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	Genetically Modified Crops in the United States 2004 - The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology 1aug04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In the United States the three main GM crops under cultivation are varieties of corn, soybeans, and cotton.
		In 2004, as in 2003, all 14 of the top GM soy producing states planted over 70 percent of their crop with GM varieties and 12 of the 14 states planted over 80 percent.
		The 2004 USDA report again shows that GM cotton continues to increase as a percent of the total cotton crop with the top seven producers accounting for 81 percent of the GM cotton grown in the U.S. Five of the seven states report over 90 percent of their cotton acreage is a GM variety.
	www.mindfully.org /GE/2004/US-GMO-Crops-Pew1aug04.htm (2969 words)

	IDRM Americas 2004 Report - United States of America
		State courts must modify policies, practices or procedures to allow participation by a person with a disability when barriers may not be otherwise eliminated; for instance, the state court may move the case to an accessible courtroom.
		It required states to continue Medicaid coverage for children with disabilities who were receiving SSI benefits as of August 22, 1996 and who would have been eligible except their eligibility terminated because they did not meet the new SSI childhood disability criteria mentioned above.
		The report found that states were focusing on areas such as helping people make the transition from institutions to the community; promoting affordable and accessible housing; improving the recruitment and retention of direct care workers; allowing funding to follow the individual rather than the providers; and improving transportation that complies with the ADA requirements.
	www.cirnetwork.org /idrm/reports/americas/countries/united_states.html (8810 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - United States
		The United States' trade policy score is 0.5 point better this year, and its fiscal burden of government score is 0.1 point better.
		The World Bank reports that the United States' weighted average tariff rate in 2004 was 1.8 percent, down from the 2.6 percent for 2002 reported in the 2005 Index, based on World Bank data.
		The United States still does very well in most measures of property rights protection, including an honest and independent judiciary, a sound commercial code and other laws for the resolution of contract and property disputes between private parties, and the recognition of foreign arbitration and court rulings.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?ID=Unitedstates (1480 words)

	2004.12.10: United States Pledges 20 Million Doses of Smallpox Vaccine to Global Stockpile
		The United States donation is by far the largest contribution to date to the global stockpile.
		The 20 million doses of vaccine pledged by the United States will physically remain in the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile, but will be available for the WHO to use in the event of an emergency.
		The last case of smallpox occurred in the United States in 1949, and the WHO declared the disease eradicated worldwide in 1980.
	www.hhs.gov /news/press/2004pres/20041210a.html (791 words)

	USA: Undermining security: violations of human dignity, the rule of law and the National Security Strategy in "war on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On 13 February 2004, Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld continued this disregard for the presumption of innocence, at the same time potentially placing detainees at greater risk of human rights abuses if returned to their countries: "Very simply the reason for their detention is that they’re dangerous.
		The United States understands that the existence of human rights helps secure the peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and corruption, strengthen democracies, and prevent humanitarian crises." The detentions in Guantánamo, Bagram, and undisclosed locations show that the USA is not practicing what it preaches.
		On 2 April 2004, Secretary of State Colin Powell admitted that the evidence that Iraq had mobile biological weapons laboratories, to which he had referred in his pre-war speech to the United Nations, had turned out to be unreliable.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAMR510612004 (4686 words)

	2004.05.11: United States Signs Tobacco Control Treaty
		Secretary Thompson noted that the United States is making strides in reducing death and disease caused by tobacco as well as in diminishing use, especially among children.
		The United States, with HHS as the lead agency, participated actively throughout the drafting process and negotiations to help achieve a strong and effective instrument for global tobacco control.
		The United States becomes the 108th nation to sign this treaty.
	www.hhs.gov /news/press/2004pres/20040511.html (645 words)

	United States presidential election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday 2 November 2004.
		Eleven state constitutional amendments restricting the rights of same-sex couples to marry were overwhelmingly passed, except in Oregon, which narrowly passed a ban on gay-marriage.
		Within a month, the forces of a coalition led by the United States invaded Afghanistan, which had been sheltering Osama bin Laden, suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2004 (6032 words)

	Bureau of Justice Statistics Probation and Parole in the United States, 2004
		Probation and Parole in the United States, 2004
		It lists the States with the largest and smallest parole and probation populations and the largest and smallest rates of community supervision, and identifies the States with the largest increases.
		The number of adult men and women in the United States who were being supervised on probation or parole at the end of 2004 reach a new high of 4,916,480.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/abstract/ppus04.htm (203 words)

