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July 11, 2008

Animals and Animal Rights

• Judge who sentenced animal rights activist was fan of blood sports

• Animal rights group wants investigation of dolphin death in Las Vegas

• Overstock.com Goes Fur Free

• In Disaster-Torn States, Small Animals Miss the Radar

• HSUS Applauds Congress for Protecting Sharks from Finning

• Plans to protest the sale of puppy-mill puppies

• Vick's fighting pit bulls learning new tricks

• PETA Says Summit's 18-Course Meat-Based Meal Is Disgraceful

• Circus organizers defend Walker Brothers visits to Cape Ann

• Hot Animals Need a Cool Place to Stay

• Animals of all kinds sheltered from fire

• Children invited to help rescued animals

• Big Oil Harassing Polar Bears: The Fight Continues

• Bush Plan Abandons Suffering Polar Bears to Global Warming

• Alaskan Fish And Wildlife Regulations Challenged

• Warren goes out on a limb for Osprey

• Birds Struggle to Tweet Over Traffic Din

• Die-Off Of Bats Still Mystifies Experts

• Bush Proposal Allows Industrial Fish Farming Off Coasts

• Trawlermen cling on as oceans empty of fish - and the ecosystem is gasping

Child Labor and Abuse

• Child porn sale, circulation soars: study

• Govt aims to free 22000 children from forced labor

• Best practice for chocolate industry urgent, voices child labour ...

• Actor Jason Beghe Weighs In On Scientology Child Labor Abuse Scandal

• Child abuse tips gain priority

• Cole: Poor hygiene could point to child abuse

• Foster Child Denied Organ Transplant By Hospital

• Khartoum, Darfur rebels use child soldiers-UN rights

• Tribal sheikhs in Hajja vow to reduce child trafficking

Coral Reefs and Oceans

• Reefs in severe decline

• Coral reef deaths bring bleak outlook

• Coral reefs survive tsunami, endangered by pollution

• Oceans Flounder In Face of Heavy Carbon Emissions

• Woman fights for oceans’ health by paddling her message 500 miles ...

• New Study Warns Warmer, More Acidic Oceans Will Kill Coral Reefs

• Oceans hold vast potential for wind power

• Coral decline to hit rich and poor

• A quarter of the world's corals face extinction

• Climate change hurts coral sex life

• Reef Corals Face Extinction Due to Global Warming, Over-Fishing

• 'Alarming' plight of coral reefs

Corporate News

• Listed private equity stocks hold firm but "pain" expected

• Chevy Chase to Close Giant Store Branches

• Oil man tells US energy 'horror story'

• Environmentalists Ask Exxon to Change Sakhalin-1 Pipeline Route

• Dow Deals, Wal-Mart Sells, GE Spins, Stocks Rise

• Wal-Mart up after raising profit outlook

• Dow Chemical plunges into a pricey takeover

• Dow Chemical in Bhopal

Crime

• America's Most Stolen Vehicles

• Corporate Crime Probes To Get New Guidelines

• Chinese concerned about crime in SA

• Cities and Crime

• Driving up crime rate

• Feds laud teamwork in fighting border crime

• New York AG Announces Agreements, Two Internet Service Providers Agree To Combat Child Porn

• UN says it will investigate Bhutto killing

• U.S. clamps down on illegal Chinese clothing trade

Deforestation and Desertification

• Contemporary Brazilian Government Efforts to Address the Amazon ...

• 1/40th of world's rainforests cleared in 2000-2005

• Biofuels and the Global Food Crisis - Who Is to Blame?

• Land degradation is becoming worse in severity and extent in ...

Economy

• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Shares Tumble

• The bad news economy

• US Economy to Stall as `Perfect Storm Returns' (Update1)

• Gramm Stands by Recession Comments

• Raise rates as quickly as possible: Fed's Hoenig

• Small business senses recession

• US heading to recession, Europe faring better

• Third of SMEs Say We Are in Recession State of Economy is a Major ...

• Irish bookies are taking bets on a British recession

• U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Drop By 58,000 At 346,000

• Officials Rush to Reassure Markets About Loan Agencies

• Grocery Items: Same Price, Smaller Size

• Entrepreneurs lug cheap Mexican fuel across border

• Cutting Out the Middlemen, Shoppers Buy Slices of Farms

• Family food shopping bill goes up by £50 in a month

• Schools hit by rising food costs

Emerging Diseases

• Structure hints at Ebola's cunning

• Frozen Ebola virus reveals its deadly spike

• Atlanta company to study AIDS vaccine on humans

• G8 accused of letting Africa down

• County AIDS rate rivals big US cities

• 'New CJD type' discovered in US

• Bird flu quarantine lifted in China's Guangdong

• Bird flu spread 'raises chance of pandemic through human strain'

• How The Malaria Parasite Hijacks Human Red Blood Cells

• West Nile found in the San Gabriel Valley

• West Nile Threat

• Lyme disease risk swells as ticks fan out

• Shock number of TB cases

• Zimbabwe To Introduce Drug Isoniazid To Prevent TB Cases Among HIV ...

• TB drug shortage dogs civic hospitals

• Suspected dengue, typhoid outbreaks down 440 in Romblon

• Dengue cases can be "phenomenal" in Philippines this year

• Dengue fever kills 21 people in Vietnam

• Caloocan health officials express concern over number of dengue cases

• Hepatitis kills 67, infects 4000, in north Uganda

• Scientists Find Protein To Battle Ebola Virus

Endangered Species

• US government challenged over Wolverine conservation status

• Feds Move Delta Smelt Toward Endangered Status

• Preble's mouse still threatened in Colo., not Wyo.

• BC launches $1.2-million plan to stop extinctions

• Zoos in battle over Knut the polar bear's riches

• Arctic Slope corporation joins polar bear lawsuit

• Important areas, important birds

• Study predicts dire future for BC Caribou

• Report says 43 per cent of assessed BC species pose 'conservation ...

• Feds approve critical sturgeon habitat

Environment

• Environmental group seeks to block nuclear plant

• Avista's river-use conditions challenged

• As Climate Issue Heats Up, Questions of Cost Loom

• Global Warming Talks Leave Few Concrete Goals

• G8 Summit Concludes, Africa A Key Focus

• BLM: Grazing harms Siskiyou environment

• Flat-Screen TVs May Be Worse For Environment

• Carbon rethink may change political climate

• China 'committed to fighting' climate change

• Bush signs up to climate change, yet still a huge divide exists

• AP IMPACT: An American life worth less today

• The old man who farms with the sea

Famine and Food Shortages

• Restaurants Deal With Rising Food Costs

• FAR MORE AID IS NEEDED FOR AFGHANISTAN

• Bio-Fuels Are Increasing Worldwide Starvation

• Indian state facing famine after rat plague: report

• Ethiopia on the path of self destruction

• Food shortages grow in rural Nepal

• World hunger afflicted millions more in '07 -USDA

• Somalia: Latest Killing of Food Convoy Driver Marks Fourth Loss ...

• Impact of high food prices

• Country faces famine after harvest fails

Floods

• Restaurants Deal With Rising Food Costs

• FAR MORE AID IS NEEDED FOR AFGHANISTAN

• Bio-Fuels Are Increasing Worldwide Starvation

• Indian state facing famine after rat plague: report

• Ethiopia on the path of self destruction

• Food shortages grow in rural Nepal

• World hunger afflicted millions more in '07 -USDA

• Somalia: Latest Killing of Food Convoy Driver Marks Fourth Loss ...

• Impact of high food prices

• Country faces famine after harvest fails

Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech

• China to urgently boost GM crop development

• `We need a moratorium on Bt cotton and new GM testing`

• MIT uses nanotech to shrink chips to 25nm

• Nanoparticle “Smart Bomb” Could Stop Cancer’s Spread

• Plan for cloning animal: We don't need that activity

• State Council approves GM crop research program

• Too little known to assess human, environmental risks of nanoproducts

Global Warming

• Swamp Sunrise

• After Applause Dies Down, Global Warming Talks Leave Few Concrete ...

