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DECCAN HERALD / Friday, May 12, 2000 NEW DELHI, May 11 (DHNS) - After six years of persistant campaigning and legal challenge, the Neem campaign started by Delhi-based Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology won a major victory against biopiracy after it was able to get the neem patent revoked in Europe.

By Deborah Charles SHAKOPEE, Minn. (Reuters) - President Clinton took his campaign for freer trade with China to America's heartland on Friday, standing in a barnyard to tell some Minnesota farmers how they would benefit from the trade legislation.

Nature / 11 May 2000 / COLIN MACILWAIN [WASHINGTON] The Clinton administration has announced a series of regulatory changes and research proposals intended to shore up public confidence in the government's supervision of genetically modified (GM) food.

May 10, 2000 / Dow Jones News / The Associated Press OTTAWA -- A United Nations group trying to decide how genetically modified foods should be labeled for consumers failed, according to this story, to reach agreement Wednesday.

The Washington Post / By John Pomfret / Washington Post Foreign Service BEIJING, May 10 -- As one of China's most prominent dissidents--enduring tapped phones, police surveillance and restrictions on everyday freedoms--Bao Tong could be expected to urge a hard line against the government in Beijing.

The Washington Post / By Clay Chandler / Washington Post Foreign Service SHANGHAI, May 10 -- Premier Zhu Rongji told a group of investors here today that the Chinese government stands ready to rewrite its trade and investment laws to attract more foreign capital and bring China's economy into greater harmony with members of the World Trade Organization.

By Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress gave final approval on Thursday to legislation extending billions of dollars in trade benefits to the nations of Africa, the Caribbean and Central America, handing President Clinton a rare trade-policy victory.

Agence France Presse BEIJING, May 11 (AFP) - China said Thursday it opposed any plans by the United States to set up a group to monitor human rights as a condition to granting permanent normal trade relations. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said such a watchdog body constituted interference in China's internal affairs.