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GREENPEACE: Thai Rice Region Is Endangered?
Rice it is the grain that has shaped the cultures, diets, and economies of billions of people in Asia. Like the Thai's people... Rice is the staple food since ancient time, they depend from glutinous to... New Rice Will Increase Yields By Upto 40 Percent
A new rice plant has been developed which grows "snorkels" when exposed to floods. A paper in the journal Nature, describes how the plant elongates rapidly in response to being submerged. One of the scientists, Motoyaki Ashikari from Nagoya University in Japan, said "the... Genetically modified rice crucial in drought battle
" MANILA, July 22, 2009 (AFP) - Genetic modification may be the only viable way to produce sufficient quantities of rice in the future as drought, climate change, and dwindling acreage impact yields, experts said... Responsibility to Protect - Ambassador Rice
In her statement made at the Ambassador Susan E. Rice at the International Peace Institute Vienna Seminar, June 15, 2009, she stated the willingness of USA to work with the international community ending... MSNBC: Condi Rice may have admitted to conspiracy
" In little-noticed comments Thursday, the former White House counsel for President Richard Nixon John Dean said Thursday that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have unwittingly admitted to...
created by TheCameraObscura | 33 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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The Japanese Golden Week and Koinobori Festival or Boy Festival.
By, Uwe Paschen. As it goes here in Japan we have yet another holiday. This time it is the Golden Week, (ゴールデンウィーク), Wish is also known as Ōgata renkyū (大型連休) or even as Ōgon shūkan... ACLU Forces Pentagon to Release Abuse Photos
Tha American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) has won the battle to have access to pictures of prisoner abuse in American controlled prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ACLU has maintained that prisoner abuse was... Liz Cheney Defends her Dad, Dick Cheney, for Torturing People
Another Republican has come forward in a desperate attempt to defend the torture practiced by the Bush administration. This time it is Dick Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney claiming on MSNBC that waterboarding...
created by TheCameraObscura | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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Former Bush Adviser says Bush Admin Destroyed Torture Memos
" A onetime senior adviser to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that the Bush Administration collected and destroyed memos by top officials arguing that torture methods used on detainees were wrong. ... EU to vote on "Franken Food" Rice
Rice is an important grain staple worldwide, second only to corn. A German company has developed genetically modified rice. In the coming weeks, the European Union will decide whether to allow this rice to... Did Hell Freeze Over? Condi Rice Defends President Obama
During her appearance on the Tonight Show, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice complimented the Obama administration and said that "we owe them our loyalty and our silence while they do it." This was in... Flood Resistant Rice to Fight Hunger
With climate changes looming, millions of people around the world are struggling with extended floods, which kill the crops that feed those millions. Perhaps the most important staple for the majority of the world... India launches Agricultural Wikipedia
Scientists in India have launched an Agricultural Wikipedia, which will act as an online database of agricultural information in the country. It goes by the name of Agropedia. It provides crop and region... Cold weather hits Thailand; fish die, monkeys suffer
An unusual cold snap has hit northeastern Thailand, killing fish, and causing the monkey population to suffer as they are not used to such cold weather conditions. Plants have died prematurely due to the cold as in some areas the temperature has dropped to only seven degrees... Women Can Smell a Man's Intentions
Recent research has shown that socio-emotional meanings, including sexual ones, are conveyed in human sweat. Researchers at the Rice University in Texas found that women can subconsciously sniff out men who...
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