"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...
The latest installment of national Geographic's series on the world food crisis focuses on the role subsistence farming can play in resolving the crisis. Smaller high value farms (that is farms that have a higher yield per acre) would reduce reliance on food imports, increase...
MORE than one in five Australian farmers in drought-affected areas have had to pawn or sell something because of lack of money, a study reveals. And more than one-third say farm production is at its lowest level...
Vegetarians beware. Those that eat lots of any kind of specific food might be in danger of too much or too little of one chemical or another. After all in the end that's all that food is - a combination of chemicals....
In a ridiculous story which comes at a time when everyone is feeling the pinch of rising food costs, a wholesaler in the UK has been banned from selling a consignment of kiwi fruits because EU laws have declared that...
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Morgan Tsvangirai has described Zimbabwe's election run-off as "an excercise in mass intimidation". "Mr Tsvangirai, who boycotted the poll because of violence, said people across Zimbabwe had been forced to take part...
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Two years ago, Kyle MacDonald traded a small red paper clip for a fish-shaped pen, swaped the fish-shaped pen for a doornob, and kept on trading until he had a house in a small Saskatchewan town. He kept a blog ...
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Recently, after assuming that the West country was infact the most beautiful area in England, I have discovered the treasures of another British area which I can safely say is as wonderful and as un-spoilt as...
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UPDATE: Police believe a credible witness may have come forward in the shooting deaths of two Oklahoma girls. Investigators however did not confirm whether a description of the suspects was offered.
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There's not much you can say about a story like this..." WELEETKA, Okla. (AP) — The bodies of two girls were found shot to death in rural Oklahoma along a dirt road the best friends walked dozens of times to play and go to sleepovers.By Tuesday, investigators had no...
A report on housing in rural Wales has said that unless changes occurin Government policy there will be a generation gap in some areasof the Welsh countryside as an increasing number of young people areforced to move...
Whilst London and the UK Cities are receiving relatively fast broadband connections, rural and village locations are getting anything but fast connections. As more rural areas have broadband than the cities it is...
Thousands of Argentine farmers have made a deal to suspend the export of grain and meat, in an ongoing dispute with the government over taxes."The farmers said they would not take their goods to market between 28 May...
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"LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) -- An apparent stranger shot the bride, groom and two other people at an outdoor wedding in rural Arkansas, then was arrested after being chased by outraged guests, a sheriff's official said Sunday. The wedding was just ending Saturday when the...