WORLD NEWS July 3, 2008 "Pentagon Extends Tour of Marines in Afghanistan" AP "Oil Heads Past $145 For 1st Time; Pump Cost Up Too" AP "Mongolian Capital Calm After Post-Election Riots" AP July 1, 2008 "Nelson Mandela Finally Dropped From US Terror Watch List" AFP "France Takes Over EU Presidency" AP June 30, 2008 "Former Abu Ghraib Detainees Sue US Contractors" Guardian UK "Court Rules on Guidelines for Trying Terrorism Suspects in Guantanamo" Washington Post "Bush Signs $162 Billion War Spending Bill" USA Today June 29, 2008 "What the GIs Deserve" Washington Post "Report: U.S. 'Preparing the Battlefield' in Iran" CNN "Canada Condemns Zimbabwe Polls, Imposes Sanctions" AFP "More Than 100 Injured in South Korea Beef Protests" AFP June 28, 2008 "U.S. to Settle Lawsuit of Man Investigated in Anthrax Case" New York Times June 27, 2008 "U.S. Tomato-Linked Salmonella Illnesses Surpass 800" Reuters "Congress Stunned by Bush Officials Disdain on Torture" Los Angeles Times "Justices Rule for Individual Gun Rights" New York Times "Supreme Court Strikes Down ‘Millionaire’s Amendment’" New York Times June 26, 2008 "Supreme Court Sharply Limits Use Of Death Penalty" Christian Science Monitor June 23, 2008 "Congress Taking WH to Court Over Subpoena Roadblock" Raw Story "At Oil Conference, Saudis Offer Slight Rise in Production" New York Times "Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Takes Refuge With Dutch" AP June 22, 2008 "Bush 'War Crimes Conference' to Convene in Mass." Raw Story "Call for Change Ignored, Levees Remain Patchy" New York Times "Nigerian Oil Militants Vow Ceasefire in Delta" Reuters June 19, 2008 "Bush Calls for End to Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling" New York Times "Court Limits Self-Representation for Mentally Ill" AP "Oil Giants Lining Up For Slice Of Iraqi Resources" AP June 18, 2008 "Mississippi Overflows 2 More Levees, Total of 21" Reuters "Exams Show Torture of U.S.-Held Detainees-Report" Reuters June 16, 2008 "Supreme Court to Rule on Whether Ashcroft Can be Sued" Los Angeles Times June 14, 2008 "Taliban Free 1,200 in Attack on Prison" New York Times "Bush Gives OK for Oil Companies to Harm Polar Bears" Raw Story "Scientists Find Bugs That Eat Waste and Excrete Petrol" Times Online June 13, 2008 "Ireland Rejects Treaty in Blow for EU" Reuters June 12, 2008 "Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts" New York Times "IRAQ: 'Special Weapons' Have a Fallout on Babies" Inter Press Service June 11, 2008 "House Votes on Bid to Impeach Bush" Reuters "Pakistan Fury at Deadly US Strike" BBC "Prime Minister Apologizes to Native Canadians" AP June 10, 2008 "Oil Giants Keep Billions in Tax Breaks" Kansas City Star "SKorea's Leader Vows New Start Amid US Beef Crisis" AP June 8, 2008 "Ending Her Bid, Clinton Backs Obama" New York Times "Musharraf Rejects Calls to Resign" New York Times June 6, 2008 "Texas Town Still Shadowed by Dragging Death" AP "Senior NYC Crane Inspector Accused of Corruption" AP June 5, 2008 "Senate Panel Accuses Bush of Iraq Exaggerations" New York Times "Top U.S. Air Force Official Resigns: Report" Reuters "Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Asks for Death Sentence" Los Angeles Times "US, British Diplomats Attacked in Zimbabwe" AP June 4, 2008 "Zimbabwe: Sharp Crackdown On Political Opponents" AllAfrica.com June 3, 2008 "Rep. Waxman Seeks Access to Bush, Cheney Interviews on CIA Leak" Los Angeles Times "Ohio: Guilty Plea in Terrorism Case" New York Times June 2, 2008 "Judge orders return of polygamist group's children" AP May 31, 2008 "Food Report Criticizes Biofuel Policies" New York Times "Aid Workers Still Waiting to Enter Myanmar's Delta" AP May 30, 2008 "111 Nations, But Not US, Adopt Cluster Bomb Treaty"> AP "UN: Myanmar Forcing Cyclone Survivors Out of Camps"> AP May 29, 2008 "Texas High