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• A Monsanto plan to cash in on world water crisis
  GM coorporation MONSANTO had drew up plans to porfit from global water crisis.

• The Global Sweatshop:
  Gap Shorts sell for £28, while the women who make them earn 20p

• TRADE: Seed Companies Hauled Into Court
  MEXICO CITY (IPS), Sep 24 - Legal action taken against life science companies over genetically-modified food issue

• UK Arms dealing
  ARMS TRADE IS DAMAGING GOOD PROGRESS ON ETHICAL FOREIGN POLICY

• Dozens Reported killed by Nigerian Soldiers
  (New York, September 21, 1999)—Human Rights Watch has received reports that Nigerian government security forces have killed several dozen people over the last two weeks.

• Rome - Indulgences explained and modernised.
  The Vatican has issued an updated manual on indulgences and how Catholics can obtain them.

• Asia - Bishops' guidelines on de Mello please theologians.
  Jesuit theologians in India welcome the bishops’ guidelines on the writings of the late Fr Anthony de Mello.

• Jubilee implies commitment to justice - Holy Father calls for international solidarity in address to "Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice' Foundation

• WHAT 'FAMILY' MEANS TO DIFFERENT FAITHS
  A new series of leaflets to promote Catholic understanding of family life in other religions.

• Disney Boycott Seen As Economic ‘Warfare’
  Protest over depiction of Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal capital.

• Another Vedic Site Found in the NWFP
  Harappan era Vedic archaeological site in the Gomal plain of Dera Ismail Khan district discovered.

• Making Ganesha: An idol's journey to the sea

• Husseini emphasises Palestinians have claim on west Jerusalem
  CAIRO (AP) - Top Palestinian negotiator was quoted on Sunday as saying that Palestinians have a claim on west Jerusalem.

• Majali promises to 'consider' demands to eliminate 'honour crimes'
  Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali on Monday promised consider women's demands to eliminate crimes of honour by changing laws that permits males to kill their female relatives for illicit behaviour.

• The roll of the dice
  On Oct 12, the world will celebrate the symbolic birth of the baby who will bring mankind's number to six billion.

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