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Monsanto and Gates Foundation Push GE Crops on Africa
Joel Mbithi (left), farm manager of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute's Kiboko Research Station, and Yoseph Beyene, CIMMYT maize breeder, discuss experimental plots. They are developing drought tolerant top-cross …
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Murdoch Gets Rich Off High-Profile Evangelicals
Here's what you might not know about Rupert Murdoch: he’s one of the leading religion publishers in the world. Maybe one day soon Murdoch will go to …
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Global Markets Tumble on Continued Worries Over Europe’s Debt Crisis
Financial and energy companies took a beating on Wall Street on Monday as stocks in the United States followed global markets lower on concerns about the euro zone debt …
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University Professors in Egypt Stage Open Sit-in, Call for Reform
Hundreds of university professors are staging a sit-in at over a dozen campuses across Egypt to call for the ousting of university administration officials appointed by the former Mubarak …
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In Iraq, Panetta Says US Will Maintain “Enduring Presence“
Baghdad - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta pressured Prime Minister Nuri Kamal-al Maliki of Iraq on Monday to tell the United States whether he wanted some American troops to …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Not Jailing Marijuana Users Saved Philadelphia Over $2 Million, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Cost of Mental Health Programs for Soldiers Is High
A four-year-old Pentagon effort to improve psychological health services across the military is spending tens of millions — some of it at Joint Base Lewis-McChord — without providing a …
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Obama, Lawmakers Meet on Debt, Agree to Talk Again Monday
President Barack Obama, saying “we need to” resolve the debt reduction issue quickly, held a 75-minute meeting with congressional leaders Sunday that failed to end the impasse over how …
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Israel Begins Deporting “Fly-In” Activists
Bethlehem, West Bank - Israel prevented a gathering of foreigners here on Friday by blocking, deterring or deporting hundreds of air travelers who had been invited by Palestinian activists …
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Boehner Pulls Out of Negotiations, Saying No to Debt Agreement Without Tax Increase
Washington - Citing differences over tax revenues, House Speaker John A. Boehner on Saturday night said he would drop his push with President Obama for a far-reaching, $4 trillion …