Court: Removal of Sect Kids 'Not Warranted'" CNN "Food Crisis Spurs World Bank to Offer More Aid" AP May 28, 2008 "Pentagon Totals Rise for Stress Disorder" New York Times "Democrats Tackle Florida and Michigan Dispute" Reuters "Ex-White House Spokesman Scott McClellan Attacks Bush in His New Book" Los Angeles Times "Human Rights Report Assails U.S." New York Times "Treaty Seeks to Ban Cluster Bombs Within 8 years" AP "Nepal's Monarchy Abolished, Republic Declared" AFP May 27, 2008 "Bond Bill for California Prison Health Care Fails" Reuters "Charity: UN Peacekeepers, Aid Workers Abusing Kids" AP May 25, 2008 "Rove: Courts Will Have to Decide his Subpoena" AP May 24, 2008 "Russia and China Condemn U.S. Missile Shield Plan" New York Times "UN's Ban Gets Myanmar to Accept Foreign Aid" AFP May 23, 2008 "Congress Enacts $290B Farm Bill Over Bush Veto" AP "House Panel Subpoenas Rove in Inquiry Into Justice Dept." New York Times "Strikes Over Pensions Hit France" BBC May 22, 2008 UPDATE: House Overrides Bush Veto on Farm Bill" AP "Farm Bill Vetoed; Override Expected" New York Times May 21, 2008 "Cluster Bomb Ban Could Jeopardize Peacekeeping: U.S." Washington Post "Alaska to Sue to Block Polar Bear Listing" Reuters May 19, 2008 "Two Dead, 13 Injured in Oklahoma Prison Brawl" Reuters "Four Philadelphia Police Fired Over Filmed Beating" Reuters May 17, 2008 "Detainee’s Trial Delayed Until Justices Rule" New York Times May 16, 2008 "Gay Couples Celebrate California Court Ruling" New York Times "Texas Officials Sue US Over Border Fence" AP "Senate Votes to Revive Ban on Media Cross-Ownership" Los Angeles Times May 15, 2008 "House Members Reject Iraq War Funding Bill" AP "Republicans Abandon Bush on Food, Energy Issues" AP "Defying President Bush, Senate Passes Farm Bill" New York Times May 14, 2008 "Case Against 9/11 Detainee Is Dismissed" New York Times "ACLU: United States Violates UN Protocol in its Treatment of Iraqi and American Children Raw Story "Congress Votes to Stop Filling Oil Reserve" San Francisco Chronicle "Small Fuel Spill Occurs North of San Francisco Bay" Reuters "Curfew Imposed After India Blasts" BBC May 13, 2008 "Powerful Quake Ravages China, Killing Thousands" New York Time May 12, 2008 "Sharif's Party Quits Pakistan Government" Reuters "Zimbabwe Rejects Western Election Observers" Reuters UK May 11, 2008 "Pentagon Legal Advisor is Barred From Trial of Osama bin Laden's Driver" Los Angeles Times May 10, 2008 "Judge Drops General From Trial of Detainee" New York Times May 8, 2008 "216 Held in Protests of Police Acquittals" New York Times "US, Russia Trade Diplomatic Expulsions" AP "Deadly Battles as Hezbollah Says Lebanon 'Declares War'" AFP May 7, 2008 "F.B.I. Raids Office of Special Counsel" New York Times May 5, 2008 "Sea Lions Shot Dead on Columbia River as Salmon Battle Rages" AP May 4, 2008 "American Missiles Strike Sadr City, Hospital Children Hit" New York Times May 2, 2008 "Federal Agency Declares West Coast Salmon Fishery a Disaster" AP May 1, 2008 "U.S. West Coast Ports on Strike Over Iraq War" Reuters "Still No 'Mission Accomplished'" BBC April 30, 2008 "Bush Contracting Official Resigns Amid Scrutiny" Reuters "GSA Chief Lurita Doan Resigns" Washington Post "Hawaiian Sovereignty Seekers Take Over Palace in Honolulu" AP "Tibet Activist Group: China Detains Scores of Buddhist Monks" AP April 29, 2008 "A Holiday From Gas Prices?" Washington Post "UN To Set Up Task Force To Tackle Global Food Crisis" AP April 28, 2008 "Truckers Rally in Washington, Seeking Lower Gas Prices" AP "Supreme Court Says States Can Demand Photo ID for Voting" AP April 27, 2008 "Zimbabwe: No Results Yet Four Weeks After Elections" AllAfrica.com April 25, 2008 "US Vessel Fires at Boats in Gulf" BBC April 24, 2008 "General Petraeus to Head U.S. Forces in Middle East" Christian Science Monitor April 22, 2008 "Former Justice Official Accused of Exchanging Favors With Abramoff" Washington Post "Supreme Court Reviews 'Millionaire's Amendment'" AP "Darfur Deaths 'Could be 300,000'" BBC April 21, 2008 "More Convicted Felons Allowed to Enlist in Army, Marines" AP "Suit Claiming Shoddy Treatment of Veterans Goes to Trial in S.F." San Francisco Chronicle "Ex-Cleric Wins Paraguay Presidency, Ending a Party’s 62-Year Rule" New York Times April 20, 2008 "Return of the Pentagon’s Media Surrogates" Harper's April 19, 2008 "Behind Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand" New York Times "Al-Sadr Threatens 'Open War'" Al Jazeera "Supreme Court finds lethal injections a humane means of execution" Los Angeles Times "Moms and Young Children From Texas Ranch to be Parted" AP April 17, 2008 "Feds to Collect DNA From Every Person They Arrest" AP "300,000 Vets Have Mental Problem, 320,000 Had Brain Injuries" AP via RawStory "EU Urges Bush to be More Ambitious on CO2 Curbs" Reuters April 16, 2008 "Deadlocked Jury Forces 2nd Mistrial in Miami Terrorism Case" AP "Pentagon Seeks Authority to Train and Equip Foreign Militaries" International Herald Tribune April 13, 2008 "In Searching for New Job, Alberto Gonzales Sees No Takers" New York Times April 12, 2008 "Food Shortages Herald "New Era Of Hunger"" CBS "Haitian Senators Vote to Fire PM" BBC April 11, 2008 "Stresses Still High on U.S. Military" Christian Science Monitor April 10, 2008 "American Airlines Cancels Over 900 Flights" Reuters "Judge Tosses Part of Dan Rather's CBS Lawsuit" Los Angeles Times "Keeping Score on the Colombia Trade Pact" Washington Post April 9, 2008 "White House and Democrats Clash Over Trade Pact" New York Times "Texas Raid Leaves 400 Children in Custody" NPR April 7, 2008 "Bush Seeks to Slash Colombian Trade Tariffs" Los Angeles Times April 5, 2008 "Conflict Escalates at Polygamist Retreat" Raw Story "DOJ Sues FOX Over Indecency Fines" Raw Story April 4, 2008 "Blackwater's Baghdad Contract Renewed For One Year" USA Today "Children Removed From Desert Compound" AP "CNN: Pattern of Sex Abuse at Youth Prisons" Raw Story "Exclusive: Chinese Police Open Fire on Monks and Tibet Protesters" Times Online April 3, 2008 "Another KBR Rape Case" The Nation "Bush Wins NATO Backing on Missile Shield" AP "Bush officials oppose media shield bill" Raw Story "Chinese Rights Activist Is Jailed" New York Times "Venezuela passes 'windfall' oil tax" Al Jazeera "New Evidence of Earliest North Americans" AP April 2, 2008 "States Sue EPA Over Global Warming" AP "03 U.S. Memo Approved Harsh Interrogations" New York Times "NATO Allies Oppose Bush on Georgia and Ukraine" New York Times "Argentine farmers suspend protest" BBC News April 1, 2008 "Guantánamo Detainee, Indicted in ’98, Now Faces War Crimes Charges" New York Times "Congress Has Big Questions for Big Oil" AP "HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson Steps Down" Los Angeles Times "Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws" Los Angeles Times "Report: Low Grad Rates in US Cities" AP March 31, 2008 VIDEO: "60 Minutes: One innocent man’s ordeal as an Enemy Combatant" 60 Minutes via Raw Story "Treasury Rolls Out Overhaul of Financial Regulators" New York Times March 29, 2008 "Third Marine Is Cleared of Charges, Given Immunity" Washington Post "Baghdad Curfew Extended as Fighting Rages On" CNN "Diplomats Visit Tibet Amid Anxiety Over Unrest" New York Times March 28, 2008 "Charges Against Marine in Haditha Case Dropped" Reuters "One Inmate Dead in Texas Prison Riot Reuters March 27, 2008 "Court: Mumia Deserves New Hearing" AP "Florida Legislature Apologizes for State’s History of Slavery" New York Times "Oil Prices Spike Above 107 Dollars on Iraq Pipeline Attack" AFP March 26, 2008 "American Airlines Forced to Ground 80 Planes for Inspection" Los Angeles Times