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All News Articles for 2010-09-22

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
	US Could Continue Afghan Detention US detention commmander says his military may control part of Bagram complex after prison is handed over to Afghans. Read more
	David Kirby: Cheap Food Makes Us Sick The FDA is holding public hearings this week on genetically modified "AquAdvantage" salmon, destined, if they make the cut, for your dinner plate. Meanwhile, congressional investigators are looking into an outbreak of salmonella that sickened over 1500 people. And nobody's talking about the superbug, MRSA, being found in pork. What's wrong with our food system? Read more
	GOP Filibusters 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal, DREAM Act The Republican Party, which once tried to compete with Democrats for the votes of gays and lesbians, on Tuesday used the filibuster to assure that discrimination against homosexuals in the military would continue. Read more
	Massive US Military Buildup Planned for Guam Two Decisions Postponed Read more
	G20 'Secret Law' to Undergo Independent Review A so-called "secret law" widely criticized for giving police excessive powers during June's G20 summit protests and riots will be the subject of an independent review, The Star has learned. Government sources said Tuesday that former Ontario chief justice Roy McMurtry has agreed to lead the examination of the 1939 Public Works Protection Act, passed to deal with home front security risks during the Second World War. Read more
	Corporate Lobbying Is Blocking Food Reforms, Senior UN Official Warns Farming summit told of delaying tactics by large agri-business and food producers on decisions that would improve human health and the environment Read more
	Anti-Gay Interests Outweigh Senate Traditions Read more
	UN Asks for Action on Nature Loss, Citing Poverty Governments must protect nature better in order to safeguard their countries' wealth, says the UN, as ministers meet for a day of talks on biodiversity. The session at UN headquarters co-incides with the final day of talks on the Millennium Development Goals, and the UN says the two issues are linked. Delegates will discuss why they have failed to meet a 2010 target for curbing loss of biodiversity. Conservationists are calling for at least a 10-fold increase on spending. Read more