News You Might Have Missed.

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Fellow newsjunkies...

Newsdesk.org is an excellent resource for rounding up those stray cat news-stories that barely get a mention in the MSM.

They have a weekly email service called 'News You Might Have Missed' and you can sign up for it here. It's free and I see articles there that I never would otherwise never have come across.

Here is a sample mailout:

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NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * July 13, 2005 * http://newsdesk.org
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Important but overlooked news from around the world -- tell a friend!
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QUOTED: "How do you do that for an entire hour with kids? You can't
just go in and say that's what we're talking about. They'll be totally
turned off."

-- School board member Teresa Cornette of Boyd County, Kentucky, reacting
to a court ruling on mandated gay tolerance classes (story #12, below).

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TOP STORIES
"CNN tours Gitmo prison camp"
"Ocean temperatures highest in 50 years"
"West turns blind eye as police put Saddam's torturers to work"

LONDON ATTACKS: BACKLASH
"Plea for calm after mosque attacks"
"'Sick' BNP produce bus blast leaflet"
"Six Auckland mosques vandalized"
"London blasts reopen Spanish divide over Madrid attack"

POLITICS & EDUCATION
"BIA's education programs lagging behind nation"
"Teachers group goes after Bush's No Child Left Behind law"

GAY RIGHTS
<10> "Green Bay joins fight against benefits for gay partners"
<11> "AMA begins to tackle LGBT issues"
<12> "ACLU asks to reopen Boyd schools gay-rights suit"

ENVIRONMENT
<13> "Bush urges less global oil use, as U.S. guzzles it"
<14> "Md. gas terminal under scrutiny"
<15> "Lead found in candy could pose danger"
<16> "Panel affirms radiation link to cancer"

VIEWPOINT
<17> "Make looting history"
<18> "What did the FBI know?"

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TOP STORIES
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"CNN tours Gitmo prison camp"
CNN.com, July 7, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/06/gitmo.tour/index.html

Reporters had to erase footage taken of prisoners at Guantanamo
during a report prison conditions and torture allegations.




"Ocean temperatures highest in 50 years"
Associated Press, July 9, 2005
http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/000235.php

Unexpected species are turning up in the Gulf of Alaska, and
one scientist said water temperatures were unprecedented.




"West turns blind eye as police put Saddam's torturers back to work"
Times Online (U.K.), July 7, 2005
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1683578,00.html

The U.S. and Britain are aware of torture by police trained under
Saddam Hussein, but they are needed to fight the insurgents.


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LONDON ATTACKS: BACKLASH
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"Plea for calm after mosque attacks"
Manchester Evening News, July 11, 2005
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/165/165478_plea_for_calm_after_mosque_attacks.html

Muslim community officials said they were surprised by attacks on
two mosques in Bristol, known as a tolerant and diverse city.




"'Sick' BNP produce bus blast leaflet"
Daily Mail (U.K.), July 12, 2005
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=355518&in_page_id=1770

A right-ring British party is under fire for a leaflet depicting
the bus destroyed in the attacks and an anti-Labour slogan.




"Six Auckland mosques vandalized"
Australian Associated Press, July 11, 2005
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411415/596900

New Zealand officials said they stood with Muslims after six
Auckland mosques were vandalized with the words "R.I.P. London."




"London blasts reopen Spanish divide over Madrid attack"
Reuters, July 9, 2005
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09519768.htm

Spain's Popular Party said the Socialists should not have attacked
them after the Madrid bombings, citing conservative support for Blair.


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POLITICS & EDUCATION
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"BIA's education programs lagging behind nation"
Indian Country Today, July 1, 2005
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096411163

Senators slammed Indian education officials for delaying a needs
assessment for schools and said they had misused their funding.




"Teachers group goes after Bush's No Child Left Behind law"
Medill News Service, July 8, 2005
http://www.chicagodefender.com/page/national.cfm?ArticleID=1438

Illinois teachers joined a federal lawsuit claiming No Child Left
Behind puts an unconstitutional and underfunded burden on schools.


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GAY RIGHTS
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<10>

"Green Bay joins fight against benefits for gay partners"
Associated Press, July 7, 2005
http://www.wisinfo.com/heraldtimes/news/archive/local_21718254.shtml

Six gay state workers say that Wisconson's denial of health benefits
for their partners violates the state's equal protection clause.


<11>

"AMA begins to tackle LGBT issues"
Windy City Times (IL), July 6, 2005
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=8813

The American Medical Association passed resolutions urging equal
access for, and sensitivity to, lesbians and gays.


<12>

"ACLU asks to reopen Boyd schools gay-rights suit"
The Courier-Journal (KY), July 7, 2005 http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050707/NEWS0104/507070442/1008/NEWS01

The ACLU wants a judge to enforce a ruling requiring Kentucky
students to take gay tolerance classes.


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ENVIRONMENT
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<13>

"Bush urges less global oil use, as U.S. guzzles it"
Reuters, July 8, 2005
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/31571/story.htm

President Bush has spent $20 billion to reduce climate change, and
pushes oil conservation abroad, but critics say he's "disingenuous."


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"Md. gas terminal under scrutiny"
Baltimore Sun, July 8, 2005
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.leaks08jul08,1,3342375.story?coll=bal-local-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

A liquefied natural gas terminal in Maryland has had 1,400 leaks
in two years. The company may charge residents for repairs.


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"Lead found in candy could pose danger"
Tri-City Herald (WA), July 6, 2005
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/business/story/6687238p-6574056c.html

Washington state's Department of Health says some candies imported
from Mexico contains dangerous levels of lead.


<16>

"Panel affirms radiation link to cancer"
Associated Press, June 29, 2005
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/06/29/national/w080737D04.DTL

The National Academy of Sciences found that even small amounts of
radiation from waste or medical treatments can cause cancer.


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VIEWPOINT
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"Make looting history"
Pambazuka News (South Africa), July 7, 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28865

An editorialist decries "looting, theft and frank exploitation"
of African natural resources, which he blames on Western interests.


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"What did the FBI know?"
Salon.com, July 7, 2005
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2005/07/07/fbi/index.html

"The Real Target?"
Newsweek, November 22, 2004
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6514619/site/newsweek/

Back in 2004, Newsweek reported FBI agents in Britain were avoiding
the Underground based on rumors of a possible al Qaeda attack.


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