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July 29, 2008
Animals and Animal Rights
Animal Rights Groups Favor Anti-chaining Measure
Pentobarbital Is Killing Eagles But the FDA Says It's Safe for Pets
Wild orangutans treat pain with natural anti-inflammatory
Wild bird crime 'still too high'
Report: 2007 unique for Sierra bear conflicts
Farm animal rights law would require room to roam
Child Labor and Abuse
Activists want serious measures taken to contain child trafficking
Of child trafficking and child labour in Malawi
Coral Reefs and Oceans
Scientist raises interest in seawater farming
Environment Ministry to use satellite to map coral reefs in Asia ...
THE GREAT THIRST Oceans of water
Corporate News
Clear Channel shareholders OK $17.9 billion buyout
Private Equity Firms Said to Circle BankUnited
Wrigley Reports 15 Percent Earnings Per Share Increase on Record Quarterly Sales
Tyson earnings plunge; chicken segment costs cited
MSA Announces Record Second Quarter Sales and Income
Pre-Paid Legal Announces 2008 Second Quarter Financial Results
Ryanair heading for full-year loss
Unilever sells North American detergents business
Toyota lowers 2008 global sales target
Verizon 2Q profit up 12 pct, beats expectations
Crime
Drug trafficking, illegal land sales financed crime network
Iran hangs 29 convicted of traffiking, murder and rape in mass ...
Former manager convicted in Siemens case
Crime maps online 'by end 2008'
Deforestation and Desertification
Deforestation Caused By Insect Pest Threatens Town’s Water Supply
Paying To Save Tropical Forests Could Be A Way To Reduce Global Carbon Emissions
Measuring Stress In Plants To Select Best Species For Reforestation
ABB Helps Inner Mongolian Environmental Project
Nigeria: Taking Irrigation to the Desert
Economy
As costs rise, inflation's next front is retailers
Worried Banks Sharply Reduce Business Loans
Fuel Subsidies Overseas Take a Toll on U.S.
MPs warn of energy price impact
Transparency Sought as Speculators' Activity in Oil Market Grows
Iran says oil could reach $500 on dollar, politics
Costco cranks up prices as last resort
US says China, India put trade talks in jeopardy
European equities weak as financials flop
Australian banking stocks tumble
Dollar falters as oil price advances
Oil rallies on geopolitical tensions
Bush administration official: '08 deficit will set record, approach $490 billion
Stocks opening lower following quarterly reports
Stock Indexes Continue to Slip
Stocks fall as financials again pull back
Oil rises on Nigerian attack, Iran nuclear worries
Wall St falls amid gloomy US housing forecasts
Deals on hold? Business awaits impact of Asia's new competition regimes
Venexuela agrees to sell Spain oil at $100 a barrel
US Banks Going Straight to Hell on $1.5trillion Eventual Loss
Credit card rates soar by up to 35%, just in time for the family holiday
Emerging Diseases
Doctors warn against dengue fever outbreak
Last year’s Dengue sufferers at risk again this year, warn experts
6.5m children to be administered polio drops in Sindh
Polio virus strikes again in Badaun, this time it’s a14-month-old girl
Anti-polio drive put off in Taliban-dominated areas
Bush Ready to Sign Law Expanding AIDS Program
Possible AIDS vaccine in five years
AIDS vaccine search in US makes major U-turn after letdowns
Malaria tops diseases at Asasetre health Centre
Mystery Fatal Hemorrhagic Disease in Shandong China
Bluetongue spreads despite vaccinations
Nigeria Reports New Outbreaks of Bird Flu at Farms in North
Cat Infected With Bird Flu Virus
Two dead birds found at Olympic equestrian site in Hong Kong ...
Fresh bird flu outbreak in Nigerian poultry
FAO to help Myanmar prevent highly pathogenic avian influenza
Endangered Species
Endangered Parrots Produce Third Chick for Houston Zoo
UK sends endangered apes back to jungle
Open season on ocean creatures in HK waters
Gorillas hand-reared in Kent returned to wild in Africa
Environment
Kenya energy goes green to meet electricity boom
China's Cars, Accelerating A Global Demand for Fuel
BMW Mini Electric Cars Coming to U.S. in Summer 2009
Rising Energy, Food Prices Major Threats To Wetlands As Farmers Eye New Areas For Crops
Governator Veto Climate Change Ed
Australian Coal & Denial Dooms
IUCN moves to minimise threats to Caribbean environment
Famine and Food Shortages
African famine threat to 14.5 million people
Mizoram facing famine, rats devour rice and maize
Millions of Africans facing starvation
Floods
Floods strip Midwest of tons of valuable topsoil
Farm Experts: Floods Caused Minimal Erosion in Wis.
