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  • October 2007

    • AIDS Came to US From Haiti Years Before It Was ID'd: Study

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 30, 07 4:12 AM CDT

      AIDS Came to US From Haiti Years Before It Was ID'd: Study

      (Newser) - The AIDS virus reached America through Haiti, not directly from Africa, and far earlier than has been suspected—the 1960's, not the early 1980's, researchers have discovered. Scientists analyzed 25-year-old blood samples and used what they know of the virus' mutations to construct a rough timeline of the progression of the disease, according to the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . More »

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      United States  • disease  • AIDS  • HIV  • Haiti  • virus  • epidemic

    • Child 'Slave' Laborers Fall Into the Gap

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 28, 07 5:14 PM CDT

      Child 'Slave' Laborers Fall Into the Gap

      (Newser) - Ten-year-olds were found stitching Gap apparel in a filthy New Delhi sweatshop, some without pay, in an investigation by the Guardian . The kids interviewed by the paper reported long hours of unpaid work, threats and beatings. Serial numbers on the beaded blouses they were working on were ID'd by the Gap, which pulled the items from shelves and launched a probe, the Guardian reports. More »

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      United Nations  • children  • India  • United States  • San Francisco  • Europe  • Christmas  • retail stores  • The Gap  • New Delhi  • sweatshop

    • Russia Stiff Arms International Vote Monitors

      New York Times  |  Oct 25, 07 5:11 AM CDT

      Russia Stiff Arms International Vote Monitors

      (Newser) - Russia may be headed for another showdown with the US and the European Union over its proposals to severely limit the authority of international election monitors. The Kremlin wants to cut the number of observers and ban their reports from publication until after elections. The move comes just months before the country’s parliamentary and presidential contests, the New York Times reports. More »

    • European Militants Find Training in Pakistan

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 14, 07 6:38 PM CDT

      European Militants Find Training in Pakistan

      (Newser) - Renewed Al-Qaeda strength on the Pakistan-Afghan border is wooing European militants to train in Pakistan, the Los Angeles Times reports. Fighters who are wary of Iraq—where they may have to strap on a bomb on short notice—can enjoy being groomed for missions in Pakistan. “Pakistan worries me more than Iraq,” says a Belgian official, because militants “have time to be trained as operatives.” More »

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      Iraq  • Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Germany  • United States  • Middle East  • terrorist  • Europe  • Denmark  • Islamic militants  • North Africa  • training camps

    • Pelosi Vows to Push Turkish Genocide Vote

      New York Times  |  Oct 14, 07 6:13 PM CDT

      Pelosi Vows to Push Turkish Genocide Vote

      (Newser) - Nancy Pelosi vows to take the Turkey-genocide vote to the floor despite renewed Turkish threats and Republican jabs, the New York Times reports. Turkey’s army chief warned today that “military relations with the United States can never be the same" if the vote passes. GOP lawmaker John Boehner called it “the most irresponsible thing I've seen Congress do this year," AFP reports. More »

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      Iraq war  • Congress  • United States  • Turkey  • NATO  • Nancy Pelosi  • genocide  • Armenia  • Ankara

  • September 2007

    • US-Iraqi Panel to Probe Private Contractors

      CNN  |  Sep 19, 07 8:03 PM CDT

      US-Iraqi Panel to Probe Private Contractors

      (Newser) - In the wake of the shooting deaths of 10 Iraqi civilians at the hands of private security firm Blackwater last weekend, the US and Iraq are forming a joint panel to probe the war's private security contractors. Rather than conduct forensic field studies of the incident, officials say, the committee will look at the "safety and security involving the operations of these contractors." More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • United States  • Blackwater  • security  • contractors

    • Bush, Congress Score Lowest Approval Yet

      Reuters  |  Sep 19, 07 7:12 PM CDT

      Bush, Congress Score Lowest Approval Yet

      (Newser) - President Bush and Congress scored record-low approval ratings in a Reuters/Zogby poll released today. Bush dipped 1% below his previous Zogby approval rating of 30%; the legislative branch scored 11% approval, down 3% in August. And a new "mood index" showed the country as more unhappy than in July, with 62% saying the US is on the wrong track. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Congress  • Bush administration  • United States  • recession  • Bush approval ratings

    • New Japanese PM Likely to Be Less US-Centric

      Star (Malaysia)  |  Sep 19, 07 9:30 AM CDT

      New Japanese PM Likely to Be Less US-Centric

      (Newser) - Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is set to choose its replacement for Shinzo Abe, who resigned suddenly last week, in voting Sunday. The winner will become prime minister Tuesday. Although early prognoses hyped hawk Taro Aso as the favorite, his close association with the outgoing PM has hurt him. Victory is almost assured for his opponent, the 71-year-old chief cabinet secretary Yasuo Fukuda. More »

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      Japan  • United States  • Yasuo Fukuda  • Shinzo Abe  • Liberal Democratic Party  • Taro Aso

    • Israeli Raid on Syria Had Iran in Sights

      Newsweek  |  Sep 17, 07 5:50 PM CDT

      Israeli Raid on Syria Had Iran in Sights

      (Newser) - Arab governments aren’t talking too loudly about the reported Israeli bombing of Syrian territory two weeks ago.  They’re waiting to see what the fallout is, Newsweek notes, for the real intended target—Syrian sponsor Iran. The raid appears to have been a signal that Israel will act against Tehran with or without Western support, Newsweek sleuths conclude, and may even have been an attack on imported North Korean nuclear technology. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • United States  • North Korea  • Syria  • nuclear weapons  • Damascus  • John Bolton

    • French Lefty Makes an Unlikely Hawk

      CNN  |  Sep 17, 07 4:52 PM CDT

      French Lefty Makes an Unlikely Hawk

      (Newser) - The founder of Doctors Without Borders might seem a peculiar mouthpiece for the new law-and-order regime of Nicolas Sarkozy, but Bernard Kouchner actually fits right in with France’s more muscular foreign policy tone. The surprise choice for foreign minister,  Kouchner is an anomaly, a Socialist who supports the Iraq war, CNN reports in a profile of the man Boutros Boutros-Ghali once called "an unguided missile." More »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • United States  • Bernard Kouchner  • Socialist Party  • Doctors Without Borders

    • Crocker: Speed Up Iraqi Refugee Policy

      Washington Post  |  Sep 17, 07 10:41 AM CDT

      Crocker: Speed Up Iraqi Refugee Policy

      (Newser) - Ambassador Ryan Crocker says the US needs to get moving on admitting Iraqi refugees. In a State Department memo titled "Iraqi Refugee Processing: Can We Speed It Up?", Crocker writes that thousands of desperate Iraqis are facing bottlenecks to their resettlement, and that at the present rate it would take two years to admit the 10,000 refugees referred to the US by the United Nations. More »

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      Iraq  • United Nations  • United States  • David Petraeus  • Ryan Crocker  • refugee  • Iraqi refugees

    • Big Brother Making Strides in Technology

      BBC  |  Sep 16, 07 5:27 PM CDT

      Big Brother Making Strides in Technology

      (Newser) - Top researchers are developing new surveillance technology, the BBC reports - including "gait DNA" to identify a person by their walk and advanced spy drones that can fly overhead for years. The Pentagon plans to continue its tech supremacy, which includes inventing the Internet in the 1970s and satellite navigation in the 1990s. What's next in spy tech? "I'd prefer not to say," says a Pentagon researcher. More »

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      Great Britain  • United States  • Pentagon  • homeland security  • surveillance  • domestic surveillance

    • Putin Praises Zubkov, Ribs Bush

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 15, 07 1:44 PM CDT

      Putin Praises Zubkov, Ribs Bush

      (Newser) - Vladimir Putin heaped praise upon Viktor Zubkov, the obscure bureaucrat he appointed this week as Russia's new prime minister, at a meeting with foreign journalists yesterday, the Guardian reports. The choice of Zubkov as PM over other highly ranked favorites for the post has created suspicion that he may want a weak one-term president in order to return to power in 2012. More »

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      Russia  • United States  • Vladimir Putin  • Sergei Ivanov  • Viktor Zubkov

