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Green Left Weekly, Issue #411 GENEVA -- Nearly 600 people from all over the world attended three days of intense discussion and exchange of experiences here, June 22-24. The common focus of the participants, who represented some 190 organisations in 62 countries, was the fight against neo-liberalism and in defence of the victims of globalisation.

Growers previously turned away can expect to soon have policies that will fit their farming needs By Kiley Russell / ASSOCIATED PRESS FRESNO -- Organic farming has been brought in from the fringes of American agricultural practices, elevated from a touchy-feely hippy endeavor and codified in federal law for the first time as a "good farming practice."

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, WASHINGTON (AP)

This report "Draft Report on the Level of Paramilitary Response and Loss of Democratic Rights During the Seattle Round of the World Trade Organization Ministerial" pays particular attention to the thinning lines between law enforcement and the military and the adverse effects this loss of delineation is having on civil liberties.....

WASHINGTON, DC (July 6, 2000)-In a letter to members of Congress today, the National Farmers Union (NFU) urged the approval of funding requested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) to develop new methods and testing procedures to ensure accurate identification of agricultural products

BRUSSELS--While not giving up hope that a new comprehensive round can be launched at the World Trade Organization this year, European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said July 6 that getting an agreement to do so may have to wait until 2001.

RTw (Reuters World Report) / Mon, Jul 3, 2000 PARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - Four herds of cattle were destroyed in France after the discovery of two new cases of mad cow disease, the Farm Ministry said on Monday.