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"Everyone is holding out for their national positions and I expect people to remain firm until they get on the plane," $aid U.S. trade ambassador Rita Hayes. Envoys were supposed to produce a proposed declaration for ministers By Naomi Koppei. to issue at the end of the meeting. It The Associated.Press can only be a few pages long, but GENEVA Trade ambassadors they are sending ministers a 32-page oiv Tuesday abandoned 14 months of document with alternative suggesdiscussions on the content of a new tions for almost eveiy line. In Washington. U.S. Trade Millennium trade round, leaving Charlene government ministers with the task Representative of sorting out the most contentious Barshefsky said she wasn't worried that the talks in Geneva had broken issues in.four days. Ministers from the World Trade off without an agreement arid preOrganization's 135 member countries dicted the- trade ministers will be will meet in Seattle next week to set able to reach agreement during the the agenda for a new round of trade four days of discussions next week. "This is a negotiation. It will break negotiations to begin early next year.

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down and resume. I am not the least bit concerned." she said during an appearance at the National Press Club. "I have a high degree of confidence in the outcome of Seattle. Getting there is a little messy, but that is the nature of the beast." There have been two main, sticking points, WTO director-general Mike Moore told a news conference.
"We have made progress in a number of areas,-but everything is con. nected to everything else.' Developing countries say they have not received the benefits they were promised from the opening of markets and they want more time to fulfill their obligations while asking richer countries to speed up their own moves to improve market access.
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second annual Show Us Your World student photography contest. Co-sponsored by National Geographic, Show Us Your World generated more than 5,500 entries from high school students across the United States. Each student was challenged to depict what best described his/her own world through photography. All students of art and photography classes grades 9-12 in the fall of 2000 were invited to enter. Winning entries will be displayed for the first time at the annual Photo Marketing Association (PMA) trade show here in Orlando, FL, from February 11-14, 2000 at the Minolta Corporation booth (#1925). An exhibit in Washington, DC, is planned for the year 2001. The First Prize Winner was Marcy Teague of Fuquay-Varina, NC; Second Prize went to Steven Laub of Paradise, CA; and Third Prize went to Adrianne Bonafede of La Quinta, CA. Also on display will be 22 honorable mentions. We were delighted and impressed by the overall response to the competition and the quality of the images we received, said Brian Miller, vice president of marketing for Minolta Corporations Consumer Products Group. Minolta is proud to join with the National Geographic Society in the promotion of photography education. We are encouraged by the enthusiasm shown by the students and teachers of photography across the United States. It is especially significant to see that so many talented students remain committed to photography as both an art form and a personal communications vehicle. The Prizes First Prize: Three-day/two-night trip to Washington, DC with a parent and teacher; photo tour of our Nations Capitol monuments with a National Geographic photographer; $1,000 college scholarship; Minolta Maxxum 7 single-lens reflex (SLR) camera body with AF (autofocus) 24-105mm lens and 100-300mm lens ($1,800 value); customized camera bag with National Geographic and Minolta logos; Autographed National Geographic photo

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book; and a slideshow presentation at the winners school by award-winning photojournalist John Isaac, who covered the events of the world for the United Nations for 30 years. Second Prize: $500 college scholarship; Minolta Maxxum XTsi SLR camera body with 2880mm lens and 75-300mm lens ($1,200 value); Customized camera bag with National Geographic and Minolta logos; and an autographed National Geographic photo book. Third Prize: Minolta Maxxum HTsi Plus SLR camera body with 28-80mm lens ($750 value); customized camera bag with National Geographic and Minolta logos; and an autographed National Geographic photo book. The First, Second and Third prize winners school libraries will also receive The Complete 110-year National Geographic CD-ROM Set. Minolta Corporation Minolta Corporation, headquartered in Ramsey, New Jersey, is the largest subsidiary of Minolta Co. Ltd. of Osaka, Japan, a leading manufacturer of cameras, business equipment, radiometric instruments and planetariums. Minolta Corporation's Consumer Products Group (CPG) markets 35 mm film and Advanced Photo System cameras, digital cameras, binoculars, accessory lenses, photographic light meters, 35mm and Advanced Photo System film scanners and other consumer products. Minolta is the exclusive distributor of Cokin filters. The corporation's Business Products Group (BPG) markets digital and analog office equipment. Products include black-and-white copiers, digital black and white printer/copiers, plain-paper laser facsimile machines, digital color printer/copiers, micrographic systems, document management software, and related office equipment. For more information, visit Minoltas Web site located at www.minoltausa.com or access Minoltas PHOTOFAX at 800-528-4767.
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