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Contaminent Found in Taco Bell Shells

FOOD SAFETY COALITION DEMANDS RECALL BY TACO BELL, PHILIP MORRIS Genetically engineered corn not approved for human consumption may be in other products, too

Precautionary Policies and Biotechnology in Africa

John Mugabe, Ph.D., Executive Director, African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya | September 14, 2000

Activist French Farmer Becomes National Hero

Chicago Tribune JOSE BOVE SAYS HIS VANDALISM OF A MCDONALD'S IN FRANCE WAS A SYMBOLIC ACT AGAINST MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. By Ameet Sachdev, Tribune Staff Writer. Jose Bove is the most talked about sheep farmer in all of France.

NGOs Query Genetically Modified Crops

The Jakarta Post JAKARTA (JP): Environmental and consumer groups called on the government here on Monday to expedite the issuance of clear and strict regulations on the distribution of genetically modified food and products as such products are already widely available on the Indonesian market.

Trade: TRIPs Regime at Odds with Human Rights Law, Says UN Body

SUNS #4728 Tuesday 29 August 2000, south-north development monitor SUNS

UN Warns of Conflict Between Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights

August 22, 2000 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Kristin Dawkins, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Tel: 612-870-3410; Fax: 612-870-4846; Email: kdawkins@iatp.org UNITED NATIONS BODY WARNS OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS COULD INFLUENCE PATENTS FOR DRUGS, BIOTECH SEEDS

Anti-Globalisation Activists Demand New WTO Agreements; Advise WTO to Save Patients, Not Patents

THE NEWS INTERNATIONAL / Shahina Maqbool ISLAMABAD: Anti-globalisation activists on Saturday organised a demonstration against the "secret" visit of the Director General World Trade Organization (WTO) Mike Moore to Pakistan and called for a review of the international trade agreements in accordance with the needs of the developing countries.

Using the South to Promote GE in Europe

LETTERS FROM DR. TEWOLDE BEHRAN GEBRE EGZHIABER RE: USING THE SOUTH TO PROMOTE GE IN EUROPE - ONCE AGAIN! Dear Colleagues,

India""s Commerce Minister Scores Effects of WTO TRIPS Accord

NEW DELHI--India's Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran has called for redesigning and expanding the mandate of the World Health Organization to eliminate inequities he says are the result of the World Trade Organization's intellectual property rights regime.

International Conference Against Neo-Liberalism

Green Left Weekly, Issue #411 GENEVA -- Nearly 600 people from all over the world attended three days of intense discussion and exchange of experiences here, June 22-24. The common focus of the participants, who represented some 190 organisations in 62 countries, was the fight against neo-liberalism and in defence of the victims of globalisation.