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US considered trade war on opponents of GM crops
LONDON: The US Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a Military-style Trade War against any European Union country which opposed genetically modified crops, newly released Wikileaks cables show. In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in 2007, the then-US ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of the former US president George Bush, asked Washington to penalise the EU and particularly countries which did not support the use of GM crops. ''Count...

WikiLeaks: U.S. Wanted Trade War Over GM Crops
Like this Story? Share it: A farmer holds a handful of Monsanto's Roundup Ready genetically modified soybean seeds in this 2008 file photo. (Monsanto) Explore the history of bioengineered food. Find out more about the contentious debate over its safety. (CBS) The U.S. ambassador to France urged George W. Bush's administration to wage a Trade War against European Union nations over their resistance to genetically modified crops, according to diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks. Europe's rel...

WikiLeaks: US targets EU over (Monsanto) GM crops
Source: Guardian UK US Embassy cable recommends drawing up list of countries for 'retaliation' over opposition to genetic modification The US Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a Military-style trade war against any European Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released Wikileaks cables show. In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in late 2007, the ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of former US president G...

You Heard It Here Second, But Before the Guardian or Times
Almost two weeks ago (Dec. 22), I griped about the US government hiring out its diplomatic staff in France to Monsanto. This revelation, or confirmation of obvious fact depending on how you look at it, came to us thanks to Wikileaks. The Establishment here in class-free America is rushing to cover up all the details revealed when the curtain was pulled back. I noticed at that time a complete lack of mention of this cable, pointed out by Mike Ludwig at Truthout, at the Times or the Post. Well, on...

WikiLeaks: US targets EU over GM crops
The US Embassy in Paris wanted to penalise the EU after France moved to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features The US Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a Military-style Trade War against any European Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released Wikileaks cables show. In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in late 2007, the ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of former US pr...

Leaked cable: U.S. urged to wage trade war
LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The United States was urged to wage a Trade War against European Union nations, diplomatic cables released by the Web site Wikileaks indicate. In a leaked 2007 cable, the U.S. ambassador to France advised President George W. Bush to retaliate against the reluctance of EU nations to accept genetically modified crops, CBS reported Tuesday. The EU's stance threatened to cut off a key export market for American farmers. In a message to Bush, Ambassador Craig Stapleton suggest...

Germany denies secret spy project with US
Germany's aerospace centre has denied it is working with the US on a $US270 million ($A266 million) high-tech secret spy program, insisting that its plans for a high-resolution optical satellite have purely scientific and security uses. US State Department cables obtained by Wikileaks and revealed by Norwegian daily Aftenposten say Germany joined a partnership with the US to create a satellite spying program that was presented as a commercial enterprise, but is actually run by the German intelli...

Iran invites diplomats to view nuke plants
TEHRAN, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Iran has invited a number of western Diplomats to visit the republic's nuclear facilities, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said. Mehmanparast said International Atomic Energy Agency-accredited ambassadors in Vienna, including representatives from Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States as well as the European Union and non-aligned countries, have been invited, the state news agency IRNA said Tuesday. "The new move of inviting the ambass...

Germany denies US spy project
BERLIN: Germany's aerospace centre has denied it is working with the United States on a $US270 million high-tech secret spy program, insisting that its plans for a high-resolution optical satellite have purely scientific and security uses. US State Department cables obtained by Wikileaks and published by the Norwegian daily Aftenposten say Germany joined a partnership with the US to create a satellite spying program that was presented as a commercial enterprise but is actually run by the German ...

U.S. Not Invited to Tours Iran's Nuclear Facilities
The Atomic Energy Agency has been locked in a tense standoff with the Iranian government over Iran's enrichment of Uranium and plans to participate in a new round of negotiations with the middle-eastern country in Istanbul at the end of this month. But the Iranian government has now invited several nations to come visit its nuclear facilities before those negotiations are held, the Times reports today. European Diplomats said the invitation was not likely to be accepted until after the next ro...

Iran Offer of Nuclear Site Tour Irks U.S.
An aerial view of Iran's nuclear facility in Natanz. Iran has invited representatives of several nations to visit its nuclear installations this month, including Russia, China and the European Union, but has excluded the U.S. from the proposed trip, according to Diplomats briefed on Tehran's correspondence. The Obama Administration and a number of European and Arab governments quickly dismissed Tehran's overture, saying they viewed it as an attempt by Iran to reduce mounting economic pressure ai...

India's hidden climate change catastrophe
Source: Independent Naryamaswamy Naik went to the cupboard and took out a tin of Pesticide. Then he stood before his wife and Children and drank it. "I don't know how much he had borrowed. I asked him, but he wouldn't say," Sugali Nagamma said, her tiny grandson playing at her feet. "I'd tell him: don't worry, we can sell the salt from our table." -------- "Poverty has assaulted rural India," he said. "Farmers who used to be able to send their Children to college now can't send them to school. F...

Bosses charged in Zambia mine shooting skip court
A Zambian judge has issued Arrest Warrants for two Chinese Coal Mine managers after the defendants failed to appear in court on accusations of firing upon striking workers. Xiao Li Shan and Wu Jiu Hua have been charged with 12 counts of Attempted Murder after nearly a dozen miners were shot in a pay dispute on Oct. 15. They were released on a $10,700 bail in October. Prosecutors applied for Arrest Warrants Tuesday after the mining officials did not attend the preliminary hearing. Magistrate Jaco...

