This crop revolution may succeed where GM failed

This crop revolution may succeed where GM failed

Jeremy Rifkin

The Guardian

26 Oct 2006



For years, the life-science companies — Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Pioneer etc — have argued that genetically modified food is the next great scientific revolution in agriculture, and the only efficient and cheap way to feed a growing population in a... read more...

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We have turned Iraq into the most hellish place on Earth

We have turned Iraq into the most hellish place on Earth



The Guardian

25 Oct 2006



British ministers landing in Aden in the 1960s were told always to make a reassuring speech. In view of the Arab insurrection, they should give a ringing pledge, “Britain will never, ever leave Aden". Britain promptly left Aden, in 1967 and a year... read more...

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Fairness, not finance, must decide the right to life

Fairness, not finance, must decide the right to life

The Observer
22 Oct 2006

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In modern warfare, politics is part of a general’s armoury

In modern warfare, politics is part of a general’s armoury
Martin Kettle
The Guardian
14 Oct 2006

Like Victorian children, military commanders used to be seen but not heard. The etiquette was simple. They could argue among themselves as much as they liked. They were even licensed to have rows with government ministers. Wartime leaders such as... read more...

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The Genius of Capitalism

The Genius of Capitalism
By Edmund S. Phelps
The Wall Street Journal Europe
10 Oct 2006

There are two economic systems in the West. Several nations—including the U.S., Canada and the U.K.—have a private-ownership system marked by great openness to the implementation of new commercial ideas coming from private entrepreneurs, and by a... read more...

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The Genius of Capitalism

The Genius of Capitalism
By Edmund S. Phelps
The Wall Street Journal Europe
10 Oct 2006

There are two economic systems in the West. Several nations—including the U.S., Canada and the U.K.—have a private-ownership system marked by great openness to the implementation of new commercial ideas coming from private entrepreneurs, and by a... read more...

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The struggle to defend free expression is defining our age

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The struggle to defend free expression is defining our age
Timothy Garton Ash
The Guardian
05 Oct 2006

Almost every day brings a new threat to free expression. A French philosopher is in hiding, running for his life from death threats on Islamist websites, because he published an article in a French newspaper saying that Muhammad is revealed in the... read more...

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Foetus scans fuel abortion debate

Foetus scans fuel abortion debate
Sarah Hall Health correspondent
The Guardian
03 Oct 2006

Moving ultrasound images showing 12week-old foetuses sucking their thumbs and appearing to “walk” do not prove they have feelings and provide no scientific evidence for lowering the age limit for abortion, experts said yesterday. The debate... read more...

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