 | Powered by the sun
The Star | Stories by TAN CHENG LI | THE rows of terrace houses and bungalows look like any other urban neighbourhoods in The Netherlands save for one thing: glassy panels on the roofs. These are photovoltaic ... (photo: GNU) | |
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 | EU backs French immigration pact
BBC News | EU ministers have agreed in principle to a French plan aimed at reforming immigration rules across the union. | At informal talks in Cannes, ministers from all 27 states signed a draft pact agreeing... (photo: AP Photo / Arturo Rodriguez) | |
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 EU proposes $1.6 billion in farm aid
The Boston Globe | RUSUTSU, Japan—The European Union plans to offer 1 billion euros ($1.6 billion) to develop farming in poorer countries hit by food shortages and soaring prices, the European Commission preside... (photo: EC / European Community 2008) |
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 Food inflation blamed on biofuels
BBC News | The increased use of biofuels has driven up global food prices, UK government research is expected to say. | The Gallagher report will argue that farmers have devoted too much land to crops used for... (photo: WN) |
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 EU states broadly back French immigration plan
The Times Of India | CANNES: EU ministers on Monday broadly backed French proposals for a tougher common policy to stem illegal ... (photo: AP / Arturo Rodriguez) |
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 World's top leaders tackle oil and food prices, Africa aid
Turkish Press | Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shakes hand with US President George W. Bush in Toyako. Leaders of the world's richest nations have opened a summit aimed at battling ... (photo: AP / Evan Vuc) |
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 Britain has worst and most expensive fruit and veg in Europe
Belfast Telegraph | Britain has the worst supply of fruit and vegetables in the EU, a new report claims, putting the UK on a par with Lithuania when it comes to the availability of fresh p... (photo: Creative Commons / Gveret Tered) |
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 Unspent EU farm aid to go to Africa
Canada Dot Com | TOYAKO, Japan - The European Union will channel 1 billion euros ($1.6 billion U.S.) in unused European farm subsidies to African farmers as part of its response to the ... (photo: USAID file/L Lartigue) |
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 Addicted to plastic
The Post IE In 1941, two chemists in Manchester developed a product that was to change the world as we know it. Rex Whinfield and James Dickson may not have realised the full potenti... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) |
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 Fishermen blamed for surge in deaths of dolphins and whales
The Times | Scientists have reported a surge in the number of dead whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on Cornish shores after lethal encounters with nets and other fishing g... (photo: Public Domain / Merzperson) |
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 Sarkozy throws down gauntlet to Poland over EU treaty
Turkish Press | French president Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during a meeting of French ruling with-wing party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in Paris. Sarkozy on Saturday ur... (photo: European Community, 2007 ) |
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