fight forced return to Iraq war zones
Jamie Doward
The Observer

The Iraq wars
Juan Cole
The Boston Globe

United States blamed for assassination of Sadr aide
Qassim Zein and Hannah Allam
McClatchy Newspapers

Polygamist sect gets millions from U.S. government

Jack Douglas Jr.
McClatchy Newspapers

Team-Building or Torture? Court Will Decide
Karl Vick
The Washington Post

Zimbabwe poll petition rejected

BBC News

Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe
Mark Landler
The New York Times

In Searching for New Job, Gonzales Sees No Takers
Neil A. Lewis
The New York Times

Does the Former Holy Inquisitor Refuse to Eat with Torturers?
Emptywheel


April 15, 2007
Iraq qualifies 35 companies for oil deals
UPI

Oil settles above $113 - a new record
Kenneth Musante
CNN


Obama would ask his AG to review potential Bush crimes
Will Bunch
The Philadelphia Daily News

Foreclosures jump 57% in March
Ben Rooney
CNN

US and Iran holding 'secret' talks on nuclear programme
Anne Penketh
The Independent

Iran says U.S. aids rebels at its borders
Borzou Daragahi
Los Angeles Times

Iraqi Militias Offering Aid To Displaced
Walter Pincus
The Washington Post

FBI Caused Delay in Terror Case Ahead of Senate Testimony
Ryan Singel
Wired

Dems charge Bush broke law bypassing DoJ confirmation
Manu Raju
The Hill

Elections in America: Millionaires Accusing Each Other of Elitism

Brad Reed
AlterNet

McCain More Conservative Than His Image

Libby Quaid
The Huffington Post

Credit crunch? The real crisis is global hunger. And if you care, eat less meat
George Monbiot
The Guardian


April 16, 2007
Iraqi Unit Flees Post, Despite American’s Plea
Michael R. Gordon
The New York Times

Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Is
rael
Haaretz

Voting safeguards measure sponsored by Holt fails in House
Andela Delli Santi
Newsday

Here Comes the Next Mortgage Crisis
Mark Gimein
Slate

The Pope and the President
John Nichols
The Nation

The Man Who Would Be Bush
Robert Scheer
TruthDig

Murtha says McCain too old to be president
Nedra Pickler
AP

How Blue Is Your Collar?
Paul Waldman
The American Prospect

The Stimulus that Can't Stimulate
Elizabeth Warren
Credit Slips

Belts tightened, seats upright, eyes wide open
Pioneer Press

Natural Disasters
Darshak Sanghavi
Slate


April 17, 2007
Pentagon records detail prisoner abuse by US military
Lara Jakes Jordan
The Huffingto
n Post

Some US states to resume executions after high court lethal injection ruling
Patrick Porter
Jurist

The Capital Gang
Dahlia Lithwick
Slate

High Court Justice Wants End to Executions
Ariane de Vogue
ABC News

Pope Benedict XVI on the Iraq War
Justin Raimondo
AntiWar Blog

The Price of the Surge
Steven Simon
Foreign Affairs

GAO: U.S. lacks terror plan for Pakistan
USA Today

Obama criticizes ex-President Carter's Hamas meeting
Ellen Wulfhorst
Reuters

Earmarks for Israel
Ben Smith
Politico

An open letter to Charlie Gibson and George Stephanapoulos
Will Bunch
Philadelphia Daily News

The Weather Underground 'Theme'

Robert Parry
Consortium News

English is dead
Annalee Newitz
San Francisco Bay Guardian


April 18-20, 2007
Who's the Moral Relativist?
Dan Froomkin
The Washington Post

Since 2001, a Dramatic Increase in Suicide
Bombings
Robin Wright
The Washington Post

Pentagon institute calls Iraq war 'a major debacle' with outcome 'in doubt'
Jonathan S. Landay and John Walcott
McClatchy Newspapers

One In Five Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Suffer from PTSD or Major Depression
Rand Corporation

Total Failure In The "War On Terror" - Al Qaeda regrouped in FATA region
dday
Daily Kos

The [Annotated] Climate Speech
Andrew C. Revkin
The New York Times

Comcast: Worst. Company. Ever.

