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Top Feminist News - 3/12/2004 - 3/19/2004
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Mar 19 2004
FDA and EPA Expected to Set Guidelines on Tuna Consumption
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) will be recommending that women of childbearing age, pregnant
women, and children not eat more than six ounces of albacore tuna per
week...
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8352
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Mar 17 2004
Over 40 Percent of Jordanian Women Suffer Abuse
According to a recent United Nations report, 42 percent of Jordanian women
suffer physical abuse and continue to face discrimination in economic and
political spheres...
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8351

Mar 16 2004
Scientists Criticize Bush on Bioethics Panel Dismissals
Some 170 prominent scientists, researchers, and scholars have signed an
open letter to President Bush criticizing his dismissal of two members of
his Council on Bioethics...
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8350
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Mar 15 2004
Women's Groups Grade Bush Administration Record on Women's Issues
Leading women's groups released the third in a series of scorecards rating
the Bush Administration on key issues affecting women internationally...
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8348
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