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PLAGIARISM - April 28, 2008
News item: Some academic journals may start using an anti-plagiarism software, CrossCheck, on article submissions. In another case related to plagiarism, the University of Florida has begun an internal investigation into one of its professors who has admitted to taking words and passages from newspaper and magazine articles and claiming them as his own.

FOOD RIOTS & SOARING FOOD PRICES - April 21, 2008
News item: Surging global food prices have caused riots and protests throughout Haiti, Niger, Cameroon, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Egypt. Many other countries also face social unrest. According to the World Bank, food prices have risen over 80 percent within the past three years. Some of the factors causing the price hikes include the rising cost of oil, the production of biofuels that turn food into fuels, climate change, and poor harvests. See articles in the New York Times, the Guardian (London), Democracy Now!, and other news outlets for details.

ZIMBABWE - April 14, 2008
News item: Official results from the presidential election in Zimbabwe have remained unpublished since the election took place on March 29th. The main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, says it has defeated President Robert Mugabe who has served as Zimbabwe's leader for 28 years.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929-1968) - April 4, 2008
News item: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., husband, father, civil rights leader, minister, Nobel Peace prize winner, was assassinated 40 years ago in Memphis, TN.

Titles related to: TIBET - March 24, 2008
News item: For the past few weeks, Tibetans have taken part in protests against the Chinese government. The protests mark the anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in 1959.

WINTER SOLDIER 2008 - March 17, 2008
News item: "US veterans and active-duty soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan testify about the horrors of war" - Headline from Democracy Now! The meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland which ran March 13th to the 16th, 2008 was modeled after the 1971 Winter Soldier hearings held during the Vietnam War. According to Democracy Now!, the 2008 event was practically ignored by American corporate media.

2007 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS - March 10, 2008
News item: The 2007 NBCC Award Winners were announced on March 6, 2008

WILLIAM F.BUCKLEY, JR. (11/24/25 - 2/27/08) - March 3, 2008
News item: Founder of the National Review and the television show Firing Line, William F. Buckley, Jr. dies at the age of 82.

INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS - February 25, 2008
News Item: 66 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which eventually sent Americans of Japanese descent, as well as Japanese immigrants, to internment camps.

FOOD SAFETY - February 18, 2008
News Item: News item: 143 Million Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled by California Meat Company

ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE - February 11, 2008
News Item: "Naked in the Nonopticon: Surveillance and Marketing Combine to Strip Away Our Privacy." By Siva Vaidhyanathan. The Chronicle Review from The Chronicle of HIgher Education, Volume 54, Issue 23, February 15, 2008.

KENYA - February 4, 2008
News Item: Kenya's Post-Election Crisis

INDONESIA UNDER SUHARTO (1921-2008) - January 28, 2008
News Item: Death of Suharto, Indonesian dictator

"WEAKENING OF THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK" - January 22, 2008
News Item: Is a Recession in Our Future?

GUANTÁNAMO BAY PRISON CAMP - January 14, 2008
News Item: Sixth Anniversary of the Opening of the Guantánamo Bay Prison

BHOPAL DISASTER (12/3/1984) - December 3, 2007
News Item: In 1984, a Union Carbide pesticide plant released poisonous gas in Bhopal, India killing thousands of citizens. Many more suffered severe health problems. Union Carbide is a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING/SPENDING - November 26, 2007
News Item: Black Friday - The Holiday Shopping Season Begins

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA STRIKE - November 5, 2007
News Item: Writers Represented by the WGA East and the WGA West Walk the Picket Lines

BASEBALL - October 29, 2007
News Item: The Boston Red Sox Win the World Series

GLOBAL WARMING & CLIMATE CONTROL - October 22, 2007
News Item: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore Awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

BLACKWATER USA, MERCENARY TROOPS & THE "WAR ON TERROR" - October 12, 2007
News Item: American contractor, Blackwater Worldwide, Sued by Iraqis