WTO : DG signals SO meet in July despite no progress on MC13 deliverables (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Despite a lack of concrete progress on an y of the mandated deliverables for the upcoming World Trade Organization's 13th ministerial conference (MC13), the WTO director-general, Ms Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, seems to be contemplating the idea of convening a capital-ba sed senior officials' (SO) meeting end-July, said people familiar with the disc ussions.

Brazil : Livestock producers seek to integrate biogas & animal protein marke t (PRIV)
(IPS, Toledo)
It is the "best energy," according to it s producers, but biogas from livestock waste still lacks an organized market that would allow it to take off and realize its potential in Brazil, the world's largest meat exporter.

Opinion : America's illegal immigration predicament (PRIV)
(IPS, Portland)
Approximately 225 million people from around the world would like to migrate permanently to the United State s. But given America's current policies, relatively few of them will be able t o do so legally.