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July 23, 2008
Animals and Animal Rights
Animal rights group protests over Pope's fur
Child Labor and Abuse
Never underestimate the importance of child play
Coral Reefs and Oceans
Green news harvest: Wind power expands in Northwest; lime-laced ...
Amazon River Powers Tropical Ocean's Carbon Sink
Corporate News
Apple sues Mac-clone maker Psystar
Private equity firms offer $7.8B for TransAlta
China’s Bureaucracy Thwarts Private Equity Matchups
Apple 3rd-Quarter Profit Jumps but Stock Drops
Honeywell Signs Extension With Southwest Airlines to Maintain Fleet for 10 Years
Caterpillar racks up record profits
Wachovia plunges to $8.9bn loss
Crime
Digital Currency Business E-Gold Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering ...
Bosnian Serb Captured; Sought for War Crimes
Deforestation and Desertification
Commissioner Attributes Desertification To Uncontrolled Loggin
EU countries add to illegal logging trade
A Cheap, Natural Way of Cutting Greenhouse Gas
Pope says 'insatiable consumption' hurting planet
World Bank should improve environmental record, review says
Kenya to benefit from WB's forest carbon partnership facility
Economy
Mortgage Crisis Reverses Tide of Urban Renewal
Treasury: Swift support needed for mortgage giants
Wall Street to tumble on disappointing results
Ideal Homes Announces Guaranteed Utilities
FTSE hit by consumer spending fears
Asia markets weakly higher on resources
Oil consolidates while gold rises
Cost to Bail Out Loan Giants Could Run to $25 Billion
Posting Huge Loss, Wachovia Tries to End Lending Woes
Emerging Diseases
New polio case found in Pakistan valley: officials
Britain faces 75000 deaths in bird flu pandemic, Lords report predictsBird Bird flu disease reoccurs in Dong Thap
Bird flu strikes southern Vietnamese province
DPRK develops new methods to quickly diagnose bird flu
Bird flu mutates during race against time to find vaccine
Bird flu relapses in Mekong Delta
The biggest killers of under-fives in Katine: malaria
Mumbai facing outbreak of Malaria
Southern AIDS Coalition Says Thousands Facing Problems with HIV in ...
Let My People Go, AIDS Profiteers
WHO warns drug-resistant tuberculosis poses threat
Another dengue patient admitted
WHO says Asia should act against tuberculosis
No monsters in Aedes biotech war
Study finds spending on malaria prevention is woefully inadequate
Endangered Species
More than half of RP fauna nearly extinct--official
Malama Na Honu to hold memorial for green sea turtle
For Leenders, it's all for the birds
Environment
CSU global environmental school to launch
EPA Supports Cap-and-Trade at Senate Mercury Hearings
Many Gulf Of Mexico Oil Leases Remain Untapped
Clean deadline call on coal power
Washington County scrap metal recycler accused of harming environment
New Technology Protects the Environment, Improves Energy ...
Close dirty coal-fired power stations, says environment committee
Mau saga proves Kenyans do not care about environment
Famine and Food Shortages
Famine looming for 14m in Africa
Somalia Faces Humanitarian Crisis
Mass starvation looms for Zimbabweans
4m Ethiopians at risk of starvation
Kenya suspends wheat imports to save local farmers: minister
Ethiopia needs urgent funding to avert severe food crisis
15 million in Africa's Horn face humanitarian 'disaster': agencies
Food Production on the Rise, Venezuelan Producers and Government Say
Floods
LIBERIA: Govt warns Monrovia floods worst in city’s history
Liberia Floods Displace Hundreds
CP cuts guidance as fuel, floods hit profits
It was disaster in waiting as floods kill two children
Scientists Test System to Forecast Flash Floods along Colorado's ...
Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech
AGRICULTURE-SOUTH AFRICA: Small Farmers Pushed to Plant GM Seed
Global Warming
Report: Sea Level Rise Poses Greater Storm Threat
In the Future, We Live on Glorified Cruise Ships
Urgent action needed on climate change
Brokaw: Americans Must Sacrifice to Fight Global Warming
Scientists Predict Global Warming Will Reduce Number of Hurricanes
Warming world 'drying wetlands'
Global Warming Could be Causing a Kitten Boom, Experts Say
Global Warming Forces Innovative Sea Turtle Protection
American Physical Society Reaffirms Its Position that Human-Caused ...
Global Water Supply and Drought
Maple syrup drought in PEI disappoints tourists, locals
Dry times revive an old debate
No rain expected in North Texas until August
Florida's wettest area is still in a drought
Drought-hit W. Java plans regreening campaign
Government and Politics
Congress Is Set to Limit Down-Payment Assistance
US offers further cut in farm aid, Brazil says not enough
As Loan Giants Are Inspected, Bush Prods Congress
Senate Democrats push oil speculation bill
Senate Panel Raises Concerns About Recent Air Force Failings
Senate leader to push polygamy victims bill
Nymex Oil Interest Shrinks as Senate Pushes to Curb Speculation
Health
Salmonella-Tainted Jalapeño Found in Texas
Singapore Says Will Study Kidney Trading
British study links IMF loans to tuberculosis
Large Retailer Pulls Nalgene Polycarbonate Bottles from Shelves Over Bisphenol-A Concern
Manuka Honey Kills Resistant Superbug Bacteria that Antibiotics Can't
GlaxoSmithKline Continues Vaccine Trial Even After 12 Babies Die
Human Rights
Italy faces human rights accusation
Rights group calls for Syria prison riot inquiry
China jails dissident days before end of parole: rights groups
RIGHTS-US: Hamdan Case to Test Military Tribunals
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT HARDENS RHETORIC ON DEMOCRATIZATION, HUMAN
Invasive Species
New research seeks methods to kill alien species
Workshop will help Seacoast landowners combat invasive plants
Group in Shoshone enlists insects to battle invasive plants
Micro Chips and RFID
Digital Angel's SARBE Unit Receives Approval from COSPAS-SARSAT ...
