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Bitter Florida cold drives up orange juice pricesNew York (AFP) Jan 8, 2010 The bitter cold weather battering Florida has sent orange juice prices soaring on financial markets, where traders fear a plunge in production that already appears weak this year. The "Sunshine State" at the southeastern tip of the United States, known for its production of oranges, grapefruit and other citrus fruit, is facing an even more brutal blast of freezing air this weekend, weather f ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Jan 07, 2010Earth has a limited amount of water that recycles itself in what is called the 'water cycle'. Climate change, weather and human life are highly affected by changes in this continuous, interconnected cycle. Observing and monitoring the key variables governing the global water cycle is essential to our understanding of the Earth's climate, forecasting our weather, predicting floods and droug ... more  
Bogota, Colombia (UPI) Jan 4, 2009 Ampal-American Israel Corp. has signed an agreement making way for the company to acquire a 25-percent stake in an ethanol project in Colombia. Once completed it will be the largest Israeli energy project undertaken in Latin America, company officials said. The company said the deal, signed on Dec. 31, 2009, was an option exercise agreement with Merhav MNF Ltd., pursuant to which ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2010After nearly 5 years of concurrent operations with the Afternoon Constellation, known as the "A-Train," the PARASOL satellite is going on another orbit "track." The A-Train includes a number of NASA satellites that orbit the Earth one behind the other on the same track and until this month, PARASOL has been part of that train. PARASOL is an Earth observation mission, managed by the French ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2010State-owned Agricultural Bank of China plans to raise up to 150 billion yuan (22 billion dollars) through initial public offerings in Shanghai and Hong Kong, state media reported Tuesday. The bank -- the only one of China's so-called "big four" lenders yet to list -- aims to issue 50 billion shares as early as April, the English-language China Daily said, quoting unnamed sources. AFP cal ... more 
Beijing (UPI) Jan 4, 2009 A diesel spill from a ruptured pipeline operated by state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. has seriously contaminated two Yellow River tributaries. Contamination to the Yellow River remained under control and its water quality was still within the state standard, officials said at a news conference Monday, state-owned Xinhua news agency reports. Yet there were other news reports Mon ... more  
Angra Dos Reis, Brazil (AFP) Jan 4, 2010Rescue teams scoured ravines and hillsides Monday searching for survivors of landslides that have killed 72 people in the past days as hopes dimmed with each passing hour. Searchers found four bodies on Monday in Angra dos Reis, a beach city 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Rio de Janeiro and firefighters said they thought more bodies could still be found. "One of the bodies was that o ... more |
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