Articles from 'June 2009'
Raid on gay club on Stonewall Inn anniversary draws investigation
Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas - Two City Council members said Monday that the public deserves answers about a weekend police raid at a gay ...
Fort Worth council members call for probe in raid of gay bar
By CHRIS HAWES / WFAA-TV FORT WORTH - Fort Worth has received national attention after a controversial inspection at a gay bar. The nation's largest ...
The United States’ Anti-Democratic Pattern in Honduras
By Elizabeth DiNovella / ProgressiveThe general at the center of the military coup in Honduras has a connection to the U.S. military—General Romeo Vasquez attended ...
In Honduras, forces crack down on protesters
Troops chase rock-throwing demonstrators demanding the return of President Manuel Zelaya, who was deposed in a coup the day before. At least 30 people are ...
Patiently Awaiting the U.S. Media's Honduran Solidarity Movement ... by Allison Kilkenny
Huffington PostThe contested election in Iran received widespread attention from both the traditional U.S. media and new media sources including blogs and micro-blogs such as ...
Obama says coup in Honduras is illegal
By Arshad Mohammed and David AlexanderWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday the coup that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was illegal ...
Ousted Honduran leader may be allowed back
By Will Weissert and Freddy Cuevas / Associated PressTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras' ousted president, bolstered by international support, said he will return home this week ...
Fein: Obama 'shuts his eyes' to 'open confessions' of Bush-era war crimes
By Stephen Webster with reporting by Larisa Alexandrovna / Raw Story Speaking at the National Press Club on Monday, former Reagan administration Associate Attorney General ...
Military: US soldier killed in combat in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in combat in Iraq. A statement says the Multi-National Division — Baghdad ...
Soldier killed in Iraq laid to rest in NH
Boston GlobeSALEM, N.H.—Family, classmates and comrades in arms came together in Salem, N.H., to remember Army Staff Sgt. Edmond Lo, a young man who turned ...
Fireworks over Baghdad as Iraqis take over cities
Associated Press BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces assume formal control of Baghdad and other cities on Tuesday after American troops hand over security in urban areas ...
Troops exit Iraq cities, fan into countryside
By Aamer Madhani / USA TodayBAGHDAD — Tuesday's deadline for American troops to leave Iraqi cities gives U.S. commanders a new focus: securing rural areas ...
Healthcare Horror: Care Denied Over $7 Debt for Insured Patient ...by Donna Smith
CommondreamsOK, if this wasn't personal enough just yet for me, it just got a whole lot more so. And if you think for one instant ...
DFW Gay Community Upset After Reported Bar Raid
By Selena Hernandez FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) — Members of the North Texas gay community are angry and they want answers. News of a ...
Iran 'has arrested 2,000’ in violent crackdown on dissent
By Martin Fletcher / London Times More than 2,000 Iranians have been arrested and hundreds more have disappeared since the regime decided to crush dissent ...
New clashes in Iran as standoff worsens with West
By William J. Kole / Associated PressEDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them ...
Where Iran's Regime Learned Its Tricks ...by Scott Horton
Iran's torture practices are even worse than the beatings on YouTube. Daily Beast contributor and human rights lawyer Scott Horton on the nation's most notorious ...
Iran's President Rebukes Obama; Candidates Reject Election Review
By Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin / Washington PostTEHRAN, June 27 -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad added new fuel to an intensifying spat with President Obama ...
PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama slow on pledge to gays
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama promised gay and lesbian voters he would repeal a law banning their open service in the military, would do ...
Top dissident cleric warns Iran over crackdown
TEHRAN (AFP) — Top Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri warned on Thursday that continued suppression of opposition protests could threaten the very ...
President OKs funds for Iraqi, Afghan wars
Denver Post WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed into law a measure keeping the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from running out of money. ...
Protest Met With Force Near Iran's Parliament
Supreme Leader Refuses 'Bullying' Over VoteBy Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin / Washington PostTEHRAN, June 24 -- Riot police and pro-government militiamen used clubs and ...
Victory in the Amazon ...by Laura Carlsen
Center for International PolicyThousands of indigenous people from the Amazon jungle of Peru accomplished the unthinkable early this month. Their movement to save the Amazon ...
Does 'Tiananmen + Web = Tehran'?
By Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington PostTwenty years ago this month, Thomas Ho was aboard Amtrak en route to Washington, pressing his pocket transistor radio ...
Senate Panel Hears of Health Insurers' Wrongs
Ex-Insider Testifies to 'Fear Tactics' By David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post Health insurers have forced consumers to pay billions of dollars in medical bills ...
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