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No. In 2001, farmers and breeders voluntarily agreed not to sell any meat or milk from cloned animals to the public. They were willing to wait until the FDA could determine whether these foods were safe for human consumption, and wouldn't pose any health risks to people. This FDA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Key Questions: Cloned Food at the Supermarket | 12/29/2006 | See Source »

There is a limit to the pugnacity of any Administration. Richard Nixon reached it in Cambodia; John F. Kennedy reached it at the Bay of Pigs. Until now, President George W. Bush may never have encountered an eye he wasn't willing to at least consider poking. But even for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Win for Polar Bears? | 12/27/2006 | See Source »

All of this ought to be very good news for the bears. What puzzles - and worries - some enviros is why the Administration folded its cards so easily on this one. For a White House that was willing to battle all the way to the Supreme Court to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Win for Polar Bears? | 12/27/2006 | See Source »

Like the Taliban in Afghanistan in the early 1990s, the Islamists' displacement of hated warlords in southern and central Somalia was largely welcomed by the population. However, the strictures they have imposed on the population in the name of a fiercely conservative interpretation of Islam have also generated resentment. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dark Deja Vu in Somalia | 12/27/2006 | See Source »

China, which is brokering the talks, has always made clear that Pyongyang will have to be given security guarantees by the U.S. as part of any soluion. Hill has also said the U.S. would be willing to create a working group to address the banking sanctions, which are a priority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tough Opening Bids in North Korea Nuke Talks | 12/18/2006 | See Source »

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