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Italian Group Appeals For Cheap Drug Access In Africa

Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Italian group appeals for cheap drug access in Africa DATELINE: ROME, Nov 2

WTO Chief Says Doha Meeting Will Be Tough But Crucial

By: CLARE NULLIS | Associated Press Writer GENEVA: Brushing aside security worries, the head of the World Trade Organization said Friday that the forthcoming ministerial conference in Qatar would be a vital confidence booster for a gloomy global economy. But he cautioned that success was far from guaranteed.

Trade: Harbinson Ignores Lack of Consensus, Sends Drafts to Doha

SUNS #5001 | November 2, 2001 | south-north development monitor SUNS [Email Edition] | Chakravarthi Raghavan, Geneva publisher: third world network, 228 macalister road, 10400 penang, malaysia

Right Kind of Globalization

Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) | November 1, 2001 | Editorial The international movement to protect workers, small-business owners, farmers, consumers and the environment from the excesses of corporate-sponsored "free trade" initiatives is often mischaracterized as an "anti-globalization" crusade.

Warnings Stir Anxieties Over WTO Meeting

BYLINE: Paul Blustein and Dana Milbank | The Washington Post Members of Congress planning to attend a World Trade Organization meeting in Qatar next week have received classified briefings warning that terrorist cells may be operating in the Persian Gulf country, according to people familiar with the briefings.

The Rich-Poor Division Is in Stark Relief in Talks for Trade Agenda

By JOSEPH KAHN | New York Times

U.S. Sets Up WTO Meeting Evacuation Plan; Many Have Already Decided Not to Attend

By HELENE COOPER |THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- Bush administration officials have developed an emergency-evacuation plan for U.S. delegates at next week's World Trade Organization meeting in Qatar, while lawmakers and executives have been canceling plans to attend.

Hackers Disrupt WTO Web Site

Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 14:13 +0100 From: webmaster To: All Public Users Subject: fake WTO website Dear WTO website users

Developing Countries Warn of WTO Failure At Doha

Agence France Presse | GENEVA, Developing countries voiced dissatisfaction on Wednesday and warned that the WTO could be heading for a repeat performance of the Seattle failure, as delegates met to formally send a draft agenda for a new trade round to next week's Doha talks.

WTO Envoys Leave To Ministers Job Of Resolving Global Trade Text

AP Worldstream | By: NAOMI KOPPEL GENEVA, World Trade Organization ambassadors met Wednesday for the last time before a key conference, resigned to being unable to agree in advance on launching a new round of trade liberalization talks.