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July 22, 2008
Animals and Animal Rights
Lab animal numbers continue trend
Myspace deleting profiles of animal rights groups
Adoption event aids 42 rescued horses
Pet ban should have been for life
Child Labor and Abuse
ISPs sign nationwide deal to ban child porn
Parliament carries out survey on child labor in Dhamar
New Yorkers Call Attention To Child Abuse At Manhattan Rally
Coral Reefs and Oceans
World Heritage recognises New Caledonia’s Reef
Fishing Ban Guards Coral Reefs Against Predatory Starfish Outbreaks
More help urged for isle reef systems
Corporate News
Yahoo and Icahn settle, Microsoft deal seen adrift
Yahoo Adds Icahn to Board, Avoiding a Showdown
Shell evacuates US Gulf workers, Exxon prepares
Senate Judiciary Hears Exxon Valdez Victim on Spill Disaster ...
China warns Exxon over Vietnam deal-newspaper
Monsanto Cracks Down On Card Delinquencies
Roche seen likely to raise bid for Genentech
Mexivada expands Goldstorm property, Nevada, and finds midas-style gold-silver mineralization
Crime
Britain's youth 'blighted by crime'
UK crime levels “fall” according to survey
Deploy super cops - Mixed views on impact of 'brand-name' lawmen
Leaders of organized crime gang killed in S. China
Deforestation and Desertification
DISCUSSION HELD TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION
It is not time to have a big population
It's argued that deforestation has made climate change worse
Government and industry pact aims to ban illegal timber in Amazon ...
Nigeria: 'Fuel Subsidy Removal Will Encourage Desertification'
Economy
Trade ministers begin make-or-break WTO talks
Banks sound but economy to take time: Paulson
New Regulator in Rescue Plan Spurs Debate
U.S. farm support targeted as WTO talks begin
Stocks mixed on worries about earnings, oil
Oil rebounds as Iran nuclear talks disappoint
Overview: Caution reigns as stocks run out of steam
Emerging Diseases
Rwandans turn up for Kabale vaccination
Researcher who made breakthroughs with polio and foot-and-mouth
Uganda tourism ‘not shaken’ by Marburg scare
'Fish Ebola' found in Lake Michigan
22nd annual San Francisco AIDS Walk
Contagion risk of huddled masses
Human-to-Human Transmission of Bird Flu Discovered in China
Malaria Menace Grips Mumbai, 4 More In 24 Hours.
Malaria medication shown to boost attention span
South Halmahera wages war against malaria
Endangered Species
Friends of wildlife: TreeHouse center is an endangered species
Plan for new dam threatens endangered fish
State Supreme Court Orders New Headwaters Logging Plan
Federal judge rules fish species risk extinction in drought ...
More than half Philippine fauna nearly extinct: official
Illinois has own endangered species list
State announces new conservation effort
Round Whitefish Restoration Going in Right Direction: Once Common ...
Environment
Green light for massive wind farm
Drilling extends dependence on oil
Olympics: Beijing’s clean air claim challenged by scientists
Bush's environmental legacy not so proud
Climate Report Cites Role of Cheney's Office
Helping the Wallet and the Environment: GMA's Carpool Challenge
Famine and Food Shortages
The Food Chain: Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water
'Double jeopardy' of high food, fuel prices threatens to undermine ...
Threat of mass starvation looms in Zimbabwe after latest harvest fails
Food rise has Bolivia's coca farmers planting rice
Mass starvation looms for Zimbabweans
Islamic insurgents target foreign aid workers in Somalia
Floods
Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech
DNA Tests Refugees' Claims Of U.S. Relatives
Animal tissue rejection advance
GM panel, SC observer spar over making findings public
Burkina launches Monsanto GMO cotton to boost crop
Group wants looser limits on stem cells
CSIRO scientist's GM letter campaign 'backfires'
EC wants public discussion on nanotechnology
Microsoft's new nanotech display technology
Shell Oil funds "open source" geoengineering project to fight ...
Global Warming
EPA Says Global Warming Poses Substantial Threat to Humans
Climate Change and Environmental Governance
‘Global warming linked to terrorism’
Global warming needs coordinated action now
Global warming is a brutal truth
Global Water Supply and Drought
Water calculus steers farming in Arab nations
Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water
Israel: Another Potential Catastrophe
California water planning needs to get moving
Diablo Grande project has a devil of a time
Fight starts here to prevent water being the next oil
Drought threatens water supply of more than a million Australians
Texas endures drought and bit of a monsoon
Government and Politics
Benefit shake-up 'revolutionary'
Cutting Energy Costs: Little Consensus In Congress
Federal Minimum Wage To Increase By 70 Cents
Health
Drug restores speech in Alzheimer's; experts worry
Health Bills Can Lead To Debt Woes For Insured, Too
Study questions amyloid plague theory for Alzheimer's disease
High-Dose Chemotherapy, Stem Cell Transplants Found Useless for Breast Cancer Patients
More Good News on the Benefits of Drinking Green Tea
Honey Better Than Cough Medicine For Soothing Kids' Cough Symptoms
FDA Panel Seeks to Water Down Warnings on Tamiflu Side Effects
Human Rights
Sixty Plus: Abuse of seniors needn't remain unspoken
Rights Group Outraged As 8 Women, 1 Man Face Stoning Death In Iran
Human Rights Council celebrates 15 years
Human Rights Issues To Top Agenda At 41st AMM
Rights groups chide US for holding Afghan journalist
Asean must move on Human Rights
Burma ratifies pro-human rights charter
Despite drop in rights abuses, still no ‘vibrant democracy’
Jury selection today in Gitmo trial
Invasive Species
Missourian Leading Charge Against Invasive Species
Invasive species must be brought under control to rehabilitate ...
