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StrE'I]AL ATTRACTIONS

Vol.17 No. 201 November2001

cover : Overthe yea.s,lradtonalcrop an.l an malbreed ng

hacl been tire norm n the deveopmenl ol agricu ture and lrvestock

the basic transter oi genes trom one orqaf sm to another,

whether nat!rally or artrfcally, was almed at transfedng those destabe traits

lo organisms ol the same spec es. Today, qenet c enq neer ng has taken

lhis concept 10anolher eveli tfral ls, GflO techno oqy has enab ed !s

lo manipu ate specijic genes, ooving them bolh wiihr. and between spec es.

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G e n e t i c ay M o . l i f e dO r g a ns m s ( G M O s )a r e o r g a n i s m sw h o s e
g e n e t c c o m p o s t o nh a sb e e nm o df e d i ns l c h a p r e cs ea . . l s o p h l sct a l e d
way not lolnd n nat!.e lnder .atlrral co.dilions oi c.ossbreedingor
recombnatiof. Speclflcay k.own as GMO lech.oogy, such geneiic
engi.eerinqpromses io be iasterand moreefiectua thantra.lto.a crop
and a.ima breeding Becenty. frowever.pressng ssues haveemerge.l,
and del nitiveanswershaveyeLto be d scovered Peope are wo.dering
mo.e a.cl mo.e whether GMOSsfroucl be cons.Jerecla lechnoogica
breakthroughor siflpy moreprobems thanwe barqaned ior.

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the Sovet nvasjonol Alghansian in rs7e, ihe border cty ol Peshawar
was alsouse'l as a basecluringthe hoy warwage.l by the mudtahadeens,
or the Afghan fqhters. Laler on, the cty contnued to receiveAlghan
retuqeestleengthecontusonol thecivrwar at thatI me,theAmercanCIA
and Pakistanilntelligenceservices were cove.ty operatng withn Af
ghanstan. Allholgha slbsianua.lmber oi reilgeesaso fed from
lhe Talibanfo owi.g lher ascensionlo power.a period of relaiiveca m
and stabilitywas !.de.iaby esiab ishedu.der lhe r adm nislraiion

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