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Thousands flee as Pakistan floods spreadMehmood Kot, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 5, 2010 Thousands fled devastating floods in Pakistan on Thursday, wading through water or crammed into cars as officials warned that heavy rains threatened entire villages and that dams could burst. The United Nations rushed a top envoy to Pakistan to mobilise international support and address the urgent plight of 3.2 million people and up to 1,500 people killed by torrential monsoon rains across the volatile country. The humanitarian disaster is now into a second week and relief workers are scrambling ... read more |
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Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 4, 2010Pakistan issued new flood warnings Tuesday as the country battled to cope with the worst floods in living memory, which have affected 3.2 million people and killed up to 1,500. A week into the crisis and as more monsoon rains lashed the country, anger was reaching boiling point among impoverished survivors complaining that they have been abandoned by the government after their livelihoods we ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Aug 3, 2010Leading wheat exporter Russia cut its grain harvest forecast by millions of tonnes on Tuesday owing to the worst drought for decades, adding to concerns pushing wheat prices to a two-year high. Russia, currently the world's number three wheat exporter, has seen 20 percent of its arable land (10 million hectares, 24.7 million acres) scorched by a heatwave which has also hit its ambitions to r ... more 
Montevideo, Uruguay (UPI) Aug 3, 2010 More Russians are tucking into Uruguayan beef as the credit crunch continues to affect demand for the meat in traditional West European markets and other countries struggling with economic recovery. Official statistics showed that Russia became the Latin American nation's main customer for beef in the first half of 2010 and the trend appears set to continue through the rest of the year. ... more |
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Is Biochar The Answer For AgMadison WI (SPX) Aug 03, 2010 Scientists demonstrate that biochar, a type charcoal applied to soils in order to capture and store carbon, can reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, and inorganic nitrogen runoff from agriculture settings. The finding will help develop strategies and technologies to reduce soil nitrous oxide emissions and reduce agriculture's influence on climate change. A research team led by Bhupinder Pal Singh from Industry and Investment New South Wales and Balwant Singh from the Univers ... read more |
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