All News Articles for 2013-04-24
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GM Salmon's Global HQ – 1,500m high in the Panamanian Rainforest It is hard to think of a more unlikely setting for genetic experimentation or for raising salmon: a rundown shed at a secretive location in the Panamanian rainforest miles inland and 1,500m above sea level. But the facility, which is owned by an American company AquaBounty Technologies , stands on the verge of delivering the first genetically modified food animal – a fast-growing salmon – to supermarkets and dinner tables. Read more |
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Hundreds of Chicago Students Walk Out of Standardized Test "We are over-tested, under-resourced and fed up!" Read more |
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Part 2: Jeremy Scahill on "Dirty Wars" and Obama’s Expanding Drone Attacks Read more |
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Chileans Rise Up Against Privatization of Nation's Water Supply Mining and logging companies 'leaving all of Chile without water', due to privatized water management Read more |
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GMO Labeling Fight Heads to Maine The growing fight to label genetically modified food (GMOs) came to Maine's capital on Tuesday as hundreds of right-to-know advocates denounced being part of the biotechnology industry's "lab experiment" and added vocal support to a proposed GMO-labeling bill in the state. Read more |
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Senator's Proposal a Nudge, Not an Assault, on 'Too Big To Fail' Banks New law would stipulate larger banks keep more cash on hand, but is slim on challenging Wall Street dominance Read more |
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'More Industrial Mass Murder' as Scores Dead in Bangladesh Factory Collapse Workers told to enter building despite known cracks in structure Read more |
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Report: Wealthy Thrive and Poorest Dive as Surge in US Inequality Continues Researcher: “The income recovery thus far for a wide swath of US households has not existed” Read more |
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Low Wage Workers Strike in Chicago for 'Dignity and Respect' and a Living Wage Fast food and retail workers hit the streets of downtown Chicago on Monday in a "fight for 15" an hour Read more |
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In Protest, Climate Activists Board Coal Ship Off Great Barrier Reef Absent action by political leaders, activists call on public citizens to fight climate change by physically preventing fossil fuel expansion through peaceful civil disobedience Read more |
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The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen Jeremy Scahill on Democracy Now! Read more |
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Voice from Yemen: Obama's Drones Stir 'Growing Hatred of America' Senate holds its first hearing on legality and consequences of drone warfare and targeted killing Read more |