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Headlines for Aug 23, 2010

- UN: Lack of International Support for Pakistan is "Quite Extraordinary"
- Israeli and Palestinian Authority Agree to Direct Talks
- Sweden Drops Rape Charges Against WikiLeaks Founder
- Rallies Held For and Against NYC Islamic Cultural Center
- Soldiers Punished For Refusing to Attend Christian Concert
- Gen. Ordierno: U.S. Troops May Stay In Iraq After 2011
- Haitian Authorities Release List of Qualified Presidential Candidates
- UN Report Exonerates Shell For Oil Pollution in Niger Delta
- GOP Candidate Proposes Housing Welfare Recipients in Jails
- California Jail To Test Ray Gun On Prisoners
- Recall Of Eggs Expanded by 170 Million Eggs
- Blackwater Agrees To Pay $42 Million in Fines


Special reports

- Exclusive: U.S. Journalist Deported From Turkey After Reporting on Plight of Kurds

Jake Hess is a 25-year-old American journalist Jake Hess who was arrested in Turkey nearly two weeks ago and deported back to the United States over the weekend. Turkey accused him of allegedly having ties with the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which Turkey and the United States classify as a terrorist organization. But Hess and his lawyer have maintained that Hess was targeted because of his writings. His recent articles for Inter Press Service have focused on Turkish soldiers deliberately starting forest fires, the depopulation of Kurdish villages, and Turkish-Iranian air strikes on Kurdish homes in northern Iraq.


- Scientist Accuses Obama Administration and BP of Underestimating Amount Of Oil Left in Gulf Of Mexico

New evidence has badly shaken the Obama administration's rosy narrative about the alleged disappearance of most of the oil that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well. Early this month a report by government scientists declared that three quarters of the oil had vanished, either collected or dispersed. But numerous reports contradict the administration's sanguine picture of the cleanup effort. We speak to Ian MacDonald, an oceanographer and expert on measuring oil spills from Florida State University. He testified at a Congressional hearing last week and said the actual amount of oil removed from the Gulf is only around ten percent and predicted the spill will likely remain harmful for decades.


- Fishing Industry in Gulf Still Worrried About Levels of Toxins in the Water and the Impact on Marine Life.

The Obama administration announced last week that it is safe to eat fish and shrimp caught in the 78 percent of federal waters in the Gulf that are now re-opened to fishing. But many are still concerned about the levels of toxins in the water and the impact on marine life. Independent journalist Dahr Jamail has been reporting from the Gulf Coast for over a month now. Last week he spoke to some commercial fishermen in Mississippi who are refusing to trawl because of the oil and dispersents that are still in the water.
 
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