July 21, 2008

Animals and Animal Rights

• The Monstrosity Of Animal Exploitation

• Fla. keeps gator farms full by culling wild nests

• Illegal trade in Indonesian markets putting wild animals in danger

• Army to shoot live pigs for medical drill

• Australian vet rescues rare shark by pulling hook from throat

• Dogs work 'magic' on autistic kids

• Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil

• Judge: Water delivery system harms Calif. salmon

• The plight of the wildebeest

• Animals and the law: Not just furniture

• Penguin deaths rise

• Flamingos under threat in South Africa & Tanzania

• Nine percent decline in US water birds in last year

• Another year of widespread seabird breeding failure on Scotland’s sea cliffs

• New species of ‘ghost’ slug discovered in Wales

• Giant 'extinct' British Beetle found in Gloucestershire

• New species of bird-eating frog discovered in Thailand

• On Mustang Range, a Battle on Thinning the Herd

• Animal groups fight shark hunting’s bite

Child Labor and Abuse

• Right and wrong: How war changes children

• Tomatoes or Children?

• Yemen retunes over 2000 working children to schools

• Jewish labor group petitions kosher meat producer

• Economy of Well being

• British importers of Rajasthan sandstone worried about child labour

• Child labour is barbaric: SK Boafo

• No Friend of the Workers

Coral Reefs and Oceans

• New era dawns for world’s oceans via EPOCA

• Protecting Cayman's Reefs: the Problem and How to Stop It

• Large dead zones predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay

• Predicting Coral Health By Identifying Nearby Microscopic Algae

• Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean

• Thriving coral jewellery trade threatens reefs

• More help urged for isle reef systems

Corporate News

• $2.5 Billion Loss for Citigroup in Quarter

• Sony Ericsson: steep drop in 2Q profit

• L'Oral shares slide after poor sales

• Wachovia Securities Raided in Auction Rate Probe

• Bear market bites CalPERS and CalSTRS pension funds

Crime

• Nigeria: Bandits Kidnap 11 in Adamawa

• Nigeria Issues Arrest Warrants for Top Pfizer Officials After Drug Experiments Conducted on Children

• Hundreds Of Super Rich Under Investigation

• Maniacal' engineer takes city computers hostage

• Government weighs more charges in Bear case

• UK 'must check' US torture denial

• South Africa: Crime Study: 30% of Robbers also murder. Average robber commits 104 crimes - violence increasing

• 10 arrested during series of Lowell gang raids

Deforestation and Desertification 

• WWF works to eliminate illegal logging

• Musharraf kicks off tree plantation drive

• Darfur conflict dogged by desertification, poverty and ...

• UN survey to check deforestation around the globe

• Sir Michael Pushes 'Forest Nations' Initiative In Europe

• Protect world’s forests or face apocalypse now

• Population boom will pressure forests

• Protecting Mau Forest in Kenya's Economic Interest

• Amazon deforestation forecast for 2008 revised downward

• Forestry minister launches one-million-tree-planting campaign

• Tree that holds solution to fuel crisis and environmental conservation

• Government bans illegal Amazon timber

Economy

• Freddie Mac mulling $10 bln share offer: report

• Gas bills 'to top £1,000 a year'

• Mortgage squeeze tightens further

• JP Morgan’s Dimon: Prime Mortgages Look “Terrible”

• A Complete And Systemic Breakdown

• Oil and Water ; Bush's Offshore Drilling Crusade

• Wall Street falls after earnings reports

• Oil prices edge up after 3-day decline

• Dollar drifts as caution returns

• FTSE held back by miners

• UK public finances worsen

• Asian stocks reverse early gains

• Faith in Bank Bailouts Dims

• Pakistani Investors Stone Karachi Exchange as Stocks Plunge

• Will 401K losses set off panic?

• House prices could fall for two years: Citigroup

• Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy

• Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop ever

• Given a Shovel, Digging Deeper Into Debt

• Alaskans suffer nation's highest gasoline prices

• Commercial bankruptcies soar, reflecting widening economic woes

• INSIDERS AGREE: BANK RUNS IMMINENT

• WaMu wary of IndyMac cashier's checks

• California must wake up to looming fuel crisis

Emerging Diseases

• Trial for Vaccine Against H.I.V. Is Canceled

• Deal Seeks to Offer Drug for Malaria at Low Price

• Frequent Human H5N1 Transmission in Indonesia

• Health experts fear outbreak of dengue fever

• Spray campaign targets typhoid

• Six Deaths, 1008 Dengue Fever Cases Reported From July 6-12

• Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever in ...

• Polio resurfaces in region of Pakistan

• 300000 children die worldwide everyday

• PAKISTAN: Militants hampering anti-polio drive as new case confirmed

• HIV/Aids ravages Lesotho

• More Glum News for AIDS Vaccines

• African malaria gene increases HIV risk

• Alarmed Centre rushes malaria experts to Goa

• 4 malaria deaths in city in 4 days, viral fever rising

• Mystery of 'vaccinated' chickens dying of bird flu

• Cure for bird flu likely

• Indonesia's unofficial death toll from bird flu climbs to 111

• H1N1 Tamiflu Resistance at 100% in South Africa

• CDC calls for alert to dengue fever epidemic

• Ho Chi Minh City: Cases suffering dengue fever nearly double

• Eight times vaccinated child suffers from polio

• Militants hampering anti-polio drive as new case confirmed ...

• Vical says its bird flu vaccine works

• Posh areas hit by malaria

Endangered Species

• No More Chocolate in 20 Years?

• Orangutans persist in islands amid a sea of oil palm plantations

• Deporting Plants and Animals to Protect Them from Climate Change

• Judge Returns Gray Wolves to Endangered List

• California supreme court votes for new endangered species protections

• Endangered species get new aid

• Hope in new list of endangered species

• Record number of endangered butterflies released

• India opposes tiger farming

• Salmon threatened with extinction, judge says

• Another Species in Danger

• Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica?

• First kiwi chick on Maungatautari for 100 years

• Chinese nationals arrested for smuggling ivory in Kenya

• Common Scoter numbers fall for second year in Carmarthen Bay

• No lynx kittens for second consecutive year in Colorado

• Orang-utan numbers lower than thought, still declining

• NASA and the Air Force should spare endangered wildlife

Environment

• Hydrogen Cars Will Need Multi-Billion Dollar Jumpstart, Experts Warn

• Hydrogen Vehicles Coming Soon? Two Million Could Be On Roads By 2020

• Promising New Method To Fabricate Ultra-thin Silicon Solar Cells Developed

• Texas Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Project

• Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown

• EPA sued by five FL environmental groups

• Environmental Protection Agency Warns of Climate Change Toll on Health

• Report links Cheney office, oil giant to global warming policy shift

• Vast swathe of Northern Canada protected

• Marine survey of Britain’s remotest nature reserve to reveal undersea wildlife

• Kenyan government taken to court over Tana Delta destruction

• A mighty wind awaits on Coal River Mountain

Famine and Food Shortages

• The Food Chain: As Price of Grain Rises, Catfish Farms Dry Up

• Big cut in Ethiopian food rations

• Aid agencies fear Somalia famine - Al Jazeera Video

• Lack of response to Somalia piracy 'threatens famine'

• Naval escorts plea for Somalia aid

• Mugabe hampers aid as famine looms

• SOMALIA: Food Fight

• An area of darkness and starvation

• $100 billion won't buy loaf of bread in Zimbabwe

• Food rise has Bolivia's coca farmers planting rice instead of cocaine

• Shortages cause price of essential food items spiral high in Jaffna

Floods

• Iowa jobless rate edges up after floods

• Jefferson County Bracing For More Floods

• Tropical storm floods southern Taiwan

• Mexico affected by severe floods

• No end to floods

• Gadget may ease testing of levees

Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech

• Non-GMO Soybeans Show 10% Greater Yield

• Growing Neural Implants

• Cloning: Pope spells out stance

• Cells from humans grow blood vessels in mice: study

• Nano-weapons research booming in China with an assist from the USA

• Do you know what you are eating?

• Is gene modification a panacea for the world hunger?

Global Warming

• EPA seems more suffering from climate change

• "Assisted migration of species" necessary for saving wildlife from global warming

• Report links Cheney office, oil giant to global warming policy shift

• Another Sign of Global Warming: Antarctic Ice Shelf Melts in Dead ...

