disease resistance and make crops more able to withstand floods and drought. They believe that by analysing the genes of more plants, they'll be able to
build up
a library of properties, with which plant breeders can create new varieties suited to local circumstances.
Finance ministers from the G20 economies meeting in France have reached a deal aimed at preventing a repeat of the global financial crisis. The accord covers what indicators can be used to measure economic imbalances, such as large trade surpluses. The French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde described the deal as a compromise agreed after sometimes frank and tense negotiations in Paris.
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目击者告诉BBC,利比亚军队使用机枪和大口径武器扫射班加西市的反政府抗议者,造成几人死亡。他们描述了狙击手在建筑的屋顶上开枪,抗议者当场反击的混乱景象。Jon Leyne报道更详细内容。
班加西的目击者描述了现场的情况,听上去像是抗议者与政府力量之间的持续战斗。据一些无法证实的报道,一个主要的兵营或安全总部已经倒向反对派一边。网络上还有一些报道称,卡扎菲上校的侄子在冲突中遇难。此前,目击者描述了一支经营政府力量赶赴班加西的情况,其中许多人很明显来自利比亚以外。军队使用枪炮甚至迫击炮来对付反对派。当地医院已经接纳了相当多的伤员,然而具体数字非常难以证实。