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Paris, 15 September 2000 - More than 800 million people still lack access to the food they need, much less than the 960 million estimated 30 years ago, but still a massive number accounting for 13 percent of the world's population, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in its annual report "The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA-2000)," released today at a news conference at the

from the EU web site

CIEL, WWF-International | September 19, 2000 HEALTHY RESULT, TOXIC LOGIC

Agence France Presse / Jan Tucek PRAGUE, Sept 18 (AFP) - Czech President Vaclav Havel has adopted a velvet glove approach to defuse any new, explosive anti-globalization protests when IMF and World Bank officials gather here for their annual meeting next week.

The Nation, Bangkok / 17 September 2000 / By Pennapa Hongthong CHIANG MAI - More than 1,000 farmers declared their opposition to both trade and research into genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as a mounting campaign on the issue reached its final destination.

Agence France Presse / Nathaniel Harrison WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (AFP) - Sober-suited World Bank and IMF policymakers open an annual round of discussions next week in Prague, where their projections of flourishing global growth will be bitterly dismissed by protesters who insist the two institutions do more harm than good.

Farms.com Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller leads 16 farm and ranch states in proposing new laws to protect producers who enter contracts to provide grain or livestock. The State Attorneys General have drafted new laws to protect contract growers and producers -- the growing number of farmers and ranchers who produce livestock or grain on contract with large contractor companies.

By BRANDON MITCHENER, Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BRUSSELS -- In a dramatic change of tone on antitrust policy, the U.S.'s top antitrust official has endorsed the establishment of an international organization to improve coordination among trust busters and ultimately vet cross-border mergers.