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Skewered in Seattle Fringe Protesters at Center of Global Mainstream By JOHN MICKLETHWAIT, ADRIAN WOOLDRIDGE

CongressDaily / October 29, 1999 / By Jerry Hagstrom

Dow Jones | December 2, 1999 CHICAGO - After two days of dodging protesters, agriculture negotiators at the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle have made some headway on the volatile issue of genetically-modified crops, U.S. grain industry officials told reporters in a conference call Thursday.

COMTEX Newswire | IPS | December 3, 1999 SEATTLE - The European Union has spurned a U.S.-Canadian proposal to set up a formal working group on biotechnology under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Associated Press | December 4, 1999 WASHINGTON - Two months ago, Minnesota farmer Mark Ufer was ready to swear off genetically engineered crops. He figured the growing controversy over biotech food would make it easier to sell conventional corn and soybeans next year. Now that it is time to order next year's seed, he has changed his mind.

Hindustan Times | Nitya Chakraborty | December 4, 1999 Seattle - THE THIRD Ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation collapsed today following after the developing nations unitedly protested against the lack of transparency and imposition of the views of the rich on the poor countries in the negotiations.

National Post | December 4, 1999 | Terence Corcoran

Business Week | December 13, 1999 | Amy Borrus, with Lorraine Woellert For five years, a backlash against genetically modified foods has, according to this story, raged in Europe, where gene-spliced products now must carry special labels. And millions of consumers are boycotting what British tabloids have dubbed "Frankenfood."