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United Press International / By JORGE E. BANALES WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- Economic recovery throughout the world after the 1997 Asian financial crisis has been stronger than expected, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.

Agence France Presse / Olivier Knox WASHINGTON, April 12 (AFP) - Major US unions and other foes of granting China permanent trade privileges rallied thousands of protesters at the US Congress Wednesday before deploying them to win over lawmakers.

Friday, April 7, 2000 Census data shows further N.D. population decline from 1990-1999 By David Knutson / Herald Staff Writer The Australian Outback may be a model for rural North Dakota's future given the current population decline, according to a UND rural sociology associate professor.

WASHINGTON, April 12 (AFP) - Activists here on Wednesday distributed a one-page spoof of the Washington Post announcing the resignation of World Bank president James Wolfensohn, the merger of Brazil and Argentina and plans by the IMF to improve its image by fooling the public more skillfully.

The New York Times / April 9, 2000 / By BARNABY J. FEDER KUTZTOWN, Pa. -- THE Rodale Institute's 330-acre research farm here got something it prefers to a bumper crop when a record drought struck eastern Pennsylvania last year.

WASHINGTON, April 12 (AFP) - World Bank president James Wolfensohn, responding to an avalanche of criticism of his organization, on Wednesday defended the lending institution as a catalyst for social justice and poverty reduction.

By ASHLEY BAKER WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- Thousands of blue-collar workers massed on Capitol Hill Wednesday to protest a possible trade deal with China that they fear will eliminate their jobs as corporations move to exploit cheap overseas wages and weak environmental standards.

By JOHN RICE, Associated Press Writer HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro used his opening remarks at a summit of the world's poor nations today to blame the global capitalist system for creating a holocaust of death in poor countries.