March 25, 2008 "Pentagon Admits Mistaken Arms Parts Shipment" Washington Post March 24, 2008 "U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Reaches 4,000" CNN "Tibet Government-in-Exile Says About 130 Confirmed Dead in Unrest" AFP March 23, 2008 "Mugabe Accused of Election-Rigging Plan" CNN March 21, 2008 "Passport files of McCain, Clinton, Obama all breached" Los Angeles Times "Germany Urges China to Open up on Tibet" Reuters "France to Reduce Nuclear Warheads" BBC March 20, 2008 "Cheney Ex-Aide 'Scooter' Libby Disbarred" Washington Post "Pakistan: 1st Female Speaker" Guardian March 19, 2008 "AP President: US Arrests Journalist in Iraq to 'Control' Information" AP March 18, 2008 "Peacekeepers Battle Serbs in Kosovo" AP March 17, 2008 "JPMorgan Chase to Buy Investment Bank Bear Stearns" Earth Times "Tibet Anti-China Protests Spread" BBC "Iran Reformists Question Counting in Election" Reuters March 15, 2008 "House Passes a Surveillance Bill Not to Bush's Liking" Washington Post March 13, 2008 "NRCC Treasurer Accused of Campaign Fraud" Washington Post "Environmental Agency Tightens Smog Standards" New York Times "Meat Packer Admits Slaughter of Sick Cows" New York Times "Police Fire Tear Gas at Tibetan Monks" AP "Africa: OIC Cancels Debt of Poor Countries" AllAfrica.com March 12, 2008 "U.S.: Mideast Military Chief's Resignation Doesn't Mean Iran War" CNN International "NY Governor Spitzer Resigns" New York Times "Southwest Grounds 38 Planes for Review" New York Times March 11, 2008 "Gulf War Syndrome's Chemical-Origin Theory Upheld" Los Angeles Times "Ashcroft Defends Receipt of No-Bid Contract" New York Times "1 in 4 Teen Girls Has Sexual Disease" AP March 10, 2008 "Area Tap Water Has Traces of Medicines" Washington Post March 9, 2008 "Florida and Michigan Dominate the Sunday Chatter" New York Times March 8, 2008 "Bush Announces Veto of Waterboarding Ban" Washington Post "Leaders Say Colombia Crisis Over" BBC News March 7, 2008 "Court: Credential Needed to Home School" AP "In Times Square Blast, Echoes of Earlier Bombings" New York Times "Senate Votes For Safer Products" Washington Post "U.S. Army unit leaves Baghdad" Los Angeles Times "Activists, Whalers Clash in Antarctic" AP March 6, 2008 "Kenya Set to Revamp Constitution" Al Jazeera "Kenya MPs Urged to Back Agreement" BBC March 5, 2008 "Definition of Marriage Is at Heart of California Case" New York Times "FBI Had Privacy Violations in 2006 Before Reforms" Reuters March 3, 2008 "4 Luxury Model Homes Ablaze in Wash." AP "US Missles Strike Somali Town" AP March 2, 2008 "Chavez and Correa Order Troops To Colombia Borders" CNN International "9 Killed In Protest Over Election Results In Armenia" CNN International "In Russia, Medvedev Sweeps Presidential Election" Washington Post March 1, 2008 "Bush Plans Further Reduction in Forces" Washington Post "Iraq war 'caused slowdown in the US'" The Australian "Turkey Withdraws Troops From Northern Iraq" New York Times "Armenia Declares State of Emergency" AP February 29, 2008 "McCain's Citizenship Called Into Question" MSNBC "Outspoken Scientist Dismissed From Panel on Chemical Safety" Los Angeles Times "Bush Aide Resigns Over Plagiarism" New York Times "Republicans Block Consideration of Housing Relief Package in Senate" Washington Post "Congress In Turmoil Over Air Force Tanker Decision" Reuters February 28, 2008 "U.S. Incarcerates More Than Any Other Nation" Reuters February 27, 2008 "Senate Democrats Focus on Economic Cost of War" New York Times February 26, 2008 "Probe Finds that EPA Staff Had Advised OK of California's Stricter Emissions Rule" Los Angeles Times "In Shift, Ashcroft to Testify on Oversight Deal" Washington Post "General: Army Strained, Combat Tours May Be Cut" CNN "Florida Hit by Large Power Outage" New York Times February 24, 2008 "White House Backtracks on Claims