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Chinese dairy firms agree to pay compensation for melamine victims: report
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2008Chinese dairy firms whose products contained the toxic chemical melamine have agreed to pay compensation to the families of babies that died or fell ill from tainted milk, state media said Saturday. The 22 companies will pay a lump sum to victims of the melamine scandal, which has shocked China since it erupted in September and has left six babies dead while sickening nearly 300,000, the Xin ... more Ex-head of China milk-powder firm could face death penalty: lawyer 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2008The former head of the Chinese firm at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, who will stand trial next week, could face the death penalty if convicted, a lawyer said Friday. The trial of Tian Wenhua, previously the chairwoman of Sanlu Group, will open Wednesday at a court in Sanlu's home city, Shijiazhuang in north China's Hebei province, an official with a provincial court told AFP. H ... more Agricultural Bank of China to be stock-holding company: report 
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 24, 2008Agricultural Bank of China will relaunch as a stock-holding company before the Lunar New Year on January 26, bringing it a step closer to an eventual stock market listing, state media said Wednesday. The lender has finished hiving off its bad loans, the China Business News reported, citing an unnamed source. The bank reported 818 billion yuan (119 billion dollars) in non-performing loans at ... more Court says China firm in milk scare files for bankruptcy
Beijing (AFP) Dec 24, 2008The Chinese firm at the centre of a nationwide tainted milk crisis that sickened nearly 300,000 children and killed six has filed for bankruptcy, a judge said on Wednesday. A bankruptcy judge in the city of Shijiazhuang, where the milk manufacturer Sanlu Group is based, told AFP the court accepted the bankruptcy filing for consideration last week. "We accepted the bankruptcy application. ... more ADB lends 200 mln dlrs to China for river basin pollution project 
Manila (AFP) Dec 23, 2008The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it would lend 200 million dollars to China for a project to reduce pollution in the country's third largest river basin. The loan will go to clean up the Songhua River basin, improving the water supply and treatment of waste water and solid waste, the ADB said in a statement from its headquarters in Manila. The project will improve the health ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Dec 19, 2008A group of Japanese journalists, professors and lawyers demanded Friday that the US Internet search giant Google scrap its "Street View" service in Japan, saying it violates people's privacy. Google launched Street View in the United States last year, providing pictures of panoramic all-around street-level views at locations on its online maps. The service was expanded to 12 major cities ... more EU to ban most aerial crop spraying 
Brussels (UPI) Dec 19, 2008 EU leaders and member states report reaching a deal on legislation that would ban 22 toxic chemicals and virtually halt aerial crop-spraying. EU officials, however, said the pesticides will remain on the market until at least 2016, when current authorizations of the chemicals reach their end dates. Aerial crop-spraying and pesticide use will be virtually eliminated in public parks ... more EU reaches agreement on 2009 fish quotas 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 19, 2008EU fisheries ministers reached agreement Friday on 2009 fish quotas, with a big increase in permitted catches of cod in the North Sea but cuts elsewhere. They also agreed to tackle the problem of fish that are thrown back and left to die because they are too small, the wrong species or because fishermen do not have a quota to bring them back to market. Environmental groups have long ... more Liberty Media's QVC Unveils Large Solar Project 
Rocky Mount NC (SPX) Dec 22, 2008Liberty Media's QVC, working with SunPower, has unveiled the installation of a 1-megawatt solar electric power farm at the QVC Rocky Mount distribution center based in Rocky Mount, NC. The project stands as one of the state's largest renewable energy initiatives to date and furthers Liberty and QVC's commitment to conservation and projects with lower environmental impact. The ground ... more Rock Varnish: A Promising Habitat For Martian Bacteria 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 19, 2008As scientists search for life on Mars, they should take a close look at rock varnish, according to a paper in the current issue of the "Journal of Geophysical Research." The paper describes how a research team led by Kimberly R. Kuhlman, of the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute, found bacteria associated with rock varnish in an area where the surrounding soils were essentially ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Dec 18, 2008NOAA announced that scientists around the world now have access to valuable data from a new international satellite, the Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission. This information allows them to closely watch the rate of global sea-level rise and monitor changing ocean features around tropical cyclones. Jason-2/OSTM, launched June 20, 2008, is a joint effort between NOAA, the National ... more Obama names agriculture, interior picks 
Chicago (AFP) Dec 16, 2008President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday filled out his incoming cabinet with nominees to take over the agriculture and interior departments, two hot-button jobs where controversy is never far. The Democrat nominated former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as his secretary of agriculture, putting the fervent advocate of corn-based ethanol in charge of the nation's much-criticized 300-billion-dollar ... more Simple Soybean Anything But - Genetically 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 18, 2008Think humans are complex creatures? Consider the lowly soybean, said a Purdue University researcher. When it comes to genetics, the soybean plant is far more intricate than that of a human, said Scott Jackson, a plant genomics and cytogenetics researcher in Purdue's Department of Agronomy. Jackson was among a team of researchers that mapped and sequenced the soybean genome for a project ... more Research The Key To Long-Term Gains For A Smarter Economy 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 18, 2008"Australian farmers' nation-leading productivity growth of 2.8% a year over the last 20 years has been achieved on the back of the groundbreaking technologies and sustainable practices discovered through research and development (R and D)," National Farmers' Federation (NFF) CEO Ben Fargher said as he welcomed a new Rural Research Development Corporations' Report. "As the Measuring ... more Purdue Study Suggests Warmer Temperatures Could Lead To A Boom In Corn Pests 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 18, 2008Climate change could provide the warmer weather pests prefer, leading to an increase in populations that feed on corn and other crops, according to a new study. Warmer growing season temperatures and milder winters could allow some of these insects to expand their territory and produce an extra generation of offspring each year, said Noah Diffenbaugh, the Purdue University associate ... more
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