Floods kill 22 in Ukraine, 4 in Romania
Floods kill 16 in eastern Europe
Thousands flee as floods hit Ukraine and Romania
South Texas residents flee floods
Japan floods kill at least four
Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech
Global Stem Cell Forum in China Showcases Cutting Edge Research ...
Cloning questioned in European report
Nanoparticles In Sewage Could Escape Into Bodies Of Water
Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. Announces Court Decision
Clock ticking for US nanotech companies
Another Disappointing Year for Alzheimer’s Drugs
Research links 3 genes to boys’ bad behavior
Europeans Adopt Final Opinion on Animal Cloning
Global Warming
If Greenland's Ice Sheet Melts, Sea Levels Could Rise 23 Feet ...
Himalayan ice shrinking every year
Kyoto, city against global warming, sees threat to gardens
Failure to address climate change like spitting in the wind
Explosion In Marine Biodiversity Explained By Climate Change
Population Policy Needed In Order To Combat Climate Change, Experts Argue
Global Water Supply and Drought
Carter's new fight, over Ga. dams, a familiar one
They're dreading drought deja vu
Official: Palestinians facing serious water shortages as drought .
Drought forces cities to plan alternatives for getting water
NC House drought bill excludes certain restrictions
Los Angeles County Will Dry Up Without A Drought Solution, Says SCLC
State Braces As Drought Worsens: Without Rain in the Next Few ...
Government, Politics, and Privacy Issues
Democrats Try to Break Grip of the Senate’s Dr. No
Bickering slows energy relief bill
Republicans Seek to Capitalize
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy From Web Hosts?
Dutch minister fears for athletes' privacy
Privacy in a transparent world
Health
Blood pressure drug dementia hope
Turmeric may help prevent type 2 diabetes
Pre-eclampsia May Be Autoimmune Disease
Victory for Anti-Vaccine Elements?
Avandia Study Shows 60 Percent Increase in Heart Failure Risk Among Diabetics who Take the Drug
Nearly Half of Parents Fail to Realize Their Children are Obese
Homeopathy Proven Better Than Conventional Medicine for Eczema
Suicide hot line got calls from 22,000 veterans
FDA faulted over unapproved uses of medications
Gates' foundation aids smoking ban for Games
Impotence drugs help treat brain tumors: study
MRI technique advanced for diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
The Evidence Gap: A Call for a Warning System on Artificial Joints
Human Rights
Rights Issue Looms as Bush Heads to China
Torture widespread in Palestinian jails
Ebadi rights group protests Iran mass execution
Mistreatment of detainees widespread in Hamas, Fatah lockups ...
Rights group: US, UK should suspend military aid to Kenya over ...
Human rights groups report widespread torture by PA, Hamas security
Games won't change China's repressive ways
Kenya must account for people missing-rights group
Kenya Rebels, Army Are Guilty of War Crimes, Rights Group Says
Invasive Species
Scotland protects native fish species with new law
Alien invasions cost us millions
Micro Chips and RFID
Interest is rapidly broadening in RFID
Mining and Mining Pollution
Protocols for survival -- A new energy era, urgency of research ...
Greenpeace Paints Slogans on Queensland Coal Ships (Update2)
Siquijor province crafts environment code
Workers picket Potash Corp. mine after talks fail
De Beers opens its first mines outside Africa
Audit finds serious hazards from abandoned mines
Misc and Odd News
Buried loot a mystery for authorities
Huge fire destroys historic pier
US warned of faulty 747 oxygen tanks
Groups to pray for lower prices at gas stations
Natural Disasters
Southern California Hit by 3.0 Earthquake
3.0 quake reported near U.S-Mexico border
Myanmar farmers back at work, but outlook is bleak
China evacuates 500000 from path of typhoon
Typhoon kills 1 in Ilocos Norte
One dead after typhoon pounds Taiwan
Typhoon pounds Taiwan, disrupting flights and business
Typhoon "Fung Wong" intensifies and moves toward Philippine islands
Four killed in Philippines in aftermath of Typhoon Fung Wong
Powerful Typhoon Strikes Taiwan, China in Path
Moderate earthquake rocks Sumatra, Indonesia
Nuclear and Depleted Uranium
Ontario nuclear plant weld failure "unprecedented," documents show
Report: Ahmadinejad says Iran now possesses 6000 centrifuges
Kalam reiterates support for nuclear deal
Israel steps up anti-Iran lobby in US
Has the time come for nuclear power? No: Price is high in so many ways
Iran not building nuclear weapons: Ahmadinejad
No protests as Xcel ramps up nuclear plans
FACTBOX-Nuclear projects in central and southeast Europe
How they see us: Joining Europe for talks with Iran
Pesticides and Chemical Pollution
Some Indians fear Green Revolution is a killer
Davao folk appeal for SC reversal of pesticide ruling
Dioxin danger persists for Bien Hoa residents
Open waste burning raises risk of human exposure to dioxin %%by ...