Craig Aaron
In These Times

Fernando Lugo: the turbulent priest challenging a dynasty
Tom Hennigan
Times

Frank Introduces Legislation to Remove Federal Penalties on Personal Marijuana Use
Press Release

Concentration Camp Hit by Scrap Metal Thieves
Spiegel

Nash McCabe: The rest of the story
Will Bunch
The Philadelphia Daily News

Bill Ayers Has a Blog — and Regrets
Garance Franke-Ruta
The Washington Post


April 21, 2008
Behind Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
David Barstow
The New York Times

US News Media's Latest Disgrace
Robert Parry
Consortium News

Clashes Intensify Between Shiite Militia, U.S. Forces
Ernesto Londoño
The Washington Post

Condi's Diplomatic Skills
Cernig
Newshoogers

U.S. to Expand Collection Of Crime Suspects' DNA

Ellen Nakashima and Spencer Hsu
The Washington Post

U.S. economic slowdown likely to bring Mexican workers north
Franco Ordonez
McClatchy Newspapers

Torture victim's records lost at Guantánamo, admits camp general
Elana Schor
The Guardian

Zimbabwe opposition pleads for international intervention
Angus Shaw
The Independent

After six decades, Paraguay's ruling party loses presidency
Jack Chang
McClatchy Newspapers

Hamas: No plan to recognize Israel
CNN

McCain eases proposal for alternative to U.N.
Paul Richter
Los Angeles Times

The left has lost its nerve and its direction
Chris Hedges
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Clinton leads among gun owners, bowlers in Pa.
Steven Thomma
McClatchy Newspapers

 

April 22, 2008
Gasoline usage heads down
Steve Everly
KansasCity.com

Gates Assails Pentagon on Resources
for Battlefields
Josh White and William Branigin
The Washington Post

Army, Marines allow more convicts to enlist
Yahoo! News

Clinton on an Iran attack: ‘obliterate them’
Jake Tapper
War in Context

Murdoch to buy New York rival
Business Day

Rupert Murdoch Firm Goes on Trial for Alleged Tech Sabotage
Kim Zetter
Wired

Obama's Touch of Class
Thomas Frank
The Wall Street Journal

U.S. to Insist That Travel Industry Get Fingerprints
Spencer S. Hsu and Del Quentin Wilber
The Washington Post

In Mississippi, Work Is Now a Felony for Undocumented Immigrants
David Bacon
TruthOut

Government indicts Byron munitions company
Amy Leigh Womack
Macon.com

Fire From the Dragon: Green Entrepreneur Harnesses Truck Energy
Ketaki Gokhale
New America Media

Radical Chic Resurgent
Timothy Noah
Slate

Small Church's Obama Sign Causes Big Controversy
WYFF

Let's dump "Earth Day"

Joseph Romm
Salon


April 23, 2007
The Low Road to Victory
The New York Times

Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations
Adam Liptak
The New York Times

Ex-EPA Chief Is Ruled Not Liable for 9/11 Safety Claims
Robin Shulman
The Washington Post

Former Justice official pleads guilty in Abramoff probe
Erica Werner
The Seattle Times

Report: Bush SCHIP Rules Illegal
Mike Lillis
The Washington Independent

Shot by Both Sides
Fred Kaplan
Slate

VA Hid Suicide Risk, Internal E-Mails Show
CBS News

The Two Gilded Ages
Steve Fraser
TomDispatch

The GOP's bait-and-switch tax strategy
Bruce Bartlett
Los Angeles Times

Hard Knox: Ashcroft probed on waterboarding
Eyeteeth

Crazy English
Evan Osnos
The New Yorker

Charlie Rose by Samuell Beckett
Andrew Filippone Jr.
Video Clip of the Day


April 24, 2007
Petraeus Promotion Frees Cheney to Threaten Iran
Gareth Porter
IPS


Involuntary drugging of US detainees, a crisis for the health professions
Psyche, Science, and Society

U.S. angry as Pakistan seeks peace deal with Islamists
Saeed Shah
McClatchy Newspapers

N. Koreans Taped At Syrian Reactor
Robin Wright
The Washington Post

Fuel shortage forces UN to halt food handouts in Gaza

Rory McCarthy
The Guardian

Bush fuel economy rules swipe at California

Zachary Coile
San Franciso Chronicle

CIA admits they will continue rendition program, which allows torture overseas
John Byrne
The Raw Story

A 7,600-word disappearing act
Barry Sussman
Nieman Watchdog

Could blood transfusions cause harm?

