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31.08.2006 Según las cláusulas de propiedad intelectual del TLCAC+RD, EEUU ha introducido normas en los países miembros que potencialmente legaliza el patentado de los recursos biológicos de la región en beneficio de compañías farmacéuticas y agroindustriales.

30.08.2006 Under considerable pressure for its perceived lack of clarity on the issue of pesticide residue in carbonated drinks, and lack of urgency in formulating norms to regulate their safety, India’s health ministry has promised that norms for these products will be in place by January 2007.

28.08.2006 After being sent two legal "threats" by the pesticide industry, the New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has dared the industry to take it to court. In a statement the CSE has said that the industry is "behaving like a bully" ever since the release of its report on pesticides in soft drinks.

25.08.2006 Indian NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has said that the science used by the health ministry experts to give cola companies a clean chit is complete junk. In a detailed, point-by-point response to the government’s report the CSE has said only two bottles were tested by the government and the report of these tests has not been made public.

24.08.2006 New Delhi, August 22, 2006: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) responded sharply to the recent statement in Parliament by Anbumani Ramadoss, Union minister of health and family welfare, which questioned the validity of CSE’s findings. “The minister of health is clearly more concerned with industrial health -- and not people’s health,” said CSE.

23.08.2006 Over a thousand people marched and rallied in the north Indian state of Rajasthan to demand the shut down of Coca-Cola and Pepsico bottling plants in the state. Accusing the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kala Dera of creating severe water shortages affecting over fifty villages and producing harmful products, protesters marched towards the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kala Dera, about 40 kilometers from Jaipur.

21.08.2006 NEW YORK, Aug 21 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration is facing fierce criticism across India for backing the Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola companies in their fight with local authorities and consumer groups.

18.08.2006 Groups campaigning against Coca-Cola and Pepsico in India have criticized comments made by a top US official that actions against Coca-Cola and Pepsico in India are a "setback for the Indian economy."

17.08.2006 Con una relazione di accompa- gnamento sulle magnifiche sorti e progressive della mano invisibile del mercato, il Ministro per gli Affari Regionali e le Autonomie Locali, Linda Lanzillotta, ha presentato un Disegno di Legge per la riforma dei servizi pubblici locali, che verrà sottoposto all’approvazione del Parlamento a partire dal prossimo mese di settembre. La relazione di accompagnamento è un ideologico inno al mercato, alle liberalizzazioni e alle privatizzazioni, come se venti e più anni di politiche liberiste non avessero dimostrato i fallimenti del mercato, come se decine di esperienze nazionali e internazionali non avessero reso chiaro a tutti il vero volto delle liberalizzazioni dei servizi pubblici : disoccupazione e precarietà del lavoro, aumenti delle tariffe, peggioramento della qualità dei servizi, perdita di spazio pubblico, di saperi collettivi, di democrazia. Per chi intenda ricorrere all’’in house’, dovrà essere chiaro come questa debba essere una procedura eccezionale, adeguatamente motivata e corredata da un piano di superamento entro un arco temporale definito. Da Attac Italia arriva un invito a tutte le organizzazioni che hanno a cuore il destino dei 'beni comuni'. "Ora più che mai dobbiamo costruire una vertenza nazionale per il ritiro del disegno di legge Lanzillotta. E’ una battaglia di civiltà e di democrazia. Nessuno potrà chiamarsene fuori".

11.08.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 11 (OneWorld) - The loss of 400,000 barrels of oil a day caused by the closure of BP's Prudhoe Bay oilfield in Alaska could be offset if all the cars and trucks in the United States got just one extra mile per gallon of fuel efficiency, a prominent non-profit grouping of scientists said this week.

08.08.2006 from Alternative Energy blog:
'Next time you take a look at your stock portfolio, you might want to ask how many "carbon dogs" you have.'

04.08.2006 A press release by the NGO platform on shipbreaking - a coalition of Indian NGOs - says that the inspection committee on 'Blue Lady' was under intense pressure to give clearance to the vessel for beaching, as per the admissions by credible sources within Technical Committee on Ship-breaking.

02.08.2006 NEW YORK, Aug 1 (OneWorld) - While millions of low-wage workers across the United States keep hoping against hope for a raise in their salaries, it is no longer just a dream for some who live and work in the Midwestern city of Chicago.