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...Nations conference on biosafety, breaking into tears as he announced early Saturday that after several years of contentious negotiations, an agreement had been reached. The protocol would allow countries to reject genetically modified foods without scientific evidence of harm, and it would require exporters to label shipments that may contain added genetic material, but it would not force them to separate normal and altered agricultural products...
...That last point was almost the deal-breaker. The European Union had insisted on requiring genetically modified foods or seeds to be shipped in separate containers. Representatives from the U.S. and Canada balked, swearing that it would cost billions to set up separate distribution systems. Although U.S. farmers lose millions in exports annually because of E.U. consumer fears about their crops, the U.S. negotiating team was prepared to walk out rather than cede the point. In the end, negotiators agreed to settle for labels that note the shipment may contain some genetically modified material. That particular label may become...
...Each school will contain a representative mix of the student population, from bilingual students who have typically been concentrated in the Academy's bilingual program to special education students...
Venter's rivals have raised questions about how complete and accurate the finished maps will be. Venter has acknowledged that Celera's will contain some gaps, especially in the so-called repeats--long stretches of DNA with virtually identical sequences. Genome Project scientists once argued that because they have an easier time sequencing the repeats, their finished map would be more complete and error-free. They have since discovered that many regions throughout the chromosomes are unreadable even with their technology, and they are now forced to acknowledge that their product will have large gaps as well...
...biggest beneficiary of Kohl's demise may be his successor, Gerhard Schroeder, whose Democratic Socialist government had until late last year been struggling to contain a resurgent CDU. "This scandal has destroyed the credibility of the entire opposition because many of its leadership figures have been tainted," says Wallace. "And a couple of months ago they'd looked set to break the Social Democrats' grip on government." But the long-term impact of a scandal of this magnitude goes beyond partisan calculation - Watergate, after all, forever destroyed the trust of a nation in its leaders...