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2004

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• Haiti: Colin Powell's Crime in Progress - The Black Commentator 9dec04
• White House Can't Explain Lurking Trade Imbalance -  Peoria Journal Star 7dec04
• Consumerism on the Brink: How to Keep Osama From Coming Down the Chimney - Wall Street Journal 1dec04
• Why Less Should Be So Much More: Degrowth Economics:  - Le Monde diplomatique (France) 17nov04 
• Million Worker March in Washington DC  17oct04
• U.S. Genetically Modified Corn Is Assailed NAFTA Report Calls Grain a Threat to Mexico; Administration Disputes Study -  Washington Post 10nov04
• Globalization Not New: Look at the Slave Trade - Philip Emeagwali / The Black Commentator 21oct04
• Monsanto's Royalty Grab in Argentina. . . Or: How corporations get their way with a little help from their friends in government - GRAIN 8oct04
• Canada Blocks Asbestos Type from Global Toxic List -  Reuters 20sep04
• USAID Environmental Whistleblower Granted Hearing - ENS 8sep04
• Mexico: The Day the Sun Dies: Contamination and Resistance in Mexico -  Seedling (Spain) 16aug04
• India - National Kisan Panchayat: Farmers Hit Out At Revised Draft WTO Framework - The Financial Express (India) 2aug2004
• India: Alternative Strategies for India’s Development: Agriculture, Food Security and Hunger - Devinder Sharma (India) 1aug2004
• WTO Farm Pact Wouldn't Be Panacea  - Wall Street Journal 29jul04
• Indian Paradox: Bumper Harvests And Rising Hunger: The World Has Enough Food, But Poor Can't Afford It - Wall Street Journal 25jun04
• U.S. Trade Gap Widened in April to Record $48.3 Billion  -  NY Times 14jun04
• Trade Deficit Widened in April; Retail Sales Rose 1.2% in May - Wall Street Journal 14jun04
• The Corporation: Unmasking Today’s Robber Barons - Common Ground 1jun04
• Body Bags for G8 Summit: Lockdown on Sea Island, Georgia  -  The Independent (UK) 8jun04
• The Organic Foods Movement - Led by Heinz Corporation or We the People? The Time to Choose is Now  - Paul Cienfuegos 28may04
• CAFTA: Central American Immigrant Organizations Oppose CAFTA - Citizens Trade Campaign 27may2004
• Jobs Flying Faster From U.S.: Estimate for 2006 Raised by 40% -- to 800,000 -  SF Chronicle 18may04
• Gene Revolution: Great Potential for the Poor, but No Panacea - Dow Jones Newswires & FAO Press Release (with commentary by Devinder Sharma) 17may04
• India: AP Debacle: Angry Farmers Gave the Verdict - Devinder Sharma (India) 12may04
• Syria: Bush Imposes Export Ban Against Syria -  NY Times 11may04
• White House Imposes Sanctions Against Syria  - Dow Jones Newswires 11may04
• France Splits With Europe Over Farm Subsidy Plan -  NY Times 11may04
• Thomas Barnett: At the Pentagon, Quirky PowerPoint Carries Big Punch: In a World of 'Gap' States  - Wall Street Journal 11may04
• Taiwan Straits Strategy of the United States: Ambiguous US Policy Stokes Tension - China Daily 11may04
• Cause: Regionals Lead Recovery of US Commercial Aviation Industry  - Jane's 6may04
  • Effect: USA Set to Implement Third and Final Pillar of Security Policy in Africa: African Coastal Security Programme (ACSP) - Sentinel Worldview / Jane’s 6may04
• Selling Biodiversity: Benefit sharing is a dead concept - Devinder Sharma (India) 3may04
• Some on Hill Seek to Punish Syria for Broken Promises on Iraq - Washington Post 30apr04
• WTO Rules Against US on Cotton Subsidies -  NY Times 27apr04
• Agricultural Research: CGIAR Turns to Outsourcing - Devinder Sharma  (India) 26apr04
