Afghanistan. All nine troops killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan this week – the worst for the coalition forces in four years – were American, the Pentagon confirmed today.
Global development. President Obama urged wealthy countries Wednesday to maintain development assistance to poor nations out of self-interest, even as he argued that aid should be delivered in smarter ways.
“Rally to Restore Sanity.” Stewart's event — for people "who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive and terrible for your throat," according to the rally website — is the comedian's latest gambit to send up today's overwrought political discourse.
Quote of the day. “All of the animals, plants, and microbes we use in our food system, our agricultural system, are genetically modified in one way or another. That or they’re wild.’’ Bruce Chassy, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on genetic changes in food due to selective breeding and hybridization. (Boston Globe)
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