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 KLdy1 - July07 - jkt07 - Beijing 2008 Olympics. (dy1)
China   Energy   Olympics   Photos   Society
 Khaleej Times 
Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand
LONDON - The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will boost China's rampant demand for energy, threatening to push world oil prices beyond current record heights, according to industry analysts. Crude prices... (photo: WN)
Fruits and Vvegtables,K L, Malaysia .
Economy   Food   Malaysia   Photos   Society
 Houston Chronicle 
Malaysia's subsidy bill soars to $15.6 billion
TOOLS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian government subsidies for gasoline, food and other essential goods are expected to hit $15.6 billion this year as global prices soar, Prime Minister Abdullah... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
 The G8 Heads of State and Government on the pier at Heiligendam cg1  International Herald Tribune 
G-8 labor officials gather in Japan to seek environment-friendly working style
: Labor ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met with international trade union and business groups Sunday to discuss the reduction of workplace emissions of "greenhouse" gases... (photo: REGIERUNGonline/Gebhardt )
Development   Environment   Japan   Photos   Trade
China Wet Market - Vegetable Market. (ps1)  Stockhouse 
China vice premier warns of inflation
beijing Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan warned global inflation posed a threat to Chinas speedy growth, saying high prices abroad had put... (photo: Public Domain / -)

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Rising food costs feeding boom in commodities market
An imminent US recession has weighed on financial markets this year, but surging food prices have fed a boom in the commodities market that shows no signs of slowing... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)

Economy   Food   Market   Photos   Society
 KLdy1 - currency - usd - dollar - us dollar - u.s dollar - united states dollar. (dy1) International Herald Tribune
Inflation worries expected to prop up weak U.S. dollar
: The tide may be turning at last for the U.S. dollar after seven years of decline as policy makers recognize the inflationary threat of an endlessly weakening dollar... (photo: WN)
Economy   Finance   Inflation   Photos   USA
Britain's Paula Radcliffe, Athletics International Herald Tribune
Radcliffe has unfinished business after triple failure
: Paula Radcliffe is Britain's main hope of an athletics gold at the Beijing Olympics but the 34-year-old accepts that for all her medals and titles she still has to... (photo: AP)

Athletics   Britain   Olympics   Photos   Sport   World
Rice Chicago Tribune
Myanmar curbs aid, exports rice
THILAWA, Myanmar — While Myanmar's military regime on Friday restricted the rush of international aid offered to help hungry and homeless cyclone... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)

Exporting   Food   Military   Myanmar   Photos
Agriculture Fram rice farming rice field.(ai1) Bahrain Tribune
Saudis to grow rice in Thailand
DUBAI (Reuters) Saudi Arabia, one of the world's top rice buyers, is likely to start investing in rice farms in Thailand by the end of 2008 in a move to boost... (photo: WN / Ady )

Dubai   Food   Photos   Saudi   Thailand
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China forms company to make regional and jumbo jets
: China established a company on Sunday to build regional commercial jets, with an eye to eventually reducing the country's reliance on Boeing and Airbus for jumbo jets,... (photo: GFDL )

Business   China   Industry   Photos   Transport
Coconut Taipei Times
Stricter monitoring in store for food imports to Taiwan
Stricter measures will be taken to prevent contaminated food imports from entering the domestic market, a Consumer Protection Commission official said on Friday. The... (photo: GNU)
Food   Health   Market   Photos   Taiwan
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