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COMTEX Newswire | IPS | January 13, 2000 UNITED NATIONS - The world's governments are meeting next week to finalize a legally-binding agreement on reducing potential risks from the trade in living modified organisms (LMOs) - life forms that have been genetically-engineered.

Reuters, AP | January 13, 2000 WASHINGTON - Wire coverage of the report in Science that researchers had successfully genetically engineered a golden rice that produces extra vitamin A, describing it as a feat that could help save the lives of millions of children.

Successful Farming / By Dan Looker, Business Editor With many of its members worried about low commodity prices and rapid consolidation in the agricultural industry, regional differences led to some close votes and long debates at the American Farm Bureau's delegate voting session in Houston, Texas Wednesday.

Associated Press | January 14, 2000 | By PHILIP BRASHER, AP Farm Writer WASHINGTON - Its yellowish color could be a turnoff, but a genetically engineered type of rice could alleviate vitamin A deficiency in the developing world, a problem that is a common cause of blindness in children, scientists say.

By CONSTANT BRAND, Associated Press Writer BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) ... In the wake of food scandals in Belgium, France and Britain, the European Commission on Wednesday proposed the creation of a European food safety agency.

IPS | January 13, 2000 | Analysis | By Abid Aslam WASHINGTON -- The past week has seen remarkable confessions from officials at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) about policy positions that have affected millions of people in borrowing countries.

USA Today | January 13, 2000 | By James Cox BRACKNELL, England - AstraZeneca gave birth to the genetically modified tomato, a breakthrough fruit no longer grown, processed or marketed. The Anglo-Swedish biotech pioneer spends $60 million a year trying to engineer hardier plants and crops. Yet its revenue from agriculture biotechnology is zero.

January 14, 2000 / News Release / Organization for Competitive Markets / Contact: Fred Stokes - (662) 476-5568