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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.
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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.
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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.
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> Not With a Bang, But With a Whimper...
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Civil Society
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> A Contest for the Biggest Loser
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> Anti-War Grannies Arrested Trying to Enlist

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Environment
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Development
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> Sunny Today, Cloudy Tomorrow
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Human Rights
> Lawmakers Seek Probe of "Media Generals"
> Hundreds Arrested Protesting Police Abuses
> Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Contractors
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Health
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> "We Wanted to Know How a Corn Cob Gets into a Pepsi"
> Vets Press McCain to Back Greater Benefits

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Media & Communications
> Lawmakers Seek Probe of "Media Generals"
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> Media Wrong on Rev. Wright, Critics Say
> U.S. Image Improved Slightly in 2007

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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