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Research on a Green Muscle, a mushroom, to wipe out locusts

The un Food and Agriculture Organization and the Mauritania Locust Centre are now busy testing a clean biological agent to wipe out locusts: a deadly threat in Africa. The active material of the

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SOUTH ASIA

staple switch: The Sri Lankan government is now busy promoting the country's own staple food among its people. It feels that Sri Lankans are getting used to consuming large amounts of imported wheat

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Senegal announces biofuel programme

In a bid to decrease its dependence on fossil oil imports and produce environment-friendly energy, Senegal has announced the launching of a biofuel-production programme in cooperation with Brazil and

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Hotels, golf course to come up at the Victorial Falls Heritage site

Two hotels, a golf course and 450 chalets will soon be there at the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, on the fringes of one of the Africa's longest rivers, the Zambezi. The us $260-million

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Zanzibar bars import, production, use and sale of plastic bags

The island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, has banned the import, production, use and sale of plastic bags below 30 microns size. Violators risk jail sentences of six months, a fine of us

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WFP cuts ration to Mozambique

Wfp has announced to halve its food aid to Mozambique. The announcement has come ahead of the critical lean season between harvests, when food stocks generally run out. In a statement, the food

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Five southeast countries team up to fight Indonesian haze

Five southeast Asian countries have recently endorsed a joint plan of action to fight the haze caused by Indonesian forest fires. The haze was at its worse this season, leading to the closure of

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IN COURT

Tailings dam controversy: Chile's General Directorate of Waters has decided to challenge a recent ruling of Santiago Appeals Court related to tailings mine. The court had revoked authorisation of

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World Bank's Pakistan flood control plan faulty

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World Bank pulled up for aid to flood control programmes in Pakistan

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Oceans may run out of fish population in 50 years

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Fish might die in the next fifty years, or will they?

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