U.S. Germ-Research Policy Is Protested by 758 Scientists
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Scientists sent a petition to the director of the National Institutes of Health protesting the shift in public policy from researching common pathogens to those that might be part of a bioterrorism attack.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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Supermarket Giants Crush Central American Farmers
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As supermarkets continue to gain market share in Central America, struggling small farmers have formed cooperatives. But the farmers' lack of business skills is causing the cooperatives to fail.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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In Africa, Free Schools Feed a Different Hunger
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Kenya and other African countries have recently abolished fees for public education, and many schools are now very overcrowded as poor African children eagerly attend school.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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