Important but underreported news from around the world.
QUOTED: “Their daughters have asthma. Their nieces have autism.”
— Real estate heir Trammell S. Crow explains why the Texas business elite derailed a plan for new coal-fired power plants (story #o9, below).
TOP STORIES
[o1] “Droughts may set off exodus”
[o2] “Ahmadinejad stifles student dissent with star rating system”
[o3] “U.S. troops raid hospital again”
WORLD
[o4] “Chinese exposed to cadmium sue firm”
[o5] “Cleric blasts Mugabe for shielding Mengistu”
[o6] “Stem cell baby deaths probe ‘too close to the truth'”
NATION
[o7] “Bush move to reduce toxic data faces battle”
[o8] “Some hospitals violate emergency contraception law, survey says”
COAL
[o9] “How a generation exerts power”
[10] “State limits coal-burning power plants”
[11] “Kansas coal power plant brings far-flung protest”
MEDIA
[12] “Profanity: NBC says FCC is violating its own indecency standard”
[13] “Report: Big radio is fewer formats, smaller audience”
GUN LAWS
[14] “Gun veto, city ban both tossed”
[15] “Office shooting has some calling for more weapons”
NEWS & COMMENTARY
[16] “Israelis kill Palestinian child–or do they? Pictures can lie”
[o1]
“Droughts may set off exodus”
Toronto Star, December 15, 2006
A study predicts up to 200 million people will seek a new kind of refugee status in northern industrialized countries by 2025.
[o2]
“Ahmadinejad stifles student dissent with star rating system”
Telegraph (U.K.), December 18, 2006
Iran is weeding out liberal students by forcing them to sign a self-censorship agreement or be barred from school.
[o3]
“U.S. troops raid hospital again”
Inter Press Service, December 14, 2006
“On trail of insurgents, Marines search hospital”
Stars & Stripes (U.S. Defense Dep’t), December 9, 2006
Hospital staff complained of harsh tactics during a search of Fallujah General Hospital by Marines looking for terrorists.
[o4]
“Chinese exposed to cadmium sue firm”
Reuters, December 14, 2006
Female employees of a battery plant say they were paid to quit after their job made them sick. Three have since died.
[o5]
“Cleric blasts Mugabe for shielding Mengistu”
Agence France-Presse, December 14, 2006
An Ethiopian court has convicted the former Marxist dictator of genocide for political violence and neglect of famine victims.
[o6]
“Stem cell baby deaths probe ‘too close to the truth’, claims investigator”
The Telegraph (U.K.), December 16, 2006
A Ukranian prosecutor says she was “sacked for political reasons” as she pushed to expand her inquiry into an illegal stem cell trade.
[o7]
“Bush move to reduce toxic data faces battle”
Toledo Blade, December 15, 2006
A popular program that tracks chemical pollution for the public might be “softened” to save corporations money.
[o8]
“Some hospitals violate emergency contraception law, survey says”
Boston Globe, December 14, 2006
Several Massachusetts hospitals won’t provide the “morning after pill” to rape victims without an exam or a doctor’s permission.
“How a generation exerts power”
Dallas Morning News, December 17, 2006
The wealthiest businessmen in Dallas formed an environmental coalition to derail plans for 11 coal-fired plants.
[10]
“State limits coal-burning power plants”
The Oregonian, December 16, 2006
Oregon’s mercury rule goes far beyond EPA standards, and depends on public willingness to pay more during plant upgrades.
[11]
“Kansas coal power plant brings far-flung protest”
Reuters, December 15, 2006
A Puerto Rican neighborhood in Chicago has the highest diabetes death rate anywhere inside the U.S.; doctors say poor nutrition is to blame.
[12]
“Profanity: NBC says FCC is violating its own indecency standard”
Broadcasting & Cable, December 13, 2006
“Fox says FCC’s indecency policy goes too far”
Broadcasting & Cable, December 13, 2006
FOX and NBC say the FCC’s new ban on using explicit terms at certain times is arbitrary and reverses 30 years of precedent.
[13]
“Report: Big radio is fewer formats, smaller audience”
Mediaweek, December 13, 2006
Radio corporations claim that on-air diversity and audiences have not declined, but in some markets expanded.
[14]
“Gun veto, city ban both tossed”
Cincinnati Enquirer, December 13, 2006
Ohio’s legislature overrode the governor’s veto and a state Supreme Court in reversing Cincinnati’s assault weapons ban.
[15]
“Office shooting has some calling for more weapons”
CBS2 (Chicago), December 12, 2006
Weapons advocates say a Chicago gun rampage could have been prevented if others had been armed.
[16]
“Israelis kill Palestinian child — or do they? Pictures can lie”
Alternet, December 15, 2006
Two French TV stations used the same footage to tell contradictory stories about the killing of a young Palestinian boy.
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