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IPS | April 10, 2000 | By Anthony Stoppard JOHANNESBURG - Economic issues -- like kick-starting the next round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks and making sure that developing economies benefit from freer international trade -- will dominate the agenda of the South Summit, which opens in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday.

Henry I. Miller, MD

THE SUNDAY TIMES, London / April 9 2000 / Jonathan Leake Science Editor SCIENTISTS have moved one step closer to confirming that thousands of Britons could be infected with variant CJD, the human form of "mad cow" disease (BSE).

Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune / April 5, 2000 / By Christopher Leonard When the bean police came for the Mayfield brothers, they went looking for help and found attorney Dale Reesman.

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - An arrogant International Monetary Fund refused to listen to advice as Asia's financial crisis unfolded and must heed the message from protesters in Washington this week, a former top World Bank official said.

April 17, 2000 / Business Week / Paul Raeburn

Agence France Presse GENEVA, April 10 (AFP) - WTO members discussed measures for boosting confidence within the world trade body here Monday, including how to improve market access for the poorest countries, but did not reach any concrete conclusions, trade sources said.

April 7, 2000 OECD News Release Paris -- Many people in the world are eating genetically modified (GM) foods and to date there have been no substantiated adverse effects. But these foods have only been on the market for less than a decade, leaving open the possibility that adverse effects may still be detected in the future.