• US farmers cool on global warming declaration

• BATTLE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE CALLS FOR ‘WAR FOOTING’

• Roadmap to a White Paper on adaptation to climate change

• Warning: rising sea levels threaten Cape, KZN real estate

• Guarantees demand for Cornwall's rail service

• Argentine glacier's huge ice tunnel breaks, crashes into lake in ...

• Cow Methane Collected in Global-Warming Study

• G8 Summit Highlights Disparities About Global Warming

• Professor: Moderately Fertilizing Ocean May Slow Global Warming

• Antarctic ice shelf 'hanging by thread': European scientists

Global Water Supply and Drought

• WATER RECYCLING INITIATIVES MOVING FORWARD IN OECD COUNTRIES

• Oz drought may push up grain prices

• Drought index still a concern SOURCE: Florida Division of Forestry

• South Australia drought worsens

• North Struggles With Severe Drought

• Heavy rain helps to ease Triangle drought

• Drought update: No change locally

• Decade-long Australian drought worsens

• Drought threatens Iraq's crops and water supply

• Drought relief granted to 2 Panhandle counties

• With water precious, state faces heat, fires--and drought

• Nestlé water plant? Not in our town, Enumclaw says

• Water - two billion people are dying for it!

Government and Politics

• Obama Joins Fellow Senators in Passing New Wiretapping Measure

• Does The Military Wag Hollywood's Dog?

• White House scores key victory on government eavesdropping

• Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify

• New evidence shows the extent to which the White House censored ...

• Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill

• Housing bill clears Senate procedural hurdle

• US Senate confirms Petraeus for Middle East command

• Medicare payment cuts blocked by Senate

• Senate poised to pass housing bill

• Senate wary of regulating personal data

• Bush signs spy bill and draws lawsuit

• Judge wants to decide Guantanamo cases this year

Health

• Weather affecting children’s health in HCMC

• Findings on Katrina Trailers Went Undisclosed, Maker Says

• 17 Texas infants overdosed with heparin, one dead, one in critical ...

• Thousands of adverse reactions to cervical cancer vaccine reported

• Hormone therapy for prostate cancer does more harm than good

• 10 people killed by new CJD-like disease

• Some drugs increase risk of falling: UNC researchers

• Yoga: An Alternative Treatment for Depression

• Therapy could save thousands of babies

Human Rights

• Bush talks human rights with Jintao

• Activists decry new Pentagon policy on cluster bombs

• Palestinian Wins 2008 Gruber Women’s Rights Prize

• China's Silencing Season

• GOP lawmaker confronts China on human rights

• Inter-American Court Finds Haiti Is Vilating Human Rights of ...

• British gov't to pay $6M for human-rights violations in Iraq

• Syrian prison riot shrouded in silence

• Philippines to probe Australian mine firm over rights abuses

Invasive Species

• Weeds are strangling Colorado's native plants

• Invasive Species Spreads in the Northwoods

• Bloom and bust

• Birds are struggling, but you can help

• The environmental invaders just keep coming

Micro Chips and RFID

• International Bridge installs RFID readers

• iDTRONIC Presents Three Innovative RFID Wristbands for RFID Solutions

• Former executive looks to block VeriChip sale

• Official Sues VeriChip Over Unit Sale

Mining and Mining Pollution

• Iron mining goes green

• Greenland to open seven mines in five years

• Dark underbelly of mining

• Flamingos under threat from pollution

• Effects of rainfall

• Uranium mine to pay $1.4 million settlement

• Hit the yellow cake road

• DESTRUCTION OF BRITISH SOCIETY

• Reactive Materials Means Bullets with a Bang

• Dominion gets approval, but also hears the boos for its new coal ...

