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From Knight Ridder Newspapers via Yahoo, by Seth Borenstein Wisconsin officials last week toyed with the idea of shooting 2 million stray cats. With white-tailed deer overrunning suburbia, a New Jersey environmental group wants more, not less, hunting. Fort Worth, Texas, may enlist downtown merchants to shoot firecrackers at an estimated 1 million noisy grackles.

From the Chadron Record, by Joshua R. Russo A scheduled broadcast, prescribed burn, to have been conducted by the Pine Ridge Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest about a week ago has been postponed until at least the fall.

April 19 -- China's desire to shield its farmers from increased competition and Australian garment makers' concern about cheaper imports are the biggest obstacles to a planned free- trade agreement, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.

With more than 2,000 franchise stores and over 120,000 outlets, China has seen its franchises growing into the world's largest within the past decade.

This week, 10 million people in 70 countries are taking to the streets to protest unfair trade rules. The Global Week of Action is the largest ever mobilization for trade justice. Campaigners and people living in poverty will join forces to demand changes to the trade rules that force the world's poorest people further into poverty and deny them the right to defend themselves.

French President Jacques Chirac predicted Thursday that the European Union (EU) could within 10 to 15 days apply 'safety clauses' against Chinese textiles.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - House Republicans and Democrats don't agree on many things, but they do agree it is time for the Bush administration to get tougher on China. At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on China Thursday, members of both parties criticized the White House for its policy of quiet diplomacy.