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Associated Press / Naomi Koppel GENEVA (AP) -- Rich and poor nations, replowing the same territory they did at last year's, riot-torn Seattle trade conference, tried Tuesday to hammer out a United Nations plan to tackle global poverty.

Nixon, NV, 4:00 pm PST. Scientists representing the publicly funded Human Genome Project, and the private venture, Celera Corporation, announced today they have completed a rough map of the human genome. The human genome consists of two sets of 23 chromosomes, with each set containing a total of 3 billion chemical units.

The AgriBusiness Examiner #79 While American Farm Bureau Federation leaders have hailed the recent Congressional passage of an $8.2 billion crop insurance package as a major victory for farmers the legislation, as was pointed out in last week's THE AGRIBUSINESS EXAMINER, was another apparent political coup by the AFBF.

Today's world is divided not by ideology but by technology. This demands, Jeffrey Sachs argues here, bold new thinking on development The Economist June 24th 2000

Agence France Presse / Sue Kendall PARIS, June 27 (AFP) - Ministers of 29 major industrial countries said here Tuesday they are "determined" to work for the launch "as soon as possible" of a new round of global trade talks that fully include the world's poorest nations.

Nixon, NV, 4:00 pm PST. Scientists representing the publicly funded Human Genome Project, and the private venture, Celera Corporation, announced today they have completed a rough map of the human genome. The human genome consists of two sets of 23 chromosomes, with each set containing a total of 3 billion chemical units.

OBSERVER (London) / Sunday June 25, 2000 / by Anthony Browne, environment correspondent The battle over who controls the world's food supplies has escalated dramatically with the Indian government launching a legal challenge in the United States against an American company which has been granted a patent on the world-renowned basmati rice.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) is holding hearings across the country this week into the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The hearings are in Calgary June 26, Regina the 27th, Winnipeg the 28 and Toronto the 29th. Notice of the hearings was sent out June 7. The column below addresses some of the issues involved.