Full Coverage: United States

31.07.2006 PESHAWAR, Jul 31 (IPS) - Two Afghan journalists, who spent three years in the infamous United States military prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have released a new chronicle on life in the now famous iron cages.

31.07.2006 NEW YORK, Jul 31 (OneWorld) - Setting aside their criticisms of Republican policies for a moment, leading rights advocacy groups say they fully appreciate President George W. Bush for refusing to bury a 41-year-old law that protects minorities' rights to vote.

31.07.2006 from The Energy Blog:
Whether we approve of nuclear power or not, it is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Recycling (reprocessing) offers a way of dealing with nuclear waste, suggests a new study.

31.07.2006 A new Chicago law will force mega-retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, and Home Depot to pay their employees a minimum of $9.25 an hour.

31.07.2006 Some analysts are warning that President Bush's veto limiting federal funding for stem cell research could create an exodus of U.S. researchers.

31.07.2006 A pending U.S.-Peru trade deal is worrying some analysts, who believe that the agreement will have a severe detrimental impact on the livelihood and health of poor Peruvians.

31.07.2006 Bolivian bloggers are commenting on government officials' attempts to secure the extension of an agreement in which their country receives preferential trading with the U.S. in exchange for efforts to eradicate drugs and drug trafficking.

30.07.2006 from RealClimate:
'We knew that this stuff [disinformation campaigns] goes on but it's rare that we get such a close look at how it happens.'

29.07.2006 from Think Progress:
A secret memo details a coordinated campaign to spread misinformation about global warming in the US.

28.07.2006 The U.S. Senate passed a measure this week making it illegal for anyone other than a girl's parent to accompany her across state lines to seek an abortion. Opponents say this places am undue burden on teenage girls from dysfunctional and abusive family situations.

28.07.2006 Western inattention after the Andijan massacre of May 2005 has granted Uzbekistan's president a green light to further repress freedoms, the country's opposition leaders told international human rights advocates this week.

28.07.2006 from The Energy Blog:
Oil state Texas beats California for top windpower capacity.

27.07.2006 from interim thoughts blog:
Modern American farming uses the energy equivalent of three or four tons of TNT per acre each year. Can India leapfrog this oil-rich approach to farming?

27.07.2006 CODEPINK and Global Exchange co-founder Medea Benjamin, who is on day 23 of her "Troops Home Fast," was hauled out of Congress Wednesday and booked after loudly interrupting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's speech with calls to remove U.S. troops from Iraq.

27.07.2006 Iraq war supporters and war opponents face off in eight different Senate races this fall, each having a grand potential impact on U.S. policy in Iraq and when American troops return home.

27.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 26 (OneWorld) - Despite a 46-year effort to eradicate poverty, hunger remains a problem in many parts of the world, says a new report arguing that a re-think of political priorities in the United States and elsewhere could boost efforts to get food to hungry people around the globe.

26.07.2006 Indian trade experts are unanimous that no deal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) augurs better for India than a bad deal but developed nations will continue to put pressure on developing countries to open up their markets.

26.07.2006 from LA Times:
'What happens, exactly, when it's so hot in Southern California that you simply can't go on?'

26.07.2006 The United States, with its unique power and leverage with the government of Sudan, could advance the goal of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

26.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 25 (OneWorld) - Humanitarian agencies in war-torn Lebanon are calling on the Israeli government to open a "humanitarian corridor" so they can help the sick without risking their lives.