• China: An Exciting Global Factory -      Der Spiegel 26apr04
• WTO and Agriculture: Green Box Subsidies Must Go  -  Devinder Sharma (India) 21apr04
• Microsoft Signs Second Global Partner in China - Xinhua (China) 20apr04
• Anti-Dumping a Heating-up Campaign, Why? - People's Daily (Beijing) 10apr04
• CAFTA: Central American Deal Ignites a Trade Debate -  NY Times 6apr04
• As NATO Finally Arrives on Its Border, Russia Grumbles -  NY Times 3apr04
• The Global Market Doctrine: A Study in Fundamentalist Theology -  Centre for Research on Globalisation 26mar04
• U.S. Online Gambling Policy Violates Law, W.T.O. Rules -  NY Times 26mar04
• U.S. Companies’ Views on China’s Implementation of Its Commitments  - GAO-04-508 24mar04
• With End of Trade Quotas, Will Clothes Cost More, Less? One Safe Bet: China Will Gain  - Wall Street Journal 22mar04
• Europe Urged to Reject Modified Rice -  Friends of the Earth Europe & Coalition against BAYER-Dangers (Germany) 22mar04
• Vieques: An Island's Ship Comes In [?] -  NY Times 21mar04
• Haiti: US Backing Overthrow of President -  MITF Report on the Americas Spring 2004 1mar04
• Zapatistas and the Globalization of Resistance -  Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures 1mar04
• FTAA: Miami Vice: Police Crush Peaceful Protest at Trade Summit - Sierra 1mar04
• Urgent Warning From Ecuador: The Nature Conservancy Plots With US Embassy and USAID  - Accion Ecologica (Ecuador) 4mar04
• Biosafety Protocol Takes Bold Moves -  Third World Network 4mar04
• Food as Political Weapon: International Activist Battles the Tyranny of WTO / Interview of Devinder Sharma - Acres U.S.A. 1mar04
• Haiti: Throttled by History  . . . the UK and US  -  Guardian Weekly 26feb04
• EU Fines Meant to Punish U.S. For Tax Breaks Could Test Confidence in WTO - Wall Street Journal 26feb04
• Rice is now Oryza syngenta !  - Devinder Sharma 23feb04
• The Not-So-Funny Farm -  The Sunday Herald (Scotland) 22feb04
• Wal-Mart's Labor Record: Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price We All Pay For Wal-Mart - Committee on Education and the Workforce / U.S. House of Representatives 16feb04
  • Wal-Mart: Congressional Investigation into Bush Administration’s Sweetheart Deal With Wal-Mart On Labor Violations Called For - Representative George Miller (D-CA) 14feb04
• India: Monsanto Wheat Patent : Indian Govt Assures Action -  Financial Express (India) 16feb04
• India Hits Back At US, EU With Stringent Laws On Food Imports -  Financial Express (India) 16feb04
• EU Races to Thwart Influx of GM Food from East:  Trojan Horse - The Guardian (UK) 14feb04
• Bt Cotton at Mali's Doorstep: Time to Act! - GRAIN 1feb04
• Monsanto's Chapati Patent Raises Indian Ire -  The Guardian (UK) 31jan04
• Stop the Rot - Devinder Sharma / Hindustan Times (India) 30jan04
• Low-Wage Costa Ricans Make Baseballs for Millionaires -  NY Times 25jan04
• Davos World Economic Forum: Mood Brighter at Davos but Fewer Leaders Travel to Snowy Resort - Agence France Presse 25jan04
• China-US: Double Bubbles in Danger of Colliding - Asia Times 23jan04
• Wheat: Africa: Dumping Ground for Rejected GM Wheat - African Centre For Biosafety 20jan04
• Wheat: US Faces Deciding Moment on Australia FTA - Wheat Letter 20jan04
• Europe Seeks to Impose Trade Sanctions on U.S. -  NY Times 15jan04
• IMF Says US Debts Threaten World Economy -  NY Times 8jan04
• America Inc. Sweeping the WTO Tide - Devinder Sharma interviewed by Jagdish Seth / India Post 7jan04