NEWS

Global
• There's Need to Set Time Frame for Hunger, Poverty Eradication; FAO Director General Claims 
• Lebanon to Become 165^th Party to CPB 

Africa
• 1^st Bio-Innovate Regional Scientific Conference in Ethiopia 

Americas
• Food Science Expert Says GM Crops are Overregulated 
• Oregon State University Develops High Yielding, Stripe Rust Resistant Wheat 
• Paraguay Approves New Biotech Soybean Variety 
• Genetic Diversity of Capsicum Peppers Revealed 
• CIMMYT Inaugurates Biosciences Facilities in Mexico 

Asia and the Pacific
• Philippine Rice Research in the Spotlight as the Country's President Visits IRRI 
• CIMMYT Launches Project to Develop Heat Resilient Maize for South Asia 
• India's Agriculture Minister Supports Field Trials of GM Crops 
• CropLife Pakistan Forms Biotech Committee 

Europe
• Scientists Call for New Regulations for "Growing" Medicines in Plants 
• Britain's Egg Producers Call to Lift GM Ban 
• Scientists Develop Healthier Barley 

Research
• Impact of the ahas Gene and of Imazapyr Herbicide on Soil Microbial Communities 
• Researchers Confirm Bt Corn's Benefits Aside from Pest Resistance 

Announcements
• ISAAA International Conference: Adoption of Biotech Crops in the Developing World 
• National Symposium on Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management in Vegetable Crops 

Document Reminders
• Proceedings on Agribiotech Communication in Muslim Countries 
• Book: Successful Agricultural Innovation in Emerging Economies