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Friday, July 04, 2008 21:07 GMT

ECONOMY : Little to Cheer on U.S. Independence Day
Abid Aslam

WASHINGTON - The world's biggest economy marked Independence Day Friday with little cause for economic cheer. Job losses are the worst in nearly six years and a de facto recession appears to have gripped all sectors.

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POLITICS-US: Vets Mull Wins and Losses in Benefits Fight
Aaron Glantz*
SAN FRANCISCO - You could hear the joy in Patrick Campbell's voice as he reflected on U.S. President George W. Bush's signing Monday of a new GI Bill of Rights for veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah
Dahr Jamail
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing.

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Economy and Trade
> ECONOMY: Little to Cheer on U.S. Independence Day
> ENVIRONMENT-US: Funding Questions Dog Everglades Clean-Up

> ECONOMY: Dismal Picture for U.S. Workers

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Politics
> ECONOMY: Little to Cheer on U.S. Independence Day
> POLITICS-US: Vets Mull Wins and Losses in Benefits Fight

> IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah

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Civil Society
> ENVIRONMENT: Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves
> ENVIRONMENT: A Contest for the Biggest Loser

> RIGHTS-MIDEAST: Govts Ever More Draconian, Group Says

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Environment
> ENVIRONMENT-US: Funding Questions Dog Everglades Clean-Up
> Q&A: 'Climate Change Is Like Tossing a Pebble in a Calm Pond'

> ENVIRONMENT-US: 'Water Is Alive, It Hears Our Words'

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Development
> ECONOMY: Little to Cheer on U.S. Independence Day
> ENERGY: U.S. Sees World Use Soaring Despite Rising Costs

> POLITICS-AFRICA: U.S., China Should Coordinate Policies

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Human Rights
> POLITICS-US: Vets Mull Wins and Losses in Benefits Fight
> RIGHTS-US: 'State Secrets' Privilege Derails Rendition Suit

> RIGHTS-US: Critics See Vendetta in Al-Arian's Legal Limbo

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Health
> POLITICS-US: Vets Mull Wins and Losses in Benefits Fight
> CANADA: Safe Injection Site Mired in Political Squabble

> RIGHTS-US: Despite Legal Blow, Taser Use by Police to Expand

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Media & Communications
> IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah
> POLITICS-US: Global Image Buoyed by Prospect of Change

> POLITICS-US: The War on (Euphemism)

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