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From the company that brought us DDT A brand new kind of technology Terminator Seeds is the name of the game A trick, slick idea, as sick as the name Plant some seeds and raise a crop Do it once and reach a full stop Each tiny seed is a ticking bomb Waiting to go sterile when the harvest is done now the future is dark indeed polluting the … [Read more...] about Seeds of Death, by Chris Hunt

In the wake of the tragic tsunamis that have killed as many as 150,000 people in Asia, a number of interesting allegations have arisen that question the wests commitment to caring about poor non-white nations in the throes of natural disasters, the ineptitude and irresponsible behaviour of governments, and raising questions about the responsibility of the actions of rich … [Read more...] about Jong Pairez on the Tsunami in Indonesia

Tsunami: Genocide by GeneologyTaking Advantage of Tsunami to Fight IndependenceSuraiya, Indonesia, Aceh, and the Tsunami Dec 30Nuclear Threats Against North KoreaEnd of the Koizumi EraSuicide at ToyotaMinamata: Irresponsibility of the State … [Read more...] about Recent Stories* Tsunami, North Korea, Koizumi Era, Minamata, Toyota Suicide

Dec 29 - by Ranjit DevrajNEW DELHI (IPS) - Tsunamis and other natural disasters are posing a bigger challenge than pesky green activists to India's secretive nuclear power and research facilities on the coast of southern Tamil Nadu state, which accounted for 5,000 of the more than 50,000 deaths from this week's quakes and killer waves in Asia........Long before the tsunami … [Read more...] about ASIA : TSUNAMI A REMINDER OF RISKS THAT PLAGUE COASTAL NUKE PLANTS

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