of Lost Intelligence" Los Angeles Times "Ralph Nader Starts U.S. Presidential Bid" Reuters "Raul Castro Becomes Cuba's Leader" AP "Iran Warns West of Reprisals Over Sanctions" AFP February 23, 2008 "Fraud Case Tied to Enron Ends in Prison for 3 Men" New York Times February 22, 2008 "U.S. Fueled 'Rendition' Flights on British Soil" Washington Post "An Errant Satellite Is Gone, but Questions Linger" New York Times "U.S. Congressman Indicted on Fraud Charges" Reuters February 21, 2008 "UK says U.S. rendition flights used its territory" Washington Post "Pentagon Is Confident Missile Hit Satellite Tank" New York Times "Belgrade's US Embassy Set on Fire" Washington Post February 20, 2008 "Obama Takes Hawaii and Wisconsin in Decisive Fashion" Washington Post "Defense Contractor Sentenced to 12 Years for Bribery" Washington Post "Court Says Ripped-Off 401(k) Participants Can Sue" AP "Al-Sadr Threatens to End Cease-Fire" Washington Post February 19, 2008 "Fidel Castro To Step Down As Cuba's Leader" Los Angeles Times "Pakistanis Deal Severe Defeat to Musharraf in Election" New York Times February 17, 2008 "USDA Makes Nation's Largest Beef Recall" AP "Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia" AP February 16, 2008 "EU Approves 2,000-Strong Kosovo Police Mission" Washington Post "Excitement as Kosovo Independence Confirmed for Sunday" AFP "Aborigines Plan to Sue Australia" AP February 14, 2008 "Bill Curbing Terror Interrogators Is Sent to Bush, Who Has Vowed to Veto It" New York Times "House Holds Bush Confidants in Contempt" AP "U.S. Officials Say Broken Satellite Will Be Shot Down" New York Times February 13, 2008 "House Defeats Stopgap Extension of Spy Program" Reuters "Senate Authorizes Broad Expansion Of Surveillance Act" Washington Post "Obama and McCain Sweep 3 Primaries" New York Times "Ethics Panel Says Craig Acted Improperly" AP "Iraqi lawmakers pass 3 key bills" Los Angeles Times "Georgian Opposition Leader Found Dead" Los Angeles Times February 12, 2008 "Anti-War, Pro-Marine Confrontation Begins Early in Berkeley" San Jose Mercury News "Four Arrested on Charges of Spying for China" Christian Science Monitor "Britain Says It Has "Concerns" About Guantanamo Trial Reuters "Australia Apologizes for Mistreating Aborigines" Reuters February 11, 2008 "Pentagon Charges Sept. 11 Suspects" AP February 10, 2008 "U.S. Soldier Gets 10-year Term in Iraqi's Death" Los Angeles Times "New Time-Off Rights for Military Families" Wall Street Journal February 8, 2008 "Nebraska State Court Says Electric Chair Unconstitutional" Reuters "Justice Dept. 'Cannot' Probe Waterboarding, Mukasey Says" Washington Post February 7, 2008 "Republican Romney Drops Out of Presidential Campaign" Reuters "Congress Sends Economic Aid Plan to Bush" Washington Post February 6, 2008 "Gates: US Won't Promise to Defend Iraq in Accord" Reuters "In Iraq, Civilians Bear Brunt of Military Hunt" Los Angeles Times "Israel Plans Egypt Border Fence" BBC "Chad President 'In Total Control'" BBC February 5, 2008 "CIA Admits Waterboarding Inmates" BBC "White House Requests $515 Billion for the Pentagon" Washington Post February 4, 2008 "9/11 Commissioner: 'We had to go through Karl Rove'" Raw Story "Bush Budget Would Bring Record Deficits" AP "U.S. Says It Accidentally Killed 9 Iraqi Civilians" New York Times "Turkish Planes Bomb Kurdish Rebel Targets in Iraq" Reuters "3rd FLAG Undersea Cable Cut, Now Between UAE and Oman" Mathaba.net "Cut Undersea Internet Cables Slow India's Connectivity" Christian Science Monitor February 2, 2008 "Domestic Partnerships Allowed in Oregon" AP "State Court Recognizes Gay Marriages From Elsewhere" New York Times "2.7 Million-Gallon Sewage Spill in Richardson Bay" San Francisco Chronicle "Chad Shuts Down Capital as 1,000 Rebels March In" New York Times February 1, 2008 "Berkeley Finds a New Way