Museum shows Nazi effort to develop master race
The U S Holocaust Memorial Museum opens Deadly Medicine creating the Master Race an exhibit on Nazi attempts to define a master race through genetics and eugenics From forced sterilizations to the euthanasia program and political propaganda the display highlights documents such as 10 Commandments for Choosing a Mate and the Honor Cross of German Motherhood It notes Nazi scientists fused racism with biology while condemning those deemed inferior and recounts killings of mentally ill and disabled across wartime Germany The exhibit surveys the shift from early pseudo science to genocide and the lingering questions about race and genetics today.
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Washington
U.S
Germany
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States
Reich Committee For Public Health
Otmar von Verschuer
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Supreme Court weighs Mexican trucks access to U S roads
The high court heard that the president may open all U S routes to Mexican trucks without delays for an environmental study, while labor and environmental groups warn of tens of thousands of trucks and potential pollution and safety hazards as the NAFTA backed plan moves forward. The FMCSA faces a mandate to study air quality impacts costing 1.8 million dollars before full access.
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Washington
Supreme Court
America
Labor and Environmental Organizations
Jonathan Weissglass
United States
Mexico
Canada
Bush
Presi
Cuba
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Missile defense system on track to launch this year
The United States aims to activate a limited ballistic missile defense by year end with 20 interceptors planned by 2005 end. Kadish expects up to eight this year and 12 next year, placing initial interceptors at Fort Greely Alaska and Vandenberg Air Force Base California. He warned 100 percent certainty is not guaranteed.
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United States
Ronald Kadish
Missile Defense Agency
Senate Appropriations
Bush
Kadish
Inter
Fort Greely
Alaska
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Dianne Feinstein
Dcalif
Tee
Feinstein
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
Dorgan
New York City
U.S. lawmakers push Canada drug import plan amid election year
Bipartisan senators introduce legislation to allow Americans to import prescription drugs from Canada and up to 20 other countries. The bill ties safety to FDA approval and plants, and would boost FDA inspections funding. Cities like Springfield Massachusetts report multi million dollar savings through Canadian purchases for employees and retirees.
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Canada
Congress
White House
Europe
Olympia Snowe
Rmaine
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Springfield
Mass
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