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Biotech industry accused of masking decline in GM crops
February 11, 2009Campaingers accused the biotech industry on Tuesday of using misleading figures to mask declining cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe.
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US Senate oks Obama plan
February 11, 2009Washington, (Prensa Latina) The US Senate voted 61 to 37 to approve a federal anti-crisis rescue plan Tuesday, proposed by President Barack Obama valued at $838 million. In the final vote, three moderate Republicans joined the...
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Exit polls predict Tzipi Livni win in Israeli election
February 11, 2009Reposted from The Guardian, guardian.co.uk Tzipi Livni's Kadima party leads Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party by two seats, according to polls Israeli elections tonight produced the tightest of races with early television exit polls putting Tzipi Livni,...
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Israeli campaigning closes as polls open
February 11, 2009Original source: The two hawkish front-runners in the race to rule Israel made last-minute appeals to voters on Tuesday. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is stepping down over corruption charges, called the snap elections after hardline...
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Advocacy groups fear new wave of homeless
February 11, 2009ATLANTA, Georgia, 5 Feb (IPS) - Homeless advocates in the United States say if the new Congress and the Barack Obama administration do nothing, many more low-income people already teetering on the brink could end up...
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