Tag: mexico
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Drought and Cold Snap Cause Food Crisis in Northern Mexico
A drought that a government official called the most severe Mexico had ever faced has left two million people without access to water and, coupled with a cold snap, has devastated cropland in nearly half of the country.
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organic agriculture may be outgrowing its ideals
questions about organic produce and sustainability from nytimes: Clamshell containers on supermarket shelves in the United States may depict verdant fields, tangles of vines and ruby red tomatoes. But at this time of year, the tomatoes, peppers and basil certified as organic by the Agriculture Department often hail from the Mexican desert, and are nurtured…
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12/29 pop occulture: in the name of god, amen
mexico expects 52m tourists in maya region in 2012* the top religion and ethics stories of 2011* top ten ignored religion stories of 2011* top 2011 religion stories that weren’t* top ten horror films of 2011* beardless matisyahu still rocks hard, with dreidel mirror ball* hitchens was an atheist who believed*
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12/29 binge & purge: check, please!
gastro roundup: best food of 2011* top ten food & farm stories of 2011* the bad food news of 2011* the biotech industry is growing bioweapons* bugs may be resistant to genetically modified corn* food bill doesn’t promote security* discover the doomsday seed vault’s secrets* mexico rehab clinic food poisoning kills five* hunger warning for…
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12/29 newspurge: danger! heartbreak dead ahead
9/11 updates: ‘extremely loud & incredibly close’ could cause flashbacks* ‘all-american muslim’ to deal with 9/11* deadline approaching for pending 9/11 lawsuits* tourists add 9/11 memorial to nyc itinerary* nyc mayor says work on 9/11 museum has stalled* biowars/envirohealth: 14,000 US deaths tied to fukushima fallout* report assails japan response to fukushima* radioactive pollution in…
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12/15 newspurge: when the lights go on again
9/11 updates: 9/11 year in review: nyc marks 10th anniversary* proposed skyscrapers in s. korea stir up painful memories* korea’s 9/11 twin towers: what were they thinking?* sandra bullock used 9/11 memories for new drama* biowars/envirohealth: fema kicks off ‘resolve to be ready’ 2012 campaign* hydrofracking in ny may be derailed by contamination in wy*…
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mexico adds yet another brick to the 2012 maya legend
archaeologists say artifact refers to date, downplays doomsday from ap: Mexico’s archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Maya predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico ruin site. Most experts had…
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cult mystic holds ‘march of skulls’ for mexico’s drug war dead
from latimes: It was billed as “the first act of collective psycho-magic in Mexico.” The call made by the cult mystic Alejandro Jodorowsky said the event would seek to “heal” the country of the cosmic weight of so many dead in the drug war, by gathering for something he called the March of the Skulls.…
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‘day of the dead’ a time of remembrance for the living
fantastic terrifying creatures arise in heart of mexico from msnbc: While the name and many of the icons symbolic with the holiday may evoke macabre imagery, the Day of the Dead is a time for gatherings in remembrance of ancestors and others who have died, and to make offerings − ofrendas − to the deceased,…
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Banned In US, Horse Slaughter Just Moves Across Borders
The closing of the country’s last meat processing plant that slaughtered horses for human consumption was hailed as a victory for equine welfare. But five years later just as many American horses are destined for dinner plates to satisfy the still robust appetites for their meat in Europe and Asia.
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mexico’s president works to lock in the drugwar
calderón provokes dispute with opposition party from nytimes: As the twilight of his presidency sets in, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico is striving to lock in the militarized approach to drug cartels that has defined his tenure, pushing aside public doubts and pressing lawmakers to adopt strategies he hopes will outlast him. Mr. Calderón has…
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corbett report: episode204 – a brief history of cia drug running
from corbett report: From the Golden Triangle to the Golden Crescent, from its early origins to it current operations, the CIA has long been immersed in the murky underworld of drug trafficking. Join us this week as we dig up some of the skulls and bones in the CIA’s closet in Burma, Laos, Afghanistan, Mexico…
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US preparing more sanctions against iran over saudi murder plot
will US exploit dubious terror case to attack iran? from kurt nimmo: On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced it had uncovered a plot by Iran to enlist a member of a Mexican drug cartel to kill Saudi Arabia’s envoy in Washington, D.C. The FBI and the DEA uncovered the plot, according to officials. The FBI…
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8/18 Pop Occulture: Megachurch Death, Collapse & Pint-Sized Preachers
Florida pastor found dead in NY hotel // Megachurch pastor Zachery Tims, dead in Times Square hotel, allegedly had drugs // Moses’ journey now a Facebook game // Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony split over Scientology // Video: Virginia school bans Sherlock Holmes book, says derogatory to Mormons // Prayer circle credited with saving the…
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massive attack on oslo government buildings & youth camp kills 76
from wikipedia: The 2011 Norway attacks were a pair of terrorist attacks against the civilian population, the government and a political summer camp in Norway on Friday, 22 July 2011. The first was a bomb explosion in Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Oslo, at 15:22 (CEST), outside the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg…