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PARIS, April 18 (Reuters) - French Farm Minister Jean Glavany insisted on Tuesday he was not hiding any new scientific discovery when he remarked earlier that an unknown third factor may help spread mad cow disease.

Agence France Presse / Patrick Baert BEIJING, April 18 (AFP) - China will resume talks shortly with the European Union on joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), the EU ambassador here said Tuesday. EU envoy Endymion Wilkinson added that he hoped the next round of talks would lead to an agreement on China's membership of the trade body.

Apr. 16 2000 / Washington Post / T. R. Reid NORWICH, England -- According to this story, if ever a criminal trial looked like an easy win for the prosecutor, the case of Regina v. Melchett is it.

April 16, 2000 / The Observer / Antony Barnett Public Affairs Editor Results from vital Government-backed crop trials to assess genetically-modified seeds have been falsified, The Observer can reveal.

April 15, 2000 / The Toronto Star / Daniel Girard / Toronto Star Western Canada Bureau BRUNO, Sask. -- Another story about farmer Percy Schmeiser and his dispute with Monsanto and it genetically modified canola seed.

SCIENCE / 14 April 2000 / Jocelyn Kaiser

Fund Created by PCC Natural Markets Saves Strategic Growing Area for Organics SEATTLE, Wash. (April 11, 2000) - Holding off development bulldozers against the fast disappearance of farmland in Western Washington, the PCC Farmland Fund today announced purchase of a strategically crucial 100-acre farm in the Dungeness Delta near Sequim, Wash.

Apr. 14 2000 / Reuters