Claire Bowles
EurekAlert

$20M 'fence' scrapped for not catching enough illegals
CNN

'Disneyland' comes to Baghdad with multi-million pound entertainment park

Sonia Verma
Times


April 25-27, 2007
Sunni bloc to return to Iraq government
Alexandra Zavis
Los Angeles Times

Pelosi plots three-step Iraq dance

Martin Kady II
Politico

Syria Reactor Story a Diversion
Juan Cole
Informed Comment

Israel rejects Gaza ceasefire
Allegra Stratton
The Guardian

Crude Up on Report of Shots in Persian Gulf
Smart Money

GOP wants to tack FISA bill onto war supplemental

Klaus Marre
The Hill

Farm Income Up, but Subsidies Stay
David M. Herzenhorn
The New York Times

Forces paid for friendly fire deaths, files show
Omar el Akkad
Globe and Mail

In Shift, China Offers to Meet With Dalai Lama Envoys

Jim Yardley
The New York Times


Iraq War Is Everyone Else's Fault, Feith Explains
Dana Milbank
The Washington Post

Fourth Fleet to sail again in Latin America
Carol Rosenberg
The Miami Herald

Blackwater revives mission
Anne Krueger
San Diego Union Tribune

Judge clears New York detectives of bridegroom's killing
Suzanne Goldenberg
The Guardian

Drop Out, Obama
Chris Wilson
Slate

Getting High Before a Firefight? Bad Idea, Dude
Noah Shachtman
Wired


April 28, 2007
Iraqi political leaders protest U.S. siege of Sadr City
Hussein Kadhim and Raviya H. Ismail
McClatchy Newspapers

Investigators: Millions in Iraq contracts never finished
Hope Yen
AP

U.S. military steps up criticism of Iran
Julian E. Barnes
Los Angeles Times

Letters Give C.I.A. Tactics a Legal Rationale
Mark Mazzetti
The New York Times

UN targets US over delay in Syrian nuclear evidence

Anne Penketh
The Independent

Afghan president survives assassination bid
MSNBC

Recruiting the undocumented for the military is proposed
Jose Cardenas
St. Petersburg Times

Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana
Mark Sherman
TPM Muckracker

Scalia Defends Torture
Think Porgress

Dean says either Clinton or Obama must drop out in June
AP

Hope for Corporate America
Chris Hedges
TruthDig

Iraqi museum celebrates return of stolen artifacts
Shashank Bengali
McClatchy Newspapers

Work is Criminal for Mississippi Undocumented
David Bacon
New America Media

Democrats Registering In Record Numbers
Eli Saslow
The Washington Post


April 29, 2007
Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president
Elana Schor
The Guardian

From Chief Prosecutor To
Critic at Guantanamo
Josh White
The Washington Post

Conyers threatens to subpoena Ashcroft, Addington and Yoo
Patrick O’Connor
Politcio

The Most Powerful Man in Iraq...is Iranian?

Joe Klei
Time

Did The US Photoshop Syrian Nuke Photos?
Los Angeles Times

Stratospheric Injections To Counter Global Warming Could Damage Ozone Layer
Science Daily

Cuba walks tightrope of reforms
Carol J. Williams
Los Angeles Times

Why You Make the Same Mistake Twice

Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience

San Diego GOP chairman co-founded international piracy ring
Miriam Raftery
The Raw Story


April 30, 2007
Iraq Oil Revenue May Top Outlook
Yochi J Dreazen
and Chip Cummins
The Wall Street Journal

Bush rhetoric on energy strays from the facts

Josef Hebert
My Way

KBR Employees Stole Money, Artwork and Gold from Iraq
The Houston Chronicle

Have You Left No Sense Of Decency?

Bob Cesca
The Huffington Post

Garbage Island — The North Pacific Gyre
VBS.TV
Video Clip of the Day

Barbaric 'honour killings' become the weapon to subjugate women in Iraq
Terri Judd
The Independent

Lurita Doan finally forced out at GSA
Politico

Fish goes without sex for 100,000 years
Lauren Monaghan
Cosmos

NYC Marijuana Possession Arrests Skyrocket
NYCLU

Strong euro behind cocaine flows
BBC

Toyota: Mean and Not So Green?

Center for Media and Democracy

Longshoremen to close ports on West Coast to protest war
Jack Heyman
San Francisco Chronicle

Exactly Wright for Obama
Terence Samuel
The Root

Vuitton bullies artist over Darfur image
Eyeteeth

 
 
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