How did Barack Obama become Monsanto’s man in Washington?

http://economicrisis.com/how-did-barack-obama-become-monsantos-man-in-washington/6407 How did Barack Obama become Monsanto’s man in Washington? And when are anti-GMO activist groups going to stop saying they’re “shocked and disappointed” by the president? ...

Get over $4 m to China - address $21 billion to everyone else

Lost in the Republican oops-fog I know lawmakers think We the People are idiots, but how about Congress focusing in the real problems. Sure, giving $4 million to China is a drop in the bucket. I more concerned...

Together We Can Fight Tuberculosis (TB)

Worldwide concerted efforts are being made, with renewed pledges on World TB Day (24th March), to rid this planet of the scourge of tuberculosis. The World TB Day theme for the year 2011 is Transforming the Fight – Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis. On the national front,...

TREAT TB seeks answers to key questions in fight against TB

Key questions regarding the new tools and new challenges facing TB control and prevention today are being addressed through an innovative international initiative, TREAT TB. The purpose of TREAT TB, which stands for Technology, Research, Education and Technical Assistance for...

Jobs we pay for in Iraq

Jobs we pay for Send in USAID. Now, it is time for the State Department to do its thing in Iraq, to provide civilian assistance to “nation-build.” Back home, we can’t pay our bills and we’re in debt over...

"TREAT TB" research aims for shorter and more effective MDR-TB Tt

One of the main objectives of the "TREAT TB" research grant is to conduct a clinical trial to look at relatively shorter and more effective multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment than the current regimen for MDR-TB. "One of the colleagues had done a study in...

USAID exporting religiously infused messages, sued by ACLU

Using taxpayer dollars to 'export' religiously infused materials and messages overseas deemed unconstitutional, the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) failure to timely respond to...

Obama signs Pakistan Act of 2009 (with PS)

""The bill is not acceptable to us in the present form" -Leader of the Opposition in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif. " The US President signed the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 Kerry-Lugar-Berman...

POLIO : Nigeria on the Right Track

The International Public Health Forum welcomes the recent whirlwind around polio in Nigeria is a welcome development that should create the necessary drive towards a final putsch to pull the final chapter to an embarrassing problem. The fact that this embarrassment is...

Bolivians approved New Constitution

After few poll countings, the Bolivian government has stated its proposed constitution was approved in Sunday´s referendum. However, the local and divided opposition was reluctant to concede defeat. "opposition...

Bolivians vote on a Constitutional Referendum today

After weeks of poitical turmoil at separatist provinces and the expulsion of both USAID and the American Ambassador to La Paz, Bolivians ready to vote a draft Constitution on a...

UNASUR: Bolivian Pando’s massacre a crime against Humanity

A report issued by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) concludes that the massacre of Porvenir was a crime against humanity. During a Summit at UN, UNASUR had agreed to investigate...

USAID official, driver kidnapped in Pakistan

As the Pakistani authorities have yet to recover the kidnapped Afghan ambassador-designate, an Iranian commercial attaché and a Chinese telecom engineer, suspected militants have kidnapped an official of the United States Agency for International Development along with his...

USAID worker, driver shot dead in Peshawar

"PESHAWAR: Armed men shot dead a USAID official, Stephan Wanz, along with his driver, Shakoor Rehman, on Atta Turk Line University Town near American Guest House after he left for his office on Wednesday. Sources say he was working on the FATA development program for the...

President Evo Morales expels US DEA from Bolivia

Current bilateral relation between US and Bolivia remain rather distant and continue to deteriorate. After rejecting illegal overflights over Bolivian territory, promoting political unrest last month and...

Recent Comments

Top Members Today

  • Top Veterans

  • Top Rookies

 

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from