NEWS ABOUT GM ISSUES • 2003
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27 December 2003
People's Daily, China, Online, Last updated at: (Beijing
Time) Friday, December 26, 2003; Nestle in hot water over
GMOs Zhu Yanling, a mother in Shanghai was once a loyal
consumer of brands of Nestle, the Switerland-based food
giant. She only used Nestle products to feed her baby over
the past three years. Zhu Yanling, a mother in Shanghai was...
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24 December 2003
TIZfood.com, New Zealand, 23.12.2003; Seminis- GE onion
Partner- Blamed for Contaminating Tomatoes The Company
backing the new GE onion trial in New Zealand -Seminis- has
been identified as the source of GE-contaminated tomato
seeds that has just been revealed in the US. A report from
the University of California says Seminis supplied...
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The Bangkok Post, Thailand, Online, 23.12.2003; GENETIC
TECHNOLOGY Praphat wants GM trials kept at stations
Biosafety law before parliament next year Ranjana Wangvipula
Field trials for genetically modified (GM) crops should be
confined to closed research stations, Natural Resources and
Environment Minister Praphat Panyachartrak said. "If they...
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21 December 2003
AAP NEWSFEED HEADLINE: Fed: Markets and environment at
risk from GM canola: Opponent DATELINE: CANBERRA, Dec 21
BODY: Australian markets, the environment and human health
were being put at risk by the approval of the nation's
second genetically-modified food crop, opponents said today.
GeneEthics also accused the nation's GM watchdog of...
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AAP NEWSFEED HEADLINE: Fed: New GM canola approved, splits
farmers BYLINE: By Shane Wright DATELINE: CANBERRA, Dec 19
BODY: A new genetically altered crop was approved for
commercial use today, with proponents arguing it would
boost crop yields by up to 40 per cent. But opponents
immediately denounced the decision by the Office of the...
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Widespread testing woes found for biotech grains By Carey
Gillam KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 19 (Reuters) - Laboratories
measuring the amount of genetically modified grain mixed
into supplies of U.S. corn and other crops -- a vital
factor among foreign buyers of U.S. commodities --
routinely provide inaccurate results, federal grain...
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19 December 2003
CropDecisions.com, Dec. 18, 2003; Monsanto Canada Will Wait
To Register GM Wheat Monsanto's Canadian division will not
ask an annual industry meeting in February to recommend its
genetically modified wheat be registered in 2004. Instead,
Monsanto will continue to test its wheat until it becomes
more accepted by the industry, the company said. Monsanto...
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Euractiv, Belgium, Online, Date: 18/12/2003 14:30;
Parliament wants strict EU-wide rules for coexistence In
short: MEPs have adopted an own initiative report on the
coexistence of GM and conventional crops, calling for
stricter rules and lower thresholds to control and limit
the accidental contamination of crops. Background: The EU...
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New Kerala, India, Online, 19.12.2003; India plans network
project on 12 transgenic crops New Delhi, Dec 18 : India is
planning a project to develop 12 transgenic crops to
improve their resistance to diseases and pests, biotic
stresses and extend shelf life. "A network project on
transgenics, covering 12 crops is on the anvil,"...
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18 December 2003
AAP NEWSFEED December 17, 2003, 271 words NSW: Anti-GM
protesters deliver Xmas message to poultry producer BYLINE:
By Vera Devai DATELINE: SYDNEY, Dec 17 BODY:
Environmentalists delivered a Christmas message to
Australia's largest poultry producer today, calling for an
end to the use of genetically modified (GM) feed. Six...
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17 December 2003
The Portland Press Herald, USA, Online, Tuesday, December
16, 2003; Monsanto suit against Oakhurst attracts criticism
By MATT WICKENHEISER, Portland Press Herald Writer
Copyright (c) 2003 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. Monsanto
knew that it was setting itself up for criticism when it
sued Oakhurst over the dairy's labeling practices. And the...
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The Portland Press Herald, USA, Online, Tuesday, December
16, 2003; Maine businesses keep eye on settlement talks By
MATT WICKENHEISER, Portland Press Herald Writer Copyright
(c) 2003 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. As Oakhurst Dairy
and Monsanto Co. head back into settlement talks today,
businesses from disparate Maine industries will be watching...
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11 December 2003
Agence France Presse December 10, 2003 US defends GM trees
in row at UN climate talks BYLINE: RICHARD INGHAM DATELINE:
MILAN, Dec 10 BODY: The United States and Europe, already
fiercely at odds over genetically modified food, skirmished
over GM trees at United Nations talks here on the future of
the Kyoto Protocol, sources said Wednesday. The US...
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Los Angeles Times December 10, 2003 Home Edition Main
News; Part 1; Page 31; National Desk THE NATION; In
Reversal, FDA Says It Will Not Regulate Bioengineered Fish;
The agency won't monitor GloFish, which go on sale Jan. 5
in every state but California. BYLINE: Kenneth R. Weiss,
Times Staff Writer BODY: The U.S. Food and Drug...
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Los Angeles Times December 10, 2003 Home Edition Main
News; Part 1; Page 14; Foreign Desk THE WORLD; U.N.
Postpones Negotiations on Treaty to Ban Human Cloning
BYLINE: From Reuters DATELINE: UNITED NATIONS BODY: The
U.N. General Assembly decided Tuesday to put off for a year
negotiations on a treaty banning human cloning. All 191...
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THE KOREA HERALD December 11, 2003, Cattle resistant to
mad cow disease BYLINE: By Seo Ji-eun BODY: A group of
Korean scientists have bred genetically altered cattle
resistant to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known
as "mad cow disease."
Researchers from Seoul National University announced...
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10 December 2003
Brazil delays GM crop bill vote until 2004 BRASILIA,
Brazil, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Brazil's government delayed until
next year a congressional vote on a bill to regulate
genetically modified (GM) crops due to disagreement over
the text and a heavy end-of-year legislative agenda. Aldo
Rebelo, the government's leader in the lower house and...
