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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 37

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “The essence of these conspiracy theories has been to portray the Jews as sinister and secretive, manipulating events to serve their assumed self-interest.” — A British report finds a “symbiotic” relationship between Islamists
and neo-Nazis there (story #o9, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Friendly fire lessons not learned, says U.S. pilot”
[o2] “Nigeria oil unions stage strike”
[o3] “FBI’s most wanted: Its own files?” SEPTEMBER 11
[o4] “Post-9/11 privacy and secrecy: A report card”
[o5] “Educators divided over what to learn from 9/11”
[o6] “Sunset clause on anti-terror laws looms without 9/11 measures tested in court”
[o7] “BYU places ‘9/11 truth’ professor on paid leave”
WORLD
[o8] “Farmers question value of “responsible” coffees”
[o9] “Police accused of inaction as anti-Jewish alliance emerges”
[10] “Barroso letter pleads for EU immigration ‘solidarity'”
[11] “In the Iraqi war zone, U.S. Army calls for ‘green’ power”
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD
[12] “EC chides importers for admitting GM rice”
PUBLIC HEALTH
[13] “City bans eye makeup after lead found in tots”
[14] “Chemicals linked to cancer removed from some nail polish lines”
VIEWPOINT
[15] “Five years after 9/11: American Muslims remain under siege”
 
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[o1]
“Friendly fire lessons not learned, says U.S. pilot”
National Post (Canada), September 6, 2006
Air force pilots who killed Canadian troops by accident say a lack of communication will doom them to repeat the tragedy.

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 36

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “I don’t like it, it’s an abomination. God sent him into this world as a man, he should stay a man.” — Tom Bodie won’t let his son attend a science class taught by a clinically transgendered person in upstate New York (story #13, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Weapons: Downer admits being told”
[o2] “Sikh youth claims hair chopped off”
[o3] “Storm over publication of Srebrenica suspects”
WORLD
[o4] “Grenades ’caused Beslan tragedy'”
[o5] “137 AIDS conference delegates ask to stay”
[o6] “Karzai’s brother under drug suspicion”
NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES
[o7] “In Navajo country, racism rides again”
[o8] “Could rising mercury levels be a threat to the tribes?”

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 35

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “They say it’s to engage neighbors in conversation, but it’s clearly intimidation.” — Gay marriage opponent John Stembenger is critical of a Web site that has posted public records listing the names and addresses of people who signed his Florida petition (story #10, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Young adults lured into trafficking”
[o2] “Secret senator blocks bill, creating classic ‘whodunit'”
[o3] “Veterans exposed to atomic radiation lose court ruling”
 
WORLD
[o4] “Bangladeshi writer faces death threat for opposing Islamists”
[o5] “In Juarez, arrests tempered by unease”
[o6] “Thousands flee Senegal clashes”
 
ENVIRONMENT
[o7] “Environmental charges unlikely to derail Kazakhstan’s Chevron contract”
[o8] “Of lice and libel”
[o9] “Climate linked to plague increase”
 
ELECTION
[10] “Web site lists signers of marriage amendment petition”
[11] “Donations to Perry raise eyebrows”
 
NATION
[12] “Judge orders justice department investigation of leak to CBS”
[13] “School pulls 2nd Cuba book”
 
ASBESTOS
[14] “Detention center’s deadly asbestos”
[15] “Ottawa weighs renovation of Third World asbestos policy”
 
VIEWPOINT
[16] “Up against the Wal-Mart”
 
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[o1]
“Young adults lured into trafficking”
El Universal, August 28, 2006
Boys in Baja California who kidnap wealthy Mexicans and run drugs for mafioso are sometimes trained by their parents. [o2]
“Stevens is Smoked Out”
Cox News Service, August 30, 2006
“Secret senator blocks bill, creating classic ‘whodunit'”
Cox News Service, August 27, 2006
Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, is the mystery senator who held back a bipartisan bill to create a searchable database of government contracts.

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 34

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “They start acting like they are sick … If they were sick, how come they didn’t go the hospital?” — Farmer George Verdegaal denies that the sulfuric acid he used on his crops caused breathing problems in workers (story #14, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq’s northern frontier”
[o2] “New Ahumada video links gov’t to plot”
[o3] “Allegation of sex act languishes”
 
MIDDLE EAST
[o4] “Demonstrators urge end to Iranian meddling in Iraqi affairs in south”
[o5] “After the war, leaders under heavy fire”
[o6] “Reading wrong newspaper in Baghdad can be deadly”
 
WORLD
[o7] “War hits Army morale as 14,000 quit in a year”
[o8] “12,000 people affected by demolitions outside Khartoum”
[o9] “Mexico teachers extend protest”
 
ENVIRONMENT
[10] “Judge blasts EPA for delays in Clean Air Act implementation”
[11] “DEP list sparks outcry”
[12] “Indigenous community to take oil company to court”
 
NATION
[13] “Parks seek sponsors, but walk a fine line”
[14] “Workers ill after chemical exposure”
[15] “Sex ed changes at school with 65 pregnant teens”
 
VIEWPOINT
[16] “A barbaric kind of beauty”
[17] “A tale of persecution in Iran”
 
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“Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq’s northern frontier”
Guardian (U.K.), August 18, 2006
Turkey and Iran are challenging the Allies in Iraq to react as they target Turkish Kurd independence fighters living in Iraq.

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 33

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “The children of Britain are going to be exposed to a risk of gambling addiction on a scale hitherto unknown.” — Scottish lawmaker Fergus Ewing on liberalized gambling laws in the United Kingdom (story #13, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Hated Taliban ministry stages comeback”
[o2] “State admits mercury mix-up”
[o3] “New York, New York – health hurdle for immigrants”
 
WORLD
[o4] “Hundreds of skeletons found in Bosnian mass grave”
[o5] “Jewish and Arab women unite against war”
 
NATION
[o6] “Fired clerk alleges bosses used racist code words”
[o7] “Snuffing out smoking in cars with children”
 
IMMIGRATION
[o8] “Scheduling chaos surrounds Round Rock student protest cases”
[o9] “Community rallies behind 3 youths struggling to stay in U.S.” [10] “Illegal migrants head south for new life in the north”
 
GAMBLING
[11] “Conference addresses problem gambling in Asian Community”
[12] “Relaxed gaming laws ‘will cause extensive damage within 20 years'”
[13] “One in 10 children is gambling addict”
 
ENVIRONMENT
[14] “China asks tourists to bid for rare animal they want to kill”
[15] “Mongolia’s ninja miners wreak environmental havoc”
 
VIEWPOINT
[16] “Ignorance won’t make abuse go away”
[17] “How will Kony pay these children?”

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 32

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “It is time to put more effort into keeping HIV-positive professionals alive and serving in national institutions.” — Boston University researcher Frank Feeley blames the AIDS epidemic for Africa’s shortage of health professionals (story #10, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Non-Serbs targeted in Bosnian Serb campaign”
[o2] “France’s nuclear tests in Pacific ‘gave islanders cancer'”
[o3] “Falkland Islands dispute heats up”
 
NATION & WORLD
[o4] “Katrina survivors encounter ‘linguistic profiling'”
[o5] “Sikhs can build rural temple”
[o6] “US blacklists firms over sales to Iran”
 
PESTICIDES
[o7] “Protests against soft drinks rage, States seek ban”
[o8] “Utility, farm family at odds over pesticide”
[o9] “EPA petitioned to disclose pesticide ingredients”
 
HIV & AIDS
[10] “AIDS hits Africa’s health staff”
[11] “AIDS takes heavy toll on teachers”
[12] “Chinese herb may yield drug for AIDS”
 
MEDICAL TESTING
[13] “Drug companies ‘manipulating trials'”
[14] “Scientists urge changes to prisoner guinea-pig rules”
[15] “Animal testing hits a 14-year high”
 
VIEWPOINT
[16] “‘The Butcher’ died without a trial”
 
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[o1]
“Non-Serbs targeted in Bosnian Serb campaign”
Balkan Insight, July 28, 2006
Critics say nationalist Serb parties are inciting violence and intimidation against Bosnians and Croats ahead of elections. [o2]
“France’s nuclear tests in Pacific ‘gave islanders cancer'”
Independent (U.K.), August 4, 2006
Scientists blame 30 years of nuclear tests near the Polynesian atolls for a “small but clear” increase in thyroid cancer there.

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 31

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “The places where there are the most lynchings today coincide with where there was the most repression during the armed conflict.” — — Social worker Mario Polanco said Guatemala’s inadequate legal system is only part of the reason why mob justice is on the rise there (story #o9, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Terror warning over Lebanon charities”
[o2] “Czechs may host US missile base”
[o3] “Rainbow flag creates controversy”
 
WORLD
[o4] “Italian farmers facing drought ‘disaster'”
[o5] “Unit 731 planned germ warfare against U.S. forces”
[o6] “Bangladesh’s acid attack problem”
 
LAW & JUSTICE
[o7] “Get out of jail free”
[o8] “Justice system fails Zimbabwe’s torture victims”
[o9] “Mob justice on the rise in Guatemala”
 
BRAIN DRAIN
[10] “US faces brain drain after Europe backs stem cell funding”
[11] “Brain drain blamed for hospital death”
[12] “Plans launched to mitigate African brain drain”
 
DIABETES
[13] “Diabetes rising among children”
[14] “Vegan diet reverses diabetes symptoms, study finds”
 
VIEWPOINT
[15] “An end to summer fun”
[16] “Abuse of women GIs: Good men must check bad ones”
 
TOP STORIES | top
[o1]
“Terror warning over Lebanon charities”
The Age (Australia), August 2, 2006
Australia said that some relief agencies in Lebanon are operated by Islamist groups, and that donations to them would be illegal. [o2]
“Czechs may host US missile base”
BBC (U.K.), July 25, 2006
“Rally in support of missile base fizzles”
CTK (Czech Republic), July 25, 2006

Although a proposed U.S. missile defense site would be an economic boon, Czechs are resoundingly opposed.

