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National Defense March 2007 Stew Magnuson	Nine Nations Point to Complexity of African Landscape As the Pentagon contemplates what the new AFRICOM will look like, the diverse nations participating in the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initiative point to the complexity of the African political and social landscape.
National Defense March 2007 Stew Magnuson	Capabilities of Algerian Islamist Group Are Murky The presence of an Algeria-based terrorist group in West and North Africa is a concern for U.S. European Command. Leaders there have cited its presence as one of the reasons the Trans-Saharan Counter Terrorism Initiative is needed to train regional troops.
National Defense March 2007 Stew Magnuson	Special Operators Say Training Goes Both Ways While the larger goal of the the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initiative is to stop Islamic extremism from making inroads in nine North and West African countries, on a smaller scale, trainers said that it's a mutually beneficial relationship.
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Special Forces' Skills `Needed More Than Ever' Experts are questioning whether the Pentagon is making the best use of highly skilled special operations forces in the nation's war against extremist Islamic groups.
Chemistry World February 15, 2007 Victoria Gill	Novartis Contests India's Patent Law Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has accused the Indian government of failing to comply with WTO rules after it refused to grant the company a patent on its cancer drug Glivec.
Reason February 2007 Ronald Bailey	Snap, Crackle, Poison? G.M. rice scare -- The rice flap isn't deadly, but it does demonstrate a need for reform in the inefficient way genetically enhanced crop varieties are approved internationally.
Reason February 2007 Brian Doherty	Tax Man of Steel The U.S. International Trade Commission held hearings on whether to revoke anti-dumping duties on steel imports from 16 different countries, including the U.K. and Japan. The duties penalize foreign steel producers for failing to meet profit levels set by the U.S. government.
Reason February 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	The Kyoto Poll Once again an international poll shows sanitation, communicable diseases, education, and hunger score far higher than global warming in countries' final list of priorities.
Reason February 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	A Chilling Tale of Global Warming The UN has ventured into children's publishing with a scary story about a small boy who loses a dogsled race because of global warming.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2007 David Lee Smith	Energy's Unstable Foundation How longer-term global events and conditions could affect energy prices, and what it means to investors.
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