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Japanese bug released in Britain to tackle weed problemLondon (AFP) March 9, 2010 A Japanese insect is to be introduced on a trial basis in Britain to tackle a damaging super-weed, the government announced Tuesday. The Japanese knotweed was originally used as an ornamental plant in gardens across Britain but has rapidly spread, costing over 150 million pounds (225 million dollars, 165 million euros) a year to control. Agricultural and environmental research organisation CABI claim the psyllid bug from Japan - or "jumping plant lice" - is a successful and natural way of cont ... read more |
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Santiago (AFP) March 4, 2010Chile's famous grape-growing region, which has helped propel the country into ninth place among the world's top wine producers, is soberly counting the cost of the massive earthquake. Growers believe some 12.5 percent of Chile's current production, just coming into the fall early harvest in this southern hemisphere nation, was destroyed by Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake. Some 70 percent ... more 
Shanghai (AFP) March 3, 2010A court in Shanghai sentenced three dairy executives to jail Wednesday for making and selling milk products tainted with melamine, blamed for the deaths of infants in a 2008 scandal, state media said. The former deputy general manager of Shanghai Panda Dairy, a firm put on a black list during the scandal, was given five years prison and fined 400,000 yuan (59,000 dollars), the official Xinhu ... more  
Fredericia, Denmark (SPX) Mar 04, 2010Fredericia, Denmark (SPX) Mar 04, 2010 Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES) and Inbicon have announced the signing of a license agreement for the Inbicon Biomass Refinery technology. The agreement grants Mitsui the right to build a number of biomass refineries in Southeast Asia using Inbicon's technology. Mitsui intends to apply the technology in the palm oil industry, where wastes f ... more |
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US seeks Atlantic bluefin tuna ban in challenge to JapanWashington (AFP) March 3, 2010 The United States called Wednesday for a ban on the international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna to save the species from extinction, challenging Japan ahead of a major global meeting. With demand for sushi and sashimi driving the world's tuna stocks to dangerously low levels, the United States said it would ask a meeting in Qatar to declare the commercial trade in tuna a threat to the survival of the species. "The United States continues to have serious concerns about the long-term viability" o ... read more |
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