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The United Nations Food and Agriculture organisation is poised to officially open the "Global Seeds Vault".

February 25, 2008

Just 1,000 kilometres from North Pole a vault has been carved in the ice filled with samples of the world's most important seed aimed at safeguarding genetic heritage for future generations.

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