to Make War Politics Local" New York Times January 31, 2008 "Report: Military Unprepared for Domestic Threats" Washington Post "Figures suggest new increase in US Army suicides" Reuters January 30, 2008 " Edwards Ends Presidential Bid" Washington Post "Giuliani Ends Run; Backs McCain" USA Today "Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, Dances Around Waterboarding Issue" CNN "California Plant Accused of Torturing Unfit Cows" Reuters "Iran's Top Judge Stops Public Executions" Raw Story January 27, 2008 "U.S. Spy Satellite, Power Gone, May Hit Earth" New York Times "Pakistan Shuns C.I.A. Buildup Sought by U.S." New York Times "Putin Rival Barred from Presidential Election" Washington Post January 26, 2008 "Barack Obama Enjoys Huge Win In South Carolina" Wired News January 25, 2008 "Bush Urged to Renounce Torture, Restore 'Moral Authority'" Washington Post January 24, 2008 "Kucinich To Drop Out of Presidential Race" New York Times "Senate Opens Debate On Wiretap Measure" Washington Post January 22, 2008 "Jose Padilla Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison" New York Times "Fed Cuts Rates by 0.75%, Stocks Tumble" St. Louis Business Journal "Italian Government Nears Collapse After Key Prodi Ally Defects" Christian Science Monitors "FACTBOX: The Balance of Power in Italy's Senate" Reuters January 21, 2008 "Anti-War Veterans' Group: War Crimes Are 'Encouraged'" Raw Story January 20, 2008 "Kosovo Serbs Vote Under Threat of Secession" Reuters January 19, 2008 "US Official in Iran Talks Quits" Times Online "Israel Murders More Children" Gulf Times January 18, 2008 "South Korean Sets Himself Ablaze in Protest at Oil Spill Payout" Raw Story via AFP January 17, 2008 "Charity Paid US Commander $100,000 While Cutting Wounded Veterans Budget" Raw Story "U.S. Abortions at 30-Year Low" Chicago Tribune "Bush and Bernanke Back "Quick Fix" Lift for U.S. Economy" Reuters "Canada Puts U.S., Israel on Torture Watchlist" Reuters "Kenya's Protests: A Moment of Truth?" TIME "Japanese Crew Release Anti-Whaling Activists" Guardian UK "Britain Suspends Operations of Two Offices in Russia" New York Times January 16, 2008 "The Story Behind CIA Tape Destruction" Washington Post "Navy Exempted From Sonar Curbs" Reuters UK "Man Dies After State Troopers Use Taser on Him" Minneapolis Star Tribune "Anti-Whaling Activists Held Hostage of Japanese Whaling Ship" Times Online January 15, 2008 "NBC Wins Court Battle Over Debates" New York Times "Dozens in Texas Town Report Seeing UFO" AP "Targeting the U.S. Again in Beirut" TIME January 14, 2008 "White House Offers $123m in Weaponry to Saudi Arabia" Guardian UK January 12, 2008 "High Court Accepts Case on Provision Of McCain-Feingold" Washington Post January 11, 2008 "Chertoff Unveils New Rules for Driver's Licenses" USA Today "Man Who Died in Gables Tasing Identified" Miami Herald January 10, 2008 "Richardson Drops Out of U.S. Presidential Race" Reuters "Ashcroft Deal Brings Scrutiny in Justice Dept." New York Time "Iraq Violence Killed 151,000 in Three Years, UN Says" Bloomberg " Blackwater Dropped Blinding Tear Gas on Iraqis, US Soldiers in 2005" Raw Story January 9, 2008 "High Court Hears Challenge to Strict Voter ID Requirements" USA Today "Marine Appears in Court for Haditha Case" AP January 8, 2008 LATE REPORT: "Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status" Common Dreams "Rockets Fired From Lebanon Hit Israel" New York Times "Italy's PM Orders "Trash Tsar" To End Crisis" Reuters UK January 5, 2008 "FDA to Back Food From Cloned Animals" Washington Post "Kenya Opposition Rejects Unity Call" Al Jazeera January 4, 2008 "Obama Draws Record Number Young People; Wins Iowa Caucus" NPR "Q&A: the Kenya crisis" Guardian UK January 2, 2008 "US launches criminal probe of CIA tapes" Reuters "New Battery Limits on Planes" Wall Street Journal