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BRAZIL: Sugarcane Alcohol Tarnished by U.S. Maize Ethanol
Mario Osava

RIO DE JANEIRO - Recent efforts by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to clearly mark the difference between Brazilian ethanol and the agrofuels produced by the United States are an admission that signing an agreement with Washington to promote a global bioethanol market was a serious political mistake, say analysts.

BIODIVERSITY-US: Loggers, Owls Not Out of the Woods Yet
Michael J. Carter
SEATTLE - Some wounds heal slowly, and the wounds of the logging community on the U.S. northwest Pacific coast are still smarting nearly 20 years after measures to protect a threatened species devastated their industry.

POLITICS-US: Lawmakers Seek Probe of "Media Generals"
William Fisher
NEW YORK - As U.S. television networks continue their silence about their use of retired military officers to "sell" progress in Iraq, members of the U.S. House of Representatives are calling on the Defence Department Inspector General to investigate the Pentagon-sponsored public relations effort.

Bush at War Part II

In Focus: Iraq

Economy and Trade

> Loggers, Owls Not Out of the Woods Yet
> Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains "Surge"
> For U.S., No News Seems Good
> Sky-High Costs - But Few Executions

> Lawmakers Seek Probe of "Media Generals"
> Hundreds Arrested Protesting Police Abuses
> Not With a Bang, But With a Whimper...
> Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains "Surge"

> Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves
> A Contest for the Biggest Loser
> Govts Ever More Draconian, Group Says
> Anti-War Grannies Arrested Trying to Enlist

> Sugarcane Alcohol Tarnished by U.S. Maize Ethanol
> Loggers, Owls Not Out of the Woods Yet
> Poll Finds Deep Concern Among Hispanics
> Taking on the Two-Party Monopoly

> Sugarcane Alcohol Tarnished by U.S. Maize Ethanol
> Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains "Surge"
> Sunny Today, Cloudy Tomorrow
> New Gov't Needs Aid, Leeway to Address Terror Front

> Lawmakers Seek Probe of "Media Generals"
> Hundreds Arrested Protesting Police Abuses
> Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Contractors
> Blacks Suffer Persistent Injustice in Drug War

> Vets Await Verdict in Class Action Lawsuit
> Vets' Lawsuit Opens Door on Suicides, Poor Care
> "We Wanted to Know How a Corn Cob Gets into a Pepsi"
> Vets Press McCain to Back Greater Benefits

Media & Communications

> Lawmakers Seek Probe of "Media Generals"
> Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves
> Media Wrong on Rev. Wright, Critics Say
> U.S. Image Improved Slightly in 2007

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BRAZIL: Sugarcane Alcohol Tarnished by U.S. Maize Ethanol

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PERU: Highlands Families Work to Save Their Birthright - the Potato

COLOMBIA: Therapeutic Abortion - A Right in Name Only?

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More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience

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