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USDA approved Monsanto’s genetically engineered, drought resistant corn after reviewing environmental and risk assessments, public comments and research data.

Italy’s Senate approved an emergency austerity budget aimed at addressing the nation’s massive debt in the 33 billion euro budget that was rushed through Parliament by Prime Minister Mario Monti.

A wave of bombings killed at least 72 people in Baghdad just days after U.S. troops left the country. The attacks were the first since Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government was engulfed in a crisis that risks fracturing the country along sectar...