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...other groups are not waiting for the results of Harvard’s investigation. Unions from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), longtime opponents of water fluoridization, seized on the allegations against Douglass, writing a letter to the EPA administrator calling for a moratorium on programs that add fluoride to drinking water...
...AAUP is glad to have more time to negotiate with Google as a result of the moratorium, said the group’s communication manager, Brenna McLaughlin...
...Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wasted no time in confronting the West over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Just days after being sworn in, Ahmadinejad defended Iran's decision to break seals placed by the International Atomic Energy Agency on a facility in Isfahan, thus ending a nine-month-old voluntary moratorium on converting uranium ore into gas used in the uranium-enrichment process. The move followed Iran's rejection of a U.S.-backed compromise proposed by Britain, France and Germany that called for Iran to give up uranium-enrichment activities - which could potentially produce fuel for an atomic weapon - in exchange...
...AAUP is glad to have more time to negotiate with Google as a result of the moratorium, said the group's communication manager, Brenna McLaughlin...
...unratified SALT II treaty and deep cuts in Star Wars funding. But under public pressure from the President, Congress backed down on Friday, moderating the SDI cuts and settling for a nonbinding resolution urging Reagan to comply with SALT II. The House also retracted its demand for test moratorium; in return, Reagan promised to submit to the Senate for ratification two existing treaties that limit nuclear tests. Said Reagan of Congress's decision: "I'm delighted. Now we can go forward united...