Micro Chips and RFID
DoD support: RFID specialists set to deliver powerful chip and ...
Mining and Mining Pollution
Peru fears environmental mining disaster after dump shows sign of ...
Furor brews as NL, feds ponder plan to dump nickel waste into lake
Peru hit by mine pollution emergency
Misc and Odd News
U.S. B-52 bomber crashes off Guam, 6 crew missing
The spread of bans on driving while texting
Natural Disasters
Only 15 pct of housing covered by natural disaster insurance
Life risky in India: World Bank report
Okmok Volcano again gets grumpy
No damage from Indonesian earthquakes
Infrastructure reinforcement project to be launched in Eilat
Burma cyclone 'caused $4bn in damage'
Hurricane Katrina hospital horror: La. doctor cleared in patient ...
Nuclear and Depleted Uranium
Pakistani court upholds curbs on nuclear scientist
Nuclear Power A Thorny Issue For Candidates
Lake Superior barrel dumping questions still not answered
Ahmadinejad Says Nuclear Talks Were a `Step Forward' (Update1)
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator due in Turkey
Rice warns Iran of 'punitive measures' over nuclear drive
US offers nuclear proposal to NKorea
Turkey 'facilitating' Iran nuclear negotiations, says foreign minister
Britain's Brown Reaffirms Opposition to Iranian Nuclear Bomb
Indian Lawmakers Debate US Nuclear Deal
85% of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is landfill - most affected by ...
Pesticides and Chemical Pollution
Mosquito control program uses earth-friendly pesticides
Medics in Panama see side effects of pesticide use
Drug makers accused of blocking DDT use
Scientists Call for More Studies On DDT
Pollution and Toxic Waste
Greenpeace highlights toxic waste in Cartagena Bay
Life-giving Ganges turns toxic with waste
Senglea clock causes 'psychological distress'
To Avoid Olympic Smog, Beijing Limits Traffic
Peru declares state of emergency over possible water pollution
Product Recalls
Slavery and Human Trafficking
Garda confirms massage parlours investigation
New handbook offers help, hope to trafficking victims
New chain of brothels hits the suburbs
European immigrants working in factories ‘like Victorian sweatshops’
Capital News: Ohio companies selling sweatshop wares to state
‘SADC should tackle human trafficking’
Organised Chinese criminals open chain of brothels across Dublin
Space, Science, and Technology
Drilling extends dependence on oil
Scientists gather in Silicon Valley to plot return to the moon
Congressman Says NASA Needs A 'Complete Restructuring'
NSF Awards Grant to Track 'Space Weather' in Earth's Near-Space ...
Water once common on Mars a Nasa spacecraft shows
NASA used cadavers in Orion landing tests
NASA Mission To Be Crystal Ball Into Oceans' Future, Mirror To The ...
Wars and Conflicts
Rice wants "serious answer" from Iran
Historic first terror trial opens at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Zimbabwe leaders 'to sign deal'
Iraq sees hope of US troop withdrawal by 2010
Zimbabwe Rivals Sign Agreement
Colombians Around The World Denounce FARC
Hezbollah's Role In Lebanon's New Government
AU asks UN to delay possible Sudan war crimes charges
Iran, N. Korea still part of "axis of evil": W.House
Further cut in US forces in Iraq likely this fall
2 Die in Bus Blasts in Southwest China
Iraq rolls out the red carpet for Obama
Leaving Iraq: Debate Shifts to When
Mullen: Timetable in Iraq “Dangerous”, Time Horizons Safe
Iraq: car bomb kills 2 contractors in Mosul
Taliban Captures Remote District in Southern Afghanistan
Weird Weather
Tropical Storm Dolly May Become Hurricane in Gulf (Update4)
Caltech scientists offer new explanation for monsoon development
Hurricane Bertha downgraded again
Storm Dolly to become hurricane, expected to hit Texas
Wildfires
Wildfires Connected to Global Warming?
Firefighters look to rain to help curb wildfires
Wildfires smoulder in southeastern BC
Some California wildfires still causing grief
Wildfires Continue In California