1.   The chances of this working are close to zero, leaving organic farmers without their biological weapon of last resort.

2.   US officials had claimed earlier that the factory was being used to produce biological weapons.

3.   The Foreign Minister assured the UN that Iraq does not possess any biological weapons or related items.

4.   In April Iraq had denied possessing any biological weapons.

5.   The accord also authorized the creation of a mechanism to monitor the observance of conventions banning biological weapons.

6.   Along the way, U.S. forces encounter a factionalized population, some of whom oppose the U.S. presence and may be preparing a biological weapons attack.

7.   Although the men were charged with possessing and conspiring to possess a biological weapon, authorities announced Saturday that the substance turned out to be a harmless anthrax vaccine.

8.   Although the pact on biological weapons was the first to eliminate a category of arms, no enforcement plan was provided.

9.   Among the microfluidic devices expected in the near future is a hand-held detector for anthrax, smallpox and other biological weapons.