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Activists from seven of the world's poorest countries have called for access to water to be made a fundamental human right and brought under the democratic control of those dependent on its use.

By GEORGE ANTHAN / Des Moines Register Washington Bureau / Tuesday, 10/03/2000 Washington, D.C. - A tiny number of the nation's biggest farmers and agricultural landowners are set to again reap a double harvest of cash subsidies, thanks to a quiet effort in Congress to set aside federal payment limits.

Tuesday, October 03, 2000 / by Ed Maixner, Farm Progress Washington Bureau Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman on Monday gave $28 billion - an all-time record - as his preliminary estimate of USDA direct assistance to farmers and ranchers for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.

UN Wire In a weeklong debate of the UN General Assembly Economic and Financial Committee, developing countries repeatedly slammed the current international economic system, charging that it maintains widespread poverty and debt.

Today the Third International Conference of Via Campesina opened in Bangalore, India, with 110 delegates (men and women) from 40 countries around the world representing hundreds of farm and indigenous peoples' organisations.

Chakravarthi Raghavan / SUNS (South-North Development Monitor) #4752 / 3 October 2000 / Third World Network, Geneva

Inside US Trade / Vol. 18, No. 40 The U.S. is seeking a working party in agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization to rework definitions of what domestic support programs would be exempt from WTO disciplines, U.S. special agriculture negotiator Greg Frazier told reporters last week.

October 4, 2000 / Greenpeace -- Press Releases New guide allows consumers to avoid name-brand products containing GE foods.