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2009-01-05 Business - Land grab in poor nations - INQUIRER. net

Daewoo plans to produce four million tonnes of corn and 500,000 tonnes of palm oil a year, most of which will be shipped out of impoverished Madagascar -- where the World Food Program still provides food relief.

It said that some deals were targeted at boosting food security by producing crops that would be sent back home for consumption, while others were to establish money-making plantations like palm oil and rubber.

The UNs Food and Agriculture Organization has sounded alarm over the loss of land in a country where in rural areas, every second child is malnourished and access to land for foraging of natural resources is critical.

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KUALA LUMPUR--Resource-hungry nations are snapping up huge tracts of agricultural land in poor Asian nations, in what activists say is a land grab that will worsen poverty and malnutrition. - INQUIRER. net INQUIRER Interactive Philippine Daily Inquirer Philippine News Philippines Filipino News Filipino Pilipino Balita Pinoy Pinay Filipino-American Fil-Am newspapers Inquirer

2009-01-03 Atlanta Restaurants Examiner: Top 10 Atlanta Restaurant Openings of 2008

This past Saturday night, I took my first trip to Zaya Mediterranean in the Inman Park Village. I love food, all kinds of food, but I rarely find myself in Greek, Mediterranean, African, or Indian restaurants. Maybe its because there are fewer.

With the grand re-opening of the W in Midtown came the opening of Spice Market, a restaurant with Southeastern Asian flair. The menu is complex and full of, you guessed it, spice, including interesting and exotic curries.

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Atlanta Article: Top 10 Atlanta Restaurant Openings of 2008 by local Atlanta Restaurants Examiner expert, Nani Mathews. - Atlanta Atlanta Restaurants Examiner Top 10 Atlanta Restaurant Openings of 2008

2009-01-03 Joining the club More clubs - Los Angeles Times

This four-story dining and night-life mecca -- notable for its sheer size (38,000 square feet) -- was opened by Mike Viscuso earlier last year. Since summer, the Kress has been winning over bar-hoppers thanks to a rooftop deck with arguably the best views in town (drinkers can take in close-up views of both the Hollywood sign and downtown). And while the ground floor pan-Asian restaurant is suffering a bit, the venue remains in demand with private party bookers, who love the multiple floors the space affords guests.

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Bars in Los Angeles had a banner year in 2008. Despite a recession, no fewer than 20 nightspots debuted around town, largely as a result of plans set in motion in 2007 during a night-life renaissance in neighborhoods such as Hollywood. - Entertainment cl

2009-01-03 Rocket science: Jet test should spark quest for new biofuels Editorial Houston Chronicle

Using food for fuel also harms the environment. Several European governments recently ended subsidies for palm oil diesel production. Their Asian suppliers, cutting rainforests to grow the palms, were actually boosting overall atmospheric carbons.

Combined with pressures such as high gas prices, production of corn-based ethanol helped aggravate global food shortages last year.

Finally, most food crops use great swaths of land and heavy fertilizer. Runoff from ethanol production has already compromised parts of the Mississippi River.

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2009-01-02 Top Stories Pakistan Observer Newspaper online edition

The report, quoting unnamed US State Department officials, says talks are already underway with officials in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In a surprising move, US and Nato forces could also strike a deal with Russia to allow movement of food, fuel and other supplies for their forces in Afghanistan.

WashingtonSupplies to American and Nato troops in Afghanistan could be transported through Central Asian states, a New York Times report says.

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2009-01-02 Save lakes but not the oceans Detroit Free Press

But would someone explain to me why its a good idea for those ships to pollute the open ocean Isnt there a chance that they will dump something there that could decimate valuable seafood stocks like cod or tuna or shrimp Or perhaps unleash viruses or bacteria that disrupt the oceanic food chain

But 100 years ago youd have been given the same answer if you had suggested that a tiny mussel the size of a mans pinky nail could cause the collapse of the food chain in Lake Huron, which happened five years ago.

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GRAYLING -- The other day an environmental organization sent out a news release cheering new rules that supposedly will decrease the risk of invasive species getting into the Great Lakes. - Outdoors Detroit Michigan News local news headlines stories world news

2009-01-01 U. S. Plans Safer Supply Routes in Afghan War

The officials said delicate negotiations were under way not only with the Central Asian states bordering Afghanistan but also with Russia, to work out the details of new supply routes. The talks show the continued importance of American and NATO cooperation with the Kremlin, despite lingering tension over the war between Russia and Georgia in August.

American officials said they were trying to allay Central Asian concerns by promising that the supplies would be hauled only by commercial shipping companies and would not include weapons or munitions. Officials also say that no additional American bases will be required on their territory.

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The plan reflects a U. S. -led effort to seek out a more reliable alternative to the strategic Khyber Pass. - Afghanistan Afghanistan War (2001- ) Armament Defense and Military Forces North Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Chiefs of Staff Mullen Michael G Khyber Pass

2009-01-01 Halibut and shimeji baked in parchment - Los Angeles Times

Mushrooms within just a couple of years. Just as portobellos came out of nowhere to become supermarket staples in the 1990s, so might these flavorful Japanese mushrooms find their own place on the American table. This recipe by Food editor Russ Parsons is a perfect way to show off the delicate flavor and graceful shape of the

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Some exotic mushrooms may be becoming commonplace. A San Diego company is opening a plant this spring that will more than triple the total U. S. output of king trumpet, shimeji and maitake mushrooms within just a couple of years. Just as portobellos came out of nowhere to become supermarket staples in the 1990s, so might these flavorful Japanese mushrooms find their own place on the American - Features food cookingrecipes

2008-12-31 Gene Expression: Personalized medicine, the long introduction.

To some extent this sort of thing is a gimme; intelligent and proactive patients already "help" their medical professionals by channeling them appropriately in terms of decisions because with the veritable tsunami of data no human can truly keep up. One aspect of personalized medicine is population level data. To give an example for myself, my doctor told me that I wasnt overweight. Well, actually for my population (South Asian) it seems rather clear that heuristics based on BMI normed to European Americans underestimates the risks of conditions heightened at particular weight thresholds (e. g. , Type II Diabetes). Combined with family information Im always trying to keep my BMI on the low end of normal, because theres normal for one population, and normal for another.

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Patients DNA May Be Signal to Tailor Drugs: The colon cancer drugs Erbitux and Vectibix, for instance, do not work for the 40 percent of patients whose tumors have a particular genetic mutation. The Food and Drug Administration held a. - Medicine and Health

2008-12-26 Asian stocks fall. Bad day to travel. License plate fight. North Dakota News

JERUSALEM (AP) Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have been pounding southern Israel with mortars and rockets today. The Israeli military says no injuries have been reported. But the attacks have led Israel to rethink a decision to open cargo crossings into Gaza, which would have allowed some food and medicine in.

HONG KONG (AP) Asian markets were generally down today, as traders responded to the latest batch of bad economic news and the regions automakers were hit by heavy selloffs. One Hong Kong strategist says investors are seeing first hand just how bad the economy in the U. S. is.

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Asian markets were generally down today, as traders responded to the latest batch of bad economic news and the regions automakers were hit by heavy selloffs. One Hong Kong strategist says investors are seeing first hand just how bad the economy in t - KXNet Article