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...about the dangers of a genetically modified "super salmon," continued overfishing and increasing demand for cheap protein sources probably mean its advent is inevitable. An American firm is reported to have developed genetically modified (GM) salmon that grows 10 times faster than normal farm-raised varieties, according to a BBC report, a development that could cut the cost of raising salmon by more than half...
...come not from renegade Serbs or ultra-nationalist Albanians, but from Osama bin Laden. At least that seems to be the thinking behind a raid by NATO military police on the headquarters of the Saudi Joint Relief Committee, an Islamic charity operating in the war-ravaged territory. The BBC reported Tuesday that although the raid netted no evidence to back the claim, U.S. officials believe the group - which is partly funded by the Saudi government - may be linked with Bin Laden, and names two former officials as associates of the alleged super-terrorist. "Although they won't discuss...
...Sole __ 21. Car in a 1964 hit song 24. Rocky, for one 25. Absorbed, as a loss 26. Sought a seat 28. Like some vbs. 29. Soccer standout Hamm 30. 20/20 network 34. Tapes over, perhaps 35. __ deferens 36. AMD is shipping this 1 GHz chip 37. Moral __ (BBC program that alleged spy leaks in Kosovo conflict) 38. Coverage co. 39. Pakistan is upset that Clinton is visiting here 42. __ Shui-bian (presidential candidate who supports formal independence for Taiwan) 43. Fruit throwaway 45. Eid al-__ (four-day Muslim feast of sacrifice beginning March 16) 46. __ Chan (Taiwanese Veep...
...Thompson, "there's no compelling evidence to back up this spy claim - these allegations are based primarily on the first two weeks of the war, and it has to be said that in that phase NATO's targets would have mostly been quite predictable." More interesting, perhaps, are the BBC documentary's accounts of deep strains within the alliance during the Kosovo conflict. Getting 19 governments with quite divergent political commitments to the war to agree on how to fight it proved immensely frustrating to the alliance's military commanders. "They constantly faced the problem of some country or another...
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