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...member states - Austria, Hungary, France, Greece, Germany and Luxembourg - ban the cultivation of GM maize on their territories. The bans were declared illegal in a World Trade Organization panel ruling in 2006, following a case brought by the U.S., Canada and Argentina. The WTO said the national safeguards were not based, as required, on scientific assessment of the risks. In the face of fierce member-state opposition, though, the E.U. has yet to fully implement the WTO's ruling. (See pictures of immigration in Europe...
...state-of-the-art animation also allows for some reinvention of the classic Wonderland characters, which opens doors to some major differences. However, most of the traits that make certain characters—like the infamous Cheshire Cat—such distrustful personas are lost in this film. They seem to have toned down their trickery and traded it in for a more helpful, family-friendly approach to Alice’s strife. Wordplay and clever puns are still present, but the ever-cooperative actions of Alice’s companions do not match their tangled, devious verbal logic...
...those freshmen wishing to avoid the wrath of the River gods, try some of these alternatives, avoid reserving yourself a room in a state penitentiary, have a cry-fest while reading about River Run experiences that you will never have, and get excited about Housing...
Last Thursday, Californians bore witness to dozens of protests across cities and universities in The Golden State. These protests were part of a national day of action that was organized by groups advocating for the protection of education from injurious budget cuts. In California, the protests were especially justified; to make up for a state-wide deficit of over $20 billion, the public universities in California have sought to trim their own budgets by reducing library hours, furloughing staff, cutting teaching assistants—and, most dramatically, increasing tuition by 32 percent...
...Netanyahu, after taking office, came around to talking of a two-state solution, which he had previously rejected, but at the same time he defined Palestinian statehood in terms too limited to be acceptable to the Palestinian leadership. Netanyahu had publicly opposed the offers made to the Palestinians by previous Israeli governments, and his government made clear last week that new talks would not begin from understandings reached with any of his predecessors but would instead start from scratch - a position vehemently rejected by the Palestinians. Of course, none of those previous offers had been accepted by the Palestinian leadership...