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...Read "Cautious Optimism for the First Stem-Cell Human Trial...
...leading the U.S. delegation at this week's World Climate Conference in Geneva, where delegates from more than 150 nations are meeting to craft a better global alert system for climate change. That means disseminating information down to the local level - how global warming could impact fisheries, farming, human health, even tourism. "What we need is a formal system that all people can trust to access vital information that can save their lives and protect property and economies," said Michel Jarraud, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization. "It's not only governments, it's the private sector...
...provost of the University of Vermont to take the post of associate dean of Harvard College. Gates replaced Georgene B. Herschbach—currently the College’s dean for administration—and assumed responsibility for managing a wide range of administrative sectors, including finance, human resources, information technology, facilities, and operations...
...Human-rights groups also accuse these new militias of working hand-in-glove with legitimate businesses to take control of large swaths of land to mine gold, drill for petroleum and produce palm oil for Colombia's booming biofuels industry. Says Jorge Rojas, who heads Codhes, "In almost every case where there is a big palm-oil development, there is widespread forced displacement." Adding to the confusion, members of the Colombian Army have been accused of killing civilians and dressing them up as rebels and of driving farmers off their land in guerrilla strongholds...
...abandon their homes. On Wednesday, masked gunmen killed 12 more Awa, including a six-month old baby, and officials fear another exodus. "In Nariño, as in many parts of Colombia, the conflict rages on and abuses are rampant," says José Miguel Vivanco, Americas Director at Human Rights Watch. "Instead of pretending the conflict doesn't exist, the national government needs to do much more to protect civilians...