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Deadline November 15: Protect Your Local Food Sources!
Unless changes are made to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), your local farms, farmers markets and food hubs could be in trouble.
Drones Have Come Out of the Shadows
New films, reports and media coverage are finally giving the American public a taste of the personal tragedies involved with drone strikes.
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Toward a WMD-Free Middle East: The Israel Hurdle
Action from Israel could bring about important progress in the banning of weapons of mass destruction.
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Historic Acquittal of Anti-Drone Witness at Fort Hancock Air Base
This acquittal marks a major breakthrough by those who have sought to strengthen international law, and stop U.S. war crimes, including extra-judicial murder by the illegal drones.
As US Faces New Scrutiny on Drones, UN Report Finds Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Pakistan
The Obama administrationu2019s drone and targeted killing policy will come under scrutiny at the United Nations today with a report concluding at least 400 Pakistani civilians have been killed …
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Drone Island in the East River
Here is the real danger: We're making murder in its most recognizable form acceptable.
Fukushima – A Global Threat That Requires a Global Response
The problems at Fukushima are unprecedented in human experience and involve a high risk of radiation events larger than any that the global community has ever experienced.
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Afghan Families Want Accountability, Not Apologies
The dusty cemetery in Saracha village hosts three new graves and their families want justice.
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When Poverty Quietly Morphs into Catastrophe
In the face of severe food shortages and with no relief aid, the elderly like Zeinab Wambui, from lower Mukurweini, Central Kenya, are facing very tough times.
How US Pressure Bends UN Agencies
UN inspectors did not conclude who was responsible for the Syrian gas attacks, but major US news outlets implied the findings implicated the Syrian government.