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Breaking News Sun, 11 May 2008
macaroni-pasta-food /ntf1
Diet   Food   Inflation   Italy   Photos  
 The Times 
Soaring price of a staple diet
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | IT'S been a long time since Italians were a force in Manhattan and every year Little Italy grows littler, forced ... (photo: Creative Commons / /)
 A Group photo of Leaders of the G-8 and Outreach Countries at G 8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany - hires- am1.
Asia   Environment   G-8   Japan   Niigata   Photos   Policy   World  
 AOL 
G-8 to seek ways for eco-friendly labor, reduce inequalities+
NIIGATA, Japan, May 11 (Kyodo) - Group of Eight labor ministers will begin a three-day meeting Sunday afternoon in the Sea of Japan Coast city of Niigata to discuss environmentally-friendly ways of wo... (photo: PIB)
Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda  AOL 
Fukuda to announce emissions cut target for 2050 in June+
TOKYO, May 10 (Kyodo) - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda plans to announce Japan's 2050 target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases in June ahead of July's Group of Eight summit, the top government sp... (photo: AP )
Fukuda   Government   Japan   Photos   Tokyo  
 P. Chidambaram  The Statesman 
Govt nod for MoU with Denmark
NEW DELHI, May 9: The Union Cabinet today approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Denmark for cooperation in the field of clean development mechanism projects and concluding a... (photo: PIB)
Delhi   Denmark   Development   India   Photos  
Top Stories
U.S. Marines from Echo Company Infowars
An 'Interview' With Smedley Butler
| Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, one of the most colorful officers in the Marine Corps, was one of two Marines to receive two Congressional Medals of Honor for ... (photo: U.S. Marine Corps. / Staff Sgt. T.G. Kessler)
Hero   History   Legacy   Marine   Military   Photos   US   War   World  
 A standard missile 3 is launched from USS Lake Erie (CG 70) April 26, 2007, during a joint Missile Defense Agency/U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test over the Pacific Ocean. The test was designed to show the capability of the ship and its crew to con Infowars
China to modernise nuclear weapons capability
| China is undertaking a dramatic overhaul of its nuclear weapons in an effort to modernise and expand its arsenal. | One of the world's leading arms control experts has ... (photo: US Navy file/MCS2 Maebel Tinoko)
Asia   China   Nuclear   Photos   Security   Weapons   World  
 Rice faming is the primary livelihood of more than 2.5 M farmers in the Philippines. This is about 21% gross value added from the agriculture sector. (gm1) wnhires The Manila Times
Inflation reverses price boon for Philippine farmers
By Jason Gutierrez , Agence France-Presse | MANILA: Trinidad Domingo has just harvested rice from her modest farm in the northern Philippines, but with the price of ferti... (photo: WN)
Agriculture   France   Inflation   Philippine   Photos  
 Wind energy; Windmill; wnhires (td1) Asia Times
Wind drifts out of Japan's green vision
| By Dave Engler | In Japan, the country that hosted the Kyoto Protocol and wrote the book on solar policy, the wind-power industry has ground almost to a halt. Among the... (photo: WN/Tara)
Energy   Environment   Industry   Japan   Photos  
  The  Post Offic  in  London  City . John Pilger
Destroying the best of Britain
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes how the New Labour government is destroying one of the the venerable features of "communal decency" in B... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
Britain   Economy   Europe   Labour   Photos   Post Office  
Airport staff load crates United Nations aid which contains medicine, tents and food bound for Myanmar onto a Russian cargo aircraft in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, jsa1 Mail Guardian South Africa
Aid misery for Burma cyclone victims
A few aid shipments had arrived in Burma's main city by Thursday, but the planeloads of supplies and heavy equipment needed to help millions of cyclone victims remain lar... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Aid   Asia   Burma   Cyclone   Photos   World  
Convergys - BPO - company - software -  industry  - technology - Pune - India - pjb1  International Herald Tribune
Siemens, ThyssenKrupp close German maglev train office after Munich project fails
| : Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp AG said Thursday that they would restructure their effort to promote maglev train technology, but would continue to seek customers for the... (photo: WN / prajkta)
German   Photos   Project   Siemens   Train  
European Central Bank ECB President, Jean-Claude Trichet, speaks at the 4th European Dialogue about the Euro, at the Universitiy in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, September 21, 2007. The event has been organized by the the foundation Jean Monnet Houston Chronicle
European Central Bank, Bank of England leave rates unchanged
TOOLS | ATHENS, Greece - The European Central Bank left its key interest rate steady at 4 percent on Thursday as the bank's president said inflation was expected to remai... (photo: AP/KEYSTONE / Dominic Favre)
Economy   England   Europe   Inflation   Photos  
NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the Myanmar coast on May 5, 2008, showing the devastation of flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Nargis. Globe and Mail
First UN relief flight lands in Myanmar
| The UN's World Food Program says one of its planes has landed in Myanmar as part of the first major international airlift of aid to cyclone victims. | A UN official say... (photo: NASA / MODIS Rapid Response Team)
Aid   Cylone   Flight   Myanmar   Photos   UN  
 E-ticker Stock / wam2 Turkish Press
European stock markets lower before rate calls
| A stock trader observes the developments in the stock market in Frankfurt. Europe's main stock markets declined ahead of interest-rate decisions in Britain and the euro... (photo: Public Domain)
Finance   Frankfurt   Market   Photos   Stock  
This photo , provided by the Royal Gazette, shows floating protestors demonstrating against whaling and the fishing practice called long-lining near a Japanese Fisheries Agency patrol ship that docked on the far side of the globe in Hamilton, Bermuda. on Friday Jan. 11 2008. A Greenpeace ship on Saturday confronted a Japanese whaling fleet in Antactic Ocean that had initially planned to hunt protected humpbacks, the environmentalists said --_ setting off the latest round of cat-and-mouse in a sometimes dangerous feature of the hunting debate. (js1) The Australian
NZ undoes $1m whale case against Japan
| AUSTRALIA is likely to abandon its $1 million attempt to take Japan to the international court over whaling after New Zealand gave up its plans to use legal action to s... (photo: AP / Royal Gazette, Chris Burville)
Japan   Law   New Zealand   Photos   Whaling  
 Phone - landline - bsnl - india - communication  fone  telephone (WNsv1) Gulf News
Omantel signs $700m deal for submarine cable system
| Muscat: Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) signed a $700 million deal with 16 other global telecommunication companies on Tuesday night in London to construct th... (photo: sv1/WN)
Business   Muscat   Oman   Photos   Telecommunications  
 Residents watch as soldiers and police drive away protesters who gathered in pockets in continuing demonstrations against the military junta Saturday Sept. 29, 2007, in Yangon, Myanmar. Daily protests began last month and have grown into the stiffest cha San Diego
U.N. chief urges Myanmar to allow quick arrival of aid
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Myanmar's government on Wednesday to speed up the arrival of aid workers and relief supplies "in every way possible" ... (photo: AP Photo)
Aid   Asia   Humanitarian   Myanmar   Photos   UN  
Politics Business & Economy
- City schools hiking lunch costs / Municipal governments, Tok
- Surging food prices bite across Asia
- Pakistan's parallel courts proposal 'farcical'
- US help could save thousands of lives
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Surging food prices bite across Asia
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- Japan firms rev up Europe strategy / Companies see benefits
- European DNA meat-tracing spreads to US
- Bulls push oil over US$126
- PASG seizes smuggled sugar
Meat - Red Meat - Beef - Food - Health   (rhubie)
European DNA meat-tracing spreads to US
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Global Trade Stock & Market
- Citigroup eyes selling Japan consumer unit
- Citigroup eyes selling Japan consumer unit: paper
- Mind the direction
- Hamish McRae: China races for growth, India muddles through.
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Hong Kong stock index adds 2 Chinese companies
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- Bulls push oil over US$126
- SWABI: Swabi people stock new crop for food security: Flour
- Tax cuts to curtail prices
- 'When Bono called him back, he half-thought it was a mat
 Oil Prices, oil, energy, industry, gasoline, prices. tp1
Bulls push oil over US$126
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Society & Culture Health & Science
- Discovery sheds new light on Asakusa opera
- French theme enlivens contemporary format
- Cannes pits Hollywood against obscure arthouse
- How Sonu talks to his mom...
Air Pollution - carbon emission - environment
Solar-cooker project could cut air pollution
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- Grief is compounded by desperation
- Give generals the boot, it's the only way
- News of USA's demise greatly exaggerated
- Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
 An aerial view of damage to villages and infrastructure following Cyclone Sidr. (mb1)
Grief is compounded by desperation
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Sport Terrorism
- Fujita bags 2nd Asian title in China
- Noguchi comes through in last test before Beijing
- Major comeback: Veteran Fukushima wins World Ladies on 5th p
- Quarantine puts Apache Cat's trip in doubt
 Shane Warne
Warne offers to help Harbhajan
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- System transfers funds to radicals
- Turkey hits Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq
- Turkey hits Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq
- Turkey hits Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq
 KLdy1 - currency - usd - dollar - us dollar - u.s dollar - united states dollar. (dy1)
System transfers funds to radicals
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