• Rising sea level causing changes

• World Bank says Asian cities at risk

• Melting Himalayan glaciers set alarm bells ringing

• Unnecessary flights killing the poor says Tutu

Global Water Supply and Drought

• Do We Take Water for Granted?

• EPA issues dire new warning on effects of climate change

• Rising Temps Put CA Water Supply at Risk

• Parts of Texas in exceptional drought

• Okla. Congressman says disaster declaration coming

• Attacks on Somalia aid ships, drought could lead to famine

• Downpours do nothing to diminish drought

• Drought grips Uganda

• Activists Save Water From Corporate Control in Wells

• Drought situation grave, not even 10% sowing completed in state: Pawar

• Turkey stands by its offer to give Greek Cypriots water on drought

• UN agency: Insecurity, drought leave millions of Somalis in dire

Government, Politics, and Privacy Issues

• House Republicans Block Democratic Effort on Oil Leases, Calling the Bill a Sham

• Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style

• Ashcroft Testifies on Interrogation Policy

• New Stimulus Plan on Tap

• Congress overrides Bush’s veto, blocks pay cut for physicians

• Admin Threatens Veto Oil Drilling

• ACLU Calls For Probe Of Chertoff

• EU plans to block aid to Bulgaria

• Library Confrontation Points up Privacy Dilemma

Health

• F.D.A. Lifts Tomato Warning

• Food safety worries change buying habits

• Preterm infants at higher risk of adulthood disabilities

• Raw Broccoli, Cabbage Slash Bladder Cancer Risk by 40 Percent; Cooking Destroys Benefits

• New Safe Detox for Mercury Amalgam Fillings

• Young girls think self-harming is a normal way to manage stress

• Alzheimer's drug trial 'promise'

• Dangerous Toxins You've Eaten

Human Rights 

• Amnesty Criticizes Rights Violations

• Sri Lanka gets tough on UN, aid visas

• Close aide to former Chilean dictator Pinochet indicted in human .

• Ebadi rights group warns Iran on Internet crime bill

• Amnesty report confirms human rights abuses

• Protecting domestic workers’ rights

• China arrests quake critic on state secrets charge - group

• Egypt's sexual harassment 'cancer'

• Democratic Trends Globally Favoring Women's Rights

• Africa's Last and Least

Invasive Species

• Tiny bug threatens California citrus industry

• Attack invasive plants by preventing them

• Save the Lakes goes to war for state’s freshwater resources

• Alien vs predator as cane toad eats snake

• Cane toads a waterways threat say experts

• Glorious Gloriosa: Fast-growing lily with striking blooms likes it hot

Micro Chips and RFID

• VeriChip wraps up sale of Kanata arm

• Protecting against Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID data attacks

• Good and Bad News About RFID in Hospitals

Mining and Mining Pollution

• Living Next to Coal

• Light in the fog

• Population, Environment and Development in Kinondoni District, Dar ...

• Callahan Mine pollution risk justifies study

• Greenpeace protests against NQ mine shale oil project

• Peru fears environmental mining disaster

Misc and Odd News

• Conjoined barn swallows cause stir in Arkansas

• Scholars will reassemble ancient Egyptian boat

Natural Disasters

• Back-to-back quakes reported off Oregon coast

• New Orleans Wants FEMA Trailers Out Of Town

• Volcano's eruption a surprise

• Former Arizona family escapes Alaska volcano

• Minor quakes on Wabash, New Madrid Faults

• Quakes reported off Oregon coast

• PLAN TO DRILL INTO FAULT TO STUDY EARTHQUAKES

• Mount St. Helens Officially Dormant—For Now

• No earthquake in Beijing during Olympics, predict seismic experts

• Earthquakes shake floor off the coast

• Strong Quake, Santa Cruz Islands

Nuclear and Depleted Uranium

• Iran hopes for "constructive" nuclear talks

• Six-party ministers to meet next week on N. Korea

• Lawmakers Blast Yucca Mountain Cost

• Iran rules out enrichment freeze at nuclear talks

• Yucca Keeps Costing More

• Radioactive Waste From Iraq Wars Dumped in US

• Italians Look to Nuclear Power to Solve Energy Woes

• French Government Calls for Water Table Tests After Nuclear Leak

• No U-turns on nuclear policy in Tehran

• The true costs of the nuclear deal

• Powers wield sanction threat after Iran stalemate

• French Doubts Up After Nuke Mishaps

• New war looms in Mideast

Pesticides and Chemical Pollution

• Pesticides: Use wisely or not at all

• Pesticides thrusted on unsuspecting farmers

• Pesticides not always best when dealing with pests

• Golf courses use little pesticide, so why use it at all?