RFID Crack Affects 2 Billion Smart Cards
Mining and Mining Pollution
PCS Wants to Move into Some New Digs
Submerged scientist slams shale oil
Saving Iceland Blockades Century Aluminum Smelter and Elkem Steel ...
Misc and Odd News
Man blows up apartment spraying for bugs?
Natural Disasters
FEMA planning earthquake forum for Evansville
Two small quakes hit the South Bay
Earthquake jolts northern Japan
Congressional delegation checks NO conditions
Japan Hit By Magnitude-6.1 Offshore Earthquake, Monitor Says
Nuclear and Depleted Uranium
Six-nation nuclear talks gain profile
Nuclear scientist must keep quiet
Rice: North Korea Must Answer All Nuclear Questions
Europe: Five Minutes to Midnight
Poles divided over nuclear power
War's Terrible Impact Upon the Environment
Pesticides and Chemical Pollution
Misapplied Herbicides Enter Klamath River Tributary
DuPont Profit Rises 11%, Topping Estimates, on Seeds, Pesticide
Apple crop hit by shortage of cartons, pesticides: Cong
Pollution and Toxic Waste
New Study Examines Air Pollution’s Effects on Ecosystems; Finds ...
America Deploying Secret Pollution-Fighting Masks For Olympic ...
Pollution Will Still Waft Over NC Line: Now That a Court Has ...
Beijing restricts car use to fight pollution
Council puts freeze on ice-cream jingles
Lorry noise is driving residents to take to the streets
Zambia: Noise Pollution Unacceptable
Greece slow in fight against noise
Toxic waste plan is a threat to region, Lake Ontario
ACTIVISTS SQUAT NEWHAVEN INCINERATOR SITE IN PROTEST
Hyundai Vinashin – deplorable waste
Lawmakers blast plan to burn Mexico's toxics in Port Arthur
Dingell worries French company will send toxic waste to Mich.
Doctors, Hospitals Put Environment On Their Charts
Product Recalls
Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. Recalls Jalapeno Peppers Because of Possible Health Risk (July 21)
Slavery and Human Trafficking
Africans urged to confront human trafficking as they would slavery
Modern slavery and ‘hot bedding
Union says immigrants are working 90-hour weeks – for just £2 an hour
Human trafficking not always for labor
Hotline assails police over human trafficking
Space, Science, and Technology
NASA denies talks with Japan for purchase of HTV
3-D Views Posted From NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Continues Tests With Rasp
Geosequestration: Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock To Offset ...
New NASA 'Fire & Smoke' Web Page Shows Latest Fire Views, Research
Wars and Conflicts
Guantanamo Judge Blocks Use of Some Statements
Palestinian in construction truck rams cars
Cambodia Asks U.N. for Help in Dispute With Thailand
Obama says committed to Iraq withdrawal timetable
'Political solution' needed in Iraq
Iraq elections law passes, but vote date in doubt
Pack your bags for Baghdad? Iraq looks to tourism
US military says Iraq troop "surge" has ended
Big changes for Afghanistan after US election, predicts expert
25 Taliban die, wounded in Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents kill four police in central Afghanistan
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 476
Zimbabwe president under pressure to share power
EU widens sanctions on Zimbabwe, includes companies
Zimbabwe flights 'can't be stopped'
ANC welcomes Zimbabwe memorandum
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Introduces Z$100bn Bank Note
Victims of Darfur atrocities find a voice
Darfur rebels condemn AU on ICC warrant
Darfur peacekeeping at risk if Beshir indicted: Sudan
Sudan agrees to try Darfur rights violators at home
Weird Weather
Texas, Mexico prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly
Busy start heralds bruising Atlantic hurricane season
Storm Dolly to become hurricane, heads for Texas
Mesa hit by monsoon storm with high winds, rain
Mangalore: Monsoon revival brings cheer to farmers
July rainfall this year may be better than 2002, 2004
Hurricane Warnings Issued for Parts of Texas, Mexico
Hurricane Warning Set for South Padre Island, Tropical Storm Force ...
Approaching Hurricane Dolly Could Mean Evacuations
Weather Underground Launches New Online Hurricane Tracker
Wildfires
Wildfires and Hurricanes Create Indoor Air Quality Nightmares for ...
Warming West is ground zero for wildfires
High risk of wildfires in Athens and Pirea port
Rest in sight for weary fire crews as California wildfires let up ...
Only 33 wildfires remain in Northern California
Smoke From Wildfires May Block Warming of Arctic, Study Says
Storms swell risk of Oregon wildfires
Bear cub burned in California wildfires clings to life at rescue