IATP and allies responded to a call for input by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food on Concentration of ...

NEW YORK - The New York Siting Board approved independent power producer Mirant Corp.'s application to build a large power plant along the Hudson River north of New York City, the board said in a ...

Intended to clarify the content of the Right to Adequate Food and the responsibilities of all actors involved. A guide for conduct of international community, states, others to focus policy and ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office is soon expected to release final guidelines that will be used to determine whether a gene-related patent will be granted by the office. Generally, the biotech ...

There is general agreement on the serious shortcomings affecting international relations today. As global unity becomes manifest, awareness of the vulnerability of humankind rises. This situation has ...

IN THE WORLD OF MOLECULAR FARMING, PLANTS ARE LIVING FACTORIES THAT PRODUCE CHEAP DRUGS, PLASTICS, EVEN HUMAN BLOOD PROTEINS. RESEARCHERS HOPE - AND CRITICS FEAR - WE'LL REAP WHAT WE SOW. GLOBE AND ...

Chinese President Hu Jintao took centre stage Thursday ahead of an Asia Pacific summit with trade and climate change high on the agenda of his talks with the leaders of Australia and the United States ...

The New York Times / December 4, 2000 / By DAVID BARBOZA CHICAGO - A class-action lawsuit accuses the developer of StarLink, a variety of bioengineered corn that accidentally entered the food supply, ...

This report examines one proposal advanced to foster regional integration, that is, the exchange of trade preferences among Sub-Saharan countries.

The 2000 fire season saw 8.4 million acres of public land burned in the US, with a total firefighting cost of over $1.3 billion. This got the attention of former President Clinton, who asked staff to ...

Any effort to address the ethical questions outlined in this paper will involve two institutional stages: 1) hearings by a Parliamentary committee given a mandate specifically to examine the ethical ...