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Associated Press | January 10, 2000 ALBANY, Ga. - Researchers working on cattle cloning aren't just trying to produce a better steak. Eventually, they hope animal cloning will provide new sources of medicines and organs, reduce birth defects and help feed people in poor countries.

Financial Times (London) / January 6, 2000, Thursday / By GUY JONQUIERES DE The US yesterday called on the World Trade Organisation to press ahead soon with talks on liberalising agriculture and services, despite the failure of last month's WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle to launch a trade round.

Reuters | January 10, 2000 WASHINGTON - The federal government is not likely to require U.S. manufacturers and grocery stores to put labels on genetically modified food, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said on Monday.

January 11, 2000, Tuesday / BBC Summary of World Broadcasts / PAP news agency, Warsaw

Ottawa Citizen | January 8, 2000 | Mark Kennedy A new survey conducted by Toronto-based Pollara for the Citizen was cited as suggesting that governments, scientists and health care researchers have a huge sales job to make before technological advances can be put into action, and that Canadians are particularly wary of genetically modified food.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 10, 2000 / CONTACT: 520.623.9653 ext. 3 Scotty Johnson (GREEN)

CongressDaily / 01/10/00 / by Jerry Hagstrom

Reuters | January 6, 2000 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Monsanto Co. said Thursday it is doing everything possible to gain public acceptance of genetically modified (GM) crops, dubbed "Frankenstein Foods" in Europe, amid concerns over food safety.