BREVITAS

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ECO CLIPS

ORGANIC CONSUMER - A federal court has ruled, for the first time ever,
that the US Department of Agriculture failed to abide by federal
environmental laws when it approved a genetically engineered crop
without conducting a full Environment Impact Statement. In what will
likely be a precedent-setting ruling, US District Court Judge Charles R.
Breyer of the Northern District of California decided in favor of
farmers, consumers, and environmentalists who filed a suit calling the
USDA's approval of genetically engineered alfalfa a threat to farmers'
livelihoods and a risk to the environment. Judge Breyer ordered that a
full Environmental Impact Statement must be carried out on "Roundup
Ready" alfalfa, the GM variety developed by Monsanto and Forage
Genetics. The decision may prevent this season's sales and planting of
Monsanto's GM alfalfa and future submissions of other GE crops for
commercial deregulation.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4492.cfm

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MID EAST

ISRAEL: ECHOES OF AMERICA'S ONCE SEGREGATED SOUTH
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/
AR2007121902241.html


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OUTLYING PRECINCTS

NY POST - Hillary Rodham Clinton's youngest sibling is a deadbeat dad
who owes tens of thousands of dollars in child support to his
politically connected ex, The Post has learned. . . . Anthony Rodham has
stiffed his former wife, Nicole Boxer, out of $75,000 in child support,
as well as $55,000 in alimony, a source close to the case said.
Including interest and various fees and expenses, the presidential
candidate's brother now owes Boxer - the daughter of Sen. Barbara Boxer
(D-Calif.) - more than $158,000, the source said.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12202007/news/nationalnews/
hills_brother_a_deadbeat_514395.htm


ABC NEWS - ABC News has learned that the campaign of Sen. Hillary
Clinton, D-N.Y., has registered the names of two Web sites with the
express goal of attacking her chief rival, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
It's the first time this election cycle a presidential campaign has
launched a Web site with the express purpose of criticizing a rival.
Votingpresent.com and Votingpresent.org are domains hosted by the same
IP address as official Clinton Web sites, such TheHillaryIKnow.com,
which was launched with much fanfare this week. The Clinton campaign
intends to use these new Web sites to paint Obama as cowardly. Clinton
has attacked Obama for having occasionally voted "present" as an
Illinois state legislator when it came to contentious legislation.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4032659&page=1

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FREEDOM WATCH

MS - New Mexico joined 14 other states in rejecting federal Title V
matching funds for abstinence only education programs on Wednesday.

http://www.msmagazine.com/news/uswirestory.asp?ID=10719

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FIELD NOTES

JAY WALLJASPER has a new blog as part of the National Geographic's Green
Guide website. The topic will be green cities

http://www.thegreenguide.com/blog/ecopol

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FURTHERMORE . . .

TELEGRAPH, UK - [British] motorists caught using a hand-held mobile
phone while driving could be jailed for two years under tough new
guidelines issued by prosecutors. Drivers who adjust sat-navs, tinker
with MP3 music players such as iPods or send text messages at the wheel
could also face prison sentences.
Prosecutions will be brought if by using the equipment a motorist is
judged to have posed a danger to other drivers, such as causing another
car to swerve. Using a hand-held mobile while driving was outlawed in
2003, but it is estimated that half a million motorists flout the ban
each day.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/20/nmobile120.xml


THIS IS LONDON - Britain's rising immigrant population has bumped the
Muslim name Mohammed into second place in the latest list of most
popular boys' names For the last 13 years Jack has been the most popular
boys' name in the land.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23428641-details/
Mohammed+now+second+most+popular+boys'+name+in+Britain/article.do


AP - A woman who claims she was raped by a fellow employee while working
for a U.S. contractor in Iraq told House lawmakers Wednesday that her
case is far from unique. A Texas congressman agreed, saying several
other women have come forward with reports of sexual harassment and
assault while employed in Iraq for Halliburton's former subsidiary, KBR.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071219/ap_on_go_ot/iraq_contractor_assault

LA TIMES - California's population continued to grow modestly in the
last fiscal year despite a significant exodus of residents to other
states, according to a state report released Wednesday. The annual study
by the Department of Finance showed that 89,000 more people moved out of
California than moved here from elsewhere in the United States.
California's population did grow in fiscal 2007 -- but the growth rested
on births and the arrival of more than 200,000 immigrants from other
countries.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-growth20dec20,0,4381660.story?coll
=la-home-center


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