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  • FROM THE PWW ARCHIVES, Sept. 5, 1998, European resistance to gene modification grows

    FROM THE PWW ARCHIVES, Sept. 5, 1998, European resistance to gene modification grows

    September 24, 2006

    The broadest political movement to be seen in Europe in recent decades has been taking shape in opposition to the development and production of genetically-modified food crops. Resistance is directed chiefly at the operations of the...

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  • Oil pressure

    Oil pressure

    September 22, 2006

    “The oil belongs to the Iraqi people. It’s their asset,” declared President George W. Bush in a press conference on the White House lawn in June. He had just returned from a surprise visit to Baghdad,...

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  • Solar power in space, why not on Earth?

    Solar power in space, why not on Earth?

    September 22, 2006

    For years NASA insisted it couldn’t be done. Beyond the orbit of Mars, NASA said, solar energy could not be used to generate electricity for onboard power on space devices. So the agency used the extremely...

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  • EDITORIAL: Independence for Puerto Rico

    EDITORIAL: Independence for Puerto Rico

    September 22, 2006

    Today, Puerto Rico is a U.S. colony. In the final document of its just-completed summit conference in Havana, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries reiterated its support for the right of the Puerto Rico nation to independence...

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  • EDITORIAL: The Pope & Bushs holy war

    EDITORIAL: The Pope & Bushs holy war

    September 22, 2006

    Pope Benedict XVI stirred worldwide outrage when he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor calling Islam “evil and inhuman,” a faith that has been “spread by the sword.” In apologizing, he claimed the quote was taken out...

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