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July 9, 2008

Animals and Animal Rights

• Study Shows Rise In Cornwall's Dolphin, Whale, And Porpoise Deaths

• The Animal Research War

• Organization holds chain off to advocate animal rights

• Two more months for Austrian animal rights prisoners

• Animal Rights Protesters Taunt UC-Berkeley Scientists

• Proposal to euthanize wild horses spurs debate

• Elk may be culled to battle disease threat

Child Labor and Abuse

• Haiti's Children Forced into Slavery

• LIFE AS A CHILD SLAVE

• Polio volunteers or a case of child labour?

• India: Child Labour

• WOTCLEF Apprehends Woman Over Child Labour

• The Church Of Scientology’s Child Labor Abuse Exposed

• Tribesmen join fight against child trafficking

Coral Reefs and Oceans

• NOAA report: US coral reefs in severe decline

• Hurricane damage threat to northern Gulf coral reef

• US coral reefs in trouble

• Global Warming Chief Among Threats to Coral Reefs

• Reefs could be gone in 50 years: Experts

• Report sounds warning on US and Pacific coral reefs

• Healthy Marshall Islands' Coral Reefs Face New Threats

• Oceans more acid than expected

• What's left to eat in the oceans?

• Hawaii reefs doing well but are still in hot water

• Corals, Already in Danger, Are Facing New Threat From Farmed Algae

Corporate News

• Viacom won't soon shed image as corporate bully

• Japan June corporate failures rise 7.1 percent

• Souter Causes Stir With Footnote in 'Exxon' Case

• Exxon Mobil: An Unwise Investment For Now

• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Workers vs Exxon

• ConocoPhillips Refining Profit Narrows as Crude-Oil Costs Surge

• Dow plant evacuated after gas leak

• Saudi Aramco, Dow Plan $26 Billion Chemical Plant, Banker Says

• Pricey Drugs Put Squeeze on Doctors

• Anheuser-Busch sues suitor InBev

Crime

• Police target rising metal thefts

• US criminals target corporate Web sites

• Cameron urges tough action on knife crime

• Brazil police target top financiers in financial crime crackdown

• Violent crime rampant in Birmingham area during Fourth of July weekend

• Cross burning brings hate crime charge

• Hundreds march against hate crimes for Sikh children

• Child porn sale, circulation soars: study

• Car Thieves Tempted as Summer Months Begin; HEAT Provides Drivers ...

Deforestation and Desertification

• FAO approves N58m to tackle food insecurity, environmental degradation

• Mexico plants nine million trees in one day: minister

• Some grasslands resilient against climate change, according to 13 year study

• Foreigners buy land equivalent to six times the size of Monaco ...

• Famed hollow tree spared but 70 trees face the axe

• De-forestation

• Bird’s-eye view of coastal rain forest

• Rainforest Destruction - Greater and More Concentrated

Economy

• Mortgage Shares Plummet as Fears Worsen

• World stocks at 21-month low as banks plunge

• Fed to Clamp Down on Exotic and Subprime Loans

• Mortgage Fears Send Global Shares Down

• Recession 'looming' for UK firms

• Houston Residents Rethink Lifestyle, Cut Driving Amid Rising Gasoline Price

• The US housing crisis will continue well into 2009

• UK industrial output falls sharply

• German and UK industrial output drops

• Down and out in Las Vegas

• American visits to Canada hit 36-year low

• Siemens cutting 16,750 jobs worldwide to cut costs

• Fed plans new rules to protect future homebuyers

• British economy facing 'serious risk' of recession

• Oil slips below $138 a barrel

• FTSE on brink of bear market

• Asia sinks to lowest level this year

• Lots of baloney from oil companies

• Fed may keep open lifeline as housing distress continues

• Gasoline prices won't peak until November: EIA

• Oil Trades Below $140, Lower Price May Be Temporary

• Ka-ching! Consumers borrow mostly on credit cards

• Stocks rise on decline in oil, Bernanke talk

Emerging Diseases

• Dengue fever kills five people in southern province

• Mystery Fatal Disease In Bangladesh Linked to Poultry?

• H5N1  Endemic in Egypt

• Migration of H5N1  Into Bangladesh

• Beaten by ignorance, govt apathy, polio vaccinators quit

• US-Kenyan Farm Project Helps HIV/AIDS Sufferers

• Temperature of AIDS debate cools as voiceless bear brunt

• Scientists warn against closing Navy lab

• Climate change: disease spread fears

• Malaria menace bites residents

• ‘Malaria’ deaths in Manipur

• UK Travellers To Africa And Asia Continue To Ignore Health ...

