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Eurasia Daily Monitor Can Ashgabat Reconcile Kabul With the Taliban? April 11, 2014 The government of Turkmenistan has begun mobilizing the country’s army reservists and has sent them to the border with Afghanistan. At least a few dozen reservists were deployed to the town of Serhetabad, (formerly known as Kushka) on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border. GMAC - Singapore biosafety guidelines for research on GMOs In May 2006, GMAC released the Singapore Biosafety Guidelines for Research on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The Guidelines were adapted from other national and international guidelines, regulations and publications, after consultations with relevant local stakeholders such as researchers, biosafety officers, and the regulatory authorities. The Guidelines were subsequently revised according to the relevant developments within the local and international context in Aug 2008 and Jan 2013 respectively. The Guidelines cover experiments that involve the construction and/or propagation of all biological entities which have been made by genetic manipulation and are of a novel genotype and which are unlikely to occur naturally or which could cause public health or environmental hazards. The Guidelines also have provisions for the importation of GMOs and/or GMO-derived products for research purposes.
THE TEMASEK TIMES Hindustantimes.com > Latest news on India,Cricket,Bollywood & Business - from India's leading online news channel AGPROFESSIONAL 16/05/12 Singapore testing GM Jatropha for biofuel In a world racing to find alternative energy sources to feed an energy hungry world, scientists in Singapore plan to develop and test the world’s first genetically modified Jatropha plant. The GM Jatropha is expected to produce up to 10 percent more oil than ordinary seeds. Field trials and commercialization are anticipated to start within the next three years.
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