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06 November 2001
Other Agbiotech Aggressions
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BioDemocracy News
Fast Track lobbying and diplomatic arm-twisting is just the tip of the iceberg. Other recent moves by government and industry on the biotech front include the following:

. Don't worry about the monarchs. Based on...
03 November 2001
Tortilla Prices Rise
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Mexico Solidarity Network
Tortilla producers announced an increase in the price of tortillas of between 12.5% and 37.5%. Tortillas provide about 40% of the calories in a typical campesino diet. Tortilla producers blamed the price increases on middlemen who "...
02 November 2001
World Bank Says Recession Will Hit Mexico
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Mexico Solidarity Network
The world economy is close to recession and developing nations will suffer the most severe impact, according to yearly prognostications published by the World Bank. The GNP of developing nations will grow by 2.9% this year, but only 1....
18 October 2001
Iraq: 10 Years After Gulf War
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Stephen Zunes
Written by Stephen Zunes, Middle East EditorForeign Policy In Focus Editors: Tom Barry (IRC) and Martha Honey (IPS)

Key Points The U.S....
18 October 2001
Yugoslavia: Off The Wall
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James T. Phillips
On 28 June 1991, the Yugoslavian Federation fell off the wall. The Humpty-Dumpty of nations shattered into pieces, and years of civil war and domestic conflict blighted the now-...
01 July 2001
The underground is on fire
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You might not see things yet on the surface, but underground, it’s already on fire. - Indonesian writer Y.B. Mangunwijaya

The surface reports of the recent Quebec City trade talks belie their real import. The mainstream...

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