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Researcher urges more exports of rice, wheat 12 May 2008 03:16 GMT
... China should increase the exports of rice and wheat ... tons is unlikely to threaten the country’s food security despite a decade-high inflation, Yu said. But ...
UAE rice importers seek 25 % subsidy 12 May 2008 03:04 GMT
... justified. With major rice exporters India, Vietnamm China and Egypt imposing curbs on exports, international grain prices ... increase global investments to ensure its long-term food security. Meanwhile, Saudi ports in Jeddah and Dammam ...
Practice Writing 12 May 2008 02:31 GMT
... to stay home or go elsewhere. Localized food borne diseases can have an effect on the ... income from trade. Similar issues occurred throughout China and other Asian countries when overpopulation led to pollution ...
Japan wary of China's panda diplomacy 12 May 2008 02:30 GMT
... week seemed like the hand of fate. China's president, who left on Saturday, seized the ... underwater gas reserves or its food-safety standards, Beijing could not be trusted. It was in ... that several people fell ill after eating Chinese-made frozen dumplings, an incident that has still ...
Panda diplomacy loses charm amid Sino-Japanese mistrust 12 May 2008 02:30 GMT
... week, seemed like the hand of fate. China's president, who left on Saturday, seized the ... underwater gas reserves or its food-safety standards, Beijing could not be trusted. It was in ... that several people fell ill after eating Chinese-made frozen dumplings, an incident that has still ...

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Chancellor fires blast at EU's farm policy 12 May 2008 02:30 GMT
... health standards from countries such as India, China and the US that are seeking to export to ... best way to maintain global and European food security, and that a successful conclusion of the ...
Unless you're with an official aid group, avoid cyclone-ravaged Myanmar 11 May 2008 06:38 GMT
... foreigners, especially students, being forced out of Beijing, and other travelers and foreign embassy officials ... having trouble getting visas to remain in China during the Olympics. Officials encourage visa applicants to ... citizenship rather than within China or in Hong Kong, a popular place for obtaining entry visas ...
Hu answers calls for rapprochement 11 May 2008 01:30 GMT
... OSAKA (Kyodo) Chinese President Hu Jintao's trip to Japan this ... of political science at City University of Hong Kong. But the countries "understand they must contain ... he said. Diplomatic relations between Japan and China began recovering after former Prime Minister Shinzo ...
Burmese junta still blocking cyclone aid 10 May 2008 22:50 GMT
... than 1m people urgently in need of drinking water, food, shelter and medical attention. Veterans of ... shift may reflect the growing pressure from China and south-east Asian countries to co-operate with the international ...
Densely populated countries will alter global food equation 10 May 2008 22:37 GMT
... the lunch rush at a McDonald's in China would feel out of place in America: ... Indians realize we have to build our food security with homegrown food, not imported food," he ... Tribune staff writer Evan Osnos reported from Beijing, and staff writer Laurie Goering reported from New ...
Arroyo told: Don't blame media, critics for crisis 10 May 2008 22:09 GMT
... with foreign countries such as Japan and China which would endanger the livelihood of small farmers ... policy of rice importation being prioritized over food security and rice self-sufficiency, the rice crisis will ...
Stricter monitoring in store for food imports to Taiwan 10 May 2008 18:56 GMT
... Stricter monitoring in store for food imports to Taiwan Stricter measures will be taken to prevent contaminated ... to take delivery of the goods before food safety examinations are completed to preserve freshness. But ...
Behind the food riots, a deeper debate over globalization and the secret of good farming 10 May 2008 18:54 GMT
... Behind the food riots, a deeper debate over ... is gobbling up farmland, and a voracious Chinese market for food. Get used to it, they ... has made great strides in strengthening its food security by allowing its farms to get larger ...
Behind the food riots: a debate on how best to farm 10 May 2008 18:01 GMT
... But many experts call these Band-Aid solutions, saying what's ... is gobbling up farmland, and a voracious Chinese market for food. Get used to it, they ... has made great strides in strengthening its food security by allowing its farms to get larger ...
Myanmar Votes as Rulers Keep Grip on Aid 10 May 2008 17:11 GMT
... DEVASTATION A woman in her cyclone-destroyed house south ... towns and roadways. Long convoys of green Chinese-made military trucks hauled away stumps and branches. ... and fisheries may affect seriously the long-term food security situation,” he said. ...
Myanmar Votes as Junta Curbs Cyclone Relief 10 May 2008 16:22 GMT
... DEVASTATION A woman in her cyclone-destroyed house south ... towns and roadways. Long convoys of green Chinese-made military trucks hauled away stumps and branches. ... and fisheries may affect seriously the long-term food security situation,” he said. ...
Foes of Myanmar junta raise voices in S.F. 10 May 2008 15:49 GMT
... week." While the urgency mounts to get drinking water, food, shelter and medical care to the ... better - the more it will pressure China as well." But Silverstein said American and European sanctions ...
Foes of Burma junta raise voices in S.F. 10 May 2008 14:36 GMT
... week." While the urgency mounts to get drinking water, food, shelter and medical care to the ... better - the more it will pressure China as well." But Silverstein said American and European sanctions ...
Travel companies in Myanmar provide cyclone relief 10 May 2008 14:22 GMT
... Travel companies in Myanmar provide cyclone relief With ... producing clay water filters that produce clean drinking water. The foundation operates two facilities, one of ... is enlisting help from its offices in Hong Kong and Thailand. "This is person to person, nothing ...
McCain makes campaign stop in New Jersey 10 May 2008 13:10 GMT
... green plan that would include India and China. But various environmental organizations and politicians challenged his record ... has consistently voted against amendments to make drinking water safer in New Jersey, or those that ...
Junta obstructs relief effort 10 May 2008 10:37 GMT
... has accepted donations from some countries, including China and Thailand, that have allowed the military to handle ... congested shelters suffering from lack of clean drinking water and latrines, and some camps already observed ...
Hundreds turn out for second day of food protests in Somalia 10 May 2008 10:36 GMT
... the burgeoning middle classes in India and China and poor weather have contributed to the jump in ... by troops from neighboring Ethiopia. The U.N. food security unit warned last week that half of ...
Daily Planner: May 10 10 May 2008 10:34 GMT
... YARD SALE: 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Benefits Juvenile Diabetes Research ... sturdy shoes, appropriate clothing, hat and bring drinking water; tools provided. Minors need parent/guardian signed release ... group visits. 13548 Centerville Road. Permanent Maidu, Chinese and mining history displays. Special displays change; currently, the ...
FCI on wheat buying spree, as traders stay away 10 May 2008 10:09 GMT
... wheat production, second only to that of China, may climb to a record 76.8 million tons in ... tons of wheat and rice to bolster food security. The reserve, to be maintained by FCI, ...
UN halts aid after seizure by Myanmar 10 May 2008 09:58 GMT
... with water purification tablets to have clean drinking water in Yangon reports of a possible 100,000 ... people were in urgent need of assistance. China meanwhile sent a second $500,000 shipment of 60 ...