• Coal plant brings threat of acid rain to Walvis

Misc and Odd News

• Rejected newborn red panda adopted by cat

• Peter the Greats Ship Discovered in Baltic Sea

Natural Disasters

• Meeting in S Africa focuses on strategies to tackle natural disasters

• Disasters killing more people: insurer

• Chile Llaima volcano revs up, evacuations considered

• Scientists in quake prediction advance

• Myanmar: Two Months After Cyclone Nargis, Needs Remain Critical

• Mount St. Helens Officially Slumbers— Alert Level Goes Back to ...

• Active volcano in southern Chile regains strength with 3 lava streams

• New Tools May Predict Earthquakes Hours Ahead Of Time

• Moderate earthquake shakes Russia's sea of Okhotsk

• Moderate earthquake rocks West Sumatra, Indonesia

• Typhoon Frank left behind P1.14-B damage in Region 12

• 35668 bags of rice released for Western Visayas typhoon victims

• Chile Llaima volcano simmers

• Sichuan M8.0 Earthquake Technical Report Released

• Mild earthquake rocks Turkey

• Earthquakes Might Soon Be Reported Ten Hours Before Occurring

• Earthquake Destroyed China's Largest Military Armory, Says Source

Nuclear and Depleted Uranium

• NKorea returns to nuclear disarmament talks

• Is Iran changing its nuclear strategy?

• IAEA draft allows India's nuclear defence

• Iran has reached turn point in nuclear process: MP

• Arabs fear fallout of nuclear conflict

• Contamination fears after leak from French nuclear waste plant

• Australia may support nuclear deal

• Oil giants plan to go nuclear in Middle East

• River use banned after French uranium leak

Pesticides and Chemical Pollution

• Army’s pesticide program aims to keep families safe

• Soil Fumigant Pesticides Subject to New Safety Measures

• Secret Potential of Plants May Replace Harmful Pesticides

• Golf courses subject to tough pesticide controls

• Pesticides Spraying Continues

• Officials: Pesticides May Have Caused Family's Mystery Illness

• Uganda allowed to spray DDT

• Maryland chemical factory will pay to clean up pollution

• Court Battle Against Pesticide Spraying Returns With Mosquito Season

Pollution and Toxic Waste

• China's pollution claims disputed ahead of Games

• People Cause More Pollution

• China slams pollution concerns

• Broadcasting, pollution still problems for Beijing: IOC

• EU requests information from member states on pollution levels

• Council needs to crack down on noise pollution

• Noise levels driving Lahoris crazy

• Azerbaijani leader has endorsed vibration and noise pollution standards

• Guilty plea in Port Jefferson Station toxic waste case

• Discarded Mobile Phones Create an Avalanche of Toxic E-Waste

• Jacques Rogge and Olympic Committee: Please move Marathon

• EU NEWS: Toxic waste

• Discarded Mobile Phones Create an Avalanche of Toxic E-Waste

• Group challenges BP's Ind. refinery expansion plan

• Raytheon will widen its search for pollution

• Pollution sparks wintertime ban

• More Californians suffer from asthma due to pollution

• Taj Mahal vicinity to be kept free from vehicles

Product Recalls

• Product recalls: smoked salmon

• Alkem recalls three lakh injections from abroad

• Robert Bosch Tool Corp. Recalls Hammer Drills Due to Risk of Injury

• Salmolux Inc. Recalls Wild Alaskan Smoked Salmon Nova Lox Lot # 01418 Because of Possible Health Risk (July 9)

• Parragon Books Recalls Children's Necklaces Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

• Shoelace and Necklace Children's Charms Recalled by Action Products International Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

• Lawn Mowers Recalled by American Honda Motor Corp. Due to Laceration Hazard

• Lip Gloss and Jewelry Sets Sold Exclusively at Wal-Mart Recalled by F.A.F. Inc. Due to Risk of Lead Exposure

Slavery and Human Trafficking

• Customs officials advertising to help human smuggling victims

• Ex-diplomat implicated in human trafficking

• Sex Slaves: From Mexico to US

• Capiz steps up effort vs. human trafficking

• Atlanta-Area Men Charged In Trafficking Ring

• Singer of Azeri star contest accused in human trafficking

• Call to check exploitation of domestic help by agencies

• Maryland spends $8M a year on sweatshops

• Nationwide anti-human trafficking campaign launched in US

• Education Chips Away at Human Trafficking

• Human trafficking discovered in Kirkcaldy

• Law protecting sex trafficking victims needs improvement, experts say

• Traffickers in human labour: Slavery redux?

