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Breaking news Sun, 11 May 2008
JEEPNEY - TRANSPORTATION - PHILIPPINES
Oil   Philippines   Photos   Price   Transport  
Transport groups to hold strike; govt ready
By Nora O. Gamolo, Senior Desk Editor and Ruben D. Manahan 4TH and James Konstantin Galvez, Reporters | Transport groups led by the 200,000-member Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nati... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) The Manila Times
 An aerial view of damage to villages and infrastructure following Cyclone Sidr. (mb1)
Aid   Burma   Disaster   Photos   Society  
Grief is compounded by desperation
| BURMA'S great Irrawaddy river runs flat and muddy. It twines and forks through kilometres of rich delta and has always given nurture and good fortune to the people of southern Burma. | But in the wa... (photo: US Marine Corp / Ezekiel R. Kitandwe) The Australian
 farming- rice- ricefield - philippine crops- harvest- agriculture. Rice, the principal staple crop, is grown everywhere, but especially in central and north-central Luzon, south-central Mindanao; western Negros and eastern and central Panay. Much of the Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland
| CHINA'S fast-growing farm corporations may be the next wave of Chinese investors in Australia, joining their already influential mining comrades. | China's Agriculture Ministry is developing a polic... (photo: WN) The Australian
Agricultural   Australia   China   Economy   Photos  
Destruction left behind along a road near Rangoon, Burma following Cyclone Nargis May 5, 2008. It's time for an aid intervention
| WHAT are we waiting for? Where now is liberal interventionism? | More than 100,000 people are dead after a cyclone in the Irrawaddy Delta and the UN has declared that up to 2 million people, deprive... (photo: U.S. Department of State / ) The Australian
Aid   Burma   Million   Photos   UN  
Top Stories
roast/ntf1 Foodie paradise found: Penang
PENANG, Malaysia - There's fresh crab, live from the tank, and bowls of miniature clams ready to pop out of their shells for sauteing in a spicy sauce with garlic and lim... (photo: Creative Commons / nourtarek) Orlando Sentinel
Food   Malaysia   Penang   Photos   Tourism  
 KLdy1 - July07 - jkt07 - Beijing 2008 Olympics. (dy1) Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand
| LONDON - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, according to i... (photo: WN) Khaleej Times
China   Energy   Olympics   Photos   Society  
Rubber trees (sl1) Laos, where rubber hits the road to China
| (05-11) 04:00 PDT Chaleunsouk, Laos -- The rice fields that blanketed this remote mountain village for generations are gone. In their place rise neat rows of young rubb... (photo: creative commons / ) San Fransisco Chronicle
Business   Economy   Environment   Nature   Photos  
Rice Asian leaders' rice-cartel plan goes against grain
| Until last week, the next oil - the crucial resource growing ever scarcer and prompting desperate behavior to ensure supplies - was water. Turns out, it's rice. | That'... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Ohio
Asian   Export   Grain   Photos   Rice  
FARM - CROPLAND - CROPS - PHILIPPINES Genetically modified crops get mixed response in Asia
| A researcher inspects rice specimens inside a Philippines rice gene bank in Los Banos, south of Manila on May 2. With food prices hitting record highs the debate in Asi... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Turkish Press
Asia   Crops   Food   Philippines   Photos  
 Airbus A380 - Flights - Aircraft /aaeh China forms company to make regional and jumbo jets
| : China established a company on Sunday to build regional commercial jets, with an eye to eventually reducing the country's reliance on Boeing and Airbus for jumbo jets... (photo: GFDL ) International Herald Tribune
Business   China   Industry   Photos   Transport  
MEAT - FOOD - COMMODITY Johnson: Spoiled by cheap food
| High food prices are killing people - literally. At least five people died in Somalia last week when violent protests erupted over rising food prices and a collapsing c... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Knox News
Food   Killing   Photos   Prices   Somalia  
Exploration Defence & Security
Transport groups to hold strike; govt ready
Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand
Johnson: Spoiled by cheap food
Jacos to upgrade Alberta's Hangingstone oil sands
JEEPNEY - TRANSPORTATION - PHILIPPINES
Transport groups to hold strike; govt ready
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Vietnam building second oil refinery
Vietnam starts construction on 6 billion dollar oil-refinery
Tigers sink ship on polling day
U.S. marine in Japan found guilty of 'indecent acts'
 Essar Oil company´s Vadinar oil terminal,Gujarat , India(jsen2)
Vietnam building second oil refinery
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Oil Gas
Michael Richardson: Oil prices conceal major power rift
Korean, Japanese firms win contracts for Kuwaiti refinery
Malaysia's subsidy bill soars to $15.6 billion
Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand
Fruits and Vvegtables,K L, Malaysia .
Malaysia's subsidy bill soars to $15.6 billion
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Asian leaders' rice-cartel plan goes against grain
Iran woos Farsi-speaking nat
Osaka Gas signs LNG agreement
NOPSA Cites Safety Concerns on Four Vanguard FPSO
Rice
Asian leaders' rice-cartel plan goes against grain
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Pollution & Spills Oil & Gas Market
Malaysia begins pullout of Philippine monitors
Striking a balance
U.S. marine in Japan found guilty of 'indecent acts'
Marine Guilty Of Wrongful Sexual Contact Of Japanese Woman
 KLdy1 - june06 - palm oil - oil palm - palm olein - cooking oil. (dy1)
Striking a balance
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Japan firms rev up Europe strategy / Companies see benefits
Michael Richardson: Oil prices conceal major power rift
Laos, where rubber hits the road to China
A country in crisis
Rubber trees (sl1)
Laos, where rubber hits the road to China
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