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Doha Trade Talks Suspended in Sad Political Failure
Oxfam America - Jul 24, 2006
The political will is missing to bring about a new international trade deal that could pull millions out of poverty.
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Greasy Kid Stuff
Washington Post - May 15, 2006
Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson take the formidable research and rhetoric of Schlosser's bestselling Fast Food Nation (2001) and aim them at teen readers -- at their hearts, stomachs, consciences, vanity and, yes, even their sense that change is possible.
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CSPI to Sue Cadbury Schweppes over ?All Natural? 7UP
Center for Science in the Public Interest - May 12, 2006
The company that makes the ?uncola? is accused of telling an untruth in a new marketing campaign that touts 7UP as ?100% natural.? The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) will sue 7UP?s manufacturer, Cadbury Schweppes, unless the company drops the claim.
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USDA Criticized for Helping ?Industrialize? Organic Farming
Cornucopia Institute - May 11, 2006
Proposed new federal organic livestock regulations are coming under sharp criticism for failing to close critical loopholes...
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