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 30

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “Tell me when this craziness will stop and I’ll tell you how long it will take for me to recover.” — Beirut resident Ralph Sayed, who lost $10 million when his consumer import factory was firebombed by Israel (story #11, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Wrong drugs causing high malaria mortality”
[o2] “Rabbi links Hezbollah violence to planned Jerusalem gay parade”
[o3] “Early warning scandal emerges from tsunami disaster”
 
ACTIVIST CRACKDOWNS
[o4] “Activists being tortured”
[o5] “Tajik authorities get tough on female Islamists”
 
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[o6] “Bulgarian mothers tricked into selling babies”
[o7] “Women tricked into the sex trade”
[o8] “Human trafficking In Idaho”
 
ISRAEL & LEBANON
[o9] “Israel set war plan more than a year ago”
[10] “U.S. gives Israel free rein for a week”
[11] “Latest targets of air blitz: milk and medicine”
 
ENVIRONMENT
[12] “Critics say EPA standards leave kids in harm’s way”
[13] “Plant emitting smell could be shut down”
[14] “Something in the air”
 
VIEWPOINT
[15] “Who Is Hoekstra’s secret source?” [16] “The best nuclear option”
 
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[o1]
“Wrong drugs causing high malaria mortality”
East African Standard (Kenya), July 23, 2006
“Malaria death toll rises to 50 in Pokot”
East African Standard (Kenya), July 22, 2006
Kenya’s use of U.N. money for “poor quality” malaria drugs instead of doctors and clean water puts it at risk of losing health funds.

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 29

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “When we’re invited to the presidential palace for a meeting, we say goodbye to our families as if we are leaving them forever, because when we go through the arches of the magnificent shining palace, we aren’t sure we will return home safely.” — A Turkmen government official says President Saparmurat Niazov imprisons and surveils people indiscriminately (story #15, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “RCMP informant’s public admissions raise questions”
[o2] “Poverty-stricken Madhya Pradesh woman kills herself, four kids”
[o3] “Toxic rice harvested in southwestern Bangladesh”
 
WAR & TERRORISM
[o4] “Three days in Rome”
[o5] “Tehran benefits but role still unproven”
[o6] “Turf war hampers war on terror”
[o7] “Gov’t in no rush to bring Khadr to Canada”
 
NATION
[o8] “FBI to review Las Vegas officer shootings”
[o9] “A novel-like tale of cloak, dagger unfolds in court”
 
POLLUTION IN COMMUNITIES
[10] “Romic waste facility fuels toxic debates”
[11] “A hazardous neighbor?”  
MEDICARE & MEDICAID
[12] “Medicare gap hits seniors in the wallet”
[13] “Woman caught in Medicare mistake”
[14] “Medicaid rule causes citizenship scramble”
 
LIFE ON THE FRONTLINE
[15] “Everyone’s a suspect in Turkmenistan”
[16] “Baghdad starts to collapse as people flee a life of death”
 
TOP STORIES | top
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“RCMP informant’s public admissions raise questions among suspects’ lawyers”
Canadian Press, July 15, 2006
Some Canadian Muslims feel betrayed by an Islamist who doubled as a mole in a terrorist group; others think he joined the cause.

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News You Might Have Missed * Vol. 5, No. 28

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Important but underreported news from around the world. QUOTED: “They want the freedom of the press which is currently being practiced to remain informal, so that it becomes something which the government allows us, rather than a right protected by law.” — Egyptian journalist Gamal Fahmy on a proposed law that punishes
journalists for investigating corruption (story #11, below). TOP STORIES
[o1] “Crackdown on extremist books”
[o2] “Statistically low, breast cancer in Latinas may be on the rise”
[o3] “‘Our boss must be impeached’
 
WORLD
[o4] “Road crash could set off nuclear blast”
[o5] “Tobacco giant sidesteps claim it destroyed damaging records”
[o6] “Saudis deny funding allegations”
 
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
[o7] “Experts worried about language ‘genocide'”
[o8] “Upper Columbia cleanup is Canadian company’s responsibility”
[o9] “Lack of clean drinking water on Alberta reserves raises ire”
 
PRESS CENSORSHIP
[10] “Another journalist arrested in Iran, whereabouts unknown”
[11] “Egypt’s media plan day of action over draft law”
[12] “German journalist arrested in China for ‘illegal interviews'”
 
ENVIRONMENT
[13] “Klein slams Gore over ‘truly nuts’ oilsands”
[14] “Vietnamese wildlife still paying a high price for chemical warfare”
 
VIEWPOINT
[15] “Look who’s been kidnapped!” [16] “A story IPS never wanted to tell”
 
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“Crackdown on extremist books”
The Australian, July 12, 2006
Two inflammatory Islamist texts are the first books Australia has banned in decades; critics say the move is “McCarthyism.”