FOOD AID IMPASSE
The Zimbabwe and US governments are still locked in negotiations over a consignment of genetically modified food aid. Last week, Â鶹´«Ã½ revealed that Zimbabwe was refusing thousands of tonnes of maize offered by the US Agency for International Development via the World Food Programme. One compromise may be to convert the grain to flour before letting it into the country, or local authorities could mill it before distribution. But the details of the delivery arrangements are yet to be worked out.
AUSTRALIAN TSE FEARS
A zoo cat in Melbourne may have died from a transmissible spongiform…