	Mrs. United States National Pageant Inc.
		United States National Pageant® is a spectacular event.
		United States National Pageant® has assembled annually in Las Vegas to celebrate the achievements of married women throughout the 50 states and U.S. territories.
		United States are registered service marks of Mrs.
	www.mrsunitedstates.com (92 words)

	Underreported News: United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The United States State Department says it will stop publishing annual statistics on terrorism activities after discrepancies were found last year in figures for the number of attacks and casualties.
		MADCAP student is embarking on an epic 18,000-mile journey across the United States to break the law in a "crime" spree worthy of Bonnie and Clyde.
		The United States' declared war on terror is closer to the beginning than the end, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told graduates of the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday.
	dominionpaper.ca /newswire/united_states/index.html (12747 words)

	Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004
		Mid-Session Review, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004 contains revised estimates of the budget surplus, receipts, outlays, and budget authority for fiscal years 2003 through 2008 and other summary information.
		Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004 contains the Budget Message of the President and information on the President’s budget and management priorities, including assessments of agencies' performance.
		Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004—Appendix contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that constitute the budget and is designed primarily for the use of the Appropriations Committee.
	www.whitehouse.gov /omb/budget/fy2004 (567 words)

	United States of America - Amnesty International
		In April the Attorney General ruled that Haitian asylum-seekers must be kept in detention, stating that the policy was necessary as a deterrent and on national security grounds.
		In Unit 32 of Parchman Prison, Mississippi, nearly 1,000 prisoners, many severely mentally ill, were reportedly confined to insect-infested, insanitary cells for between 23 and 24 hours a day and were not allowed fans or sufficient water despite extreme summer heat.
		Litigation to improve conditions for death row prisoners in Unit 32 was being pursued at the end of the year.
	web.amnesty.org /report2004/usa-summary-eng (3086 words)

	Significant United States Earthquakes 1568 - 2004
		The locations of significant earthquakes in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and in adjacent portions of Canada and Mexico from 1568 to 2004.
		The Significant United States Earthquakes 1568 - 2004 map layer shows the location of earthquakes in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and in adjacent portions of Canada and Mexico from 1568 to 2004.
		Significant earthquakes are defined as those that caused deaths, property damage, or geological effects, or that were experienced by populations in the epicentral area.
	www.nationalatlas.gov /MLD/quksigx.html (276 words)

	United States - Photos, Maps, Videos, Flags, Facts, More -- National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		With the Constitution of 1787, the United States of America's four million people embarked on a political experiment: a democratic republic with representation at the local, state, and federal levels—with a built-in balance among executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
		From 1861 to 1865, the union of the United States was tested by the Civil War; it survived after a great loss of life.
		On September 11, 2001, America witnessed death not seen on its soil since the Civil War, when 3,025 people died as four passenger jets were hijacked and turned into terrorist bombs—crashing in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_unitedstates.html (481 words)

	Plum Book: 2004 Edition (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book) (1.4 MB, 234 pages) has been made available in its entirety, as a single PDF file.
		GPO has refined the 2004 Plum Book by adding bookmarks to it and optimizing it for the web.
		The majority of the PDF files in the browse table are between 30 KB and 90 KB; the PDFs of the whole chapters range from 40 KB to 900 KB.
	www.gpoaccess.gov.cob-web.org:8888 /plumbook/2004/index.html (268 words)

	Political Commentary Before and After Election 2004 in the United States
		The individual, the family, the church, and the state are all of equal importance, just as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are co-equal.
		Before the recent Iraq war, the United States outspent the 'evil' rogue nations of Iraq, Syria, Iran, North Korea, Libya, and Cuba on defense spending by a ratio of twenty-two to one.
		The actual amount that the United States spent on 'defense' during fiscal year 2004 has been estimated by Robert Higgs to be about $695 billion.
	members.aol.com /vtpa/2004ba.html (7865 words)

	Human Rights Watch: United States: :
		For years, the United States has held the dubious distinction of incarcerating more people and at a higher rate than any other peacetime nation in the world.
		Several U.S. state laws and regulations on abortion chip away at every woman’s right to have a safe and legal abortion, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today.
		Connecticut residents were surely as appalled as the rest of the world by the photograph of an unmuzzled German Shepherd straining at his leash a few inches in front of a an Abu Ghraib detainee crouched in terror.
	www.hrw.org /doc/?t=usa (1298 words)

	World Hunger Notes--2004 United States
		Average-wage earners fall behind in the United States Jonathan Krim and Griff Witte Washington Post December 31, 2004.
		School Segregation Remains a State Law in Alabama (!) as Amendment to State Consitution Is Defeated--Old Racial Wounds Reopened Manuel Roig-Franzia Washington Post, November 28, 2004.
		One in Six Young Adults in the United States Is Not Working or in School--Casey Foundation Study Calls Them Disconnected from Ordinary Life and Is Concerned about Their Future Hunger Notes June 6, 2004
	www.worldhunger.org /articles/04/2004us.htm (585 words)

