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Reuters | November 25, 1999 | Julie Vorman WASHINGTON - According to this story, a French farm activist and protesters in rubber fish masks took part on Wednesday in what a U.S. green group said would be the first in a series of demonstrations at American supermarkets against genetically modified foods.

GUARDIAN (London) | November 22, 1999 Developing world accuses US, Europe of 'bio-piracy' by John Vidal A major row is threatening to break out at the opening of the World Trade Organisation's talks in Seattle next week over the patenting of the genetic make-up of plants and animals to develop new drugs.

Reuters | November 26, 1999 LONDON - Concern is growing about the adequacy of World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules for trading genetically modified (GM) sugar beet, the International Sugar Organization said in a report.

Reuters | November 26, 1999 BRUSSELS - The European Parliament was cited as demanding on Friday that it be given joint decision-making powers with European Union governments on any future legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Dow Jones | November 25, 1999 KYOTO, Japan - The Nihon Keizai Shimbun was cited as reporting in its Friday morning edition that Takara Shuzo Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. will start a service measuring exactly how much genetically modified organisms are contained in imported soybeans and other foods from Dec. 1.

New York Times | November 26, 1999 | ANDREW POLLACK For generations, tribesmen in the Amazon rain forest have used secretions from the skin of a frog to make poison blow darts. Now Abbott Laboratories is developing a painkiller modeled on the active chemical in the frog secretion that seems as effective as morphine but without damaging side effects.

Associated Press | November 27, 1999 | By THAKSINA KHAIKAEW, Associated Press Writer PHETCHABUN, Thailand - Thailand is blessed with a gentle climate, abundant farmland and modern agribusiness that have made the small Southeast Asian nation an unlikely but important food exporter, the world leader for rice.

Philadelphia Inquirer | November 28, 1999 Europe's demand for unaltered food is felt on the farm. A rejection of genetically modified seeds may force many U.S. farmers to give up their easier growing methods. By Andrea Knox, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER