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Qantas - Airways - Qantas Airbus A330-303 (VH-QPF) at Perth International Airport. /aaeh The Australian
Cut and thrust
AIRLINE passengers have received another reprieve from delays while Qantas and its engineers attempt to come to a second agreement in an increasingly bitter dispute that... (photo: GFDL)
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HAITIANS have attacked aid trucks and people carrying scarce food and water as workers struggle to bury thousands of victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne. sa1 The Star
U.S. gives 500,000 tonnes of food aid to N. Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would provide 500,000 metric tonnes in food aid to North Korea in a sign of improving cooperation despite their... (photo: WN)
Food   Korea   People   Photos   Washington
RP rice prices softening The Manila Times
RP rice prices softening
The Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, said Friday prices are softening after Japan offered to sell rice to Manila amid news of bumper world harvests... (photo: Wn / James)
Japan   Philippines   Photos   Prices   Trade
Prime Minister Helen Clark hosting her Australian counterpart, John Howard at a meeting of the New Zealand Cabinet. tp1 Otago Daily Times
Korea FTA talks one step closer
SEOUL: New Zealand has moved one step closer to free trade negotiations with Korea with Prime Minister Helen Clark and Korean president Lee Myung-Bak agreeing to... (photo: NZ Gov)
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As Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan looks on, President George W. Bush makes remarks (js1) Daily Yomiuri
Japan to double ODA for Africa
The government will double its official development assistance to African countries over the next five years, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda... (photo: White House / Chris Greenberg)
Africa   Food   Japan   Photos   Poverty
Potatoes /wam2 AOL
Japan gov't warns low food self-sufficiency, global shortages may lead to drastic diet changes
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese could face a future eating only rice and potatoes with no meat because of growing global food shortages and an alarmingly low rate of food... (photo: GFDL / walaa)
Diet   Food   Japan   Photos   Society
Rice Daily Yomiuri
Minimum access rice may be used for food aid
The government has begun discussing whether to use rice compulsorily imported through the so-called minimum access system as food aid for developing countries amid the... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Filipino doctors and nurses tend to patients along the corridors of the JP Rizal Medical Ageing Japan to get first foreign nurses - report The Star
Sc gets appeal to reopen Kuratong case Sc gets appeal to reopen Kuratong case The Manila Times
John Negroponte - SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT RESOLUTION ON IRAQ cg1 Negroponte backing WHO bid Taipei Times
Rice - Food - Price Rice futures fall on improved supply outlook Syracuse
KLps1 - June 07 - Medicine - Drug - Pills. (ps1) An odd pill for a sick industry The Australian
Bengal Bay
Taslima Nasrin Can't I be allowed to stay in Kolkata?: Taslima The Times Of India
TATA motors SC asks Tata, West Bengal govt to file reply on Singur land acquisition The Times Of India
An aerial view of damage to villages and infrastructure following Cyclone Sidr. (mb1) Grief is compounded by desperation The Australian
Ducks are sold in a market in Ha Tay Province,Vietnam, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 (tmg1) Bird flu resurfaces in India Independent online (SA)
Sonali Kulkarni I must have been a Bong: Sonali The Times Of India
Malaysia
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a rally Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in Madison, Wis. Obama and Islam; Appeasement? International Herald Tribune
Statue of Kun Iam, Macau Malaysian tourists in China safe The Star
KLps - January07 - KLCC - Kuala Lumpur City Centre - Petronas Twin Towers - Tourism - Economy. (ps1) Malaysia to barter oil for rice to stop food crisis The Times
KLps1 - January07 - Malayan Banking Berhad - Menara Maybank - Banking - Bank. (ps1) Maybank Q3 earnings at RM758m The Star
Rice - Agriculture - Crops - Livestock - Food Malaysia to trade palm oil for rice to stabilise supply The Times Of India
Borneo
KLdy1 - june06 - palm oil - oil palm - palm olein - cooking oil. (dy1) Striking a balance Khaleej Times
Sumatran Orangutan/ntf1 Palm oil threatening orangutan habitat Independent online (SA)
Orangutans Conservationists say Indonesian orangutans face rapid extinction San Diego
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