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BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 30, 2000 (ENS) - The European Parliament voted today to oppose an illegal patent for breeding human embryos. The parliament voted 285 to 133 to approve the resolution which also called for better control of the European Patent Office, the agency that granted the original patent.

March 31, 2000 / The Associated Press/Reuters / PHILIP BRASHER WASHINGTON -- Farmers are, according to these stories, turning away from genetically engineered crops, especially a biotech corn that's toxic to insects, amid consumer resistance that started overseas and is now being felt in the United States.

The Associated Press State & Local Wire / March 15, 2001, Thursday / By JOSH FUNK, Associated Press Writer NORFOLK, Neb. -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman reiterated the Bush Administration's commitment to expanded trade, but would not talk about specifics when discussing a new farm bill.

March 31/00 / Reuters / By Julie Vorman

The Associated Press State & Local Wire / March 16, 2001, Friday SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- It's easy to identify the problems that farmers and ranchers face, but solutions that could be written into a new federal farm bill are harder to come by.

March 31/00 / Reuters / By Rita Farrell WILMINGTON, Del. - The DuPont Co. has, according to this story, taken aim at rival Monsanto Co.'s shares of the U.S. cotton, soybean seed and herbicide markets by filing two federal lawsuits, both alleging antitrust violations and one adding allegations of theft of trade secrets.

Editorial from The Nation

March 31, 2000 / from a press release