SKorea, US resume tough free trade talks amid tight security (AFP Business News via Yahoo!7 Finance) SEOUL (AFP) - The United States and South Korea have launched a fresh round of free trade talks amid tight security as local farmers and anti-globalzation activists vowed to go ahead with banned protests. [News Source]

Mad Cow-Resistant Cattle Developed (Planet Ark) NEW YORK - By genetically removing a particular protein, scientists have developed cattle that seem to be resistant to mad cow disease, according to a report in the journal Nature Biotechnology. [News Source]

The skirmish over cloning animals. Last week, the FDA tentatively approved the use of cloned animals to make food. [News Source]

Free-trade hopes dim as US, South Korea resume talks (AFP via Yahoo! News) The United States and South Korea will resume long-running free-trade talks with hopes receding of a deal between two countries whose annual trade already tops 70 billion dollars. [News Source]