Instil confidence in the nations food producers A drastic shift in policy in favour of commercial and export-oriented crops is denying the countrys small farmers
access to growing food crops, threatening food security.
A Winner Turned loser Gore lost the presidency, but in the dignity and grace with which he gave up his legal fight, he united America. Then, faced with what to do with the rest of his life, he took up a personal crusade to combat climate change, even though the odds were stacked against him:
VIEWPOINT
Living with changes A crucial factor of the universe is that it changes continuously. Therefore, change is always there, whether you accept it or not, whether you stay happy in changed circumstances or not...
Crippling the farmers The alternative is to put off the inevitable and risk a series of trade wars. When the US loses a WTO case, its aggrieved trading partners gain the right to retaliate through punitive tariffs on many American-made products, not just agriculture.
Rehearsal... Australian customs service officers, wearing anti-chemical suit, during an inspection drill as part of the Pacific Shield 07 exercises at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Monday. Ships and aircraft from seven countries conducted maritime exercises aimed at the mock interception of dangerous weapons technology at Yokohama. AP
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