The UN world food body has reached a landmark agreement for saving the diversity of agricultural crops. Members of the body, including the US, have decided to make it mandatory for plant breeders and

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NATO strikes on chemical plants and refineries around Belgrade could lead to an ecological disaster, warn Serb officials

Environmentalists succeed in thwarting the Army s move to construct a firing range

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US TREASURY secretary Lloyd Benen said his country favoured World Bank funding of programmes to help people affected by war, civil strife and economic mismanagement, and demanded specific targets