Archives for 10月 2014

EPA Casts Doubt On Efficacy Of Pesticide Linked To Dwindling Bee Populations

“Pesticide sellers have worked hard to convince American farmers that they need to use these toxic seed treatments. Now that we know that these treatments don’t even help farmers, EPA must take action to ban them,” one environmental watchdog tells MintPress.

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WASHINGTON --- Environmentalists and those pushing for the weakened use of chemicals in agriculture say they are bolstered by a new study from the U.S. government that strongly questions the efficacy of one of the most common pesticides used on soybeans. The class of pesticides under investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency is known

Al Saud’s Repressive Monarchy Creates Traction For Saudi Revolution

Though Saudi Arabia hasn’t yet fallen victim to the Arab Spring, it may only be a matter of time, especially as the parallels between Iran under the Shah and present-day Saudi Arabia become alarmingly more apparent.

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An absolute theocracy, Saudi Arabia has lived since its inception in September 1932 under the thumb of two very powerful forces: the House of Saud and the Wahhabi religious paradigm. Hejaz, which stretches along the western part of the Saudi kingdom, was fused with two formerly independent tribal-led sultanates -- Nejd in the west and Asir in the

禁运加剧了古巴马车的死灰复燃

部分原因是美国实施了数十年的禁运,限制了他们获得燃料和车辆的机会,这迫使古巴人不得不借助公共交通工具来发挥创造力。

Cuba

HAVANA, Oct 30, 2014 (IPS) - Up and down the streets of towns and cities in Cuba go horse-drawn carriages with black leather tops and large back wheels, alongside more simple carts, operating as public transportation. This ancient means of transportation can be seen throughout this country, in urban, suburban and rural areas, where motor

Targeted By Global Boycott, SodaStream To Close Factory In Occupied West Bank

Campaigners hail announcement as ‘latest sign that these global Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaigns are having an impact on changing the behavior of companies that profit from Israeli occupation and apartheid.’

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Campaigners for Palestinian rights are celebrating following Wednesday's announcement by SodaStream International, a controversial Israeli-owned company targeted by a global boycott campaign, that it will be shuttering and relocating its factory that is housed in the occupied West Bank. "We have witnessed a tremendous growth in boycott,

Federal Gov. May Crack Down On Colleges Who Produce Graduates Incapable Of Paying Back Student Loans

Schools with career-oriented programs that fail to comply with the new rule announced Thursday by the Obama administration stand to lose access to federal student-aid programs.

WASHINGTON  — For-profit colleges that don't produce graduates capable of paying off their student loans could soon face the wrath of the federal government. Schools with career-oriented programs that fail to comply with the new rule announced Thursday by the Obama administration stand to lose access to federal student-aid programs. To meet

The Democracy Experiment In Northern Syria

In one northern Syrian town, Arabs, Kurds and others fatigued by years of civil war pursue a new take on civil governance.

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AMUDA, Syria, Oct 28 2014 - There was never anything particularly remarkable about this northern town of 25,000. However, today it has become the lab for one the most pioneering political experiments ever conducted in the entire Middle East region. Located 700 kilometres northeast of Damascus, Amuda hosts the headquarters of the so-called