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Moscow to seize grain export controls
July 31, 2008, Comments Off on Moscow to seize grain export controls

July 31, 2008 (FT) Russia plans to form a state grain trading company to control up to half of the country’s cereal ex ...

U.S. Presidential Campaign: Issues – Trade & Tariffs
July 31, 2008, Comments Off on U.S. Presidential Campaign: Issues – Trade & Tariffs

Taxing the Poor Edward Gresser (Foreign Affairs) … most imports arrive not under FTAs but through the permanent ta ...

Nasa reaches 50
July 31, 2008, Comments Off on Nasa reaches 50

Nasa reaches 50 with pioneer spirit lost By Clive Cookson Media commentary on the 50th anniversary (dated either to July ...

Wednesday Night #1378
July 30, 2008, 3 Comments

See photos and more Starting this Wednesday Night on a different note (!), our very special diva, Susanna Eyton-Jones, a ...

China's top-down science communication fails its people
July 28, 2008, Comments Off on China's top-down science communication fails its people

China’s missed understanding Scientists, not government, should lead efforts to explain the benefits and risks of ...

The Biofuel Backlash
July 23, 2008, 3 Comments

More on Biofuels and Agriculture & Food – World Hunger Uprising Against the Ethanol Mandate Gov. Rick Perry of ...

Bad Days for Newsrooms—and Democracy
July 23, 2008, Comments Off on Bad Days for Newsrooms—and Democracy

July 21 By Chris Hedges (Truthdig) The decline of newspapers is not about the replacement of the antiquated technology o ...

Poverty in America
July 13, 2008, 1 Comment

With thanks to  one of our friends, who maintains an amazing listserve on a broad number of topics. There is much more ...

G8 July 7-9 2008
July 10, 2008, Comments Off on G8 July 7-9 2008

See also World Hunger , Zimbabwe (Xinhua) Backgrounder: Key facts about G8 summit A world of troubles to tackle (The Eco ...

Canada and Quebec in June 2008: On the Cusp
July 8, 2008, Comments Off on Canada and Quebec in June 2008: On the Cusp

Following their annual visit to Ottawa, Montreal and points in between, David Jones has again produced an accurate snaps ...