Protesters run riot, shut down Seattle
Anti-trade demonstrators at Seattle threw the third ministerial conference into chaos forcing postponement of the inaugural session on Tuesday.

RBI's Y2K measures have slashed cash reserve ratio by 0.5% -- I-Sec
The recent Y2K-related stabilisation measure announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowing banks to treat vault cash as cash reserve ratio (CRR) has effectively reduced the CRR by more than 0.5%.

WTO `doomed' to succeed, says Moore; US regrets the protests
WTO director general Mike Moore officially opened the world trade ministers' conference Tuesday saying "I very much regret" the protests by thousands of people which shut down Seattle city centre.


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