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As the Food and Drug Administration considers whether to approve genetically modified salmon, one thing seems certain: Shoppers will have a hard time determining whether the fish in the grocery store is genetically altered with no label to guide them.As the Food and Drug Administration considers whether to approve genetically modified... more
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The contents of a secretly recorded video threaten to gravely embarrass Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Obama administration. The film was shot, apparently without Netanyahu’s knowledge, nine years ago. In it, he boasts that he deceived the US president at the time, Bill Clinton, into believing he was helping implement the Oslo accords, the US-sponsored peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, by making minor withdrawals from the West Bank while actually entrenching the occupation. He brags that he thereby destroyed the Oslo process.The contents of a secretly recorded video threaten to gravely embarrass Israeli Prime... more
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the 120,000 or so trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to people who had lost their homes became a symbol of the government’s inept response to that disaster.
The trailers were discovered to have such high levels of formaldehyde that the government banned them from ever being used for long-term housing again.
But the New York Times reports that some of those trailers are now getting a second life amid the latest disaster to hit the Gulf states— as living quarters for workers involved with the cleanup of BP’s oil spill.In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the 120,000 or so trailers provided by the Federal... more
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A sobering new report warns that the oceans face a "fundamental and irreversible ecological transformation" not seen in millions of years as greenhouse gases and climate change already have affected temperature, acidity, sea and oxygen levels, the food chain and possibly major currents that could alter global weather.A sobering new report warns that the oceans face a "fundamental and irreversible... more
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Thousands of people marched last week in Honduras demanding the return from exile of their former leftist President Manuel Zelaya, who was overthrown a year ago by a military coup d'etat.Thousands of people marched last week in Honduras demanding the return from exile of... more
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Ten U.S. citizens or lawful residents are suing the government for placing them on the "no-fly" list without notice or due process and then giving them no way to get their names off the list.Ten U.S. citizens or lawful residents are suing the government for placing them on the... more
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A coalition of major news organizations is challenging as unconstitutional Pentagon rules that were used in May to ban four reporters from covering military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.A coalition of major news organizations is challenging as unconstitutional Pentagon... more
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The New York Times reports that across Iraq, many of the reconstruction projects promised by the United States have been scaled back or abandoned.The New York Times reports that across Iraq, many of the reconstruction projects... more
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The New York Times reports that some 150 politicians, civil servants, tribal chiefs, police officers, Sunni clerics and members of Awakening Councils have been assassinated throughout Iraq since the election — bloodshed apparently aimed at heightening turmoil in the power vacuum created by more than four months without a national government.The New York Times reports that some 150 politicians, civil servants, tribal chiefs,... more
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A twin suicide attack that killed 42 at Pakistan's most popular Sufi shrine has angered and frustrated Pakistanis, with some saying last week that the solution to the country's terror threat is a U.S. exit from Afghanistan.A twin suicide attack that killed 42 at Pakistan's most popular Sufi shrine has... more
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A salmon that grows at twice the normal rate is set to be the first genetically modified animal available for human consumption.A salmon that grows at twice the normal rate is set to be the first genetically... more
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Angry protesters attacked the police station in Pailitas, Colombia this past week after a young man was killed during a police raid.Angry protesters attacked the police station in Pailitas, Colombia this past week... more
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Venezuela has nationalized a fleet of oil rigs owned by a US-based company which had been shut down in a dispute over payments.Venezuela has nationalized a fleet of oil rigs owned by a US-based company which had... more
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Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s far-right foreign minister, set out this past week what he called a “blueprint for a resolution to the conflict” with the Palestinians that demands most of the country’s large Palestinian minority be stripped of citizenship and relocated outside Israel’s future borders.Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s far-right foreign minister, set out this past week... more
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Nearly 600 people were arrested as global leaders and elites met behind a fortified perimeter during the G8 and G20 Summits in Huntsville and Toronto this past weekend. In the months leading up to the summit, protesters were under surveillance by the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service. Canada budgeted more than $970 million for security for the two summits.Nearly 600 people were arrested as global leaders and elites met behind a fortified... more
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Blackwater Worldwide tried for two years to secure lucrative defense business in Southern Sudan while the country was under U.S. economic sanctions. The Obama administration, however, has decided for now not to bring criminal charges against Blackwater.Blackwater Worldwide tried for two years to secure lucrative defense business in... more
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The CIA has hired Xe Services, the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, to guard its facilities in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The firm has been fighting off prosecution and lawsuits since an incident in 2007 in Baghdad, when its guards allegedly killed 17 unarmed civilians and wounded 24. Since then, the company has been accused of murder, distribution of controlled substances, tax evasion, child prostitution, weapons smuggling and defrauding the government.The CIA has hired Xe Services, the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater... more
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Journalist and veteran Afghanistan expert Jere Van Dyk says the United States should pull its troops out of Afghanistan because the war cannot be won and Pakistan is funding the Taliban to undermine U.S. interests.Journalist and veteran Afghanistan expert Jere Van Dyk says the United States should... more
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Argentina’s government has ordered protesters blocking the bridge with neighboring Uruguay to obey a ruling from the world court in favor of a paper mill they were picketing against.Argentina’s government has ordered protesters blocking the bridge with... more
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While top U.S. officials have described the U.N. Security Council's approval this past week of a new sanctions resolution against Iran as a major diplomatic breakthrough, most nuclear and Iran specialists say it is unlikely to be effective and could prove counterproductive.While top U.S. officials have described the U.N. Security Council's approval this... more
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