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By Jane Kay San Francisco Examiner Groups that found tainted taco shells say they'll keep testing food items Consumer groups that blew the whistle on Kraft Foods and Safeway taco shells contaminated with genetically engineered corn vowed to keep testing the U..S. food supply.

Geneva, 4 Oct (Chakravarthi Raghavan) -- In a paper (Doc IP/C/W/209) submitted to the recent meeting of the Council for TRIPS, the United States has suggested that patenting of life forms does not amount to ownership but only preventing others from taking certain actions.

Geneva, 4 Oct by Chakravarthi Raghavan In a paper (Doc IP/C/W/209) submitted to the recent meeting of the Council for TRIPS, the United States has suggested that patenting of life forms does not amount to ownership but only preventing others from taking certain actions.

Geneva, 4 Oct (Chakravarthi Raghavan) -- The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), signed into law by the US President, provides illusory benefits to African countries who in exchange are to provide real concessions to the United States and its firms, African civil society groups have said in launching a campaign to alert their governments and public against taking measures required of them

Associated Press / September 1, 2000 / By ASHLEY H. GRANT, Associated Press Writer FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn - A group of farmers gathered at the Minnesota State Fair Friday to launch a petition they hope will spur more discussion of agricultural issues during the fall campaign.

Inside US Trade A new draft agreement on agriculture export credits moves closer to the U.S. proposal limiting the terms of government-backed loans to 18 months for cereals, oilseeds and cotton but cuts back on U.S. demands for extended pay-back periods for the world's poorest countries, according to industry and international government sources.

Inside US Trade

By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman There is no policy of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank that is more stupid, cruel and brutal than the insistence that poor countries charge fees for children to attend school and for people to access basic health services.