The European Union should embrace genetically modified crops or it will fallfoul of international rules, its trade chief warnedyesterday. The EU has approved more than a dozen typesof GM crop for import but just one variety of maizeto plant for human con-sumption. GM crops are engineered to be resistant to pestsor herbicides, or more productive. While the agency's scientists usually approve GM products, national governments, which have the final say, frequently reject its recommendations....

Ernest Bai Koroma, a leading presidential candidate in Sierra Leone and flag bearer of the main opposition party, All Peoples Congress, was the only top political leader from Sierra Leone that attended the swearing-in ceremony of President Umar Musa Yar Adua on May 29. Ernest Bai Koroma, a leading presidential candidate in Sierra Leone and flag bearer of the main opposition party, All Peoples Congress, was the only top political leader from Sierra Leone that attended the swearing-in...

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District Court Judge Gregory Frizzell denied most of the motions to dismiss the lawsuit, or portions of it, brought by Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, but he did dismiss a part of one claim in the suit that seeks to apply two Oklahoma state laws in Arkansas. District Court Judge Gregory Frizzell denied most of the motions to dismiss the lawsuit, or portions of it, brought by Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, but he did dismiss a part of one claim in the suit that seeks to...

Scientists in a lab at Virginia Tech are developing a way to turn discarded feathers and eggs into biodegradable plastics that are cheaper to make than traditional ones. Using protein blends found in feathers and eggs, Barone heats up the minced remnants thrown away by large poultry producers, such as Tyson Foods, and pressurizes them into plastics that are designed to disintegrate months after they're used. Breakthroughs along these lines could not only benefit poultry producers whose...