Light cast on the man China's censors have been trying to hide
Long way to the top ... Xi Jinping, who is destined to take over the Chinese presidency in 2012, visits Moscow last year. Photo: Reuters Shanghai: The man who will take over as China's paramount leader next year is of only ''average intelligence'' and women find him ''boring'', a close friend reportedly told US Diplomats. After winning several key posts, including the vice-presidency, Xi Jinping, 57, is almost certain to take over as president from Hu Jintao in 2012. A ''supreme pragmatist'', Mr...

GM strain blows organic status away
© Unknown Mutant canola crops genetically engineered to survive repeated sprayings of herbicide have been approved for planting. This is despite the furore over GM contamination of an organic farm. The West Australian Minister for Agriculture and Food, Terry Redman, has called on the organic industry to bend its rules to permit some GM material, declaring purity to be "unrealistic". WA grain farmer Steve Marsh was stripped of his organic certification this week after GM canola seeds al...

Greece to build wall on Turkish border
Young immigrants at a detention centre in Filakio on the Greek-Turkish border. Photo: AP Brussels: Greece has announced plans to build a wall along its 206-kilometre land border with Turkey to keep out Illegal Immigrants. Christos Papoutsis, a Greek Interior Minister, insisted the wall was necessary after Brussels intervened last year to prevent an Immigration crisis by sending an elite taskforce of border guards to protect the frontier between Greece and Turkey, the European Union's most insecu...

Crisis In Euroland
The euro, that artificial Funny Money used by 331 million Europeans in17 nations -- the 17th, Estonia, joined the euro just this week -- was conceived in sin and born in Corruption. The New Year brings the prospect that the sins of the European Union's Founding Fathers will be visited on its hapless citizens in the form of financial turmoil and fiscal pain. The original sins at the euro's conception included stealth, lies, and hypocrisy. That at least was consistent with the creation of "Europe"...

Iran invites EU, Russia to nuclear sites
Iran has invited Russia, China, the European Union and its allies among the Arab and developing world to tour its nuclear sites, in an apparent move to gain support ahead of a new round of talks with six world powers. In a letter made available to The Associated Press, senior Iranian Envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh suggests the weekend of January 15 and 16 for the tour and says that meetings "with high ranking officials" are envisaged. While no reason was given for the timing of the offer, it comes j...

Iran confirms nuclear tour invitation
TEHRAN, Iran — The Tehran government confirmed on Tuesday that it has invited world powers and its allies in the Arab and developing world to tour Iranian nuclear sites before a high-profile meeting late January on its disputed Nuclear Program. An Iranian official speaking on condition of anonymity from a European capital said facilities to be visited include the nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz and the Arak site where Tehran is building a Plutonium-producing heavy water reactor. Both...

Iran Invites EU to Tour Nuke Sites
The AP reports: Iran has invited Russia, China, the European Union and its allies among the Arab and developing world to tour its nuclear sites, in an apparent move to gain support ahead of a new round of talks with six world powers. In a letter made available Monday to The Associated Press, senior Iranian Envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh suggests the weekend of Jan. 15 and 16 for the tour and says that meetings “with high ranking officials” are envisaged. While no reason was given for t...

Coptic pope urges calm in Egypt
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Iran Invites European, Arab Nations but Not U.S. to Tour Its Nuclear Facilities
Tuesday, January 04, 2011 By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press Tehran, Iran (AP) - The Tehran government confirmed on Tuesday that it has invited world powers and its allies in the Arab and developing world to tour Iranian nuclear sites before a high-profile meeting late January on its disputed Nuclear Program. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the invitation went to "the E.U, the non-aligned movement and representatives from 5+1 countries." The "5+1" countries are the six wo...

AP Exclusive:Iran invites EU, others to nuke sites
VIENNA - Iran has invited Russia, China, the European Union and its allies among the Arab and developing world to tour its nuclear sites, in an apparent move to gain support ahead of a new round of talks with six world powers. In a letter made available Monday to The Associated Press, senior Iranian Envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh suggests the weekend of Jan. 15 and 16 for the tour and says that meetings "with high ranking officials" are envisaged. While no reason was given for the timing of th...

Transfusion for Transylvania: it's in Charles's blood
Prince Charles ... "overwhelmed" by the countryside. Photo: Reuters Warsaw: Prince Charles has been praised for breathing new life into a Transylvanian village by attracting tourists to the area. The prince declared himself ''overwhelmed'' by the countryside, which was once ruled by his relations, when he bought two properties in the heart of Transylvania in 2006. He had been visiting the ancient village of Viscri in the foothills of the Carpathians regularly since 1998, attracted by its renowne...

France top at stealing secrets
OSLO: France is the country that conducts the most industrial Espionage on other European countries, even ahead of China and Russia, leaked US diplomatic cables say. ''French Espionage is so widespread that the damages [it causes] the German Economy are larger as a whole than those caused by China or Russia,'' an undated note from the US Embassy in Berlin said, the Norwegian daily Aftenposten said yesterday. The newspaper said last month it had obtained all the 250,000 US diplomatic cables WikiL...