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While policy makers insist that Bt cotton, also known as genetically modified cotton, is a success in India, the Ministry of Agriculture says otherwise and blames the crop for suicides among India's farmers.
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Bt cotton hybrids are pointing to drastic depletion of soil nutrients due to repeated cultivation. Crop failures and less yield from the use of transgenic seeds are causing suicides among Indian farmers.
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South Korea, already facing one of the world’s highest suicide rates, has seen those numbers double in the last decade, and the government is facing pressure to come up with a solution to the spiraling problem.
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Six workers of Foxconn Technology Group have committed suicide since January 2010. Company executives are calling on Buddhist monks to perform religious ceremonies aimed at “dispelling misfortune and releasing souls from purgatory”.
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The Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California, has earned the unwelcome reputation of “suicide bridge,” and urban legend has it that the bridge is haunted.
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Suicides among U.S. soldiers this year topped last year's record-breaking numbers. The majority are killing themselves while still on duty, the rest before leaving home, or after coming home.
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ADHD, a controversy in its own right, has just had some fuel added to the flames by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration. At least 30 kids had “psychotic episodes”. 827 children have had severe reactions to the drugs in the last three years.
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Suicides by active-duty soldiers continued to grow during the first four months of 2009. They dropped in April after a service-wide push to identify soldiers at the edge.
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National parks are becoming the place to commit suicide. In 2008 33 people choose to end their lives in one of the United States's national parks. Although the park system doesn't track the number of suicides it believes it is a high number.
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A recent investigation has revealed that the suicide rate of active-duty soldiers has reached a new high with 115 suicides reported in 2007.
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Call for more awareness of suicide in young men
The death of rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose is ruled a suicide by a coroner in San Francisco.
'Seinfeld' Actor Calls 911 After Suicide Attempt
At least two civilians are killed in a suspected suicide attack at the entrance to the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, officials say.
 Suicide rates among children are decreasing overall, but increasing among girls in Canada, a new study suggests.
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