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The Independent/UK April 20, 2008
Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an authoritative new study shows, undermining repeated claims that a switch to the controversial technology is needed to solve the growing world food crisis.
The study - carried out over the past three years at the University of Kansas in the US grain belt - has found that GM soya produces about 10 per cent less food than its conventional equivalent, contradicting assertions by advocates of (…)

Monday, April 21, 2008
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Bush Team Pushed Torture Behind Myers’ Back
The Guardian, basing itself on a soon-to-be-published book by Philippe Sands (Torture Team) reveals that torture was implemented at Guantanamo Bay in the face of opposition from Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, by White House lawyers Alberto Gonzales, David (…)

The entire film:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-18916488.html

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The Treaty Con
The Government has hatched an elaborate plan to deceive voters over the forthcoming EU treaty referendum, the Irish Daily Mail can today reveal.
A leaked email shows that ministers are planning a deliberate campaign of misinformation to ensure the treaty vote is passed when it is put to the public as required by the Constitution. The document also shows that the Government is considering a last-minute change in the date of the referendum - slated for June 12 - to catch out (…)

Nato admits mistakenly supplying arms and food to Taliban Anil Dawar and agencies Friday April 18 2008
Nato forces mistakenly supplied food, water and arms to Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, officials today admitted.
Containers destined for local police forces were dropped from a helicopter into a Taliban-controlled area of Zabul province.
The coalition helicopter had intended to deliver pallets of supplies to a police checkpoint in Ghazni, a remote section of Zabul (…)

Investigative reporter Greg Palast reveals where the Bush family got their money. (At "least - some of it) Was it honest hard work, I wonder?
By Brett Sporich
While most people have heard of Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 9/11," which comes out on video Oct. 5, few have heard of "Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,".
Greg Palast, who reports for BBC TV’s "Newsnight" and produced "Bush Fortunes," was the first to capture Lt. Col. Bill Burkett on film stating that he (…)

This is a lecture by Jeffrey Smith, in which he summarizes the contents of this book.
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-18274643.html

by Pat LaMarche
Are we really having discussions about whether or not to participate in the 2008 Olympics? Are people actually sitting in coffee shops discussing whether the civil rights violations in China warrant a U.S. boycott of the opening ceremonies or even the games themselves?
Man, this country really cracks me up.
Extraordinary men and women, the absolute cream of our athletic crop, who have — for likely as long as they’ve walked — trained for the moment when they could (…)

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson
If Nash McCabe, a previously obscure Latrobe, PA resident who asked Obama via a taped question during Wed.’s Presidential debate what he thought about the flag, and, moreover, why he doesn’t wear a flag pin in his lapel, represents rural America then, yes, Obama was dreadfully wrong about bitter rural Americans clinging to their guns and religion. Apparently, if McCabe’s representative of rural America, they first and foremost (…)