News You Might Have Missed * December 20, 2006
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NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * December 20, 2006 * Vol. 5, No. 51
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Important but overlooked news from around the world -- tell a friend!
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Read NYMHM online: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001017.php
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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).
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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"
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TOP STORIES
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[o1]
"Droughts may set off exodus"
Toronto Star, December 15, 2006
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1166136614002&call_pageid=970599119419
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
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10090465.html
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
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001005.php
"On trail of insurgents, Marines search hospital"
Stars & Stripes (U.S. Defense Dep't), December 9, 2006
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=41040&archive=true
Hospital staff complained of harsh tactics during a search of
Fallujah General Hospital by Marines looking for terrorists.
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WORLD
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[o4]
"Chinese exposed to cadmium sue firm"
Reuters, December 14, 2006
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001006.php
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
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001007.php
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
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/17/wbaby17.xml
A Ukranian prosecutor says she was "sacked for political reasons"
as she pushed to expand her inquiry into a stem cell black market.
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NATION
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[o7]
"Bush move to reduce toxic data faces battle"
Toledo Blade, December 15, 2006
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001008.php
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
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001009.php
Several Massachusetts hospitals won't provide the "morning after
pill" to rape victims without an exam or a doctor's permission.
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COAL
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[o9]
"How a generation exerts power"
Dallas Morning News, December 17, 2006
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001011.php
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
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001012.php
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
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001013.php
New York, California and six other states say a Kansas power
plant will prevent them from meeting Co2-reduction goals.
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MEDIA
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[12]
Profanity: NBC says FCC is violating its own indecency standard"
Broadcasting & Cable, December 13, 2006
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6399800.html?display=Breaking+News
"Fox says FCC's indecency policy goes too far"
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6399802.html?display=Breaking+News
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
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003521528
Radio corporations claim that on-air diversity and audiences have
not declined, but in some markets expanded.
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GUN LAWS
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[14]
"Gun veto, city ban both tossed"
Cincinnati Enquirer, December 13, 2006
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/001014.php
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
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_346193545.html
Weapons advocates say a Chicago gun rampage could have been
prevented if others had been armed.
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NEWS & COMMENTARY
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[16]
"Israelis kill Palestinian child -- or do they? Pictures can lie"
Alternet, December 15, 2006
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/45566/
Two French TV stations used the same footage to tell contradictory
stories about the killing of a young Palestinian boy.
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