Canada's Dirty Dark Vietnam War Secret
Deadly Toxic Chemicals From Marine Base Threaten Irvine Neighborhoods
Pollution and Toxic Waste
Protocols for survival -- A new energy era, urgency of research ...
Eleven days to clean air? Olympic host says yes.
More may be needed to clear Beijing smog, official says
Politics adds to industrial pollution
Endurance athletes fear permanent damage
Pollution from Smelters Damages Teeth in Sheep
Some ships allowed, but spill keeps Mississippi closed
Soot blocks rain: Studies say it’s worse than you think
Landfill's toxic waste taking an environmental turn
Nigeria: Developing Countries Cannot Tackle Toxic Waste -Minister
Home buyers should check for hidden and buried toxins
Beijing Weighs Added Pollution Plans for Olympics
Deadly Toxic Chemicals From Marine Base Threaten Irvine Neighborhoods
Product Recalls
Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. of Texas Recalls Jalapeno Peppers
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced these recalls
Health Canada recalls prescription eye drops
Vegetable recalls concern local produce markets
Vita Food Products Issues Alert Regarding Vita Nova Salmon (July 25
Slavery and Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking A Problem Even Here At Home
Growth of slavery worldwide is very real challenge
Human trafficking charity launches hard hitting campaign
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. This year growth of human trafficking facts ...
Probe: Diplomats abuse their workers, invoke immunity
Space, Science, and Technology
Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search
Tweaked Kevlar vest stops bugs as well as bullets
Total eclipse to pass over China and Siberia
Phoenix Revises Method to Deliver Icy Sample
Raytheon Awarded $83 Million NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Data ...
Wars and Conflicts
Turkish Planes Reportedly Bombard Iraqi Kurdistan With "Cluster Bombs"
Death toll in Istanbul bombings rises to 17
Suspected U.S. missile strike kills six in Pakistan
U.S. troops killed civilians in June incident: military
Bombs kill 28, wound 92 during Baghdad pilgrimage
Sudan Rallies Behind Leader Reviled Abroad
Iraq suicide blasts cause carnage
Suicide Bombings kill 43 in Baghdad, Kirkuk
U.S. Says Contractor Made Little Progress on Iraq Projects
Zimbabwe Plans Changes to Currency
Suicide attacks in Baghdad, Iraq's north kill 52
Turkish officials link bombings to rebel Kurds
India carries out raids after bombings kill 45
Empty prison in Iraq a $40M 'failure'
Female bombers in day of bloodshed in Iraq
South Africa tells Robert Mugabe to surrender
U.S.: Soldiers killed unarmed Iraqi civilians
Palestinian hostilities flare in Gaza
Zimbabwe to remove 'zeros' from currency
Many deadly land mines destroyed in Cambodia, but much work remains
Historic City Of Bamyan To Be Cleared Of All Mines
Guantanamo prisoners in limbo as trials gain pace
Bomb Attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk Kill Dozens
Al-Qaida commander urges killing of Saudi king
Thai and Cambodian Leaders Begin Talks
Retribution Grows Between Palestinian Factions
If Iran is Attacking It Might Really be Israel
Mideast deal seems beyond reach as Rice hosts talks
Weird Weather
Typhoon kills one in Taiwan, heads for China
Ex-Hurricane Dolly floods parts of NM, Texas
Heat advisory issued for North Texas 8:42 AM CT
New research sheds light on links to weather, health, warming
National Weather Service: One tornado hit 11 towns
Heat wave continues in Oklahoma
Wildfires
California Wildfires - Imperial Valley Strike Team Deploys
California Wildfires - Telegraph Fire Update - Thousands of Homes ...
Fast Spreading California Wildfires Burning Near Yosemite
California Fires Kill Two, Yosemite National Park At Risk
Wildfires Burning Area the Size of Rhode Island
Calif. wildfires threaten parks
Second state firefighter believed dead in California wildfires