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China Daily, December 9, 2003 -- China works out new
device to detect genetically modified products (Xinhua)
Amid consumer concerns over transgenic crops, Chinese
scientists have worked out a device that can tell in 50
minutes if a farm produce has been genetically modified.
The reagent box, independently developed by a...
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Press Association December 9, 2003, CALL FOR MORE RESEARCH
ON DRUG-PRODUCING GM CROPS BYLINE: Amanda Brown,
Environment Correspondent, PA News BODY: More research and
safeguards are needed if genetically modified crops are to
be used to produce drugs, according to a report published
today. GeneWatch UK says research, mainly in North America...
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8 December 2003
Irish Independent, December 8, by Conor Sweeney -- Support for end to EU ban on GM food branded as "stupid". IRELAND'S support for an end to Europe's four-year ban on genetically modified crops was branded as "stupid" and "anti-consumer" by environmentalists in Brussels yesterday. It followed a split vote amongst officials from the EU member states who failed to agree on whether to let genetically modified (GM) sweetcorn from the US go on sale in Europe. The decision by the Deparment of Agriculture to join the six-country group that voted in favour was criticised by Greenpeace and the Leinster Green MEP, Nuala Ahern. "It was a stupid decision for Ireland to join this group, but since they were in a minority, it keeps GM maize at bay. It ignores EU safety regulations and doesn't really conform to them," said Ms Ahern. However, Irish officials insisted that their support was justified on scientific advice and claimed that they were following advice offered by the new EU Food Safety Authority. Ministers are now likely to discuss the issue in January, but if they fail to reach an agreement either way, then the Commission will have the right to take a decision unilaterally.
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The Scotsman, December 8, 2003 -- Environment Campaigners
Hail GM Sweetcorn Ban By Amanda Brown, Environment
Correspondent, PA News Green campaign groups today welcomed
a decision by European countries not to break a moratorium
on new genetically modified foods. An EU regulatory
committee failed to support a proposal by the European...
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Forbes, December 8, 2003 -- RPT-EU readies for test vote
on ending GMO ban BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Food
specialists from EU member states, deeply split over
gene-modified (GM) foods, vote on Monday on a proposal to
end the bloc's five-year biotech ban, but many months may
still be needed to settle the issue, diplomats said. If...
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5 December 2003
Globe and Mail, Canada, December 4, 2003 -- Canadians want
GM foods labelled, poll finds By STEVEN CHASE Thursday,
December 4, 2003 - Page A8 OTTAWA -- Nearly nine out of 10
Canadians want Ottawa to force companies to disclose
whether any food they sell contains genetically modified
ingredients, a new poll suggests. The survey results show...
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4 December 2003
Bangkok Post, Thailand, December 3, 2003 -- GM CROPS
Ministry warned over trials World's kitchen plan could be
jeopardised Kultida Samabuddhi The Agriculture Ministry's
support for commercial cultivation of genetically-modified
crops would compromise the government's plan to make
Thailand the ``world's kitchen'', consumer groups and...
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2 December 2003
Chicago Tribune December 1, 2003 CHICAGOLAND FINAL EDITION
News; Pg. 12; ZONE: CN Safety of food from clones under
debate; The FDA retracted its OK of meat and milk from
replications of animals when an advisory panel challenged
the scientific basis of the decision BYLINE: By Andrew
Martin, Washington Bureau. DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: The...
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1 December 2003
Lloyd's List November 28, 2003 Pg. 18 Brazil ports chief
fights for release of GM soya BODY: By Robert Ward
WilenManteli, president of the Brazilian Association of
Port Terminals, is trying to persuade the Brazilian federal
government to intervene and force the release of 65,000
tons of transgenic soya from a silo in the southern port of...
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The Washington Post November 30, 2003, Final Edition A
SECTION; Pg. A26 Calculating the Risks; Chance of Threats
to Health, Nature Remains Unknown BYLINE: Justin Gillis,
Washington Post Staff Writer BODY: In theory, the
technology that scientists have used to create genetically
engineered crops like corn, soybeans and cotton poses two...
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The Washington Post November 30, 2003, Final Edition A
SECTION; Pg. A01 Debate Grows Over Biotech Food; Efforts to
Ease Famine in Africa Hurt by U.S.,
European Dispute BYLINE: Justin Gillis, Washington Post
Staff Writer DATELINE: MUNYAMA, Zambia BODY: When the
people by the lake began to starve, they fell back on the...
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27 November 2003
EU food agency to give first verdict on GMO safety By
Jeremy Smith BRUSSELS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Europe's top food
agency will give its first verdict on the safety of
genetically modified food next week, days before the EU
debates lifting a five-year ban on new GMO crops and foods,
officials said on Thursday. The low-profile European Food...
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The Guardian (London) November 27, 2003 Guardian Science
Pages, Pg. 3 How soon before we see GM pets in the shops?
BODY: In January, American pet shops will begin stocking
genetically modified versions of tropical freshwater
zebrafish. The small fish, which are normally black and
silver, have had the equivalent of a new paint job, thanks...
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26 November 2003
WRAPUP 1-Europe gropes for consensus on GMO crops By David
Cullen LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Europe struggled to reach
common ground on genetically modified (GM) crops on
Tuesday, with Britain's top adviser unable to provide clear
guidelines for their use in the U.K. while an upcoming EU
vote to lift a five-year ban on biotech products is too...
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The Guardian (London) November 25, 2003 Guardian Home
Pages, Pg. 12; Debate on GM crops 'beset by confusion': Use
of farm chemicals needs more examination, says top scientist
BYLINE: Paul Brown Environment correspondent BODY: The
results of the farm-scale trials of GM crops have been
misrepresented, with those for and against the technology...
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UK's top policy advisor divided over GM crops LONDON, Nov
25 (Reuters) - Britain's chief policy advisor on
genetically modified (GM) food and crops has failed in a
long-awaited report to agree on key issues governing any
future of the technology, making tougher a government
decision on gene-spliced crops. In a report published on...
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24 November 2003
AAP NEWSFEED HEADLINE: Aust's crops completely different
in five decades BYLINE: By Shane Wright DATELINE: CANBERRA,
Nov 21 BODY: Australia's traditional crops could be
completely different within five decades, the head of the
nation's grain research organisation said today. Professor
John Lovett, managing director of the Grains Research and...
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The Seattle Times, USA, Online, Saturday, November 22,
2003 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M; Whose bright idea was
this?: Genetically engineered pet fish debated By Kenneth
R. Weiss Los Angeles Times [Photo caption: PRN Tropical
zebra fish have been infused with the gene of a sea anemone
that makes them glow fluorescent red. The GloFish are...
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20 November 2003
The Bangkok Post, Thailand, Online, 20.11.2003; GREENPEACE
Shipment of GM soybean raided Kultida Samabuddhi Greenpeace
activists yesterday raided a large cargo vessel anchoring
off Sichang island in Chon Buri that was unloading a
57,000-tonne genetically-modified soybean shipment from
Argentina. Boarding on two inflatables, seven activists...
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19 November 2003
The Mercury, Australia, November 19, 2003 -- Animal capers
target GE label loophole By KANE YOUNG 19nov03 FOUR
bizarrely costumed protestors ruffled a few feathers
outside Woolworths' Sandy Bay store yesterday. The four
Tasmanian Greens members were drawing attention to what
they believe is a loophole in the state's GE-free status....
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17 November 2003
Reuters via Forbes.com, EU to end five-year ban on new GM
products-report Reuters, 11.15.03, 7:25 PM ET LONDON, Nov
16 (Reuters) - The European Union will allow a genetically
modified food product to go on sale next month in a move
which will end the de facto five-year ban on new GM
products, Britain's Observer newspaper reported on Sunday....
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The Bangkok Post, Thailand, Online, 15.11.2003; GENETICALLY
MODIFIED CROPS Monsanto introduces GM corn to farmers Firm
to develop seed production base here Kultida Samabuddhi
Agro-business firm Monsanto Thailand has begun introducing
genetically-modified corn to farmers as part of its plan to
make Thailand a regional base for its GM seed production....
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13 November 2003
Denmark gets prepared for arrival of GM crops By Elinor
Schang SNEKKERSTEN, Denmark, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The Danish
government said on Thursday it was planning new laws on
growing genetically modified (GM) crops to make sure
consumers are protected if the European Union clears the
way for biotech planting. The proposed law on how farmers...
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The Guardian, UK, Online, Thursday November 13, 2003;
Cabinet papers warn Canada off GM crops Farmers fear
long-term threat to food exports Paul Brown, environment
correspondent The Guardian A secret briefing to the
Canadian government has warned that the country's massive
food exports are at risk from its continued use of GM crops....
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USA Today, Online, 13.11.2003; Green groups sue USDA to
stop bio-pharm planting By Randy Fabi, Reuters WASHINGTON -
A coalition of environmental groups and consumer advocates
sued the U.S. Agriculture Department in federal court
Wednesday to try to halt the experimental planting of
biotech crops engineered to make medicine....
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12 November 2003
The Scotsman Online, UK, Source: Press Association, Mon 10
Nov 2003, 6:20pm (UK); GM Crops Row Set to Erupt Again By
Amanda Brown, Environment Correspondent, PA News. The row
over GM technology is set to erupt in the Commons tomorrow
when a Labour MP will demand to know why the Government is
backing a new EU approval of genetically modified sweetcorn....
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Alertnet, Online, 11 Nov 2003 16:50:34 GMT; African
priests criticise Vatican GMO conference By Philip Pullella
ROME, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Organisers of an international
Vatican seminar on genetically modified foods came under
fire from their own on Tuesday when African priests said it
should have included more Church members critical of the...
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The Independent November 11, 2003 342 words VATICAN LOOKS
TO GM FOOD AS PANACEA FOR HUNGRY AND BURGEONING GLOBAL
POPULATION BYLINE: Peter Popham in Rome BODY: THE VATICAN
opened a symposium yesterday into genetically modified
organisms (GMO), which critics claim is a smokescreen for
eventual endorsement of the crops. Pope John Paul II has in...
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The Associated Press November 11, 2003, 799 words Vatican
concludes conference on biotech foods with discussion of
moral implications BYLINE: By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated
Press Writer DATELINE: VATICAN CITY BODY: The Vatican
concluded a two-day conference on genetically modified
organisms Tuesday with a discussion of the moral...
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11 November 2003
Irish Independent November 10, 2003 287 words SWEETCORN
MAY END EU BAN ON MODIFIED FOODS BODY: EUROPE'S five-year
ban on genetically-modified food may end today with a vote
to let a controversial strain of sweetcorn go on sale. The
decision, which continues to split member states and has
triggered an outcry from environmentalists, will be...
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CBS News, USA, Online, 10.11.2003; Vatican Jumps Into
Biotech Fray VATICAN CITY, Nov. 10, 2003 (Photo: CBS) "We
are fully aware that the stakes are high and delicate."
Cardinal Renato Martino (AP) The Vatican stepped into the
charged debate over genetically modified organisms Monday,
convening a scientific conference to help it make a...
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10 November 2003
The Scotsman November 8, 2003, Pg. 10; HIGHLANDS LOOKS TO
BECOME GM-FREE BYLINE: John Ross BODY: THE Highlands could
become a GM-free zone under plans being pursued by
councillors. The Highland Council is being urged to set up
links with other regions in Europe which are investigating
the possibility of securing legal backing to ban...
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Independent on Sunday (London) November 9, 2003, NEWS; Pg.
6; ENVIRONMENT: UK TO FIGHT EUROPEAN EMBARGO ON GM CORN;
FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY DEFIES MINISTERS BY PRESSING FOR
PRODUCT BYLINE: GEOFFREY LEAN ENVIRONMENT EDITOR A report
by the Austrian government says that safety tests on GM
corn were not carried out properly REX FEATURES BODY:...
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7 November 2003
AAP NEWSFEED HEADLINE: Vaile says US asking about Aust GM
food labelling in FTA DATELINE: CANBERRA, Nov 6 BODY:
Australia's laws over the labelling of genetically modified
food have been targeted by the United States in
negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA). In answer to
a question on notice, Trade Minister Mark Vaile confirmed...
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Sydney Morning Herald November 7, 2003 News And Features;
Pg. 5; Call For More Safeguards As GM Canola Crop Found In
Wheat BYLINE: Stephanie Peatling Environment Reporter BODY:
Campaigners against genetically modified crops have
demanded better safeguards against contamination after GM
canola plants were discovered in a conventional wheat crop...
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Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Denmark to host
international conference on co-existence of crops DATELINE:
COPENHAGEN, Nov 6 BODY: Some 250 researchers from Europe
and North America will meet in Denmark next week for a
conference on the co-existence of genetically modified,
conventional and organic crops, the Danish Institute for...
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Food Navigator, Online, 07.11.2003; Chewing the GM cud
07/11/03 - If nothing else, the opening decade of the 21st
century will go down in the annals of time as the period
the world went to war over GMOs. When it comes to
genetically modified organisms, passions run deep and the
path to reconciling polar opinions - if indeed possible -...
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The New Zealand Herald November 6, 2003 NEWS; General; GM
pine trees in virus probe BYLINE: By ANNE BESTON BODY: An
investigation has started into possible contamination of
genetically modified pine trees being grown in a field
trial at Rotorua. The contamination allegations come from
two former Forest Research Institute scientists, Dale Smith...
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5 November 2003
Austrian region to go to court for GMO-free zone BRUSSELS,
Nov 4 (Reuters) - An Austrian region that wants to declare
itself free of genetically modified (GM) crops said on
Tuesday it would take its fight with the European
Commission to court. "It's David standing up in front of
Goliath," Upper-Austria's regional farm minister Josef...
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11) EU sets possible dates for vote on GMO moratorium By
Jeremy Smith BRUSSELS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The European
Union's unofficial five-year ban on most GM products is
facing a key challenge with an upcoming test vote on
authorising imports of genetically modified sweet corn,
documents showed on Tuesday. If approved, the vote would...
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Guardian Unlimited, UK, Tuesday November 4, 2003, 12.45pm
update; High court blow for GM protesters Press Association
The high court today ordered four GM crop protesters to be
convicted of criminal offences after shackling themselves
to tractors during a demonstration. In a successful appeal,
the director of public prosecutions won orders overturning...
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4 November 2003
RTw 11/03 1120 Canadian growers warn UK farmers of GMO
crop risks LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Canadian farmers with
first hand experience growing genetically modified (GMO)
crops say the technology will damage Britain's booming
organic food sector and leave fields strewn with "super
weeds" grown from stray, leftover seeds. "I took the...
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The Age, Australia, Online, November 3, 2003 - 10:05PM; GE
onion hearing goes The first day of a public hearing on
field trials of genetically engineered (GE) onions went
into a secret session after it emerged the
Government-funded researchers had a mystery US collaborator.
The hearing, interrupted briefly by anti-GE protesters who...
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1 November 2003
The Guardian - Final Edition November 1, 2003 Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 13, 554 words; Scientists complain GM
debate was mishandled BYLINE: Tim Radford Science editor
BODY: More than 100 scientists have signed a letter to Tony
Blair, complaining about the way the debate on GM crops was
handled. Public meetings had been hijacked by anti-GM...
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31 October 2003
New Zealand Herald, Online, 31.10.2003; Greenpeace back
tofu maker By SIMON COLLINS Greenpeace has leapt to the
defence of an Auckland tofu maker who is being prosecuted
for falsely claiming that his vegetarian sausages were
"non-GM". Greenpeace GM campaigner Steve Abel rang Bean
Supreme tofu maker Paul Johnston yesterday to offer help in...
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EU's GM product ban "could end in two weeks" Environment
Daily 1542, 30/10/03 The EU's five-year-long informal ban
on new genetically modified food and crop varieties could
end within two weeks, a memo from the European Commission
to member states has revealed. The Commission says it is
likely to recommend marketing approval for a GM sweet maize...
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Neue Z¸rcher Zeitung Online Edition, Switzerland, October
30, 2003, 15:45; Controversial GM crop trial approved
Scientists have received permission from the government to
begin an outdoor trial of genetically modified (GM) wheat.
Greenpeace, which has led a two-year campaign against the
trial, says it will appeal against the decision. The...
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The Guardian - Final Edition October 29, 2003 Guardian
Society Pages, Pg. 13; Society: Environment: Transatlantic
drift: Environment groups agree: at no time have Europe and
the US been as far away from each other on green policies
as they are now. Polly Ghazi investigates BYLINE: Polly
Ghazi BODY: A Grand Canyon-sized gulf in policy and...
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29 October 2003
The Independent (London) October 29, 2003, NEWS; Pg. 8;
BECKETT ACCUSED OF SWEEPING GM ISSUE UNDER THE CARPET';
ENVIRONMENT BYLINE: MARIE WOOLF CHIEF POLITICAL
CORRESPONDENT BODY: MARGARET BECKETT, the Environment
Secretary, has been accused by one of her colleagues of
sweeping the issue of GM crops "under the carpet" after she...
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28 October 2003
BBC Online, Tuesday, 28 October, 2003, 13:57 GMT; NZ split
as GM freeze expires By Kim Griggs Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand's debate over Genetic Modification (GM) has
returned to centre stage as a moratorium on releasing GM
organisms into the environment expires. The New Zealand
Government has said the moratorium's ending on Thursday...
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The New Zealand Herald October 28, 2003 NEWS; General;
Government subsidy cuts costs for GM applicants BYLINE: By
BERNARD ORSMAN BODY: The Government is using $2 million of
taxpayers' money to subsidise the approval of genetically
modified and hazardous substance projects. Speaking before
the lifting of the GM moratorium tomorrow, Sustainability...
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27 October 2003
Reuters via Forbes.com, 10.27.03, 12:50 PM ET; Brazil
battle over biotech soy threatens top export Reuters, By
Reese Ewing SAO PAULO, Brazil, (Reuters) - Brazil's
uncertainty on how to regulate genetically modified soy
could put at risk a vibrant source of growth and trade
revenues for the recession-beset economy, analysts said on...
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22 October 2003
Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Switzerland heading for
referendum on biotech crops DATELINE: GENEVA, Oct 21 BODY:
Swiss voters will decide if there should be a moratorium on
the use of genetically-modified crops after environmental
and consumer groups successfully campaigned for a
referendum on the issue, authorities said Tuesday. The...
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One World, 22 October 2003; Monsanto Pull-Out May Help
Anti-GM Indian Farmers: Campaigners Kalyani NEW DELHI, Oct
22 (OneWorld) - Food and environment rights activists
believe American biotech giant Monsanto's decision to
partially withdraw from Europe will give a boost to an
Indian campaign to free a wheat patented by the...
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21 October 2003
Associated Press Worldstream October 20, 2003 Brazil
president faces growing criticism on environment BYLINE:
MICHAEL ASTOR; Associated Press Writer DATELINE: RIO DE
JANEIRO, Brazil BODY: A growing number of conservationists
are accusing Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva
of betraying them over environmental issues. On Monday, the...
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The Times of India October 21, 2003; COMPLETE FAILURE OF
BT COTTON IN SABARKANTHA BODY: AHMEDABAD: Complete failure
of the BT Cotton Bollgard-162 across 1,300 acres of land in
Sabarkantha has pushed the farmers into financial losses.
Sabarkantha MP Madhusudan Mistry, who immediately shot a
letter to union minister science and technology and head...
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The Newcastle Journal, UK, Online, Oct 21 2003; MPs demand
GM crops debate MPs are calling for an urgent Commons
debate on the commercialisation of genetically modified
crops. Labour MP Joan Ruddock is tabling a Commons motion
urging the Government to heed the results of the recent GM
Nation debate which showed 90% of the public is against the...
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CropDecisions.com, USA, Online, Oct. 21, 2003; Britain's
Largest Farming Co-op Issues Ban On GM Crops Britain's
largest farmer, the Co-operative Group, said that it had
imposed a preemptive ban on the growth of genetically
modified crops on its 85,000 acres of farmland. The move by
the co-operative society is part of a blanket ban across...
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20 October 2003
1) Independent on Sunday (London) October 19, 2003, Sunday
SECTION: COMMENT; Pg. 24 LENGTH: 806 words HEADLINE:
SCIENCE BACKS CONSUMERS' REJECTION OF GM FOOD - ARE YOU
LISTENING TONY? BYLINE: MICHAEL MEACHER. Last week's scientific study into
genetically modified crops was a serious setback for those who want this science introduced to Britain...
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2) Financial Times (London,England) October 17, 2003, London
Edition 1 NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 3; Biotech industry rejects
call for ban on products AGRICULTURE: BYLINE: By DAVID FIRN
and JOHN MASON BODY: The biotechnology industry rejected
calls for its genetically modified crop products to be
banned despite scientists finding that two out of the three...
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3) Independent on Sunday (London) October 19, 2003, TITLE
PAGE; Pg. 1, 386 words; UP TO 600 MILLION GM PLANTS COULD
BE GROWN IN BRITAIN EVERY YEAR BYLINE: GEOFFREY LEAN
ENVIRONMENT EDITOR BODY: Up to 600 million GM crop plants
could grow in Britain annually under plans drawn up by the
European Commission to be considered next week. The plans...
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4) The Observer, UK, Online, Sunday October 19, 2003; Number
10's wildlife experts warn against GM damage Mark Townsend
The Observer Tony Blair's chief wildlife advisers have
dealt another massive blow to the case for genetically
modified (GM) crops, warning that the technology will
'seriously degrade' swaths of countryside. In a damning...
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5) The Washington Post
October 18, 2003, Final Edition FINANCIAL; Pg. E01;
Monsanto Fined for Crop Tests; Modified Corn, Cotton
Improperly Handled BYLINE: Justin Gillis, Washington Post
Staff Writer BODY: Monsanto Co. and its research partners
paid $ 63,000 in fines for previously undisclosed......
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17 October 2003
1) The Irish Times, October 17, 2003. Greens and Sinn Féin call for ban on modified crops. Irish opponents of genetically modified crops reacted to the findings yesterday of the UK study to strengthen their position. Both the Green Party and Sinn Féin said they would fight any move to bring GM products to Ireland...
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2) The Guardian (London) October 16, 2003, Guardian Science
Pages, Pg. 6; Life: Judgment day: The results of the GM
field-scale trials will be announced today. But how exactly
were they carried out - and what will they really tell us?
Ian Sample reports BYLINE: Ian Sample BODY: On the morning
of April 4, 1999, a Wiltshire farmer ventured out to his...
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3) The Independent (London) October 16, 2003, TITLE PAGE; Pg.
1; CROPS GIANT RETREATS FROM EUROPE AHEAD OF GM REPORT
BYLINE: STEVE CONNOR SCIENCE EDITOR BODY: MONSANTO, the
huge American biotechnology company which has pioneered GM
crops, is withdrawing from many of its European operations
and laying off up to two thirds of its British workers. The...
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4) The Scotsman, UK, Online, Source: Press Association, Thu 16
Oct 2003, 4:21pm (UK); Wildlife Disaster Ahead If GM
Crops Get Go-Ahead By Tim Ross, PA News Skylarks and other
wildlife common to the British countryside face "disaster"
if ministers give the green light to GM crops, experts
warned today. Several species of farmland birds are already...
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5) The Guardian (London) October 16, 2003 Guardian Leader
Pages, Pg. 25; Innocents abroad?: Bill Gates's donation of
Dollars 25m to fund GM research has led to criticism that
his foundation is backing US corporate interests, not the
poor BODY: Bill Gates wants to do public good with the
immense profits of his IT empire, and over the past few...
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6) The New York Times October 16, 2003, Late Edition - Final
Section C; Page 8; Column 6; Business/Financial Desk;
Monsanto Overhauling Businesses BYLINE: By ANDREW POLLACK
BODY: Monsanto, the world's leading agricultural
biotechnology company, says it is abandoning efforts to
produce pharmaceuticals in genetically engineered crops to...
