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08 November 2001
Anti-Terrorism Gives Cover to New Abuses -- UN OFFICIAL
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Thalif Deen
A senior U.N. official expressed serious concern Tuesday over the erosion of human rights in the wake of the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

Mary Robinson, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, told...
08 November 2001
U.S. Corporations Charged with Plundering Patriotism
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Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (IPS) -- Major U.S. corporations are profiting far too much from the wave of patriotism that has swept the country since the Sep. 11 terrorist attacks, say civic, environmental and labour groups.

They...
07 November 2001
GMO Sneak Attack Fizzles-USA and Europe
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BioDemocracy News
Stubborn opposition by labor, public interest, and environmental groups over the past several years stopped Clinton, and now Bush, from gaining "expedited" "Fast Track" negotiation powers. Fast Track legislation, if approved by...
07 November 2001
Assassination of Digna Ochoa
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Mexico Solidarity Network
The investigation into the assassination of Digna Ochoa is in the hands of Mexico City’s Attorney General, not the Federal Attorney General, according to President Vicente Fox. In a political dig at Mexico City Mayor Lopez Obrador and...
06 November 2001
Other Agbiotech Aggressions
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BioDemocracy News
Fast Track lobbying and diplomatic arm-twisting is just the tip of the iceberg. Other recent moves by government and industry on the biotech front include the following:

. Don't worry about the monarchs. Based on...
03 November 2001
Tortilla Prices Rise
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Mexico Solidarity Network
Tortilla producers announced an increase in the price of tortillas of between 12.5% and 37.5%. Tortillas provide about 40% of the calories in a typical campesino diet. Tortilla producers blamed the price increases on middlemen who "...

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