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Andrew Buncombe | Global Warming: Will You Listen Now, America?

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:39:09 -0700

 

 

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Andrew Buncombe | Global Warming: Will You Listen Now, America?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905R.shtml

Two of the leading contenders to contest the next US presidential

election have delivered an urgent warning to the United States on global

warming, saying the evidence of climate change has become too stark to

ignore. They called on world leaders to recognize " that delayed action

will increase the risk of adverse environmental effects and will likely

incur a greater cost. "

 

 

Pope Seeks Immunity in Texas Abuse Case

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905S.shtml

The lawyer who is suing Pope Benedict XVI in Texas for allegedly

covering up the sexual abuse of children by a seminarian said

Wednesday he

would challenge the US diplomatic recognition of the Vatican if the pope

is given immunity in the case.

 

 

Jury: Merck Negligent

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905T.shtml

Merck has been held liable by a Texas jury in the first lawsuit

involving its former blockbuster drug Vioxx, in a case that could have a

profound effect on thousands of other cases filed against the company.

The

jury awarded more than $250 million in total damages.

 

 

World Running Out of Time for Oil Alternatives

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081905EA.shtml

The world could run out of time to develop cleaner alternatives to oil

and other fossil fuels before depletion drives prices through the roof,

a leading Dutch energy researcher said on Thursday.

 

 

Big Game 'Could Roam US Plains'

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081905EB.shtml

Lions, cheetahs, elephants and camels could soon roam parts of North

America. Scientists at Cornell University say their proposed initiative

would help endangered African animals while creating jobs. The

" megafauna " can also help maintain ecosystems and boost biodiversity.

 

 

Vicki Wolf | Global Chemical Contamination Threatens Child Development

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081905HA.shtml

Concern is growing worldwide over the long-term health effects of

chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Exposure to

POPs is

shifting the IQ of the population downward - more

developmentally-challenged people and fewer gifted people, according

to Lynn Goldman, MD,

MPH, Johns Hopkins University pediatrician and epidemiologist.

 

 

Court Rules US Need Not Pay for Abortion of Doomed Fetus

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081905HB.shtml

While suggesting that its decision might seem " callous and unfeeling, "

a federal appeals court here ruled Thursday that the Navy need not pay

for an abortion received by a sailor's wife, even though doctors said

the fetus had a birth defect and could not survive.

 

 

Unions Broaden Fight against Wal-Mart

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081905LA.shtml

Wal-Mart is the world's largest employer with 1.6 million workers. The

fight to unionize Wal-Mart workers will shift to a new front next week

when union leaders meet to discuss plans for organizing employees in

countries including Britain, Brazil, Argentina and Germany.

 

 

Chavez Calls for Democracy at Work

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081905LB.shtml

President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is promoting worker control of the

nation's basic industries. Chavez calls the co-management experiment a

key step towards a " socialism of the twenty-first century. "

 

 

Roberts Opposed Sex-Discrimination Remedies

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/081905WA.shtml

US Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. criticized some remedies

for sexual discrimination and disputed a high court standard used to

overturn laws that treat women differently, memos he wrote in the 1980s

show.

 

 

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