U.S., Canada sign salmon treaty WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Canada signed an agreement Wednesday aimed at protecting and building up dwindling Pacific salmon supplies. The Pacific Salmon Treaty, agreed to after five years of tough negotiations and years of disputes between U.S. and Canadian fishermen, revises a 1985 agreement to rebuild wild salmon runs and ensure that both sides get a fair share of the catch. Thomas R. Pickering, acting secretary of state while Madeleine Albright is in New York for meetings on Kosovo, and Canadian Ambassador Raymond Chtien signed the accord at formal ceremonies in the State Department's Treaty Room. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560127946-0dc> P&G to end product tests on animals CINCINNATI (AP) - Procter & Gamble Co. will immediately end the use of animal tests for its current beauty, fabric, home care and paper products except where required by law, management said Wednesday. Animal-rights activists have made the worldwide consumer products company a target for years, with a boycott of P&G products beginning in 1989. They also have thrown cream pies into the face of P&G Chairman John Pepper, picketed and been arrested at the company's Cincinnati headquarters and spoofed P&G's Tide detergent-sponsored auto racing car with a similarly decorated car with the logo "Died." P&G's announcement made exceptions for food and pharmaceutical products and new product technologies and ingredients. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560128057-839>
