No Prosecution for Bushies and UN Contra Obama and More for Sunday, April 19, 2009

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Obama Aide: No Prosecution of Bush Officials for Torture Policy

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/04/obama-adminis-1.html

U.N. Official: No Pass For Torturers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/18/politics/100days/main4953883.shtml

Energy secretary: Islands could disappear

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_sc/cb_obama_summit_energy;_ylt=ApqERs2mBlXWy0Hw9IikeJus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWRtN2hoBHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNlbmVyZ3lzZWNyZXQ-

EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417183528.htm

EPA: Greenhouse gases pose health hazard

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/17/greenhouse.gas.hazard.epa/index.html

Obama to regulate 'pollutant' CO2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004975.stm


Carbon dioxide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide

Global Warming 'Fixes' Can Suck Up Water

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7371405&page=1

2008 "Worst Year" In Fortune 500 History

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/19/sunday/main4954725.shtml

Fortune 500

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500

Canadian Banks Avoided Mortgage Meltdown

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/18/eveningnews/main4954231.shtml

Obama keeps some Bush secrets

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30292790/

Bushama

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/04/bushama.html

US boycotts UN racism conference

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8006548.stm

New pirate attack thwarted in Gulf of Aden

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/19/pirate.attack.foiled/index.html

Nato foils Somali pirates' attack

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8006827.stm

Mexican drug wars spread north into U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30282193/

Logic rules drug murders, trafficker says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/15/mexico.gangs/index.html

Mexico drug gang's rescue foiled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8006687.stm

Jackie Chan's China remarks prompt backlash

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30292772/

Jackie Chan gets critical kick from Hong Kong and Taiwanese politicians

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/04/19/chan-china-comments.html

Jackie Chan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan

China 'to act over jail deaths'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8006942.stm

For China’s new left, old values

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30290632/

Iran leader urges reporter rights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8006861.stm

Iranian president urges full defence for jailed U.S. journalist

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/19/saberi-ahmadinejad.html

Roxana Saberi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxana_Saberi

The 10 Best Cities in the Country for Jobs

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7183746&page=1

Scrutiny grows on company tax breaks to gain jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/tax_breaks_scrutiny;_ylt=AhTsJvNurv9meeWtw7qVLlms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlOWQ2bzFxBHBvcwM5MgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX2J1c2luZXNzBHNsawNzY3J1dGlueWdyb3c-

Folks losing homes dial 1-800; no one answers

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/15/foreclosure.phones/index.html

Test of Lincoln DNA may prove cancer theory

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267859/

No-gas cars soon to hit market

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/18/levs.green.cars.cnn

3 patients HIV-positive after VA clinic mistakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30269569/

Factories dumping drugs into sewage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267705/

King: Waterman finds Chesapeake Bay 'dying daily'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/17/king.sotu.chesapeake/index.html

Chesapeake Bay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay

Desert clash in West over solar potential, water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/water_for_solar;_ylt=AoHmqTJrLt.IwuGFQJ.XHY6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNGIzM3N1BHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNkZXNlcnRjbGFzaGk-

NYT: A possibly deadly route to beauty

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267013/

Silicone embolism (This link under development).

Embryos From IVF OKd for Research Dollars

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=7363394

'Green Nobel' for forest champion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000936.stm


Goldman Environmental Prize

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Environmental_Prize


Reports expose holes in Canada's food safety system

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/listeriosis-ont.html

Food-borne bacteria cause illness in 1 in 6 annually: T.O. health report

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/foodborne-illness-toronto.html

New fund promises low-cost malaria treatment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_malaria;_ylt=AiZbU48UdmN_HdWkYijn5oqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkY2VlbmphBHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA25ld2Z1bmRwcm9taQ--

Medical Micro-robots Made As Small As Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085333.htm

Spanish wind farms' record month

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8006668.stm

Key role of forests 'may be lost'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004517.stm

New limits to Antarctic tourism

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8005467.stm

Antarctic Treaty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty

Ocean Dead Zones Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417161506.htm

Dead Zone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)

For Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Guantanamo Bay image licensed under Creative Commons by USMARINE0311

Democrats seek criminal probe of Bush 'abuses'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_go_pr_wh/democrats_bush;_ylt=AlIbpwCGdnMhQVGhCrFbNsoDW7oF
See our posting of January 12, 2009: "Did Bush Really Admit to Waterboarding?"

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2009/01/did-bush-really-admit-to-waterboarding.html

Israel pursues its Gaza offensive

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7827919.stm

Gaza's water shortage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7802295.stm

Israeli Targets Gaza's Hidden Tunnels

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/eveningnews/main4719864.shtml

U.N. chief: 'No time to lose' in Mideast

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/14/israel.gaza/index.html

Guantanamo agents 'used torture'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7828126.stm

Detainee was tortured, U.S. official says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28649218/

Bush declares 'emergency' for inauguration

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28650363/

Science, law will rule at EPA, Obama pick says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28653445/

Lisa P. Jackson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_P._Jackson

Veterans given wrong drug doses due to glitch

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28655104/

Stork Craft recalls 535,000 baby cribs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28643081/


EU warns of legal action over gas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7827829.stm

