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Japan's rice farmers mull TPP futureTokyo (AFP) Nov 27, 2011 Osamu Tamaki is one of the few rice farmers in Japan who see an Asia-Pacific free trade deal as a window of opportunity rather than the death knell for a highly cosseted industry. "The TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) will give us a great opportunity to go out into the world," said the 32-year-old, who has already exported rice to Taiwan and is now looking to markets in Hong Kong and the United States. "The TPP may damage domestic farmers, including me," said Tamaki, who harvests rice in Niigata, ... read more |
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  Misery lingers for Bangkok's 'forgotten' flood victims When the floods came, water gushed into Arunee Ninkaew's Bangkok home through the pipes and through gaps in the tiled floor. A month later it is still there, now a putrid grey breeding ground for insects. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong's shark fin traders feel pressure to change The owner of Shark's Fin City, a dried fin wholesaler in Hong Kong's quarter for all things shrivelled, says there are only a few people who know the truth about sharks, and he's one of them. ... more | .. |
  HIV trial scrapped after gel found to be ineffective In a major setback for AIDS prevention research, a clinical trial of a new vaginal gel supposed to reduce HIV infections has been suspended after studies showed it to be ineffective. ... more | .. |
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  Climate change denial still runs strong in US On the US political stage, skepticism and denial of climate change are as popular as ever, and experts say that world talks which opened Monday in Durban, South Africa are unlikely to turn the tide. ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear plant director sick: company The director of Japan's troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is stepping down because of illness, the plant's operator said Monday, without revealing whether his condition was radiation-related. ... more | .. |
 Plan for crucial Australian rivers draws anger Farmers Monday slammed the government's draft plan to rescue a crucial river system supplying Australia's food bowl, saying it will destroy communities and put pressure on food prices. ... more | .. |
 Thai minister survives flood censure vote A top Thai government minister easily survived a no confidence vote in parliament Monday as lawmakers threw out claims that official flood relief work had been plagued by corruption and mismanagement. ... more |
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'No doubt' Canadian firm will be first to extract deep sea minerals: CEO
Tabletop particle blaster: How tiny nozzles and lasers could replace giant accelerators
Set it and forget it: Autonomous structures can be programmed to jump days in advance | .. |
  South Sudan in fresh battle to disarm civilians One of Africa's longest-running wars left this land in ruins and battling a bitter legacy that threatens prospects for peace - a stockpile of weapons spurring cattle raids and banditry. ... more | .. |
 Climate set to worsen food crises: Oxfam Storms and droughts that have unleashed dangerous surges in food prices could be a "grim foretaste" of what lies ahead when climate change bites more deeply, Oxfam said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Vulnerable nations fear slowdown in climate fight Countries most vulnerable to climate change are alarmed by recent proposals from rich and major emerging economies to delay a global deal to curb greenhouse gases until at least 2020, delegates and analysts at UN talks opening Monday say. ... more | .. |
  China's Wen pledges more school buses after crash Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to improve safety and provide more school buses after the deaths of 19 children in a massively overcrowded bus sparked a public outcry. ... more |
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 Australia plans world's biggest marine protection zone Australia plans to establish the world's biggest marine protection zone to safeguard a huge swathe of the Coral Sea, a biodiversity hotspot brimming with life, the government said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Myanmar wants 'regular relationship' with US: top official Myanmar wants a "regular relationship" with the United States, a senior official in the army-dominated country said Friday, days before a historic visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ... more | .. |
  China to launch Mekong patrols next month: report China will next month launch joint patrols with three other countries on the Mekong River, a key waterway where 13 Chinese sailors were killed in an October attack, state media said. ... more | .. |
 Salvaging Kyoto a 'tall order': UN climate chief Breathing new life into the Kyoto Protocol is a "tall order" and the toughest challenge facing global talks on climate change, the UN climate chief said Sunday on the eve of the conference. ... more |
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Iran FM warns Europe against 'strategic mistake' at IAEA; Iran obtained 'sensitive' Israeli intel
DOD is investigating Hegseth's staffers over Houthi-strikes chats
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 After apartheid, Tutu aims at 'huge enemy' climate change Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday branded climate change a "huge, huge enemy" that threatened the common home of humanity, imperilling rich and poor alike. ... more | .. |
 China govt under fire over new food bacteria rule China's state-run media and web users criticised the government Friday after it ruled that small amounts of a potentially lethal bacterium were permissible in frozen food. ... more | .. |
  Amnesty urges Brazil to probe Indian chief's killing Amnesty International on Friday called for an independent investigation into the killing of a Guarani Indian chief in Brazil's western state of Mato Grosso do Sul. ... more | .. |
  Faroe Islands hit by hurricane A hurricane packing winds of almost 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour tore through the Faroe Islands overnight, causing major damage and evacuations but no deaths, police said Friday. ... more |
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 Thailand counts cost of monster floods A young couple scour a jobs board in the Thai city of Ayutthaya in a desperate hunt for work, more than a month after the factories where they worked were flooded. ... more | .. |
  Iceland says no to Chinese tycoon's land purchase: ministry Iceland on Friday denied a request by a Chinese property tycoon to purchase a large swathe of land in the northern part of the island for a tourist resort, Interior Minister Oegmundur Jonasson said. ... more | .. |
 Gambia's Jammeh headed for landslide poll win Gambia's long-serving President Yayha Jammeh headed for a landslide victory Friday in an election criticised by observers as flawed due to voter intimidation and state control of the media. ... more | .. |
 French soldiers join hunt for hostages seized in Mali French soldiers joined Mali's army Friday in the hunt for two French geologists who were kidnapped by an armed gang this week. ... more |
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Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
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 Rare strain of AIDS virus moves beyond Cameroon: doctors A very rare strain of AIDS virus previously found only among a few people in Cameroon has most probably spread outside the West African country, according to a case reported by The Lancet on Friday. ... more | .. |
  Australian bushfire ravages historic house Cooler weather helped firefighters Friday as they battled an unpredictable blaze which has destroyed at least 37 properties, including a historic house. ... more | .. |
 EBRD grants 123-million-euro loan for Croatia hydro station The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) granted Croatia on Friday a 123.2 million euro ($163 million) loan for the construction of a hydro-electric plant. ... more | .. |
 Water doesn't have to freeze until minus 55 Fahrenheit We drink water, bathe in it and we are made mostly of water, yet the common substance poses major mysteries. Now, University of Utah chemists may have solved one enigma by showing how cold water can ... more |
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  First-class views of the world below Images of some of our planet's most beautiful features can be seen from the comfort of your Air France aircraft thanks to satellites. Clouds can't obstruct these views: the crystal waters of t ... more | .. |
 Carbon mitigation strategy uses wood for buildings first, bioenergy second Proposals to remove the carbon dioxide caused by burning fossil fuel from the atmosphere include letting commercially managed forests grow longer between harvests or not cutting them at all. A ... more | .. |
  Lightning Sprites Are Out-of-This-World Only a few decades ago, scientists discovered the existence of "sprites" 30 to 55 miles above the surface of the Earth. They're offshoots of electric discharges caused by lightning storms, and a val ... more | .. |
  Human, artificial intelligence join forces to pinpoint fossil locations In 1991, a team led by Washington University in St. Louis paleoanthropologist Glenn Conroy, PhD, discovered the fossils of the first - and still the only - known pre-human ape ever found south of th ... more |
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