NYMHM: Chechen cancer spike, "onshoring" vs. outsourcing, Kandahar's child brides

Wed Oct 24 13:55:19 PDT 2007

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 NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * October 24, 2007 * Vol. 6, No. 43

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QUOTED: 

   "They hope by using these scare tactics they can persuade 
   policymakers to alter labeling, and they can use the label 
   to drive people away."

   -- James Greenwood of the Biotechnology Industry Association, 
   on a new push to label GMO foods (see "Food Safety," below).  

CONTENTS:

   *Top Stories*
     The child brides of Kandahar
     Cancer is the latest Chechen Scourge
     Fakin' it: Officials forge a future in Iraq

   *In Context: Wildfires*
     Why California must burn

   *Labor*
     Offshoring meets "onshoring" in the quest for cheap labor 

   *Food Safety* 
     Activists seek labels for biotech foods

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 TOP STORIES
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 > The Child Brides of Kandahar

   Human rights activists in Afghanistan say arranged marriages 
   involving young girls under 16 still account for half of all 
   marriages in some parts of the country, such as in southern 
   Kandahar province. The tradition is perpetuated by poverty and 
   illiteracy, say activists -- problems that are just as systemic. 

   Many young brides get married without a full understanding of 
   their wedding vows, leading to situations where ...

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 > Cancer is the Latest Chechen Scourge

   Chechnya is experiencing a "cancer epidemic" never before seen
   in its history, according to the Institute for War & Peace 
   Reporting. By anecdotal and official accounts, the incidence 
   of lung, breast, thyroid and skin cancers and other disorders 
   has risen steeply since war broke out in ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004437.html

 > Fakin' It: Officials Forge a Future in Iraq

   More than 900 officials in the Iraqi government, including 
   parliamentarians, are obtaining forged degrees to continue to 
   serve in the government and obtain higher ...

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   http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/004438.html

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 IN CONTEXT: WILDFIRES
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 > Why California Must Burn

   As the flames spread through San Diego County, Newsdesk.org looks
   back at our 2004 article on California wildfire ecology, why the 
   Golden State will always be a fire hazard, and how humans have 
   made it worse. 

   This is classic Newsdesk.org reporting -- digging into the 
   backstory to take the headlines out of the discontinuous, 
   TV-driven present, and into the realm of deep context and 
   long-term cause and effect.

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 LABOR
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 > Offshoring Meets "Onshoring" in the Quest for Cheap Labor

   Some major American companies like Northrop Grunman and IBM are 
   finding they can save money by keeping their IT and customer 
   service operations in the U.S. rather than moving them to 
   India -- a trend some experts have dubbed "onshoring," 
   reports the Los Angeles Times. 

   Increasingly, companies are setting up shop in small-town America
   and training the local workforce -- saving money for companies 
   operating out of Silicon Valley or Los Angeles. 

   Even Wipro Technologies, a software maker based in India, is 
   establishing a center in Atlanta that will ... 

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 FOOD SAFETY
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 > Activists Seek Labels for Biotech Foods

   Environmental groups in the U.S. and abroad continue to argue 
   that food products containing genetically modified ingredients 
   ought to be labeled as such, if for no other reason than to 
   give consumer a choice. 

   Environmental groups in Iowa are leading a campaign to make 
   labeling the law, and have succeeded in getting Hillary Clinton 
   and John Edwards to agree with them. 

   Biotech companies continue to reject arguments that GMOs 
   could have environmental or health implications, pointing out 
   that the FDA has ...

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Editors: Julia Scott, Josh Wilson
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