• Hong Kong expert warns flu vaccine for chickens losing efficacy

• Nation Still Alert For Bird Flu

• Egg prices hit record high as farming yet to resume

Endangered Species

• Conservationists Sue to Protect Beluga Whales of Cook Inlet

• Some species could be wiped out feaster than feared

• Extinct Animals 100 Times Worse Off than Previously Believed

• Cuteness determines whether the public will support saving species from extinction

• Govt apathy risking endangered species

• Endangered Species Protections Sought for US Wolverines

• Mixed news for NH's endangered species

Environment

• EU optimistic about climate change deal

• Boston to ban toilet emptying in harbor

• G-8 endorses halving global emissions by 2050

• Brown faces climate change revolt

• Beijing 'failing pollution test'

• EPA Enforcement Is Faulted

• Pain at the Pump Raises Support for Domestic Drilling

• California Governor Activates Excessive Heat Emergency Plan

• Rare hydrogen producing microorganism may help unlock tomorrow's hydrogen economy

• Green Solution To Biofuel Production: Enzymes From Plants

• New York City Plan Implements Green Technology, Has $2.3B Price Tag

• A Cloth to Cut the Mercury Risk From Light Bulbs

Famine and Food Shortages

• People starve because they cannot afford food

• Despite food shortages, Ethiopia to grow biofuel crops

• Food Shortages in Syria, United Arab Emirates

• Solano's plan doesn't address today's problems

• G8 says countries must be ready to release food stocks

• UN agencies call on G8 to take decisive measures to fight hunger

• When the Price of Bad Policy Is Hunger

• Hunger and the City

• 5000 people in north of Colombia threatened by hunger

Floods

• Rainstorms cause floods and traffic chaos in most parts of China

• After the Floods, Too Often a Shortage of Water

• Cape floods: Disaster teams on full alert

• Floods cause congestion in Shah Alam, Klang

• Receding floodwaters give up trove of debris

Genetics, Genetic Engineering, Biotech, and Nanotech

• High food prices may cut opposition to genetically modified food

• Food fights: Saskatchewan Farmer Tells of the Dangers of Bio-Tech ...

• GM push will be hard to resist: Burke

• Rules on marketing GM produce face review

• Bee in his bonnet over GM

• New test can help spot best embryos: researchers

Global Warming

• Greenland meltwater will take slow wave around globe

• Rising water in mine pit leads to growing concern in Bovey

• Russia faces disease, drought from global warming: WWF

• Combating Global Warming Brings Population Back to the Agenda

• Climate change may muddy better-than-bottled New York tap water

• Swapping forests

• Process Used By Microbes To Make Greenhouse Gases Uncovered

• Could Pond Scum Undo Pollution, Fight Global Warming And Alleviate World Hunger?

• G-8 Approves Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• G8 set for showdown with poorer states over climate

• Mount Shasta glaciers growing, despite warming

Global Water Supply and Drought

• Putting a cap on the bottled water industry

• A word to the water wise

• Drought still gripping Upper Hunter

• Farmers tell of drought devastation

• Drought contributed to drowning deaths

• Drought eases its grip on area

• Honey imported as Australian production falls

• Bushfires and drought take toll on honey production

• T. Boone Pickens buys water rights in Texas

Government and Politics

• Obama to propose overhauling bankruptcy laws

• Bipartisan Group Proposes New War Powers Law

• U.S., EU Discuss Data Exchange For Visas

• Want some torture with your peanuts?

• US wants sci-fi killer robots for terror fight

• Candidates Diverge on How to Save Social Security

• Nicolas Sarkozy turns screw on Irish over EU treaty

• Congress Threatens U.S. Attorney General With Contempt Over Leak Investigation

• Cheney Wanted Cuts in Climate Testimony

• GOP pressured to stop Medicare 'meltdown'

• Austria's Government Collapses, New Election Looms

• Housing Bill Moves Slowly Through Congress

• Ecuador state seizes TV stations

Health

• More Mid-Life (and Older) STDs

• Salmonella Poisoning Cases In Canada Rises To Four

• California Suit Against Whole Foods for Carcinogen in Body Care Products

• Judicial Watch Uncovers Shocking New FDA Documents Related to Gardasil

• Warning Labels for Coloured Foods: Campaigners call for stronger action

• Early life nutrition enhances intellectual capability in adulthood

• Overweight linked to breast cancer in postmenopausal women

• Researchers say popular fish contains potentially dangerous fatty acid combination

• Colorful insects help search for anti-cancer drugs

• Coccinia Indica Herb Lowers Blood Sugar Levels by 20 Percent in Type 2 Diabetics

• Large Scale Study Finds Vitamin B6 Deficiency Common in the U.S.

