Archive - Jan 14, 2008

• UK Implements Strict Immigration Rule Changes
• Georgia Elects President To Second Term
• Green Party Hosts Its First Presidential Debate
• FDA Considering Approval Of Cloned Animal Products for Consumption
• Worker-Owned Companies in Balkan Countries Privatized

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• Middle East Peace Talks
  
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• Bombing At Nepalese Rally
• Fire Rages In Indian Marketplace

It's been over a decade since the birth of the first cloned mammal –
Dolly the Sheep - was announced to world. and it's been nearly five
years since she was put down due to progressive lung disease and
arthritis and as early as this week, the US Food and Drug
Administration could lift its moratorium on the use of cloned animals
in food. Last Friday, the European Union's equivalent body, the food
safety agency, announced that preliminary studies showed no unique
health risks from cloned animal byproducts.

The FDA published their draft study on cloning in December of 2006,
which indicated that the agency was close to declaring cloned animal
products safe for consumption. Since that time, the agency has been

Over the last decade, formerly socially owned companies across the
Balkan countries are rapidly being transformed into privately owned
companies. As neo-liberal ideas [of privatisation] now dictate economic
policies in the region, business tycoons, politicians, and members of
the bankruptcy courts have all hugely benefited, while the
worker-owners of these companies have lost out. Amy Miller reports from
Belgrade.

The Green Party hosted its first ever presidential debate last
night. In San Francisco, five candidates vying for the green party
nomination addressed issues of war, immigration, and misplaced national
priorities. FSRN's Leigh Ann Caldwell has more.

The UK is implementing more stringent immigration policies as part
of its 10 point plan to strengthen borders. On Monday Immigration
Minister Liam Byrne applauded a biometric fingerprint database system
to check all new visa applicants. the fingerprint database system is
set to be fully implemented by the end of this month, and claims to
cover three-fourths of the world's population. the plan also includes
ID cards for foreign nationals who want to stay in the country. Naomi
Fowler reports.