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New York Times / April 2, 2000 / By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF TRYON, Neb. -- Walking across the prairie, stepping carefully around cow pies, Mike Abel confesses that he has told his son and daughter not to follow in his line of work. He sounds for a moment like a repentant bank robber. But Mr. Abel, 45, is in an even less promising field: He is a cattle rancher.

March 31, 2000 / The Nanaimo Daily News / Opinion Genuine environmentalists should have no time for the fools who raided a forests minstry nurseyin Central Saanich on the weekend destroying 2,000 seedlings.

WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- Activists who are planning protests in Washington during upcoming World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings will begin arriving April 8 from around the country to prepare, and local residents and law enforcement officials, too, are getting ready, the Washington Post reported Sunday.

BERLIN, April 1 (Reuters) - Horst Koehler, the designated managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was quoted on Saturday warning against going too far in liberalising international financial markets.

Associated Press / James Hannah, Associated Press Writer WEST CHESTER, Ohio (AP) -- Farmers urged a congressional committee Saturday to boost exports to counter low market prices for corn and soybeans. "We can't stand these low commodity prices much longer," said farmer Wayne Kilpatrick of Frazeysburg. "There's just way too much production out there."

April 1, 2000 / New Scientist / Andy Coghlan

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March 30, 2000 / The Toronto Star / Stuart Laidlaw WASHINGTON -- Gene Grabowski, vice-president of communications for the Grocery Manufacturers of America, which represents the top packaged food companies in the world, sees the fight over genetically modified foods as, according to this story, nothing less than a battle against the American way of life.