Massive cultivation of a single variety of a species makes the species vulnerable to extinction.

The new Israeli government is taking pragmatic steps to ease the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank, despite having no internal agreement on an ultimate goal.

I wonder what Uri Avnery would think about this.

Almost a thousand women are running for seats in Iraq's legislature.

*Koch Network Fights to Stop Medicaid Expansion in Remaining States.*

China wants to join the TPP.

China often does not really obey trade agreements it signs. I suspect that China thinks this one would be beneficial only because it expects to disobey. China may also protect Chinese workers from the full harm of the treaty, by disobeying it.