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U.S. Official Courts African Allies for Brewing Biotech-Food Fight

Wall Street Journal | February 20, 2002 | By NEIL KING JR., Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PETIT, South Africa -- On his grand tour of Africa this past week, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick has had many warm chats with top government officials. But when he met a Zulu cotton farmer on Friday, the trade official really perked up.

U.S. Senate Insists on Ban on Packers Owning Herds

Reuters | Charles Abbott | February 12, 2002 Washington - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to stick with a ban on meatpackers raising livestock or overseeing independent feedlots, despite warnings it could cause huge disruptions in the livestock markets.

Ante Upped

Hilary Wainwright and Tony Juniper were delegates at separate world economic conferences last week. Their experiences, in Porto Alegre and New York, were worlds apart The Guardian (London) | February 13, 2002