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16 October 2003
1) Green Party, Dublin, 16 October 2003. SARGENT URGES GOVERNMENT TO DEBATE AND DEVELOP IRISH AGRICULTURE AS GMO-FREE. As latest UK report fails to show GM crops in a positive light, Green Leader claims party will campaign vigorously to ensure GM crops do not gain foothold in Ireland. Green Party Leader, Trevor Sargent TD, said today that "the Government must be decisive in highlighting the need for Ireland to retain its clean, green image by not going down the GMO dependency road". "The future of Irish agriculture now hangs in the balance"...
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2) Greenpeace, 16 October 2003. GE crops take a double hit. Eagerly awaited scientific studies published by the UK Royal Society have substantiated warnings that genetically engineered (GE) crops can be harmful to the environment. The studies expose the risks of GE crops to the environment and challenge the benefits promised by the GE industry. Monsanto, the GE industry leader has at the same time announced a withdrawal from Europe for "strategic reasons."...
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3) BBC News, 16 October 2003. GM test results already in doubt. Publication of the results of the UK's study of genetically modified crops, the biggest conducted anywhere in the world, has already sparked controversy. Scientists who tested three GM crops found more damage to wildlife from two, oilseed rape and sugar beet, than from their conventional equivalents...
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4) BBC News, 16 October 2003. GM tests show danger to wildlife. The biggest environmental-impact study of genetically modified crops conducted anywhere in the world has produced largely mixed results. Scientists tested three biotech crops and found the cultivation of two - an oilseed rape and a beet crop - to be more harmful to many groups of wildlife than their conventional equivalents.
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5) Irish Independent, 15 October 2003 (from Robert Uhlig in London). GM crops developer Monsanto quits Europe. MONSANTO, the US pioneer of genetically modified crops, said yesterday it was pulling out of its European cereal seed business. The move was widely seen as a sign that it has given up hopes of introducing GM cereals in Europe. Monsanto had being pursuing field trials of its genetically modified crops at several European locations, in France, Germany and Britain and also in Ireland - where some trials were deliberately sabotaged by protesters at Oakpark, Co Carlow in 1997. Monsanto's announcement that it wants to sell its stations in England, France, Germany and the Czech Republic, follows hardening European resistance to GM food. (© Daily Telegraph, London).
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6) New Scientist, UK, Online, 19:00 15 October 03 Exclusive
from New Scientist Print Edition; Banning GM crops not
enough to save wildlife Genetically modified crops are now
grown in more than 16 countries. In 2002, farmers around
the world planted 60 million hectares of land with dozens
of varieties of GM crops. Yet in the UK, the decision to...
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7) The Guardian (London) October 15, 2003 Guardian Home
Pages, Pg. 2 Dollars 25m Gates gift to GM project under fire
BYLINE: John Vidal Environment editor BODY: Bill Gates is
to donate at least Dollars 25m (pounds 14.95m) to research
into whether GM food can provide 840 million malnourished
people with extra vitamins and micro-nutrients. But the
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14 October 2003
1) The Independent (London) October 14, 2003, Tuesday
SECTION: TITLE PAGE; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 380 words HEADLINE: US
FIRMS TRIED TO LIE' OVER GM CROPS, SAYS EU BYLINE: MICHAEL
MCCARTHY BODY: AMERICAN BIOTECH companies tried to lie to
Europe in an attempt to force genetically modified crops
upon them, Margot Wallstrom, the European environment...
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2) The Scotsman October 14, 2003, Pg. 3; GM COMPANY FACES
PROSECUTION AFTER ROGUE GENE FOUND IN TRIALS BYLINE: James
Reynolds Environment Correspondent BODY: CAMPAIGNERS
against genetically modified crops have demanded the
prosecution of a biotech seed company after it emerged that
more of the GM trials carried out in Scotland over the past...
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3) Financial Times (London,England) October 13, 2003, London
Edition 2 NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 3; Weedkiller ban is another
blow for GM crops BYLINE: By JOHN MASON BODY: Attempts to
introduce genetically modified crops into the UK have
suffered a further blow with a proposed European Union ban
on atrazine, a weedkiller widely used by maize farmers. The...
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4) The Guardian (London) October 14, 2003 SECTION: Guardian
Home Pages, Pg. 5 LENGTH: 912 words HEADLINE: Scientists
uncover risks in GM oil seed rape: Blow to companies as
trials find bees carry pollen up to 16 miles from modified
crop and contamination lasts longer BYLINE: Paul Brown
Environment correspondent BODY: Government scientists have...
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5) Britain moves to tighten GM crop trial rules Mon October
13, 2003 10:37 AM ET LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The UK
government moved to tighten rules on future trials of
genetically modified (GM) crops on Monday, but drew
criticism from environmental campaigners for refusing to
prosecute German biotech giant Bayer for breaching its...
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6) AAP NEWSFEED HEADLINE: Truth in food labelling laws
introduced in Australian parliament DATELINE: CANBERRA, Oct 13
BODY: Consumers would know the extent of genetic
manipulation and chemical residues in what they eat under a
truth in food labelling bill introduced to parliament today.
Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown introduced the private...
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13 October 2003
1) Independent on Sunday (London) October 12, 2003. FARMERS CAN SET UP GM-FREE ZONES. By Severin Carrell
Farmers are to be allowed to set up voluntary "GM-free zones" in a major U-turn by the European Commission, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. Ministers have already hinted that they could use the new power - which comes into force next month - because it would help them to head off intensifying public and political opposition to genetically modified crops...
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2) Independent on Sunday (London) October 12, 2003, NEWS;
Pg. 2 622 words ENVIRONMENT: HOW GM CROP TRIALS WERE RIGGED;
MINISTERS KNEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS, BUT THE TESTS
WERE BYLINE: GEOFFREY LEAN Greenpeace activists try to
destroy an experimental crop of GM maize in Norfolk
GREENPEACE/REUTERS BODY: In truth the GM trials, whose...
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3) DAILY MAIL (London) October 11, 2003 Pg. 31 Research that
could mean the end of GM BYLINE: SEAN POULTER BODY:
COMPELLING evidence has been uncovered which may finally
end Government support for geneticallymodified crops. A
devastating official study whose findings have been leaked
to the Daily Mail found that the powerful weedkillers used...
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4) The Independent (London) October 10, 2003, NEWS; Pg. 4
STUDY REVEALS FIRST EVIDENCE THAT GM SUPERWEEDS EXIST
BYLINE: STEVE CONNOR Oilseed rape has crossbred with its
wild cousin bargeman's cabbage, proving that genes can be
transferred between related plants; Mike Wilkinson: Buffer
zones won't stop hybrids' BODY: CROSS-POLLINATION between...
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5) The Advertiser October 11, 2003 NEWS; Pg. 33 Feathered
protesters BODY: DOZENS of environmental campaigners clad
in chicken suits barricaded poultry feed silos yesterday to
protest against the use of genetically modified ingredients.
Around 18 activists carrying anti-GM banners blockaded
Ingham's Enterprises main feed silo in Cardiff, Newcastle,...
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6) National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing (Canada)
October 11, 2003 National Edition Financial Post; Pg. FP01
Ottawa spends $20M for genetically modified trees: Plans
stir protests SOURCE: Financial Post BYLINE: Ian Jack
DATELINE: OTTAWA BODY: OTTAWA - The federal government is
spending upward of $20-million a year to create genetically...
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7) The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand) October 11, 2003,
NEWS Pg. 2 Four-fifths want GM ban BODY: GEOFF COLLETT
Fewer than one-fifth of Canterbury people support the
Government's October 29 deadline for lifting the moratorium
on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a Press survey
has found. The opinion poll, another of the Press'...
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8) New Zealand Herald, October 11, 2003 -- Thousands unite to
send anti-GE message to Government 11.10.2003 2.30pm Some
9000 protesters marched through the centre of Auckland
today to show the Government the groundswell of opinion
against genetic engineering. Campaigners rallied around the
country in a last ditch attempt to convince the Government...
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9) The Associated Press October 10, 2003, FDA tells
university it violated safety laws with transgenic pigs
BYLINE: By EMILY GERSEMA, Associated Press Writer DATELINE:
WASHINGTON BODY: The government has determined the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign failed to comply
with safety laws when it allowed offspring of animals used..
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9 October 2003
1) Globe and Mail, Canada, October 9, 2003 -- Ontario seeks to
intervene in biofoods court case Canola farmer's
gene-patenting fight linked to possible patient-care delays
By COLIN FREEZE Thursday, October 9, 2003 - Page A5 Fearing
that gene-patenting issues could compromise patient care
and escalate health-care costs, Ontario is seeking to...
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8 October 2003
(Greenpeace)
1) Lloyd's List October 8, 2003 SECTION: Pg. 4 LENGTH: 597
words HEADLINE: Grain - Brazil's soya may soon rival US
harvest BODY: Controversial legalisation of GM seeds likely
to further boost production in next five years, writes
Namrata Nadkarni BRAZIL is a mere five years away from
being a power to reckon with in the grain industry....
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2) The New Zealand Herald October 8, 2003 NEWS; General;
Latest Free CD for sending anti-GE postcard to Prime
Minister BODY: Singers and musicians have joined a campaign
asking Prime Minister Helen Clark not to lift the
moratorium on the release of genetically engineered (GE)
crops. People can receive a free CD called "Hang on Helen",...
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7 October 2003
1) The New Zealand Herald October 7, 2003 NEWS; General
Northern councils wary as GE moratorium nears end BYLINE:
By TONY GEE BODY: Issues of local body responsibility,
liability and risk must be settled before the moratorium on
releasing genetically modified organisms is lifted, says
the Far North District Council. It and the Whangarei...
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2) Deutsche Presse-Agentur October 7, 2003, Ten strip off in
biotech protest at parliament DATELINE: Wellington BODY: A
group of 10 men and women stripped off their clothes on the
grounds of New Zealand's parliament building in Wellington
Tuesday to protest genetic engineering (GE) of crops. The
10, joined by a man who kept on his underwear and a woman...
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3) The Evening Standard (London) October 7, 2003 INSURANCE
COMPANIES FEAR GM CROPS COULD BE 'ANOTHER THALIDOMIDE' BY
VICTORIA FLETCHER CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT PLANS for the
future of GM crops in Britain suffered a massive blow today
as insurance giants issued dire warnings about the unknown
dangers posed by the supercrops. Insurance firms are...
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4) The Guardian (London) October 7, 2003 Guardian Leader
Pages, Pg. 25 Force-fed a diet of hype: George Monbiot The
verdict of the market means nothing to the GM industry and
its government friends BODY: It is curious that this
government, which goes to such lengths to show that it
responds to market forces, appears to believe, when it...
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6 October 2003
1) Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia) October 6, 2003 NEWS;
Pg. 24 Buyers back GM tag BYLINE: IAN ROYALL, consumer
reporter BODY: CONSUMERS want better labelling telling them
whether their food contains genetically modified components.
A survey by the Australian Consumers Association found that
84 per cent of shoppers still had concerns about eating GM...
2) The New Zealand Herald October 6, 2003 NEWS; General
Canada export gamble BYLINE: By HELEN TUNNAH deputy
political editor BODY: Official papers show Canada may be
losing existing export markets because of its production of
genetically engineered canola. The Sustainability Council
said Canada's experience flies in the face of the...
3) Irish Independent October 6, 2003 MINISTER FEARS GM CROPS
WILL DAMAGE OUR GREEN IMAGE BODY: AGRICULTURE Minister Joe
Walsh said he believes growing genetically modified
cropswould damage Ireland's green farming image, but 16 new
GM applications are alreadybeing considered by the Irish
authorities. As Europe prepares to end its five-year...
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4) Scoop.co.nz Genetic Engineering sends websites through
roof Monday, 6 October 2003, 8:35 pm Press Release:
www.hitwise.co.nz Kiwi concerns over Genetic Engineering
sends websites through the roof. Auckland, 6th October
2003: Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive
intelligence service has reported that the number of New...