• Green Alternatives to Pesticides

• Pesticide data pulled from county Web site

Pollution and Toxic Waste

• Mafia rubbish dumps seized as Berlusconi declares Naples clean

• 'Gomorrah' gang waste bust

• Toxic waste

• Warm weather equals noise pollution

• Pollution levels still dangerously high

• EU team sees no signs of pollution, fishkill in Romblon

• Expert testifies TVA pollution cuts would save lives

• Federal Lawsuit Filed to Halt Florida's Toxic Algae Blooms

• In pictures: Beijing pollution-watch

• Greater dangers lurk in lawns

• China launches pollution crackdown

• Athletes look for ways to avoid direct exposure to air in Beijing

Product Recall 

• Firm recalls tainted butter

• Product recalls: Children's necklaces,

• Gas Grill Recalls Investigation

• Product Recalls: log splitters, TV stands

• Honda HRX Lawnmowers in Defective Product Recall

• Product Recalls: smoked salmon spread

• Lean Pockets recall: But what if you already ate them?

• Easy to read toy recall list

• SunL Group Inc. Recalls Youth ATVs Due To Safety Defects

Slavery and Human Trafficking

• DC attorneys win human trafficking case in Iraq

• Russia's sex slave industry thrives, rights groups say

• SPECIAL REPORT: Human Trafficking

• Man gets 14 years in SC human trafficking case

• ‘Punjab doing little to root out illegal immigration’

• Romanians accused of human trafficking in Ireland

• Debates focused on legal, moral issues surrounding slavery in US

• Trafficking of children and modern slavery

• Sexual Slavery: A Way of Life For Many Women & Children In Moscow

• Refugee escaped slavery

• Dubai police arrest three on charges of human trafficking

• Uzbekistan ratifies Protocol on preventing human trafficking

Space, Science, and Technology

• Deep Impact's amazing shots of Earth

• Dwarf planet near Pluto named for Polynesian god

Wars and Conflicts

• Israel makes arrests in alleged plot against Bush

• Report: U.S. Africa Aid Is Increasingly Military

• Russia to 'neutralise' US missile defence threat

• Not standing down in a destructive war

• Nepal police break up Tibet protests, 118 held

• Chinese blackout over new Tibetan monk deaths

• Zakaria: A long way from peace in Darfur

• U.S., Iraq to set "aspirational goal" on troop cuts

• Iran does not expect Israeli or U.S. attack

• Somalis shot as they hand out aid

• Sri Lankan air force bombs rebels

• Bush, in a Shift, Accepts Concept of Iraq Timeline

• Spain leads cluster bomb ban

• Zimbabwe opposition may sign initial talks agreement

• Iraqi PM says US should leave as soon as possible

• Arab nations 'agree Sudan action'

• 'IDF didn't get OK to use cluster bombs'

• Mugabe threatens to seize foreign firms over sanctions

• Foreign airstrike kills 9 Afghan police: official

• A New Generation of Activists Arises in Burma

• US sets nuclear deadline for Iran

Weird Weather

• Weather Wears Down Spirits

• Tropical Storm Floods Southern Taiwan, Killing Four

• Tropical storm Cristobal strengthens off U.S.

• Tropical storm warning issued for Carolinas

Wildfires

• Wildfires gain ground on Alaska tundra

• Washington Offers Assistance to Homeowners Hit by Wildfires

• Western Montanans urged to prep for wildfires

• Lightning Strikes: Get Used to Catastrophic Wildfires and Worse

• Vintners Worry Wildfires May Smoke Their Harvest

• Heat, wind may fuel wildfires around state

• BC wildfires multiplying with hot weather

• Crews make progress against California wildfires

• Alabama Firefighters Rerouted To Oregon WIldfires