Genetically Engineered Food Hotly Debated (WBZ Boston) Genetically engineered food: It's either a great scientific leap forward, or a potentially dangerous experiment. And for the first time, the door is open to the possibility of genetically engineered meat and fish on grocery shelves. [News Source]

U.S. Ambassador Wilkins says NAFTA too important to be withdrawn (Times & Transcript) U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins praised NAFTA on Tuesday, predicting that whoever wins the American presidency next week will discover the agreement is far too important to be withdrawn. [News Source]

donga.com[English donga] (donga.com) Kwak Min-hyeong, a delegate of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and senior vice president of the Korean Chemical and Textile Workers Federation, publicly withdrew his membership from the confederation and the progressive Democratic Labor Party, criticizing them as the playground of pro-North Korea followers. [News Source]

The temples of doom. Could climate change and economic collapse consign us to the same fate as the Mayans? [News Source]

Where will the next pandemic emerge? Globalization, changing climate, and the threat of drug resistance have conspired to set the stage for that perfect microbial storm: a situation in which an emerging pathogen—another HIV or smallpox, perhaps—might burst on the scene and kill millions before we can respond. [News Source]