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Mexico City's air pollution is an ongoing environmental headache.
Credit: Proceso

By Diego Cevallos

Environmental Thumbs-Down for Mexico's Presidential Candidates

Vague and contradictory -- that's how activists describe the environmental proposals of the presidential candidates for Mexico's July 2 elections. If natural gas and gasoline prices are cut, consumption and air pollution will skyrocket, they warn.

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Flu virus tests at a laboratory in Spain.
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By Stephen Leahy

Pandemic Vaccine at the Forefront in Bird Flu Fight

Scientists around the globe are working around the clock in search of vaccines that could improve the human immunological response to a potential flu pandemic.

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Cuban scientists pursue tobacco's benefits... Honduran cardinal urges against gold fever... The return of the water lentil in Venezuela... Guatemalan ex-paramilitaries plant trees... Brazil promotes organic products...

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