	Utah Bar Journal: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
		Except in social security cases, all parties represented by counsel, including pro se parties who are admitted to the practice of law, (Digital Submitters) must and all other parties may submit certain documents in electronic form (Digital Submission) as provided herein.
		If a brief has attachments the cover page must so state and also state whether the attachments are included in Digital Form, scanned PDF format or only in writing.
		Posted by BarStaff at December 18, 2004 09:57 AM The Utah State Bar presents this web site as a service to our members and to the public.
	www.utahbar.org /barjournal/archives/2004/12/united_states_c.html (902 words)

	Fair Elections::International Elections Observation 2004 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		That is why Fair Election is inviting international civil society to come to the United States this fall to monitor our electoral systems.
		Fair Election will bring a multi-national, independent, non-partisan, and non-governmental team of skilled election monitors to the United States to examine and report on the U.S. electoral process within the framework of international election standards.
		As the world’s first modern democracy, the United States has been a model to many, if not always a perfect exemplar.
	www.fairelection.us.cob-web.org:8888 (300 words)

	CA Secretary of State - General Election- United States Congress District 9 - All Counties
		CA Secretary of State - General Election- United States Congress District 9 - All Counties
		In order to prepare the official Statement of the Vote for the November 2, 2004 Presidential Election, these pages are no longer being updated.
		The official final results will be posted after they are certified on or before December 11,2004.
	vote2004.ss.ca.gov /Returns/usrep/0959.htm (102 words)

	JAMA -- Measles--United States, 2004, January 11, 2006, 295 (2): 153
		JAMA -- Measles--United States, 2004, January 11, 2006, 295 (2): 153
		of measles in the United States in 2004, documenting the absence
		Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom).
	jama.ama-assn.org /cgi/content/full/295/2/153 (1077 words)

	United States Participation in the United Nations, 2004
		United States Participation in the United Nations, 2004
		Report by the Secretary of State to the Congress
		External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.
	www.state.gov /p/io/rls/rpt/c15906.htm (176 words)

	World Hunger Notes -- 2004 United States Foreign Aid Appropriations
		Hunger Notes presents the main Congressional allocations, which will determine how the United States spends money for foreign aid in 2004.
		The United States has provided billions of dollars in food assistance to countries such as Ethiopia to combat famine over the last 30 years or so.
		Not included in this report are U.S. food assistance to developing countries, State Department funding for Migration and Refugee Assistance, supplemental appropriations for foreign aid (none so far for 2004 but a very substantial one in 2003, principally for Iraq and Afghanistan) nor foreign activities of U.S. government agencies, such as Health and Human Services.
	www.worldhunger.org /articles/04/global/2004_foreign_aid.htm (762 words)

	Chris John Democratic Candidate United States Senate Democratic Convention Boston DNC 2004
		Chris John United State Senate Louisiana Senate Race
		Crowley, LA- Due to the strong support of individuals across Louisiana, 7th District Congressman Chris John announced today that he has exceeded his fundraising goal for the first quarter of 2004 by raising more than 1 million dollars for his race for the United States Senate seat being vacated by retiring Louisiana Senator John Breaux.
		In his upcoming 1st quarter filing with the Federal Election Commission, John’s campaign for the U.S. Senate will show contributions in excess of 1 million dollars in the first three months of the year.
	www.2004dnc.com /chrisjohnsenate (598 words)

	United States Senator for Kern County, CA
		United States Senator for Kern County, CA This is an archive of a past election.
		United States Senator; United States Senate; Libertarian Party
		United States Senator; United States Senate; Peace and Freedom Party
	www.smartvoter.org /2004/03/02/ca/kr/united_states_senator.html (161 words)

	Amazon.ca: American Map 2004 Road Atlas : United States, Canada, Mexico -Large Format: Books: American Map Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Very nice maps and graphics, maps are reasonably detailed, however, this atlas has a serious defect in the way it depicts the Western states: Low population states like Utah, Wyoming and Nevada are given a single page instead of the double-page that their sizes warrant.
		Some atlases are very confusing, in city interchanges especially, and this one is very easy to follow.
		It also shows points of interest in red along the way-- interesting tourist spots, museums,etc., that you may not have known were nearby if you are travelling through several states on vacation like we do.
	www.amazon.ca /American-Map-2004-Road-Atlas/dp/0841617872 (695 words)

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