WASHINGTON - April 23 - Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant has been named the country’s biggest “biofool” after online voting in an April Fools Day competition sponsored by Friends of the Earth and the Rainforest Action Network came to a close yesterday. “It was a landslide. Nearly one third of all voters chose Grant,” said Kate McMahon of Friends of the Earth. “This result stresses … [Read more...] about Monsanto CEO Voted Country’s Biggest ‘Biofool’
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Judge Rejects Last Ditch Attempt by Shell to Stop Human Rights Trial
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2009 4:15 PM CONTACT: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)press@ccrjustice.org Ruling Today Orders Royal Dutch Shell to Go to Trial for Complicity in Torture and Killing of Nigerian Protesters May 26, 2009 NEW YORK - April 23 - This afternoon, Judge Kimba Wood of … [Read more...] about Judge Rejects Last Ditch Attempt by Shell to Stop Human Rights Trial
ISRAEL: Conscientious objector Neta Mishli sentenced to 20 days imprisonment
Neta Mishli, 18, from Tel-Aviv, a signatory of the 2008 high school seniors refusal letter, began serving her first prison term on 23 April 2009. Neta Mishli arrived at the military Induction Base on 22 April and refused to enlist. For this she was first sentenced to seven days of confinement to base (she was told there was no room in the military prison for women). However, … [Read more...] about ISRAEL: Conscientious objector Neta Mishli sentenced to 20 days imprisonment
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英語ディスカッションのクラスを開設します。5月開講で、ただいま受講者募集中2009年4月14日(火) 分析：ソマリアの海賊行為はソマリア沖での欧米船籍漁船による不法漁業と有害物質投棄が原因 4月９日よりソマリア海賊に人質にされていた、米国船籍貨物船のリチャード・フィリップス船長が解放されたのを受け、13日オバマ大統領は、ソマリア沖の 海賊行為を食い止める国際的な取締りを約束しました。大企業メディアは今回の海賊事件一色でしたが、海賊行為の根本的な原因への議論はほとんど、あるいは 全く見られません。コンサルタントで分析家のモハメド・アブシール・ウォルドに話を聞きます。１月にウォルドは、"The Two Piracies in Somalia: Why the World Ignores the … [Read more...] about デモクラシー・ナウ
Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn
Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of euros if American multinational Monsanto decides to challenge the prohibition on its seed.Activists fly a kite to protest against the cultivation of genetically modified maize. … [Read more...] about Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn