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The Future of Agriculture May Well Be in Cities
Shari Nijman interviews DICKSON DESPOMMIER, director of the Vertical Farm Project
NEW YORK - In the coming decades, the world's population is expected to grow by at least another two billion people, 80 percent of whom will live in cities by the year 2050.
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OP-ED
Arab Autocrats Aiding Resurgence of Terrorism
By Dr. Emile Nakhleh*
WASHINGTON - The rising spectre of terrorism in Syria shows that by clinging to power and refusing to implement meaningful reforms, Arab autocrats in Syria, Bahrain, and elsewhere are indirectly contributing to the resurgence of terrorism in their societies.
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Post-Quake Haiti Severely Dependent on Private Sector
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON - More than two years after the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, NGOs and private contractors are continuing to provide 80 percent of the country's social services.
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OP-ED
Bullying, Leadership and the Presidency of the United States
By Kerry Kennedy*
NEW YORK - The 1965 bullying incident at Michigan's elite Cranbrook School that came to light this week has kicked off a series of conversations about bullying and about the extent to which we should hold our nation's leaders accountable for past behaviour.
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Obama's Gay Marriage Endorsement Makes Waves in the Caribbean
By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - It is a widely recognised cliché that when the United States sneezes, the Caribbean catches cold.
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U.S. Arms Sale Sends Wrong Signal to Bahrain, Groups Say
By Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is sending the wrong signal to the government of Bahrain in proceeding with a partial sale of new arms to Manama, according to human rights activists and some lawmakers here.
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U.S.
Occupiers Reclaim Land for Sustainable Farming
By Judith Scherr
ALBANY, California - With hoes, shovels, some 15,000 seedlings and a bolt cutter to break the locks that kept them out, students, community members and participants from nearby Occupy movements have laid claim to an undeveloped 10-acre parcel since Earth Day, Apr. 22, in Albany, California.
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BOOKS
Controversy and Deadly Destruction Arising from Drone Use
By Johanna Treblin
NEW YORK - Grasshoppers and other insects might become the next generation of drones, if researchers with the Israeli research centre Technion who are studying the movements of these insects succeed. Ultimately, they hope to be able to remotely control where the insects fly.
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Recovering From the Spring, at a Price
By Mona Alami
AMMAN - The Arab Spring sent scores of sick and injured Libyans, fleeing their war- torn country, straight to Jordan, where the influx of patients is putting a lot of pressure on Jordanian hospitals and disrupting the lives of Libyan and Jordanian patients alike.
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Unresolved Ethnic Issues Threaten Myanmar Reforms
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON - Discussion of economic reforms in Myanmar (Burma) should not overshadow the critical need for a political solution to the longstanding grievances of the country's ethnic minorities, observers in Washington warned on Friday.
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U.S. Treasury Claim of Iran-Al-Qaeda "Secret Deal" Is Discredited
By Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury Department's claim of a "secret deal" between Iran and Al-Qaeda, which had become a key argument by right-wing activists who support war against Iran, has been discredited by former intelligence officials in the wake of publication of documents from Osama bin Laden's files revealing a high level of antagonism between Al-Qaeda and Iran.
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Water Conflicts Move Up on U.S. Security Agenda
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, the United States intelligence community unveiled a first-ever assessment of global water-security issues.
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U.S.
Obama Comes Out For Same-Sex Marriage
By Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday declared his support for same-sex marriage, becoming the first sitting president to do so and thrusting the issue into the centre of his campaign for re-election.
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China Key to Green Tech Innovation?
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON - With U.S. federal funding sources for renewable energy sources already drying up, coupled with a newfound antipathy towards "green" issues issue here in Washington, some are suggesting that China could offer an important opportunity for the future of renewables in the United States and around the world.
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OP-ED
Waiting for Copernicus
By John Feffer*
WASHINGTON - It's happening in Buenos Aires. It's happening in Paris and in Athens. It's even happening at the World Bank headquarters.
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