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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> World Agriculture Faces Serious Decline From Global Warming
> Red Alert - Threat To Life On Earth
> Biofuels: Cure Worse Than the Disease?
> Somali Children Facing 'Critical Levels' of Malnutrition
> The Global Cost of U.S. Farm Subsidies
> Gender selection akin to murder: Indian court
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WORLD AGRICULTURE FACES SERIOUS DECLINE FROM GLOBAL WARMING
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(13 sep 2007) Global agriculture could be on an inexorable trajectory
to serious damage, says new book.
From: Peterson Institute
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153113/7263/193379
RED ALERT - THREAT TO LIFE ON EARTH
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(13 sep 2007) Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to
do so unless urgent action is taken, according to the latest Red List
of Threatened Species.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153139/7263/193379
From: The World Conservation Union
http://www.iucn.org/
BIOFUELS: CURE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE?
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(13 sep 2007) A new OECD report indicates that biofuels have limited
potential without compromising food prices and the environment.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153099/7263/193379
From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
http://www.foe.co.uk/
SOMALI CHILDREN FACING 'CRITICAL LEVELS' OF MALNUTRITION
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(13 sep 2007) An estimated 83,000 children in central and southern
Somalia suffer from malnutrition, 13,500 of whom are severely
malnourished and at risk of dying, warns the UN Children's Agency.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153124/7263/193379
From: United Nations Children's Fund
http://www.unicef.org
THE GLOBAL COST OF U.S. FARM SUBSIDIES
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(12 sep 2007) Without subsidies, U.S. agriculture falls flat, says Dr
Devinder Sharma. He says the subsidies are causing farmer suicides in
India and pricing out cotton farmers in west Africa.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153115/7263/193379
From: Share The World's Resources
http://www.stwr.net
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OneWorld South Asia
GENDER SELECTION AKIN TO MURDER: INDIAN COURT
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(13 sep 2007) In a victory for those fighting for the rights of the
girl-child, the Bombay High Court upholds an amendment to the law
banning sex-determination tests. A Mumbai-based couple had mounted a
legal challenge to the constitutional validity of the amendment that
bans pre-conception gender selection.
http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/153140/1893/193379
From: InfoChange
http://www.infochangeindia.org
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