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How to manufacture a global food crisis: The destruction of agriculture in developing countries
Walden Bello
How “free trade” is destroying Third World agriculture-and who’s fighting back.
The global rise in food prices is not only a consequence of using food [...]
The view through my windshield
Yodas’ blog
Archive for June, 2008
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Shanghaidaily (english) National News
- Xi: China strives to build open environment for foreign firms September 7, 2010CHINESE Vice President Xi Jinping said today China is taking vigorous steps to create a more open and optimal investment environment for foreign-invested enterprises. Xi made the remarks while attending the opening... […]
- 3 killed in bus, truck collision in Hunan; at least 10 injured September 7, 2010A bus and a truck collided on a highway in Hunan Province today, killing three people and inuring at least 10 others, local authorities said. The accident happened at about 8am in Yueyang, central China's Hunan... […]
- Aviation watchdog: 200 pilots inflated resumes September 7, 2010MORE than 200 pilots around the country have misrepresented their flying histories, according to China's aviation industry watchdog. Among them are some 103 pilots from Shenzhen Airlines who gave misleading information... […]
- Hostage crisis top negotiator reveals force's shortcomings September 7, 2010LACK of coordination combined with the absence of a dedicated hostage negotiating unit led to the collapse of the negotiations for the release of hostages inside the hijacked tourist bus in Manila on August 23. This... […]
- Forced workers plan lawsuit September 7, 2010ABOUT 100 elderly Chinese were forced to work in Japanese mines during World War II plan to sue the Mitsubishi Materials Corp next week, their lawyer said yesterday. The workers, all from the coastal province of... […]
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Topix Immigration Reform
- Illegal immigration super highway September 7, 2010Twenty-three Senators have recently thrown their support behind an innocent looking bill that will, among other things, create an illegal immigration superhighway, remove access to natural resources, and ultimately strip ranchers of their grazing rights, all under the auspices of "preserving" wilderness. […]
- Colombia native turned U.S. citizen donates book about process to schools September 7, 2010Dr. Esmeralda Meyer poses with her husband, Al, and their 4-year-old son, Charlie, in their east Cobb home. […]
- Vicious energy fuels summer backlash September 7, 2010Average Americans, normally sober-minded citizens, came undone over exaggerated threats and imagined enemies; rallied here by the thousands to "restore honor"; and denounced mosques, minority rights and the 14th Amendment - all the while demanding strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution. […]
- 'A campus man' September 7, 2010Dr. Michael Adams admits he's considered a chancellorship, but he likes college life and he's immersed in a mission of leading UGA to the pinnacle of higher education. […]
- 20 illegal immigrants arrested off SoCal beach September 7, 2010Authorities have arrested 20 Mexican citizens after they tried to enter the United States illegally by boat at an Orange County beach. […]
