As of Monday March 31, 2008
Food stamp dependency signals major economic illness
Iraq militia battles stoke frustration and anger at U.S. and Iraqi governments
Basra fight reveals Iraqi Army still dependent on U.S. support
Fleckenstein: Time to reign in the Federal Reserve
Lesson un-learned: Treasury Secretary Paulson unveils plan to give Federal Reserve more authority
Shrinking Himalayan glaciers portend water and food crisis for India, China
India facing prospect of millions of "climate migrants" by 2100; Mumbai underwater
Climate talks underway in Bangkok as countries meet to forge agreement
Somali violence sees at least 10 killed in Mogadishu
Germany puts the brakes on U.S. expansion plans for NATO
Europe struggles to save Iberian lynx
India acknowledges stagnation in agriculture; domestic food crisis reaching a boil
Countries cease rice exports to avoid shortfalls; prices skyrocketing
Tom Engelhardt: Bush leading the "little administration that couldn't"
Russia challenging U.S. hegemony in Middle East
Dutch realize mass immigration is biggest mistake in nation's history
Rhode Island to find and deport illegal aliens
Saddam's exile deal could have saved $6 trillion
Turkish forces kill at least 15 Kurdish fighters
Al Sadr orders militiamen off Iraqi streets; 270 killed in 6 days
Police state: civil authorities eager to employ airborne spy drones
Iraqi prime minister Maliki sets 72-hour deadline for Basra militias; death toll at 40
Mike Gravel joins Libertarians; cites corporatist, militarist, and imperialist views of Democrats
Ron Paul: discontinuance of failed policy begins with immediate withdrawal from Iraq
Entitlement tsunami: trustees warn that Medicare insolvent by 2019, Social Security 2041
Goldman Sachs: Wall Street may face $460 billion in losses
Global warming: vast Antarctic ice shelf on verge of collapse
Imperial bungle: U.S. mistakenly shipped fuses for Minuteman missiles to Taiwan
Engagements with Madhi Army militia across Iraq
At least 22 killed as Iraqi government forces battle militias for control of Basra
U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000
China facing renewed fuel shortages
Basic food and fuel prices soaring across the globe
Blasts destroy nearly 40 trucks on Afghan border due to supply U.S. forces
Brazil cracks down on illegal loggers after sharp rise in cutting
Jim Rogers: Abolish the Federal Reserve
Two Iraqi police officers killed as militias attack; fears truce won't hold
Imperial bureaucracy: Bush appoints new homeland security advisor
Police militarization: South Carolina police caught ramming suspects on foot with patrol cars
World can't kick the oil habit
Short supplies of coal can't satiate global appetite
Fleckenstein: Catering to the bailout nation means more debt added to economic crisis
Al-Qaida still impervious to western intelligence penetration
European Union considers sanctions against U.S. and China for emissions indifference
Thailand struggling to save Asian elephant
Supreme Court prepares to interpret Second Amendment
Confidence in the dollar plummeting
Federal Reserve provides financial backing for buyout of collapsed bank
Federal Reserve continues Wall Street bailout with rate cut
Department of Homeland Security reports significant rise in deportations
Ireland being transformed by wave of immigrants
Hundreds injured in Kosovo clashes
Afghan suicide bomber kills three NATO troops
Suicide bomber kills at least 43 in Karbala; 2 U.S. soldiers killed separately
Fleckenstein: Federal Reserve cares nothing about capitalism, inflation or the dollar
Car bomb kills 18 in central Baghdad, dozens wounded; gunmen kill 5 others
President Bush threatens to veto terror surveillance bill lacking immunity
Foreclosures 60 percent higher than a year earlier
Gold moves past $1,000 per ounce
Three U.S. soldiers killed in indirect fire attack near Nassiriya
Bush administration denies stifling dissent amidst resignation of U.S. Central Command head
National Academy of Sciences details impacts of climate change on transportation
War on Freedom: Florida lawmakers eager to be at forefront of banning the "next marijuana"
At least 42 civilians, 8 U.S. troops killed in Iraq violence
Satellite images show monarch butterflies' habitat loss; population could collapse
New study finds carbon output must be near zero to avert severe climate change
Vatican: Thou shall not pollute the Earth
Southern Baptist leaders accepting biblical duty to stop global warming
President Bush vetoes bill banning waterboarding
Iraq war cost estimates in the trillions of dollars
Five Mexican nationals among those killed at FARC base in Ecuador
Fishermen disappointed by smelt run; fish feared close to extinction
China assures it is not abandoning one-child policy
Farmers struggle to keep up with world food demand
Chinese divert remaining water from parched land to supply Olympics
Britain returning to reliance on coal
Doomsday legislation: handful of Congressmen could rule America in event of catastrophe
Wall Street banks facing "systematic margin call" in credit implosion
Climate change expected to spark conflict over Arctic resources
British government amassing DNA database through arrests of anyone 10 years or older
Gold continues push toward $1,000 per ounce
Israel announces plans for hundreds of new homes in occupied West Bank
U.S. average gasoline prices hit record high of almost $3.20 per gallon
Federal Reserve guaranteeing worthless money
Pentagon war machine readying for future war with China
National Guard to be pulled from New Mexico border; Government silent on reasoning
Soaring crime and mass immigration make white, working-class Britons fearful for the future
Paved planet forces plants to evolve in ways detrimental to long-term gene pool
Extinction trade: endangered animals are the new blood diamonds
Dams revival expected in western U.S. despite pleadings for water conservation
India to spend $13 million in attempt to save remaining tigers
Israelis and Palestinians join to oppose separation barrier on behalf of wildlife
Wall Street riding high on collective fantasies
National Research Council: firearms database won't work
Pollution altering mating habits of birds