Man to defy mushroom picking ban

"A fungi expert intends to defy a ban stopping people from picking mushrooms on a huge estate in mid Wales. Daniel Butler has been showing paying guests around the Elan Valley Estate since 1998, and regularly picks fungus. But the Elan Valley Trust, which is responsible for...

Tesco to open 10 stores per year in China

Tesco plans to bring Ting Cao's 46 stores under its own brand, it said in a statement emailed to Reuters. ''Britain's No 1 retailer is about to conquer China. This companies management are top notch. Year after year...

Maliki orders security forces to crush foes

News from Iraq:"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki told his security forces on Tuesday to show no mercy toward insurgents in a security crackdown in Baghdad. Iraqiya state television showed Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist leader, talking to an Iraqi soldier...

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