Newsweek: Why spendy stimulus isn't working

http://www.newsweek.com/id/179337

U.S. retail sales slump for 6th month in a row

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28653868/

Sharp decline in US retail sales

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7828718.stm

Ill. gov. to preside in Senate that will try him

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28653514/


Deutsche Bank warns of big losses

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7828370.stm

U.S. arrests wealth manager accused of faking death

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50d123-us-usa-pilot/

Madoff to be in court as U.S. again seeks to jail him

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50d3kt-us-madoff/

Mozambique in food crisis warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7827935.stm

Challenge to plant methane link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7827106.stm

World 'needs radical cuts' on CO2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826994.stm

China protest forces factory move

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7828003.stm

US 'fake death businessman' found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7827787.stm

New soil map for African farmers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7826275.stm


Study Of Disease Risk Suggests Ways To Avoid Slaughter Of Yellowstone Bison

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112201017.htm

Contamination fears over two-headed Australian fish

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090114/sc_afp/environmentaustraliafish;_ylt=AhOP9ScVUc0wNGwFZIOisncPLBIF

Black abalone latest endangered species in Pacific

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_re_us/black_abalone;_ylt=AjNjz3_Q1ACIvFIaW0LiOrwPLBIF

Haliotis cracherodii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_abalone

Entrepreneur quiz: Do you have what it takes?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/01/07/entrepreneur.quiz/index.html

Archaeologist Uncovers Evidence Of Ancient Chemical Warfare

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090114075921.htm


Here's looking at Europe - Czech art causes continent-wide anger

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7827738.stm

Court OKs sex between teachers, 18-year-olds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28654219/


China's population of Web users hits 298 million

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_internet_boom;_ylt=AgeZatSXNT5P6Q.DCaVAMfas0NUE

For Wednesday, December 10, 2008

British pound sterling image licensed under Creative Commons by Cristiano Betta

950,000 kids worldwide killed by injury, violence

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/10/childhood.injuries.report/index.html

Zimbabwe: More than 15,000 have cholera

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/10/zimbabwe.epidemic.cholera.spread/index.html

Iranian nuclear workers arrested for spying

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/10/iran.spy.arrests/index.html

US-led strikes kill Afghan police

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7774939.stm

Report: Armor decision could have cost lives

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/us.iraq.ieds/index.html

Illinois scandal could have a ripple effect

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/12/10/1708215.aspx

Sources Say Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5'

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ConductUnbecoming/story?id=6431739&page=1

State of Disarray: What is Wrong With Ill.?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6428980&page=1

Fla. Investigates Mass Grave at Boys School

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6428293&page=1

Strike adds to unrest in Greece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7774634.stm

Pakistan questions key militants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7774912.stm

Brazil considers Indian land case

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7774895.stm

Miner Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774698.stm

Rio Tinto

http://www.riotinto.com

Wholesale inventories, sales plunge in Oct.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157537/

Dow 4,000: 8 really, really scary predictions

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0812/gallery.market_gurus.fortune/index.html?cnn=yes

Office Depot cutting 112 stores, 2,200 jobs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_bi_ge/office_depot_strategic_review;_ylt=AgjITys5eFo37Al2Ta_3a3as0NUE



Chinese police detain protesters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7774693.stm

Chinese exports drop in slowdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774934.stm

Sterling hits new record euro low

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7775191.stm

Somali piracy backed by international network

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28158455/

Agreement sealed on auto bailout

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28108346/

Inaction on Big 3 would cost taxpayers billions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156558/

Congress to vote on car bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7774459.stm

Panel questions Treasury on bailout plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28155752/

Newsweek: How the Tribune deal went bad so fast

http://www.newsweek.com/id/173152

Smell of Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7771184.stm

IWF backs down on Wiki censorship

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7774102.stm

City gets 'crime-detecting' CCTV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7775000/7775188.stm

Report finds nanotechnology safeguards inadequate

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b94a5-us-nano-risks/

Panel Blasts Federal Nanotechnology Risk Research Strategy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210103045.htm

Groups Sue Over Toxic Toys

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/earlyshow/living/ConsumerWatch/main4659906.shtml

Peter Gabriel backs human rights website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7773004.stm

The Hub

http://hub.witness.org/

Massive World War II collection debuts online

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_wwii_collection;_ylt=AiVI2yBWIJo5yUQdIYCCkvqs0NUE

Footnote.com

Chinese protest on human rights anniversary

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157293/

Robust Watermarking Offers Hope Against Digital Piracy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092114.htm

Chemists And Security Scientists Add New Technology To Redesigned Five Dollar Bill

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0901-anticounterfeiting_money.htm

£5m fund to scrap fishing boats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7775593.stm

Quality Mark Provides Better Protection For Fish Stocks Than Does The World Trade Organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091033.htm

Surface-Level Ozone Pollution Set To Reduce Tree Growth 10% By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209085628.htm

EPA names most-wanted eco-fugitives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157690/

Doctors call emergency care ‘national disgrace’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28148474/

Jumping viruses threaten man and beast

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/pip.zoonotics/index.html

Deaths tied to painkillers surge in rural areas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28146377/

UN: New measures can save many young lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28147639/

Assisted suicide in Zurich to air on TV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7775465.stm