• Therapeutic Healing Vest for Children With Autism, ADHD, Anxiety

• CT Scans Emit Massive Doses of Radiation, Promote Cancer

• EMF, EMR, Our Brains and the Weather - What's the link?

• Nurses Step Up Efforts to Protect Against Attacks

• FDA issues warning on Cipro, similar antibiotics

Human Rights

• Rise of Islamic extremism erodes women's rights

• Olympics haven't helped China's human rights

• Rights group reports abuses in S. Arabia

• Amnesty urges Chinese rights action

• G8's Food Crisis Agenda Must Focus on Women's Human Rights

• Jewish human rights group hunts Nazi 'Doctor Death' in Chile ...

• Human rights groups call on Iran to end the execution of juveniles

Invasive Species

• Ethanol Byproduct Can Help Control Weeds For Flower And Plant Growers

• Invader repelled

• Invasive Species Threaten Great Lakes

• Vermonters work to control invasive plants

• Volunteers and Local Federal Agencies eradicate non-native algae

• Dogs Sniff Out Unwanted Mussels

Micro Chips and RFID

• Orthopedic firms plan to integrate RFID with implants

• A climate threat from flat TVs, microchips

• Microchips with your pint?

• Law keeps bosses from getting under our skin

• UPM Raflatac's RFID Tags Help Confirm Food Origins, Supply Chain

Mining and Mining Pollution

• Minn Court of Appeals rules Northshore Mining Co. must keep asbestos levels down in Silver Bay, Minn

• Uranium Rush

• Thoughts on Civil Disobedience from Kentucky

• Coalition will sue on plant

Misc and Odd News

• Special In Aisle 13: Pygmy Rattlesnakes

• Russia to submit claim to Arctic shelf to UN by 2009

• Dying to get cheaper as Malta ends hearse cartel

• Court convicts man who says he can raise dead

• Church of England split on women bishops

Natural Disasters

• Magnitude 6 quake strikes southern Peru

• Strong Tremor Shakes Japan

• Some RP provinces too poor to prepare for disasters

• Latest oceanic fiber-optic cable detects undersea quakes

• Strong earthquakes in Pacific

• Earthquakes reported near Denali Park and Talkeetna

• Kilauea lava eruption continues in Hawaii

• 22 other sea vessels sunk by Typhoon ‘Frank’

• Iloilo students return to school after typhoon to face destroyed ...

• China eyes panda relocation plan: official media

• China shushes parent protesters about earthquake

• Some Myanmar survivors now cringe at wind, rain

• Myanmar: Progress Seen After Cyclone

• Myanmar to build new schools with steel structure

• Lava fountain bursts from volcano

Nuclear and Depleted Uranium

• Poland to build a nuclear power plant

• Iran resumed nuclear bomb project, experts say

• ABC drops new site after radioactivity fears
  Talks On North Korea's Nuclear Program To Resume

• 10 Reasons Not to Invest in Nuclear

• EU's Solana to visit Iran for nuclear talks: France

• New round, old questions for North Korea nuclear talks

• Iran will 'burn' Tel Aviv and US shipping in Gulf if nuclear ...

• India PM Closes In On Nuclear Deal

• Rudd to let Indo-US nuclear deal go ahead

• Iran stages war games and rejects nuclear demand

• IAEA conducts nuclear accident response exercise in Mexico

• Nuclear Terrorism: The threat within or without?

• UN To Stage Fake Nuclear Accident In Mexico

Pesticides and Chemical Pollution

• Pesticides Halted

• Groups Tell EPA to Stop Widespread Uses of Anti-Bacterial Consumer ...