    • These Streets Are Paved in Gold

      Forbes  |  Sep 15, 07 11:04 AM CDT

      These Streets Are Paved in Gold

      (Newser) - Forbes has compiled a list of the most expensive real estate blocks in 10 major cities.  It teamed up with date provider Reply! to compile an index of the 'billionaire rows' of the US. In New York, the block between Fifth Avenue, Madison, 69th and 70th Sts. takes the crown. In Boston, it's a private square on Beacon Hill, and in L.A. it's a block just above Sunset Blvd. More »

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      list  • New York City  • United States  • real estate  • Boston  • homes  • billionaires

    • US Freeing Iraqi Detainees for Ramadan

      Reuters  |  Sep 13, 07 3:37 PM CDT

      US Freeing Iraqi Detainees for Ramadan

      (Newser) - As Ramadan began, the US military today began freeing some of its 23,000 Iraqi detainees—between 50 and 80 will be released each day of Islam's holy month, Reuters reports. Military brass stress that Sunnis and Shiites alike will be considered for release. "This will be a completely non-sectarian, non-political process," said one US general. More »

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      Iraq  • United States  • Shiite  • Sunni  • detainee  • Ramadan  • Tariq al Hashemi

    • Agreement on Key Iraq Oil Law Hits the Skids

      New York Times  |  Sep 13, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      Agreement on Key Iraq Oil Law Hits the Skids

      (Newser) - Agreements forged in February over a law regulating the distribution of revenue from Iraq's oil fields are dissolving, the New York Times reports. Hussain al-Shahristani, oil minister for the Shiite-controlled federal government, held meetings yesterday to try to save the compromise, but the northern Kurdish areas have already made deals based on their preferred version of the law. More »

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      Iraq  • United States  • oil  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Kurds  • Iraq government  • Hussain al Shahristani

    • Supply Worries Send Oil Near $80 a Barrel

      Bloomberg  |  Sep 12, 07 3:38 PM CDT

      Supply Worries Send Oil Near $80 a Barrel

      (Newser) - Crude oil hit nearly $80 a barrel today—its highest price ever—thanks to dwindling supply. US inventories fell by 7M barrels last week, much more than the 2.7M analysts predicted. OPEC announced a production increase of only 500K barrels, which Bloomberg reports will not meet seasonal demand increases. Storms in the Gulf of Mexico also contributed to rising prices. More »

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      United States  • oil price  • credit crisis  • crude oil  • OPEC  • oil supply  • oil crisis

    • Trade Gap Dips to Lowest Level in 3 Years

      Bloomberg  |  Sep 11, 07 9:25 AM CDT

      Trade Gap Dips to Lowest Level in 3 Years

      (Newser) - The US trade gap—the difference in total value between imports and exports—dropped to a 3-year low in July as exports jumped on a weak dollar and growing overseas demand. The figure fell 0.3% to $59.2 billion, roughly on par with the estimate economists surveyed by Bloomberg foresaw. Said one analyst, “the broad outlook for trade looks quite positive.” More »

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      China  • United States  • housing market  • US dollar  • credit market  • exports  • trade  • imports  • trade deficit  • international trade

    • Europe Yawns Over US Election

      Politico  |  Sep 7, 07 2:45 PM CDT

      Europe Yawns Over US Election

      (Newser) - The next occupant of the Oval Office will not improve damaged US-European relationships, said almost half of Europeans in a recent poll. In an opinion not reflected by leaders like Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, only 35% said relations would improve, while 46% said they would not. A study sponsor said, “It will take more than changes in leadership to mend past rifts.” More »

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      election 2008  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • United States  • Europe  • Angela Merkel

    • US Lost Jobs for First Time in 4 Years

      Bloomberg  |  Sep 7, 07 8:45 AM CDT

      US Lost Jobs for First Time in 4 Years

      (Newser) - In the first drop since 2003, the US lost 4,000 jobs in August, surprising experts and putting more pressure on the Fed to reduce rates at its upcoming meeting. Economists had predicted an increase of 100,000 or more jobs. The decline in employment is the clearest signal to date that the housing recession and credit crunch are hurting the broader economy, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      Federal Reserve  • United States  • recession  • unemployment  • credit market  • interest rate cut  • manufacturing  • job  • employment  • payrolls

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