NYMHM: The two burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman; Asia's plague of cars Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:20:15 -0700 ============================================================================= NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * July 10, 2007 * Vol. 6, No. 28 Important but overlooked news from around the world. NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Online this week: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004325.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml - Donations: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUOTED: "We're aging, and there's little time left. We request the court mediate and seek a settlement through direct negotiations." -- Excerpt from a letter sent by Japanese plaintiffs seeking an expedited settlement to an air pollution lawsuit that has dragged on for 11 years (see "Environment II: Pollution & Health," below). CONTENTS: *Top Stories* The two burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman Schwarzenegger: on the wings of charity Big boom in Baghdad home shares *War & Terrorism* Armenia & Azerbaijan: A war without end *Environment I: Conservation* It's not easy being green *Environment II: Pollution & Health* Asia's plague of cars ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORIES ............................................................................. > The Two Burials of Kamal Jalil Uthman U.S. military officials took credit for killing a top al Qaeda leader -- twice. After a recent announcement that Kamal Jalil Uthman, the leader of al Qaeda terrorists in Mosul and a "very dangerous terrorist," was killed in a raid last month, a reporter from the Examiner noticed that the military had already taken credit for killing Uthman last ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004326.html > Schwarzenegger: On the Wings of Charity Government watchdogs are concerned that a shadowy nonprofit that finances Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's lavish international trips may also allow special interests to donate big bucks to the governor in return for political favors -- and all without any public ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004327.html > Big Boom in Baghdad Home Shares Sunnis in the south of Baghdad, and Shias in the north, have been forced out of their homes as their neighborhoods came under control of militants of another sect. Rather than flee the country, however, their solution has been to swap homes with a Sunni or Shia family in the same situation ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004328.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAR & TERRORISM ............................................................................. > Azerbaijan and Armenia: War Without End The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that killed 30,000 people and created one million refugees supposedly ended 13 years ago with a ceasefire in 1994 -- but the countries are still at war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory in ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004329.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENT I: CONSERVATION ............................................................................. > It's Not Easy Being Green If some aspects of "green" marketing and technology sometimes sound too good to be true, that's because they are. Kansas rushed E10, an ethanol/gasoline blend, into gas stations after its ozone levels violated the Clean Air Act. But officials are having second thoughts after learning ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004330.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENT II: POLLUTION & HEALTH ............................................................................. > Asia's Plague of Cars In spite of Asia's renown for producing the most advanced, gas-efficient cars on the planet, the growing popularity of car travel in China, Japan, Vietnam and their neighbors has led to serious air pollution and heath effects. Pollution kills 750,000 people in China every year, according to previously unreleased ... 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