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New China floods feared as Yangtze swellsChongqing, China (AFP) July 23, 2010 China, already reeling from deadly floods, braced Friday for a potential new deluge on the Yangtze downstream from the huge Three Gorges Dam as its reservoir's level hit a high for the year. The warnings came as officials sought to dampen expectations that the dam could completely tame the swelling river amid the worst flooding in a decade, which has left more than 1,100 people dead or missing. The Three Gorges reservoir's water level reached its highest point in this year's floods, the water re ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2010 Legislation making its way through the U.S. Congress could change the way U.S. children eat lunch in school and it could be more expensive than many people will expect. A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved a bill last week aimed at improving the health for America's children through increased funding for school nutrition aid and school free lunch programs, among other mean ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 21, 2010Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are a step closer to unlocking genetic clues that may lead to packing more protein and oil into soybeans, a move that would boost their value and help U.S. growers compete in international markets. ARS researchers Carroll P. Vance, Yung-Tsi Bolon and Randy C. Shoemaker have narrowed down where genes that determine protein and oil content are l ... more  
Tuscoon AZ (SPX) Jul 19, 2010Africa faces a mounting number of disasters, such as floods, drought, food security and the spread of diseases, but must also deal with the likely impact of global climate change that could intensify these problems. To help tackle these tragic threats to Africa's human and economic well-being, space-based technologies are being identified. Nearly a 100 decision-makers and senior expe ... more |
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UN food agency offers advice to fend off hippos, baboonsRome (AFP) July 19, 2010 Relief is in sight for African farmers struggling to fend off ravenous elephants and other wildlife looking for a free lunch in their fields, the UN food agency said Monday. "To the family concerned, the loss of a patch of maize to raiding elephants can mean the loss of their food supply for a year, the difference between self-sufficiency and being destitute," the Food and Agriculture Organisation noted. The Rome-based agency has begun testing a series of guides containing effective dissuasive m ... read more |
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