• Students push city for pesticide ban

• Blood-sucking bed bugs return to US, county may be next

• Nairobi developing, but is neglecting its environment

• Doctor gives life, hope to victims of AO

Pollution and Toxic Waste

• Law stops toxic dumps in neighborhoods

• More toxic waste discovered at abandoned Ardmore oil refinery

• Newspapers May Be Dying, But Their Corpses Could Reduce Toxic Waste

• Doing nothing is not an option for survival

• Council leaders take Heathrow 'pollution' fight to Europe

• Traffic pollution linked to kids' allergies

• New bill passed cuts toxic ship pollution, praised by leading environmental group

• EU transport chief eyes tough tolls, less pollution

• EU sets airline pollution limits

• US warns travelers of pollution in China

• Maricopa County still violating federal air quality rules

• EPA dropped wetlands cases after high court ruling

Product Recalls

• Product Recalls Updated

Slavery and Human Trafficking

• Group tells Vt.: No sweat

• Clare Short: A tortuous tale of human trafficking

• Kenya / IOM Launches Anti-Trafficking Campaign

• Baja: RP consulate's silence on trafficking case puzzling

• ABC's Nightline Exposes Modern-Day Slavery

• Delving into the modern slave trade

• Australian Minister Takes Stand on Migrant Worker Exploitation

• Warning on legal sex work for 2010

• Five charged in prostitute trafficking ring

Space, Science, and Technology

• NASA sets date for final shuttle mission in 2010

• Frozen embryos 'better for IVF'

• ROSETTA AWAKES FROM HIBERNATION FOR ASTEROID

• NASA team lands in Yellowknife to study forest fire smoke

• Phoenix Mars Lander Delivers Soil-Chemistry Sample

• Station Crew Continues Spacewalk Preparations

Wars and Conflicts

• Russia warns over US-Czech shield

• Israel, Hezbollah To Exchange Prisoners, Remains

• Iran to "hit Tel Aviv, U.S. ships" if attacked

• Iran in warning to US and Israel

• Blast Kills 4 Contractors In Iraq

• Israel blockades West Bank village

• Guns of August spiked?

• Brazil to Buy Dozens of Fighter Jets to Defend Amazon and Offshore Oil

• Chávez, Seeking Colombia Role, Distances Himself From Rebels

• Iranian leader slams U.S. as greatest threat to global security

• Israel reopens Gaza border, mortar fire continues

• G-8 leaders concerned about Zimbabwe situation, call for 'measures'

• Tehran Warns West Against Attack

• Security advisor: Iraq insists on timetable for US troops' withdrawal

• UAE breaks ice blocking Arab ties to Iraq

• Army medic made famous in Iraq photo dies

• Most oppose war in Iraq

• Ex-Officials Offer Plan to Revamp War Powers Act

• US aircraft carrier moves into position for Afghanistan

• Violence Kills NATO Soldier, 2 Afghan Police in Afghanistan

• Afghanistan blames Pakistan for bomb attack outside Indian

• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 468

• G8 to seek sanctions on Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe opposition denies talks to resume

• SAfrica downplays British call for Zimbabwe sanctions: minister

• Zimbabwean Political Parties to Resume Talks; Refugees Attacked

• Zimbabwe Central Banker Answers to Mugabe, Bible

• U.S. and Czechs sign missile deal prompting Moscow warning

• G8 to move against Mugabe allies

• Russia warns over US-Czech shield

• US chief: Iraq needs time to stabilize after fight

• New US nuclear sanctions on Iran

Weird Weather

• Worst-ever weather weekend for Transit

• In pictures: Weird clouds

• Severe weather hits Upper Midwest

• Severe Weather Could Continue For Weeks

• Calif. heat wave prompts power warnings

• Heat wave to climb mountains from Central Coast to Los Angeles

• Schwarzenegger, forecasters issue heat warnings

• Heat, poor ozone expected to cause suffering on Tuesday

• Storms bring tornado warnings, heavy rain, hail

• Insurer: You had two hailstorms, so you pay two deductibles 
  Hurricane Bertha Slows To Cat 2, NHC Warns Bermuda To Watch Its Progress

• Hurricane Bertha shifts direction

Wildfires

• Goleta, California Firefighters Gain Ground, Residents Return Home

• California enters week 3 of wildfires

• Two wildfires extinguished overnight in Peloponnese

• BC water bomber moves south to tackle wildfires near Big Sur

• 'Let-burn' policy implemented on 2 recent wildfires

• Fire, heat cause brief cut off of city water to growers

• State crews battle wildfires

• National Guard troops dispatched to battle wildfires

• Fire threatens 2,000 structures