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What is the terminator seed proposed for use in agriculture?
June 14, 2007Dear EarthTalk: What is the “terminator seed” proposed for use in agriculture? Why is it so controversial? Since the dawn of civilization farmers have saved the seeds spawned by their crops and re-planted them to grow...
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Bush campaigns to revive immigration bill
June 13, 2007News Analysis In his June 9 national radio address, President Bush strongly endorsed the “Grand Bargain” immigration bill, S 1348, that stalled in the Senate June 7 when just 45 of a necessary 60 senators were...
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Protests mark G-8 summit in Germany
June 8, 2007News Analysis Demonstrators from throughout Europe flooded Rostock, Germany, this week to protest the G-8 Summit being held June 6-8 in nearby Heiligendamm. On the weekend preceding the G-8 meeting, clashes between 16,000 riot police and...
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Voters in Ontario, Canada, mull electoral reform
June 8, 2007ONTARIO, Canada — Ontario Province will hold a referendum on a new voting system when voters go to the polls here Oct. 10. The Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform is recommending a switch from the...
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Turning the tide of reaction in Texas
June 8, 2007HOUSTON — The recent meltdown of the Texas Legislature, dubbed “the Austin Tea Party,” may be the opening shot of a resurgence of the power of Texas progressives. Needless to say, the Texas political scene has...
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