• Teenage Prostitution Thriving In Central Ohio

• Street children in Yemen, caught between selling drugs and sex slavery

Space, Science, and Technology

• MOON WATER DISCOVERY DAMPENS FORMATION THEORY

• 500 Jobs For NASA Employees Could Go Elsewhere

• NASA: Mars Lander short circuit pushes ice test up

• Lunar liquid

• NASA @ the Brickhouse: Will an Asteroid Hit The Earth?

• First surprise from mission to Mercury: signs of water

• MESSENGER Settles Old Debates, Makes New Discoveries at Mercury

• Mercury’s Cooling Core Causes The Planet To Shrink

• Spacewalk Outside Soyuz to Determine Malfunction

Wars and Conflicts

• US decision on cluster bombs criticized

• Pentagon given stricter standards for cluster munitions

• Cambodia training mine-detecting dogs

• U.S. Troops in Iraq Face A Powerful New Weapon

• Iran Launches Nine Test Missiles, Says More Are Ready

• Iran tests more missiles as U.S. vows to defend allies

• Czechs protest over Russian shield "threats"

• Rice Warns Iran That U.S. Will Defend Allies

• Confrontation escalates between Iran and Israel

• Iraqis to get £3m in MoD damages

• Nine injured in 'friendly fire'

• Israeli Troops Kill Unarmed Palestinian At Gaza Border

• Washington Objects As Iran Continues Missile Tests

• Land Mine Explosions In Pakistan Kill 5, 9 Wounded

• A More Confident Iraq Becomes a Tougher Negotiating Partner for the US

• Senate OKs promotions of Iraq generals

• Marine's graphic interview describes killing of prisoners in Iraq

• US Military Detains 30 Suspected al-Qaida Members in Iraq

• 3-US general sees Iraq forces stood up by mid-2009

• New weapon a worry for US troops in Iraq: report

• British Minister sees `long haul' in Afghanistan

• India rejects reports of attack on consulate in Afghanistan

• Dangerous Ground

• Indians in Afghanistan far from fazed by embassy blast

• British troops in Afghanistan injured by friendly fire

• NATO commander seeks AWACS planes for Afghanistan

• Tentative Step To Negotiations By Zimbabwe Ruling Party, Oppositions

• UN delays sanctions vote as Zimbabwe's rival parties talk

• Zimbabwe says UN sanctions could start civil war

• Canada condemns deadly UN Darfur ambush

• ICC prosecutor to unveil new case on Darfur

• Rice Warns Iran That U.S. Will Defend Allies

• Nablus Focus Of Israeli Moves Against Hamas

• Israel 'ready to act' over Iran

• Russia Flexes Muscles, U.S. Urges Calm

• Israeli jets using Iraq's airspace?

• Tehran threatens 'crushing' response if attacked

• US Cluster Bomb Policy Undercuts New Treaty

• Cluster Bombs: A shameful stance

Weird Weather

• Hurricane Bertha weakens again in Atlantic

• Hurricane Bertha Packs 105 Mph Winds, 545 Miles From Bermuda

• Weekend temperatures could top 100 degrees across Dallas-Ft. Worth

• Severe weather topples trees, cuts power

• Hurricane Bertha sends heavy surf to Bermuda

• Extreme Weather Events Will Increasingly Affect US Water Supply

Wildfires

• Butte wildfires shock lives

• High temps whip up Cub wildfires

• Two new wildfires burning in Central Oregon

• NY Helping California Wildfires

• Firefighters Slowly Contain Wildfires in N. California

• Wildfires spreading in Eastern Washington

• California wants more federal aid in combating wildfires

• California Wildfires: Protecting Your Health

• Battling California fires, inmates find a chance at better role