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Ethanol: Worlds grain for food or profit?
February 16, 2007The grain to fill a 25-gallon SUV tank with ethanol could feed a person for a year. The diversion of grains for the world’s 800 million cars will increase the price and decrease the production of...
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Exxon, Bush fiddle while planet burns
February 9, 2007On Feb. 1 Exxon Mobil announced the largest profits ever earned by a U.S. company — $40 billion in 2006. A day later, the UK Guardian reported that the Exxon-funded Bush-connected American Enterprise Institute sent letters...
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World Social Forum spotlights inequalities
February 2, 2007NAIROBI, Kenya (IPS) — The 7th World Social Forum wound to a close here after five days of dialogue, art, poetry, dance, drama and protests led by participants from around the globe who believe “another world...
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CIA, Congress intervening in Venezuelas affairs
January 31, 2007CIA chief Michael Hayden recently assured a congressional intelligence committee that the Hugo Chavez government in Venezuela is of prime agency concern. Outgoing intelligence head John Negroponte testified that Washington had a “good position in terms...
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Womens rights are a vital issue in Iraq
January 26, 2007This is an edited version of a presentation on Iraq’s constitution organized by the Iraqi Centre for Legal Studies last month in London. The constitution was approved in a national referendum Oct. 15, 2005, with a...
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