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5) Financial Times (London,England) October 6, 2003, London
Edition 1 NATIONAL NEWS; Pg. 4 GM crop claims 'speculation'
NEWS DIGEST BYLINE: By JEAN EAGLESHAM BODY: At least one of
three genetically modified crops planned for Britain could
be banned by the government, according to speculation
yesterday. The results of three-year field trials, due this...
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6) The Guardian (London) October 6, 2003 SECTION: Guardian
Leader Pages, Pg. 19 LENGTH: 269 words HEADLINE: GM crop
technology on trial BYLINE: Dr Mark Avery Dr Sophie Lewis
Ben Ayliffe BODY: * The GM issue will test the government's
credibility on sustainable development. If the weedkillers
used with GM beet and rape cut insect and plant numbers to...
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3 October 2003
2) Asia Pulse October 3, 2003 AUSTRALIAN FARMERS DEMAND GM
LAW REFORM DATELINE: CANBERRA, Oct 3 BODY: Australia's gene
technology laws had to be completely reviewed as they were
biased against traditional farming, anti-GM farmers said
today. The Network of Concerned Farmers said the Office of
the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) was failing to protect...
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3) Washington Post online, Supreme Court Asked to Consider
Soy Case The Associated Press Friday, October 3, 2003; 7:02
PM SAO PAULO, Brazil - Just nine days after it was signed,
the constitutionality of an executive decree lifting a ban
on planting genetically modified soybeans has come under
fire from three different directions. Claiming that the...
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4) The Vancouver Province October 3, 2003 Final Edition
News; Pg. A20 238 words Activists hang from cranes to
protest GM food exports SOURCE: The Province BYLINE: John
Colebourn BODY: Three Greenpeacers evaded security and
suspended themselves from the cranes of a ship loading
genetically engineered canola in Vancouver yesterday. They...
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5) Financial Mail (South Africa) October 3, 2003 Economy,
Business & Finance; Pg. 14 CROPS ON STEROIDS BYLINE: Sven
Lunsche BODY: GM food CROPS ON STEROIDS South African
farmers continue to press ahead with planting genetically
modified (GM) crops despite resistance by environmentalists
and the ban on GM food imports by the European Union. In...
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6) The Guardian - Final Edition October 3, 2003 Guardian Home
Pages, Pg. 2 Threat to wildlife enough to ban GM crops,
MEPs told BYLINE: Paul Brown, Environment correspondent
BODY: A threat to British wildlife from GM crops would be
sufficient grounds for the UK government to ban the growing
of such crops, the European health commissioner said...
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2 October 2003
1) AAP NEWSFEED October 2, 2003, Fed: Second GM food crop
given in-principle support DATELINE: CANBERRA, Oct 2 BODY:
Australia's gene technology regulator today gave
in-principle support to the release of the nation's second
genetically altered food crop. The Office of the Gene
Technology Regulator (OGTR) said it had found a genetically...
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2) Forbes.com October 2, 2003 [REUTERS] Brazil's green party
contests gov't GM soy decree BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) -
Brazil's Green Party said Wednesday it had challenged in
the Supreme Court a government decree allowing the planting
of genetically modified soybeans. A Green Party spokeswoman
said last week's government decree authorizing planting of...
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3) EU may start to lift GMO ban before year-end -EC BRUSSELS,
Oct 2 (Reuters) - The European Union's food safety chief
said on Thursday the 15-nation bloc could begin to lift its
five-year de facto ban on most genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) before the end of the year. EU Health and
Consumer Protection Commissioner David Byrne said member...
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4) Associated Press Worldstream October 2, 2003 HEADLINE:
Protest grows as end nears to ban on biotech plants and
animals BYLINE: RAY LILLEY; Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: WELLINGTON, New Zealand BODY: As the end of a
two-year ban on planting genetically engineered crops in
New Zealand looms, this nation that prides itself on its...
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5) The Guardian (London) October 2, 2003 Guardian Home Pages,
Pg. 1 GM crops fail key trials amid environment fear: Two
out of three strains 'should not be grown': GM crops fail
key trials amid environment fear BYLINE: Paul Brown
Environment correspondent BODY: GM oil-seed rape and sugar
beet are more damaging than conventional crops, scientists...
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6) The New York Times October 2, 2003, Late Edition - Final
Section C; Page 10; Column 3; Business/Financial Desk Judge
Rejects Class Action Against Seed Producers BYLINE: By
DAVID BARBOZA BODY: A federal judge yesterday denied
class-action status to an antitrust lawsuit that accused
some of the world's biggest agricultural seed companies of...
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1 October 2003
1) The New Zealand Herald October 1, 2003 NEWS; General
Billboards to milk GM debate BYLINE: By SIMON COLLINS BODY:
Controversial billboards portraying a naked woman with four
breasts are going up in Auckland and Wellington today to
provoke a debate about the ethics of genetic modification.
The posters, designed by former singer Alannah Currie, show...
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1 October 2003
1) Financial Times (London,England) September 30, 2003,
London Edition 2 EUROPE; Pg. 10 Fischler urges EU states to
lift modified-crops ban BYLINE: By TOBIAS BUCK DATELINE:
BRUSSELS BODY: Franz Fischler, the European Union farm
commissioner, yesterday pleaded with member states to lift
their moratorium on the approval of new genetically...
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2) New Zealand Herald, GE onions attract record number of
submissions 30.09.2003 4.00pm More than 1900 people and
organisations have made submissions on plans by crown
science company Crop and Food Research to field test
genetically engineered onions. The previous record number
of submissions on a GE application was 863, made over an...
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3) IPS, September 29, 2003: DEVELOPMENT: Britain Set To Seal
Future of GM in Europe Sanjay Suri LONDON, Sep 29 (IPS) -
The future of GM crops in Europe has been in the balance
for some time, but that balance is now tilted more in
favour of the anti-GM lobby following the results of a
government-sponsored consultation process last week. The...
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